Hosting a little giveaway...

Rebecca of Rebecca's Soap Delicatessen, has generously donated a piece of her delicious Mango Raspberry Ice Soap to one lucky paper*cakes reader - To win just leave a comment telling me which soap in her shop is your fave! You have until Saturday November 15th to enter.



Here are your random numbers:

127
Timestamp: 2008-11-16 15:33:35 UTC

Winner was http://eileenlikestoeat.blogspot.com/

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Just a little picture of some of the Paper*Cakes merchandise hanging out on a shelf that I found at a garage sale for $10, and repainted aqua! :) It really makes me happy to see this hanging out in my room.



Sometimes, I feel so overwhelmed I just want to scream! I wish I had 5 Chelsea's to help me accomplish everything :) ever get that feeling? frustrating.. I've been reading lots of articles on "How to be a good stay at home mom" and just end up more frustrated. However, I did read a good article here. - I learned that I am far too much of a perfectionist and that I need to not sweat the small stuff. Well, I already knew that but it's good to be reminded LOL!!

Anyways.. I listed some new tags today! Here are a few pics of some of them:







They are in the Shoppe now... I am hoping that I will find some free time to make some more cards soon, since a few have sold and the card section is looking a bit empty! I do however have lots and lots of tags in the works...

I am getting soooooo excited for Christmas, of course if you read this blog you know that I have been excited about Christmas since AUGUST lol! :) I am now listening to Christmas carols and itching to buy and set up a tree. Unfortunately, our basement flooded this summer after the leftovers of Hurricane Hanna hit PEI and all of our Christmas stuff was ruined, so we are pretty much starting over. I did have a little "Baby's First Christmas" ornament stowed away though that was safe, luckily! I know Jude won't really know what is going on this Christmas but I bet that the bright colors and happy music will at least catch his attention.

Since we are on the topic of Christmas and me having to replace all my Christmas stuff, I just want to share a few things I have seen on etsy lately..




Stewart the Owl Christmas Stocking by Cuore - she also makes little ornaments!




Gigglingoldfish offers these fabric books, I want to get one for Jude.




Janesays has this great Holiday sign. I purchased a sign from her last week, can't wait to get it! I am tempted to buy this one as well.

Alright - I'm out for now!

Welcome to week two!!

Hey everyone :) I just wanted to say a big *HUGE* thank you for making my first week in business so awesome! I surpassed my goals and am very pleased with how things went. My blogging should return to normal now, and not just be completely shop focused. Now, I know everyone is itching to find out the winner of the big prize pack... so without further adeu..


Matt picks out a slip of paper...

Unfolds it...

....and the winner is!

Congratulations Maree of Work at Home Designs!! I will be in contact with you today to get your mailing address :) I hope you enjoy the prize pack.

Now I am off to list new things in the Paper*Cakes Shoppe - go check out the new ROUND tags!

and it comes to an end.....

Hey all!! Congrats to yesterday's winner of two mini cards - Lily! I will be in contact with you soon :)

For Today's giveaway, I am going to open entries to everyone for the $50 prize package, and I'm going to leave this one open until Sunday to give everyone lots of chances to enter. Here's a pic of what you will win:



* Cute Animals Needle Book
* 2 Christmas Ornaments
* 1 yard of pink vintage lace trim
* Deluxe Snowflake tag
* 3 Christmas Cards

To enter, leave a comment telling me what your favorite item(s) are in the Paper*Cakes shoppe and any items you would like to see for sale in the future. You can recieve bonus ballots by:

* purchasing from the Shoppe - every item purchased gets you one ballot
* providing a link to the Blog or Shoppe - use one of the images found here in your link and recieve an extra ballot

This draw will be done on Sunday evening by my lovely Husband :) I have been using random.org to generate numbers for the daily winners but for this one there will be a real drawing! with photos! exciting! :)

I just wanted to thank everyone for this week! It has been so wonderful, and far better than I would ever have expected :) I hope that you will continue to read the blog and check out the shop because I am working like a busy little beaver on new items.

ALSO - today is the LAST DAY of the free shipping promo at the shop so get in on it while you still can!

Another day another give away!

