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This weekend: free tips & tricks at Paper Source!
paperDid you know that you can create your own embossed design on solid ribbon? We’ll show you how– come check out our this Saturday, August 15 in stores to learn this simple technique for dressing up favors, gifts or invitations. Just stop by between 11am-2pm, no reservations required!…
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Paper Source Workshop: Carve Your Own Rubber Stamps
paper…wanted to create a custom rubber stamp for a wedding or special event, consider making your own rubber stamps! This month we’re running a Carve Your Own Stamps workshop at all of our stores. We’ll take you through the start to... The post Paper Source Workshop: Carve Your Own Rubber…
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Paper Source Workshop: You never forget your first “Datebook”!
paper…tapes and precut boards. At the end of the class you will have created your very own handmade 2010 datebook and we promise you’ll feel SO very accomplished! Our lovely... The post Paper Source Workshop: You never forget your first “Datebook”! appeared first on Paper Source Blog.
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Find us in your favorite holiday magazines!
Meg Kowieski…product featured in the press this holiday season! The fun part about seeing our products in these wonderful magazines are the great ideas their creative teams come up with on their own – often with new... The post Find us in your favorite holiday magazines! appeared first on Paper Source Blog.
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What’s your Colorscope?
Meg Kowieski…to be amazed by how well they work together (despite knowing they were designed with that intention!). Like our color palette, our “Colorscope” is also about coordinating colors– and then learning how those colors... The post What’s your Colorscope? appeared first on Paper Source Blog.
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A baby shower for one of our own
paper…room painted in yellow can leave you feeling sunny and pair of great pink shoes can make you smile. The same is true for inspiring memorable details for any event. Recently, we had the pleasure of hosting a baby shower... The post A baby shower for one of our own appeared first on Paper Source Blog.
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Decorate your office with birthday banners!
Meg Kowieski…better than coming into work on your birthday and being surprised by a festive birthday banner. Over the past few months we’ve celebrated many birthdays in the office and we thought we’d share some of our birthday banner ideas!... The post Decorate your office with birthday banners!…
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How-to: robot cupcake topper
Meg KowieskiRepeat your party theme in unexpected ways…rubber stamps aren’t just for cards or invitations— here we use them as super easy cupcake toppers. Create your own look or theme– works great with almost any medium or small sized stamp. These are a perfect pair with our robot invites. 1.…
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How-to: gingerpaper advent calendar
Meg Kowieski…– a festive count down of the days til Christmas. We were so excited to come up with a way to create an advent calendar using our Gingerpaper House Kit, so that kids could actually make their own (yes, with some help from mom or... The post How-to: gingerpaper advent calendar appeared first on…
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How-to: adorable turkey placecards
paperWe have a wonderful customer here in Dedham who loves to create her own special holiday cards and decorations. She visited us recently on our Grand Opening Day in search of a Thanksgiving placecard idea, perhaps a twist on our classic Turkey Placecard Kit. Along with my fellow associate, Calla, I…
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How-to: cozy snowman holiday card
Meg KowieskiLet it snow, let it snow, let it snow! With a few simple steps you can make your own festive snow-people to use as holiday cards or gift tags. We love this snowman’s happy smile and glittery scarf and mittens so much that we’ve featured him in our blog last week and also in our... The…
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This weekend: a first look at the new at-home letterpress machine!
paper…of the first to see the brand new at-home Letterpress Machine! We are so excited about this amazing table top machine that allows you to make your very own letterpress cards. Paper Source is one... The post This weekend: a first look at the new at-home letterpress machine! appeared first on Paper…
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Out-of-the-box gift wrap ideas
Meg Kowieski…the wrapping. Here are two unusual techniques I like to use that often get a “wow.” Origami box An origami box is a super cool way to make your own gift box out of any paper. Here are a few additional tips to... The post Out-of-the-box gift wrap ideas appeared first on Paper Source Blog.
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How-to: cupcake birthday card
Meg Kowieski…invitation. With this birthday card, we repeated the punch using the cupcake cutouts to create impact with lettering. In addition to the cutouts, you can also use the negative spaces left by the hole punch to create little peekaboo windows into the... The post How-to: cupcake birthday card appeared…
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Fave holiday gifts — loco for luchas
paperIf you’re looking for funky holiday gift ideas, listen up. Lately I’ve been into Mexican kitsch like “lucha libre” – a theatrical, acrobatic and campy form of Mexican wrestling. I was a luchador for Halloween, I own masks for spontaneous late-night wrestling with…
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Charleston Wedding: Part 2
paper…onto planning her wedding invitations and day of details. Continuing to leverage colors from her inspiration print, she used Sapphire cardstock to create a custom piece that would hold all of the items in her invitation suite. She backed her printed invitations with the featured Italian... The post…
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Introducing Mr. and Mrs. Frosty!
