bonne fête – giveaway 16

Happy 2nd birthday to Paperie Boutique!
Visit PaperieBirthday.com for all events!

Our next prize pack is simply amazing! Boudoir Business Boutique is back again, and this time they’re going to give one lucky Paperie reader copies of their Lighting Guide, Posing Guide, new 24-piece Business Set, and new 4-piece Album Template Set! That’s $850 worth of products!

Boudoir Business Boutique:
The Boudoir Business Boutique – a resource for boudoir photographers including a posing guide, lighting guide, branding, marketing, album and product templates! A great resource for all boudoir photographers – those who are wanting to learn boudoir photography or improve their boudoir business. Brought to you by Kathy Honeybourne of Honeybourne Intimates, Toronto’s leading boudoir photographer. Visit the store, have a look around and enjoy!

Complete Guide to Lighting:
With over 200 images, lighting diagrams and pull-back shots demonstrating everything from lighting basics to advanced techniques in an easy to follow format, this is the complete guide to boudoir lighting ! Over sixty pages packed full of information, this manual is all you will ever need for shooting boudoir photography and creating beautiful images. From soft wrap around lighting to the most dramatic of looks, you’ll learn the principles and lighting set-ups and be able to apply them to any environment from a studio backdrop, to a lavish bedroom or hotel setting.




Posing Guide:
Containing over 300 pages, the boudoir posing guide outlines the most flattering poses, tips and tricks to enhance your clients best features. Hands, legs, props, detail shots, camera angles and variations of many poses are all covered indepth. Also included is a Quick Reference Guide of over 100 standard boudoir poses to which you can add your own creativity.

New 24 piece Business and Marketing set in Mod Pink or Mod Blue
•   Everything you need to get your business up and running
•   Beautiful Charcoal and Color papers, Coordinated Branding
•   All items are completely layered PSD files, Free or standard fonts used
•   Easy to use clipping masks, Instructions included
•   Available for immediate download
•   Templates Include:
        Business Card, Boudoir Information Trifold, Investment Guide Trifold,
        Marketing Post Card, Image Box and Proof Borders, CD/DVD and Case
        Template, Session Reminder Card, Thank You Card, Referral Plan and
        Rep Cards, After Sale Add-On Marketing Card, Receipt, Packaging Sticker,
        Client Information Trifold, Gift Certificate, Blog Post Template, Facebook
        Profile Template, Digital Negative Trifold Wording for FAQs, Wording for
        Website/Literature

New Mod Pink and Mod Blue Album and Product Templates
•   10×10 Album
•   5×5 Album
•   4×8 Accordian Album
•   3×3 Accordian Album
•   CD and Case Template
•   Image Box and Proof Borders

Visit the store at:
BoudoirBusinessBoutique.com
Check back often for new items and sign up for our newsletters for updates!

So how do you win this wonderful prize pack? It’s easy!

1. Go to your Facebook and Twitter accounts and post the following on either or both (then tell us where you did):
Win a HUGE BoudoirBusinessBoutique.com / @BoudoirBusiness prize pack at @PaperieBoutique / PaperieBoutique.com – http://PaperieBirthday.com

2. Like Boudoir Business Boutique on Facebook.

3. Follow Boudoir Business Boutique on Twitter.

Each entry requires its own separate comment here. (In simple terms: If you want FOUR chances to win, you have to do the four things listed above, and then make four separate comments here telling us how you did them.)

Comment that you have posted to your Twitter and/or Facebook account(s), with a link to where you did it – or that you’ve liked one or both vendors on Facebook – in separate comments here to have multiple chances to win!

ATTENTION: All links you post must direct to public-access accounts. We cannot verify links on private, friends & family only, or passworded accounts and they will not be eligible to win this item. If we have to subscribe to your feed, a website, or forum – or request permission to see them – your entry will automatically be disqualified.

Comment(s) must be posted here by 11:59 p.m. EDT on Saturday, July 23rd. You can enter up to four times total. Post that you have met both requirements in separate comments to have multiple chances to win!

You can enter / post up to four times total – one entry each for both the options listed above. (PLEASE NOTE: Comments are held for moderation and may not appear immediately. Please be patient! They will show up eventually.)

