capture this!

Excited to have another guest / vendor post for a product I use (and love!) – a giveaway for two camera straps from Capturing Couture!

Capturing Couture is a company founded a little over 2 years ago by two working moms; one with a fervor for design and the other with a profound passion for photography. Capturing Couture breaks out into the accessories market with a collection of fashion forward camera straps, adding color and style to a category that has been, to this point, severely monochromatic. The time has come for fashion, form and function to completely merge.

We create two types of straps: One for the SLR/DSLR camera worn around the neck and a second for smaller cameras worn around the wrist. The straps are designed with comfortable padding in the neck to help distribute the weight of the camera, (SLR/DSLR camera straps only) velvet backing, nylon webbing for durability and adjustable hardware for preferred positioning.

Not only do we have fashion forward straps for women, we also carry a hip men’s line. [ Note from Robyn: Shhh! Don't tell anyone but my Capturing Couture strap is from the men's line! ]

And now two lucky Paperie readers have a chance to win a Capturing Couture camera strap of their very own! The style is the winner’s choice, up to a $39.00 value (shipping included).

1. Go to your Facebook and Twitter accounts and post the following on either or both (then tell us where you did):

Win your choice of camera straps from @CapturingCoutur / CapturingCouture.com @PaperieBoutique / PaperieBoutique.com – http://is.gd/z6j0gV

2. Friend / Like / Follow Capturing Couture on Facebook and come back here and let us know (or tell us you’re already a fan)

3. Follow Capturing Couture on Twitter and come back here and let us know (or tell us you’re already a follower)

4. Post your favorite item from Capturing Couture in the comments here

Each entry requires its own separate comment here. (In simple terms: If you want FIVE chances to win, you have to do the FIVE separate things listed above, and then make five 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 Capturing Couture on Facebook and/or Twitter – or your favorite Capturing Couture product – 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 Monday, September 19th. You can enter up to FIVE times total. Post that you have met the individual requirements in separate comments to have multiple chances to win!

You can enter / post up to five times total – one entry each for all of 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 FIVE 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 to everyone who enters and thanks to Capturing Couture for the awesome giveaway!




We have a few contest winners to announce!

The first three winners of the “Fit to Print” giveaway…Susan B, thougham, and Jenn S.

Congrats to all three of you, and thanks to everyone who entered! I’ll be in touch with download information for the winners within 24 hours!

And the winner of the One King’s Lane $25 gift certificate…Larissa pavei! Congrats to our winner, and thanks to those who entered. I’ll have your gift card sent within 24 hours Larissa!




Last but not least, we just finished assembling the first round of goodie bags coming soon to a workshop near you! (The batch after this goes here.)

The toy cameras can be found on eBay. The little bags are from Celestial Gifts on Etsy. And they are stamped with a polymer stamp from Write with Moxie. You can read more detail on the candy bags here.

Check back Friday – another special offer for Paperie readers on tap!
-Robyn & Todd

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a hill of beans

Once again, I’m about a week behind on everything – work, life, this blog – you name it, I’m behind! I do apologize.

It is belatedly, but with much excitement, that I announce the winner of the Shoot Baby Ottoman Posing Beanbag…and it’s…Elissa Dahlgren Photography!

Congrats Elissa – I’ll be in touch soon with your win notice! And huge thanks to Shoot Baby for one of my favorite Paperie giveaways yet!




And in case you haven’t heard, Bad Sass Backdrops, Inc. is having an amazing 30% off sale and giveaway this holiday weekend!

The above photos are from two of my recent Buttons and Bows Photography newborn sessions. The first background with the shutters is a Heather Green Designs background (#HG006) for Bad Sass. The second floral backdrop is from the Bad Sass Florabella Collection (#FB002).

Go here for more details on the 30% off sale and giveaways!




Many updates are in the queue so check back this week! I’ll do my best to get them up ASAP!

Have a great Labor Day holiday everyone!
-Robyn

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you’ve been carded

Did you know there’s only 132 days left ’til Christmas? Design Aglow is to the rescue with a special offer in this new vendor / guest post!

Design Aglow presents a revolutionary way for your photography studio to sell holiday cards. With a mix & match studio sales system to enable you to work smarter, not harder, save time, increase sales, and streamline your holiday workflow, this product is more than just holiday card templates. It’s like having a stationery shop in your studio and comes complete with everything you will need to launch your holiday card line within minutes of download.