Click this banner to visit the Paper*Cakes Shoppe! Don't forget to add it to your faves! :)

Alright!! Just two more days left of opening week festivities... I know you're sad :P hehehe.... I am getting tired! Yesterday's winner of a custom designed 4"x6" card was commenter #11, Holiday Jenny! Jenny, I will be in contact with you soon!


Today's prize is a set of two of these cute as a button holiday mini cards! They have finished backs so you can write a little message. To win, all you have to do is leave a comment telling me how you found my blog and how long you have been coming here.

Don't forget about the weekly grand prize draw as well - to get a ballot just provide a link on your blog or website to the paper*cakes blog! To recieve an extra ballot, use one of the graphics provided here or a photo of my work. Good luck!! The grand prize draw is worth $50!

Yesterday (between custom orders and trying to be a good decent wife/mother) I managed to make some new Christmas tags and a card or two that I will be listing today. I've got a lot of merchandise currently in the works, like polymer clay buttons, page embellishments, LOTS of tags and cards, premade layouts, ornaments, felt magnets, needle books, stationary boxed sets, and more. Check back! :)

Oh and just as an afternote.. check out the awesome Christmas wall hanging that I purchased last night:





It was made by Janesays on etsy! Check out her cute little love birdie wall hanging as well.. I wants it!

Happy Wednesday!! :)

Congrats to yesterday's winner of the cupcake tags and vintage trim, Babz of Craftsty! Babz, I will be in contact with you shortly :)



Today's prize is a custom designed 4x6 card! You pick the colors, occasion, and anything else you want! To win, please leave me a comment telling me a little bit about yourself.. who you are, what you like to do, where you live, or any other little interesting tidbits :) I really want to get to know you guys!

Don't forget about the ongoing draw for the $50 prize pack! To enter, provide a link back to the paper*cakes blog or shop. To recieve an extra ballot, use one of the graphics provided here. Also, any time you make a purchase you recieve a ballot as well.

Thanks again for another wonderful day, I had two sales and a large custom order :) I had no idea that I would be so busy already. I hope to get some new items made soon. I am working on some polymer clay buttons, christmas ornaments, and more.

Today's Prize :D

Today, up for grabs is a set of *four* cupcake tags handmade by me, and a yard of vintage white lace! To enter, please leave a comment on this post and tell me why you are looking forward to Christmas this year :) Good luck!!

Also, don't forget that the draw for the $50 prize package is ongoing until the 7th (for info on how to enter, click here, as is the free shipping promo in the store :)

Now I am off to clean up my house a little... since it has been sorely neglected with all of the store stuff! My poor husband, hehehe.... I need an assistant.

And the results are in! :)

I would just like to say a thank you to everyone who participated in our opening day festivities :) The shoppe sold three items and I recieved a request for some custom invites, which is honestly much better than even I expected! The blog even surpassed itself for most traffic since it opened. I'm so excited that you guys like my creations! I still have more complete works and some supplies (like yummy pink vintage lace) to list, so I will be doing that tomorrow.

I'm keeping the gift certificate draw open until midnight Pacific time - which is four more hours. I will post the winner tomorrow :) Ok, my husband was unavailable for drawing (boo, I know - I wanted to take silly pictures of him drawing a name) I used random.org's number generator and it came up with #7



Ittybittybirdy aka another lovely Chelsea was commenter #7, and wins the $15 gift certificate! Yay, congrats Chelsea! I will be contacting you shortly about your prize.... =)

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT'S FINALLY HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Shoppe is open! The Shoppe is open!! :) Yay!!!! I have been listing items all morning and will mostly likely continue to do so all day today, but I wanted to pop in and make a blog post about the promotions that we will having going on this week.

First of all, any and every purchase gets free shipping until the 7th of November. That's 5 whole days! No matter what you buy or where you live, shipping will be free.

Next, I am going to be doing one daily giveaway and one large weekly draw. To enter the weekly draw, all you have to do is mention my shop (and provide a link) on your blog, website, photo sharing site, anywhere really. To get a bonus ballot, include any of the promotional graphics available HERE. Just don't forget to contact me and let me know about your link, otherwise you won't be entered into the draw. The prize will be worth approximately $50.

The daily giveaways will be given to one commenter, chosen with a random draw done by my husband. Today's prize is... drumroll... a $15 gift certificate/credit! You may use this certificate for yourself, or as a gift for someone special. To win, leave a comment on this blog entry and tell me how your Halloween was!