You have four chances to win, but only one chance PER OPTION – please do not post the same link multiple times. Duplicate links will be removed. Each entry requires its own separate comment to have multiple chances to win!

Comments on this entry will be numbered in order of posting. The winning number will be chosen by Random.org, and the winner will be contacted within 48-72 hours of the winner-announcement to claim their prize.

Good luck!

Thanks Boudoir Business Boutique for this super-sized prize pack! And don’t forget the Boudoir Business Boutique is offering 40% off anything in the store through August 30th for all Paperie readers! You can find that code, and several others from our featured vendors (just updated TODAY) here!




More prizes going up tonight – check back soon!
-Robyn

P.S. Vendors, if you are interested in being a part of the birthday celebration, e-mail me at “robyn AT paperieboutique DOT com” ASAP!

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you say it’s your birthday?

Happy 2nd birthday to Paperie Boutique!
Visit PaperieBirthday.com for all events!

To kick things off officially (because today we turn TWO), we’re happy to present the “master list” of vendors offering special discounts and coupons just for our readers. We wouldn’t be where we are today without them – and YOU!

This list will grow and will be updated as our birthday week (July 18th – 22nd) progresses, so make sure to check this post often!

Link for all of the 2011 birthday festivities:
http://www.paperiebirthday.com




Without further adieu…go forth and SHOP!

1.  Nichole Van’s flourish – an emporium for photographers – 25% off
     coupon code during birthday week – code: paperie2011

2.  HB Photo Packaging – 15% off entire webstore thru midnite on 7/22 -
     code: PaperieBoutique* (*only one coupon can be used per purchase)

3.  One Willow Presets – 10% off of all the Preset Collections thru 7/22 -
     code: hbpaperie

4.  Kelly Moore Bags – $15 off purchases during birthday week -
     code: Paperie15off

5.  The Album Cafe – 25% off your entire order July 18th-22nd -
     code: HappyBirthdayPB

6.  Photopantz – $15 off purchases thru 8/31 – code: PANTZ15

7.  Life Art Design Shop – 30% off purchases from July 18 to the 25th -
     code: Paperie30

8.  A Yummy Life Design – 20% off in the store during birthday week -
     code: TWO

9.  Rice Studio Supply – 10% discount off one order, valid July 18-22 -
     code: 2years

10. Fiber Arts by Boondock Studios – 20% off during birthday week -
      code: PAPERIEROCKS

11. Photo Card Boutique – $5 off orders thru July 25th – code: hb-paperie

12. BrandSushi – 25% off during birthday week – code: PAPERIE25

13. Photographer Cafe – $20 off a $50 order through July 2011 -
      code: paperiebirthday20

14. Color Inc. Pro Lab – 15% off new customer orders for your first 30
      days (excludes Press Print Products) – code: PaperieNewCustomers

15. DNL Photo Packaging – free shipping on all orders now thru 07/21
      ($50.00 minimum order, online orders only, Continental US only) -
      code: PAPERIEBIRTHDAY [hint: after 7/21 you can use the code
      AIRCONDITIONING thru 7/31 for for free shipping on $50.00
      minimum online in-stock orders - Continental US only]

16. Collages.net – users receive 4 months to sell their images online
      for free – code: PB4FREE

17. ProDPI – 20% off any order (expires 07/22/11 at 11:59 p.m.) –
      code: 20paperie

18. Handmade Paper Album Boxes by Leah Gibbons Photography -
      mention “Paperie Boutique’s 2nd birthday” when placing order for
      25% off all album boxes Wed., July 20th – Fri., July 22nd

19. The Savvy Photographer – 20% off anything in the Savvy Store
      thru July 31st – code: paperie20

20. TAoPaN: The Art of Pregnancy and Newborn Store – 15% off
      anything at the TAOPAN Store – code: press

21. TAoPaN: The Art of Pregnancy and Newborn Store Workshops –
      15% off any of our workshops – code: mentorme

22. MOO – 30% off all printed products through midnite PDT on Thursday,
      July 21st – no code needed

23. Boudoir Business Boutique – 40% off anything in the store until
      August 30th – code: PB40

24. Marketing and Props for Photographers – 10% off all bowls by using
      this “secret link“

Thanks to all the above vendors! Want your name up there, too? Contact us!

