paper lullaby turns 1...

and i'm having a sale!

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email me at paperlullabystore at gmail dot com or contact me on my facebook page.

monsters.

got a little creative with an order last night.

one of my customers wanted a halloween banner with monsters so i decided to jazz it up a little.

i love how it turned out. so much i almost don't want to mail it out! good thing she prepaid or i might have kept it. guess i'll have to make one for myself too!

these monsters have been popular for birthday party banners too. it's a fun theme!

giveaway winner!

here is the list of entries. some people had trouble commenting on here so there were a few posted on the fb page too.

i combined the two places according to the timestamps to remain fair.

1. jacqueline
2. laura
3. lisa
4. ms. chen
5. shell
6. bri
7. erin
8. jackie
9. courtney
10. sam
11. krista
12. emily
13. laura
14. jess
15. paige
16. tori
17. coldedgefamily

and the winner according to random.org...

congrats tori! let me know what you'd be interested in and i'll send it your way!

thanks for the shares on facebook. i'll have another giveaway in the future!

happy day!

what my life has been reduced to.

today on pinterest i searched for potty training charts.

yes. potty training charts.

who am i?

surprisingly i didn't find one cute enough. so i decided to make one for eliza.

i had limited supplies since it was on a whim and my paper is at the house, but i think it turned out cute. lots of room for stickers. she should have gotten some today, but i forgot to pick them up!


i have ideas for others if people are interested. or am i the only freak excited about this? got to make it fun, or you'll never survive! :)

celebratory giveaweay.

in honor of our forever home, and reopening the store i'm hosting a giveaway!

you get to pick the prize. a custom banner, garland, camera critter, or cake bunting.

here is how to win...

• become a fan on facebook if you haven't already.
• share with your friends.
• come back here and let me know! let's make it fun and tell me something your "forever home" would have. walk in closet? lots of land? hot tub? room for chickens?

i'll leave it open this weekend and draw a winner on monday, october 3rd at noon (eastern time)

happy day!

cake bunting.

for eliza's second birthday i knew i had to make a bunting banner for her cake.

they are the cutest little things.

i used the same paper from the invitations. i thought about adding white and spelling out her name, but then decided just to keep it simple.

you should have seen the lady helping me at the bakery when i ordered a plain white cake.

"and do you want trim?"

"no. just plain."

"just plain?"

"yes!"

of course these can be done in a variety of colors. i can also make a double row if you wanted to "happy birthday" or some other phrase stacked.

paper garland. what is it good for?

when i had a booth at my first craft show i had a few people ask what they could use garland for besides decorating a Christmas tree. i did have one customer buy enough to decorate their tree. it looked great, but there are other options too.

the first time i made it was for eliza's birthday and i draped it around our apartment. in doorways and around the windows. i also hung some up in the bathrooms during the Christmas season.

i had a customer order a bunch of it for her daughter's candy land themed birthday. in addition to decorating the apartment we hung some vertically and made a fun curtain around the food table. i love how it turned out!

it would also make a good backdrop for pictures. i'm thinking behind a child during their first birthday cake smashing.