paperI like to think of our die-cut paper snowman shapes as a blank canvas, and I decided to create a rather debonair pair for the holidays. I’d like you to meet my Mr. and Mrs. Frosty! I’ve used just a few things to make my festive, dimensional characters. I started with our die-cut snowman…
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Rubber stamping technique: masking
paperMasking is a very cool rubber stamping technique that involves layering rubber stamp images to create depth. By rubber stamping images one on top of the other using masking you give the illusion that images are in front or behind each other. I’ve demonstrated this technique in the 5 steps…
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How-to: new home greeting card
paper…handmade card to their new address. To honor this significant life step I went with the theme, “Moving on up!”. With a few easy cuts I was able to create a fun pop-up, and heat embossing provided realistic... The post How-to: new home greeting card appeared first on Paper Source Blog.
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Inspired by India
Meg KowieskiEach year, the PS Design team works together to create a new paper collection. This has become one of the projects we most look forward to– a wonderful mix of inspiration, creativity and collaboration (and long, long hours, thoughtful conversations and many, many revisions…the list goes on!). After…
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Paper Source Workshop: Wedding Save-the-Dates
paper…some great ideas, including templates for printing (finally some easy to use Word files) for creating unique “Save the Date” cards for all your guests? Look no further, because we have created the perfect class for you! You’ll get to walk away with samples of each project and the…
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How-to: chocolate puppy favor box
Meg KowieskiCreated by one of our assistant store managers, these make great kid’s party favor boxes — or a rainy day project for kids to make themselves. Come by your local Paper Source store to see this favor box created in person! Materials needed: Chocolate Pocketbook Favor Boxes Chocolate Oval…
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My first homemade holiday cards
paperThis year I challenged myself to make my own holiday cards – my first attempt…ever. I’ll admit, it takes a lot of time, but I’m so happy with the finished product and I know the recipients will be too. My holiday card design was inspired to by things: 1. Annie’s blog…
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Homemade personalized stationery
paperWhat could be more personal than creating custom stationery for a special friend? By choosing specific paper colors, embellishments, and adding their name you are honoring their personality and creating a one-of-a-kind gift. A stationery set can be as simple as a collection of note cards and…
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How-to: Independence Day paper rosettes
Meg Kowieski…created a version of these classic 4th of July decorations for Inauguration Day 2009. To celebrate the day, the PS Design team had streaming video of the day’s events projected onto a wall, framed by curtains and hanging red, white and blue (lake, of course) paper rosettes. It really created a…
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The making of a rubber stamp
Meg Kowieski…you know we have a soft spot in our hearts for rubber stamps. Our very first rubber stamps were created from drawings done by Paper Source’s founder Sue, and to this day, stamps are still created from drawings and designs... The post The making of a rubber stamp appeared first on Paper Source…
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How-to: halloween mummy party favors
Meg Kowieski…wonderful for so many occasions. Experimenting with our pillow favor box, I discovered that our ivory linen bookcloth worked perfectly for creating a Halloween mummy party favor. I love the color and texture, and tearing the bookcloth into strips makes... The post How-to: halloween mummy…
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Paper Source Workshop: Rookie Rubber Stamping
paper…glazed over, pondering what the difference is between all those ink pads and what embossing powders actually even are. Which is why we’ve created Rookie Rubber Stamping, an all-store workshop designed to explain all the incredible (and easy) things you can do with rubber... The post Paper…
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How-to: paper lanterns
Meg Kowieski…kinds of crafts and party decorations we could dream up for warm-weather celebrations. Using bright colors, including our vibrant new Fuchsia, we created these simple paper lanterns. They look great hanging from anywhere, adding a colorful touch to any outdoor occasion! Materials needed:... The post…
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How-to: fancy bookmark
Meg Kowieski…bookmark allows you to sandwich multiple pages to keep your place. Of course, the decorated front can be stamped with any image and embellished to your heart’s content — I went with an India-inspired theme. A great way to show your love of reading with a perfectly poetic... The post…
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How-to: new years party hats
Meg KowieskiIf you’re having a New Years party or are looking for New Years activities for your family, you must make these glittery gold New Years party hats! CBS 2 Chicago (click to view) even featured them as a fun way to get kids involved at New Years. You could, of course, use this party hat... The…
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2009 holiday card contest winner – website submissions
paperYou have truly inspired all of us here with your creativity and craftiness in your submissions to our 2009 Holiday Card Contest! Below you will find some of our customers’ homemade holiday cards that were web submissions, separate from the store submissions (to be featured soon). We’re…
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How-to: thanksgiving turkey party favors
Meg Kowieski…try a turkey for a fun Thanksgiving party favor! With just paper, labels, and tape or glue, these favors are super easy to put together. If you’re having little ones over to your house this Thanksgiving,... The post How-to: thanksgiving turkey party favors appeared first on Paper Source Blog.