And Paperie readers, check in Monday AM because the giveaways start then!




As promised – we’ll be featuring new advertisers in posts this week. Here are the first two vendors to join the Paperie family! Help us welcome…

Bubblegirl Knit and Crochet specializes in hand knit photo props for newborns and children. We offer a wide variety of props from cocoons, hanging slings, diaper covers, blankets, headbands, and several styles of hats including beanies, newsboy caps, earflap and tassel hats.

We understand how difficult (and expensive) it can be to acquire just the right props for newborn sessions, so we came up with our signature “Prop Packages”. These 4 packages provide essential newborn props at a discounted price while allowing you to make your own color choices. They’re perfect for the new photographer just starting out in the business or anyone who wants to stock up on some great props. Visit them at: bubblegirlknits.etsy.com

Photopantz! are the only pants designed especially for the unique needs of women photographers.

Founded by Seattle wedding photographer Julie Watts, Photopantz have 4-way stretch fabric, high rise backside, and NINE sleek and discrete pockets for biz cards, batteries, memory cards, your smartphone, just for starters.

“I just thought it was crazy that nobody cared that women have to shoot weddings in particular, in regular dress pants with weeny teeny pockets, or no pockets at all. I want to be able to climb and bend without worrying they’re gonna split, AND I don’t want to have to spend ONE second wondering if I’m about to moon auntie if I squat down to photograph the flowergirl“, says Julie. Visit them at: photopantz.com

Ad-spots are on sale as much as half-off for new vendors during our birthday week (and renewals are discounted for current members of our advertising family). Go here for more details! All new advertisers will also be featured with text-entries (as shown above) during our birthday celebration.




Don’t forget to go here and see what you missed over the weekend. A special sale, and a teaser of the great giveaways ahead this week, were posted earlier!

And one to grow on! Thanks for two AMAZING years!
-Robyn

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happily ever after

It’s no secret that with two young boys, I love doing fairy and princess sessions any time I can. Today I’m sharing one of my favorite online-stops, and a special discount, with you in a guest / vendor post!

At Bugs-N-Blooms, our extensive collection of butterfly, ladybug, and bumblebee-themed accessories make the perfect addition to a photographer’s props. Our products are popular choices with parents who want to capture a memorable memento of their little ones’ childhood days.

Tiny tykes can be transformed into butterfly princesses with Bugs-n-Blooms accessories. A butterfly costume with butterfly wings, tutu skirts, a fairy wand, and a tiara or flower headband makes an ideal outfit for an annual photo session. Our fire-engine red ladybug costume, complete with wings, tutu, and wand, makes a colorful, eye-catching wardrobe choice, especially for a color photo on a black-and-white background.

Parents choose Bugs-n-Blooms for more than just costumes, though. We also offer a wide array of decorations, ranging from wall stickers to mini-bugs and butterflies to mobiles and curtain tiebacks. In fact, you can create an entire garden backdrop with the help of Bugs-n-Blooms.

Start with our nylon flowers, which come in mini- and full-sized versions in a number of different designs. Add butterfly decor, nylon butterflies, and glitter ladybugs to introduce some other creatures to the scene. Our mobiles—featuring butterflies, dragonflies, bumblebees or daisies—bring another dimension into the backdrop. Of course, no garden setting is complete without a smiling bumblebee or two, and we have those, too. You can even include one of our nylon hanging suns in your garden scene for a final touch.

You can personalize the picture with our reusable alphabet wall stickers, too. If you keep two or three complete sets on hand (with a few extra vowels and popular letters), you’ll be able to spell any name of a photo subject.

Visit our website – bugs-n-blooms.com – to check out everything we have to offer. Our products come in a wide selection of colors and have a variety of embellishments, including, sparkles, glitter, and gemstones.

To stay posted on the latest additions to the Bugs-n-Blooms collection, “like” us on Facebook. If you do, you’ll get a special offer: 10% off orders over $25.