INCLUDES:
• A 10-page holiday card sales catalog. This catalog is a turnkey, professionally designed way to present your holiday card offerings to clients. The catalog easily walks clients through every step involved in designing the holiday card of their dreams. It includes a built-in order form on the last page on which your clients will note their design choices, keeping their information impeccably organized, and saving you lots of valuable time.

But, by far, the most unique feature of the catalog is that it includes professionally, studio-shot stock photos of finished holiday cards. This means you won’t have to worry about taking the time to photograph your holiday cards for the catalog – this step is already done for you. All that is required is that you add your studio logo, update the policies to reflect your own, and add your pricing on the last page.

• Three beautifully designed card modules (a cover, an inside design that includes 12 different greetings, and a back), consisting of six different designs each. These are in unflattened Photoshop PSD format and will allow you to design your clients’ cards with just the click of a mouse, all in under 15 minutes per card. Simply mix and match the front, inside and back (which are completely interchangeable) for virtually limitless combinations.

• A comprehensive 10 page tutorial that will easily explain everything you need to know about launching your holiday card line. It also includes ideas for presentation, selling, and publishing your catalog online.

Click here to check it out in the Design Aglow shop with introductory pricing!




And a heads-up from Robyn… I recently started using Design Aglow’s “Essential Birth Announcement Worksheet“:

I am completely in love with this – talk about impressive to clients and a time-saver all in one! If you sell birth announcements, you must check this out!




We have two winners to announce in our See Jane Work giveaway…and they are…Jamie Delight Photography and Jessica Hester Photography.

Congratulations to both winners and thanks again to all of our vendors and readers that made our birthday celebration such an amazing success!

-Robyn and Todd

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and that’s the way it is…

Paperie Boutique is officially in the “terrible 2s”!
Visit PaperieBirthday.com for all events!

All winner announcements are located here…

All the party supplies have been packed away, the punchbowl is drained, and the cake-plate has nothing left but stale crumbs… However Todd and I wanted to put up one more post to thank YOU – our readers – and all the vendors who made such an amazing event possible!

If you’re like me, one of your greatest joys in life was the school supplies aisle for “back to school”. Well think of See Jane Work as a school supplies aisle for grown-ups. Two lucky Paperie readers will win a $25 gift card compliments of us!

How do you win? Simple!

1. Go to your Facebook and Twitter accounts and post the following on either or both (then tell us where you did):
Win a “See Jane Work” / @SeeJaneWorkBuzz giftcard from PaperieBoutique.com / @PaperieBoutique – visit PaperieBirthday.com for more!

2. Follow Paperie Boutique on Twitter.

3. Friend / Like Paperie Boutique on Facebook.

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 Thursday, August 11th. 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! And thank you!
-Robyn and Todd




Last, but certainly not least…we’d like to thank each and every vendor who participated in our 2nd birthday celebration!

1.  Nichole Van’s flourish – an emporium for photographers
2.  HB Photo Packaging
3.  One Willow Presets
4.  Kelly Moore Bags
5.  The Album Cafe
6.  Photopantz
7.  Life Art Design Shop
8.  A Yummy Life Design
9.  Rice Studio Supply
10. Fiber Arts by Boondock Studios
11. Photo Card Boutique
12. BrandSushi
13. Photographer Cafe
14. Color Inc. Pro Lab
15. DNL Photo Packaging
16. Collages.net
17. ProDPI
18. Handmade Paper Album Boxes by Leah Gibbons Photography
19. The Savvy Photographer / The Savvy Store
20. TAoPaN: The Art of Pregnancy and Newborn Store
21. TAoPaN: The Art of Pregnancy and Newborn Store Workshops
22. MOO
23. Boudoir Business Boutique
24. Marketing and Props for Photographers
25. MPixPro
26. ClickinMoms
27. Holly McCaig’s Store at Pink Ink Studios
28. WHCC
29. Pixel2Canvas
30. Sarah Petty’s The Joy of Marketing
31. Artsy Couture
32. Miller’s Professional Imaging
33. EW Couture Collection
34. The Organic Bloom
35. Epiphanie Bags
36. Sassy Designs
37. Bad Sass Backdrops
38. The Boudoir Divas
39. Canvas Rox
40. Go{4}Pro Photography
41. Francy Pants Designs
42. Noel’s Paperie
43. Memorable Epiphanies
44. Design Aglow
45. DeVoe Creative Photography & Design
46. Melissa Davis Designs
47. Kaleidoscope

Show them some love and click on their links!

Closing things out the same way this year as we did last — not only would this birthday event have been anything but completely amazing without your participation, neither would the last two years! Thanks again!