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Paper Source Special Event: Holiday Card Making
paper…Card Making Girls Night Out! Get your creative juices flowing while you play with our new holiday rubber stamps, punches, cards and glitter – leave the mess with us and take home all sorts of great ideas. The event is this Thursday, October 1, so call your... The post Paper Source Special…
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Decorating kraft letters
paper…a friend who has everything. I came up with the idea of making him a set of decorative kraft letters in his initials. Although I’ve used glitter to decorate these in the past, I wanted to try a new technique that would create... The post Decorating kraft letters appeared first on Paper Source Blog.
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Handmade says it best
paperMore and more people are throwing parties and insisting that their guests not bring presents… “No presents, just your presence” seems to be the theme. In these tough economic times, that’s not a bad thing. However, I often find myself wanting to bring at least a little…
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Paper Source Special Event: The Grateful Table
paper…addition to a fun opportunity for you to spend an evening with friends exploring creative hostess gift giving and learning to make beautiful accents for your holiday tables, this a wonderful way for you... The post Paper Source Special Event: The Grateful Table appeared first on Paper Source Blog.
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5 steps to perfect rubber stamping
paperHere it is, your step by step guide to perfect rubber stamping and heat embossing, just in time for holiday card making*. You see us using these techniques all the time, and there’s a reason for that – they’re super easy and add a professional decorative look to all types of…
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Paper Source Special Event: The Grateful Table
paperWhile planning our Girls Night Out: The Grateful Table we listened closely to the many customer requests we have received this year. Your wish list for a pre-holiday social crafting night included: • A fun evening of inspiring ideas and some “not too serious” crafting • Table accents…
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Paper Source Workshop: Halloween Deadcorations
paper…of year to throw a spook-tacular party! This year we decided to dedicate an entire workshop to fabulous and festive Halloween Deadcorations. Mark your calendar for our workshop on Saturday, October 10th. We will teach you to make frighteningly fun party decorations including coffin invitations,…
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How-to: pop-up halloween party invitation
Meg Kowieski…Halloween party invitation this year. There’s just something about the unexpected three-dimensional experience that instantly puts a smile on your face… and then, like a self-proclaimed geeky engineer, you can’t resist opening and closing it to see the... The post How-to: pop-up…
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Celebrating Paper Source Princeton!
paper…Saturday, August 1st. If you live nearby, swing by for an afternoon of creative demonstrations and a chance to win fun Paper Source goodies. And through Saturday, get a coupon for $5.00 off your next purchase of... The post Celebrating Paper Source Princeton! appeared first on Paper Source Blog.
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A new take on the essential grid calendar
Meg KowieskiWe’ve all had them and we’ve all used them. The free calendars that businesses often give away each year (think your local bank or dry cleaners) become a necessity when trying to collect a family’s activities all in one place. Yet the part we all most appreciate about these freebees is the grid, not…
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Tools & techniques: what is a bone folder?
paper…to a friend for fear we may never see our much-loved crafting tool again. And for good reason: a bone folder forms to the user’s hand over time, remembering your index fingers and palm after years... The post Tools & techniques: what is a bone folder? appeared first on Paper Source Blog.
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Celebrating winter solstice
Meg Kowieski…2010 issue of Country Living featuring our Paper Doves. Their use of these simple decorations is so beautiful and creative, bringing life to the paper birds. Makes me wish I had antique bird cages of my own.... The post Celebrating winter solstice appeared first on Paper Source Blog.
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How to tie a square knot
Meg KowieskiKnot tying is a wonderful gift wrapping technique, and offers a modern alternative to bows. It also uses slightly less ribbon and works great if you’re shipping wrapped packages (bows can get crushed in the mail). The instructions below will teach you how to tie a knot using our double-faced…
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A baby shower gift worth drooling over
paperI’ll admit there’s some pressure when you’re giving a gift to a fellow Paper Source employee – they know the products and secrets all too well. We recently threw a baby shower for our lovely and talented coworker who is having her first baby, and I put together a gift basket on behalf of the... The…
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