P.S. If you are interested in advertising with Paperie Boutique, please contact todd @ this domain. If you are a photographer and are interested in having your packaging featured – or are a vendor and are interested in having your business packaging, marketing ideas, or photography-related products featured – please contact robyn @ this domain to be added to the posting schedule.

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hot one

A few days ago I made a post about one of my finds at Imaging USA – Barbour Backdrops and Props…

Well as luck would have it, they just won three PPA “Hot Ones” Awards (winners announced in the new March issue of Professional Photographer Magazine) and they’re celebrating by giving a big discount on each of those items!

To see more photo examples of the Jillian backdrop, Stately Baseboards, and Lattice Box go visit their Facebook page.

PLEASE NOTE: Even though the ad mentions using the code on their website, you will need to use it when placing a phone order (877-318-4777) instead.

Happy shopping!

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You say boo-tique, I say bow-tique

Very excited to bring you our first vendor / guest post of the year by the Boudoir Business Boutique…

The Boudoir Business Boutique – a resource for boudoir photographers including lighting and posing guides, branding, marketing, album and product templates! A great resource for all boudoir photographers – those who are just starting out or those who want to improve their boudoir business. Brought to you by Kathy Honeybourne of Honeybourne Intimates, Toronto’s leading boudoir photographer. Visit the store, have a look around and enjoy!

Lighting Guide – The Lighting Guide is finally here and on sale until Monday January 10th:

With over 200 images, lighting diagrams and pull-back shots demonstrating everything from lighting basics to advanced techniques in an easy to follow format, this is the complete guide to boudoir lighting! Over sixty pages packed full of information, this manual is all you will ever need for shooting boudoir photography and creating beautiful images.

From soft wrap around lighting to the most dramatic of looks, you’ll learn the principles and lighting set-ups and be able to apply them to any environment from a studio backdrop, to a lavish bedroom or hotel setting.

The principles and lighting set-ups demonstrated throughout this book can also be applied to other areas of photography. Many are ideal for shooting seniors, maternity, model portfolios and general portraiture.

Posing Guide:

Your time during a boudoir shoot is precious and quite often very limited. The posing guidelines are designed to be the most flattering and fitting to all women, regardless of body type or comfort level. Containing over 300 pages, the poses are tried, tested and true and will get you started, keep your shoots flowing efficiently and enable you to capture more than enough poses and looks to fill an album. The sequential nature of these standards allow you to flow from one pose to the next in a timely, efficient manner capturing a great number of flattering, sellable images for women of all sizes.

Boudoir Marketing & Business Sets:

Boudoir Business Sets include everything you need to get your boudoir business up and running: information guide, client guide, digital negative trifold, business card, marketing card, gift certificate, thank you tag, sticker, generic CD and case. Also available are website wording, faqs wording and boudoir investment guide templates. All pieces coordinate with one another for perfect boudoir branding. Also available are marketing pieces to boost your sales, attract new clients and have current clients returning over and over. All marketing materials co-ordinate with our other business and branding templates.

Album Templates:

The store is brimming with boudoir album templates! Rich and creamy damasks, textured blacks, hawt pinks, sultry blues, romantic word art and much more. Ranging from 3×3 to 10×10, each design has coordinating templates for image boxes, proof borders and cd/dvd cases. Matching papers are also available to create your own coordinating designs.

Visit the store at:
boudoirbusinessboutique.com
Check often for new items and sign up for our newsletter for updates.




Great news for Paperie readers – thepolishedphotographer.com is giving everyone 25% off your purchase over $50. To take advantage of this awesome offer, just use the code PAPERIE6686424401 through January 15th!

Thanks so much to the Boudoir Business Boutique and The Polished Photographer!

And don’t forget this is the last day to VOTE in the packaging contest!

Have a great weekend!
-Robyn

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You say boo-tique.
      We say bow-tique.

I recently made a purchase from eBay, that I swear caused an ovary to burst when I opened it. It was just. that. cute. So I immediately begged the seller to do a guest post post here, and thankfully she obliged. Introducing Stacy Murphy of The Girlie Girl Bowtique…

My name is Stacy Murphy I am a a full time mommy and wife. My daughter Robyn is 16 and my son Colin is almost 5. They keep me very busy and I love it.

