Giveaway Number 2!

Hey y'all! Giveaway number 2 starts today! This week we're offering a $25 gift card so you can purchase ANYTHING in the shop! I've gotten so many emails about the previous giveaway from people who didn't win the calling cards so here is, sort of, a second chance to win!

Andrea Snedaker, an extremely talented photographer, is also hosting a Sweet Prints giveaway for today only! Hop over to her blog as well and enter to win a free set of custom stationery!

As with last week, there are multiple ways to enter. Remember to leave a separate comment for each entry:

1. Head over to the shop and come back here and let me know what you would spend your $25 on!

2. Become a follower of our blog. If you're already a follower, just let me know!

3. Become a fan of Sweet Prints on facebook or twitter

4. Post about this giveaway on facebook or twitter and come back here and post the link

That's it! This giveaway will end on Friday, August 20th at 11:59pm. Good luck!

We have a winner!

Congratulations Ashley, comment #4! You won our giveaway for a free set of 100 calling cards!



Email us at sweetprints @ me.com to claim your prize!

For those of you that didn't win, you can receive 10% off your purchase of a set of calling cards this week! Just enter GIVEAWAY10 in the notes to seller section upon checkout and 10% off your purchase will be refunded through paypal.

Stay tuned for next week's giveaway! The new giveaway will be posted on Monday by 12:00pm CST!

Our First Giveaway

Hey y'all! It's time for our first giveaway! This first week, one winner will receive a free set of 100 calling cards! These can be square or standard shaped and can be from an existing design or a totally custom design. Here are a few of the most popular cards as well as a few of my personal favorites!

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There are multiple ways to enter and you can receive a separate entry for each of the following for a total of 6 possible entires (leave a separate comment for each):

1. Head over to our shop and come back and tell me what your favorite design is!

2. Become a follower of our blog.

3. Receive a separate entry for each of the following: Become a fan on Facebook and/or follow us on Twitter

4. Blog, post on facebook, or tweet about this giveaway for 2 additional entries. Share the link in your comment.

That's it! The entry period will close at 11:59pm this Friday. A winner will be selected on Saturday by Random.org!

Thank you!!

New Custom Square Gift Card Design

Jen Soars contacted me about a week ago about creating some new gift certificates for her photography business. She wanted something simple pulling the beautiful deep purple from her blog and some patterns from my stationery. Here's what we came up with:

I just love that rich deep plum color. I think I'll turn these into some new calling card designs :) She ended up choosing design number 3 and we'll be pairing them with square gray envelopes. Pics to come!

Giveaway Coming Up!

Stay tuned for our first giveaway coming up on Monday!

Hip To Be Square?

Business cards have definitely evolved a lot in the past year or two...no longer are they just used for businessmen and women to be filed away into a Rolodex. Mom's are using them to arrange playdates, bloggers are using them to promote their blogs and other social media outlets, even kids are using them! They're not all white with black or blue text and, here's my favorite part, they're not all rectangular! Here are a few new square

designs that will help your cards stand in the stack.

So, what do you think? Would you carry a square card or do you like to stick with the original rectangular shape?

Twine Twine Twine!

Ok, I already told you how much I love this stuff. Just recently, I won a free twine sample pack (wahoo!!) from The Twinery and I just received my package the other day. :: insert "oh happy day" song here :: I am in love! The colors are so vibrant and the twine is super soft and beautifully constructed. I can't even fathom all of the different ways this material can be used.

images via The Twinery

Nicole, the super sweet brains behind The Twinery, has so graciously offered 25% off your entire order to our readers!! All you have to do is visit their shop and enter code SWEETPRINTS at checkout. Easypeasy lemon squeezy! This promotion will end on July 21st so spread the word and happy shopping!

New Birth Announcement Designs

In honor of week 3 of our summer sale, I've created a brand new set of Birth Announcements! I have to say that "Gabriella" is my new and absolute favorite design. I just love the sweet classic-ness of it! What do you think? Do you have a favorite? Are there any new colors you'd like to see?

I hope you all enjoy them! Please feel free to share these images but please make sure to link back here!

Summer Sale Week 3!

This week's summer sale is a great one for all of the new mommies! For the week of July 13 - July 20, all of our printed announcements are 20% off! Remember, all of our card stock print prices includes front AND back printing as well as envelopes. Head over to the shop and place your order today!

New Moving Announcements!

I've finally gotten around to posting a couple of new moving announcements that I created a couple of months ago. I tried to steer clear of the traditional house image with the white picket fence and stretch out with a bit more modern designs. I hope you enjoy them!

A few of my favorite things...

One of the things that I love about Twitter is that you are constantly exposed to so many creative and talented women. Good for the pocket book? No. Good for the soul? Yes! Here are a few of my favorite things I've found this week...

image credits:

1. Modern Frills 2. Sierra Studios Photography via Whippy Cakes 3. Orange Circle Studio 4. Twirlie Whirlies 5. Lil Boo & Co

What do you think? Do you have any favorite handmade finds?

Plum Poms

I think I may just have the best customers ever :) When Jean saw our Blooms shower invitation she knew it was just perfect for the bridal shower she was hosting. When she gave me a list of everything she wanted included with the invitation, I was ecstatic! It is so much fun creating an entire ensemble and I love the color palette she chose.

The brides colors are gray with shades of purple, a fabulous combination. We started with our 5" square invitations and customized them to her colors and worked with a modern block sans-serif font.

We created coordinating pom wrap-around address labels in steel gray to modernize the lavender envelopes and then added a gorgeous custom pom envelope liner to really polish off the look.

She also wanted coordinating thank you cards to gift the bride at the shower. We switched the envelope color from lavender to beet and added a coordinating round return address label.

It was so fun working with you Jean and I can't wait to start working on all of the party decor! Lots more from this shower later!