…and one to grow on!
-Robyn and Todd

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you might be a winner – vol. 8

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

All winner announcements are located here…


This is the final batch of winner announcements from Paperie’s 2nd birthday celebration! Three more giveaway announcements for contests # 29, 31, and 32 (winners will be contacted within 48-72 hours of this post to claim their prizes):

one $150 Design Aglow gift certificate — and —
one concept logo design from DeVoe Creative



one $75 Design Aglow gift certificate each

Everyone listed above will be contacted in the next 48-72 hours with win notices. Thanks once more to our vendors and readers for making our 2nd birthday party such a big success!

-Robyn & Todd

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vol. 5 – now with more wins!

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

Winner announcements started on Monday, July 25th…


I just realized that I forgot to post the three winners of the Beach House Collection Canvas Templates from the Savvy Store. So without further adieu…here they are!

The last batch of winner announcements will be posted this afternoon! Thanks for again to our vendors and readers for making our 2nd birthday party such a big success!

-Robyn & Todd

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you might be a winner – vol. 7

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

Winner announcements started on Monday, July 25th…


More winner announcements on the way! Thank you for your patience – we are announcing the winners for each contest as quickly as we can! Real life, work, and health-issues have taken priority the last few days. But that said, without further adieu…four more giveaway announcements for contests # 24-28 (winners will be contacted within 48-72 hours of this announcement to claim their prizes):

Just one more batch of winner announcements to go now and they will be posted Monday! Everyone listed above will be contacted in the next 48-72 hours with win notices.

Thanks again to our vendors and readers for making our 2nd birthday party such a big success!

-Robyn & Todd

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you might be a winner – vol. 6

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

Winner announcements started on Monday, July 25th…


More winner announcements on the way! Thank you for your patience – we are announcing the winners for each contest as quickly as we can! Real life, work, and health-issues have taken priority the last few days. But that said, without further adieu…four more giveaway announcements for contests # 19-23 (winners will be contacted within 48-72 hours of this announcement to claim their prizes):

The digital edition of the August 2011 Professional Photographer Magazine is now online for digital subscribers.

For this month’s article I reviewed frames by The Organic Bloom, American Frame, CPQ, MPixPro, The Savvy Photographer Store, Simply Color Lab, Obrien & Schridde Designs, WHCC, and Photojojo.

Click the magazine pages above for a larger .pdf version. You can find the article on page 50, page 52, and page 54 of the print-version when it hits mailboxes. And you can also download the digital edition now if you’re a PPA member or digital subscriber.




Thanks again to our vendors and readers for making our 2nd birthday party such a big success! Stay tuned for more winner announcements soon!
-Robyn & Todd

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you might be a winner – vol. 5

More PaperieBirthday.com contest winners are announced further down in this post – but first, a quick word from the fine folks at Moo.

One of the recent Paperie Boutique birthday giveaways featured all the new types of Moo stickers available. Now every order of Moo Round Stickers includes a free sticker relating to the country your order is shipped to.*

Moo wants to celebrate the lovely new designs, and the clever technology that allows them to make stickers in general really! So, they’ve got a competition and some great prizes for you. It’s very simple to enter, just…..

1. stick ANY Moo sticker, on something you love about your city or country
2. take a picture of it
3. post it to Moo’s Flickr or Moo’s Facebook with the tag #CityStickers

Moo will be running the competition until the August 15th and then Tara, the stickers manager, will choose 20 winners who will receive $200 / £125 / €140 each to spend at Moo. One lucky winner will receive a copy of Corel Paintshop Pro photo editing software as well. So get snapping! [see more here at Moo's blog]

* Moo couldn’t create designs for every single country in the world, but they have the following 15 countries: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, United Kingdom, Japan, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and USA. If your order is not for any of these 15 countries you will get a ‘Hello World’ sticker – which is very much open to interpretation!

P.S. If a Paperie reader wins it all, we’ll kick in two free packs of Moo Sticker Books ($9.99 / each)!