The Girlie Girl Bowtique has only been in business for a year! I’m an Interior Designer by profession, but chose to stay home with my kids so that had to put that on the back burner for now. As some time passed I really needed a creative outlet. As full as my life was I felt something missing.

On that day I happened to be going through my Grandmother’s old picture album. I have a natural love and obsess over anything vintage whether it be a piece of Jewelry, hats, or a pair of vintage Channel shoes . I love all vintage things… The next picture was of my Great Grandmother wearing a swim cap, You know the kind women use to wear back in the days as to not get their hair wet. This particular cap caught my eye. My Great Grandmother had stuck a bunch of daisies in it. She told me that she did that to catch the eye of this man – and she did. That man was my Great Grandfather. They laughed over this cap for many years until they both died on the same night. My daisy cap was inspired by my great grandparents. I one day decided to make these caps for photographer session props. Took some time but they caught the eye of many, MANY photographers and they and all my other flower caps have been HUGE hits.

Everything else in my Cute Bowtique is all made and designed by me. Every week there is a new design as my mind never stops. This is my outlet my hobby my passion. I love what I do and I would do it for free! (Although making some money for myself is nice too!)

I sell quality crochet flower hats , four different styles of headbands , clippies, and of course my famous flower caps — lots of MOMS shop in my store but I mostly sell to photographers as they love to use my designs for session props. I am proud to call myself a “Photo Prop Designer”. No longer the Interior Designer…which is perfect.

As a special treat for Paperie Boutique readers, if you will mention that you found Girlie Girl Bowtique on Paperie Boutique, you will get 10% off your purchase in my store. Just please make sure to contact me before making your final payment during the checkout.

And one lucky winner will get the thing that started this all – a daisy cap! Here’s how to win:

First become a fan of The Girlie Girl Bowtique on Facebook. You’ll get in on Facebook-only giveaways and promotions there.

Next, To win just go to your blog, Facebook account, Flickr account, or Twitter account and post the following:

I want a daisy cap from Girlie Girl Bowtique / etsy.com/shop/girliebowtique – win at Paperie Boutique / paperieboutique.com by @shutterblog

Post the URL(s) to your link(s) in the comments for THIS ENTRY. Comment(s) must be posted here by 11:59 p.m. EDT on Monday, June 14th.

Please note: The link you post must direct to a public account. We cannot verify links on private, friends & family only, or passworded accounts and they will not be eligible to win this item. If we have to subscribe to your feed or page or request permission to see it, you will automatically be disqualified.

You can enter up to four times total – one entry each per public, non-private blog URL / Facebook / Flickr / Twitter account.

You have four chances to win but only one chance PER LINK – please do not post the same link multiple times – duplicate links will be removed. And post your 1-4 separate links in separate comments to have multiple chances to win!

Comments are moderated and may be slow to be added today but they will be added by late afternoon or early evening.

Comments on this entry will be numbered in order of posting. The winning number will be chosen by Random.org, and the winner will be contacted within 24 hours of contest’s end to claim their prize. Good luck!

UPDATE: The winner has been announced here – congrats!

Thank you so much for today’s guest post, Stacy! Make sure to visit the Girlie Girl Bowtique on Etsy and also stop by her personal Facebook page to say “hi” and “thank you” as well!

Don’t forget the big Kelly Moore bag giveaway is going on through Friday night at 11:59 p.m. EDT!

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your connection to the party line

We have a winner in the Go{4}Pro iPhone case template collection giveaway! It’s Rebecca Strang of Wise Idea Portraits:

Thanks again to Go{4}Pro, congrats to Rebecca, and a huge thank you to everyone who participated as well!

And don’t forget, Paperie readers have one more day (through Monday, May 17th) to use the discount code Paperie to get 10% off the iPhone case template collection at Go{4}Pro!

You also have until 11:59 p.m. EDT Sunday night to win a $50.00 gift code from Jamie Schultz Designs. Get to it!

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