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

Winner announcements started on Monday, July 25th…


As promised…winner announcements started Monday! Please be patient with us. We’ll be announcing the winners for each contest as quickly as we can! (Just keep in mind that we still have ongoing giveaways, winners / vendors to be notified as final giveaway results are posted, lots of social media to juggle, two e-mail accounts bursting at the seams, and a partridge in a pear tree.) That said, without further adieu…four more giveaway announcements for contests # 15-18 (winners will be contacted within 48-72 hours of this announcement to claim their prizes):

Thanks again to all of our vendors and readers for making our 2nd
birthday party such a big success! Have a great weekend everyone!
-Robyn & Todd

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you might be a winner – vol. 4

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

Winner announcements started on Monday, July 25th…


As promised…winner announcements started Monday! Please be patient with us. We’ll be announcing the winners for each contest as quickly as we can! (Just keep in mind that we still have ongoing giveaways, winners / vendors to be notified as final giveaway results are posted, lots of social media to juggle, two e-mail accounts bursting at the seams, and a partridge in a pear tree.) That said, without further adieu…four more giveaway announcements for contests # 10-13 (winners will be contacted within 48-72 hours of this announcement to claim their prizes):

We took a bit of a break on Wednesday to catch up on sleep and e-mail. More winners will be posted on Friday – and don’t forget the “grand finale” contest with WHCC, HB Photo Packaging, and Kaleidoscope is open through 11:59 p.m. EDT on Thursday, July 28th.

Thanks for your patience, and for making our 2nd birthday party such a big success!

-Robyn & Todd

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you might be a winner – vol. 3

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

Winner announcements started on Monday, July 25th…


As promised…winner announcements started Monday! Please be patient with us. We’ll be announcing as quickly as we can! (Just keep in mind that we still have ongoing giveaways, one giveaway that has yet to be posted, winners / vendors to be notified as final giveaway results are posted, lots of social media to juggle, two e-mail accounts bursting at the seams, and a partridge in a pear tree.) That said, without further adieu…the next three giveaway announcements (winners will be contacted within 48-72 hours of this announcement to claim their prizes):

UPDATE at 11:45 a.m.: It was just brought to my attention that my lack of sleep has finally caught up with me. I forgot to give out three HB Photo Packaging $50.00 gift certificates – I only announced one winner above. So better late than never…here are the two additional winners. Thanks to Tatiana for the heads-up!

I’ll do my best to get all the winners notified by this evening. Thanks for your patience!

ONE MORE giveaway left – will post it soon so don’t go too far!
-Robyn

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you might be a winner – vol. 2

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

Winner announcements started on Monday, July 25th…


[ Heads-up - scroll to the end of this post for home-studio pullback shots. ]

As promised…winner announcements started Monday! Please be patient with us. We’ll be announcing as quickly as we can! (Just keep in mind that we still have ongoing giveaways, more giveaways that have yet to be posted, winners / vendors to be notified as final giveaway results are posted, lots of social media to juggle, two e-mail accounts bursting at the seams, and a partridge in a pear tree.) That said, without further adieu…the next three giveaway announcements (winners will be contacted within 48-72 hours of this announcement to claim their prizes):

And now for something completely different… I’ve been asked several times to do a “pullback” shot of my home shooting space. Things have changed quite a bit since the last time I posted a photo. For starters, I flipped rooms with the playroom and formal dining for more ceiling height. And I guess “the biggie” would be that I’m now shooting with Alien Bees. I used hot-continuous studio lights for 5 years so it’s a bit of a learning curve for me. However, it’s a necessity now that I’m doing product / magazine photography. Some of you might remember that we literally had to start over from scratch with our home and my business a year ago, so I’m pretty proud of what we’ve been able to accomplish in such a short period of time! (If you want a peek into my home office, you can see that here.)

click each of the images below for a larger pop-up version

Believe it or not, we still have more giveaways left! We’ll keep
going ’til all of the giveaways have winners – see ya’ soon!
-Robyn

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you might be a winner – vol. 1

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

Winner announcements started on Monday, July 25th…


As promised…winner announcements start today! Please be patient with us. We’ll be announcing as quickly as we can! (Just keep in mind that we still have ongoing giveaways, more giveaways that have yet to be posted, winners / vendors to be notified as final giveaway results are posted, lots of social media to juggle, two e-mail accounts bursting at the seams, and a partridge in a pear tree.) That said, without further adieu…the first three giveaway announcements (winners will be contacted within 48-72 hours of this announcement to claim their prizes):

More winners – and GIVEAWAYS – coming soon! Stay tuned!
-Robyn

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most sensational
    inspirational celebrational

Still gearing up for the big birthday celebration – it starts Monday, July 18th! Wanted to give you a sneak-peek of just a few of the merchants who will be donating prizes for daily giveaways. Several merchants are donating coupon codes and discounts as well so make sure you check in every day next week!

We have a winner in the recent LOKTAH giveaway…and it’s…Joanie Hunt!

Congrats to Joanie, thanks again to LOKTAH, and thanks to everyone who entered!




And don’t forget the special “Fit to Print” sale running now thru next Friday!

Be there Monday or be square!
-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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