{Fabulous Friday Giveaway} $100 Gift Certificate to Traylor Papers!

UPDATE!

We have a winner!!

Comment #22 - Marg

She said, "I like the cupcake boxes in the toile print and liners.  Lots of neat things!"

Congratulations Marg!!

Email me at toni@thetomkatstudio.com to claim your fabulous prize!

Happy Friday!It's Toni, bringing you our latest fabulous giveaway!

Friday has quickly become my favorite day of the week!

We are so excited to introduce you to Traylor Papers! According to their website, Traylor Papers was founded in 2001 by Lisa Traylor, a former strategic management consultant who started a new career path to accommodate her three daughters and their family's busy lifestyle. What started as a fun project in an office in her home has evolved into a full-scale business operation with three full-time staff and a commercial office/warehouse. How much do we love tales of women turning their dreams into reality? So much!

Traylor Papers is a website full of all the things we love.....beautiful paper products and wonderful gift ideas for everyone! Everything is very contemporary and ultra cool. They carry a wide variety of products from designers such as Jonathan Adler, Lilly Pulitzer and Lady Jayne. You could spend hours perusing all of their fabulous products!

This week's giveaway is a $100 gift certificate to Traylor Papers!
How exciting is that?

Here is how to enter:

1) Go to Traylor Papers, and come back and tell us what you would choose if you WIN!

2) Become a fan of Traylor Papers on Facebook. Tell Lisa that TomKat sent you!

3) Are you a fan of TomKat Studio? If so, let us know! If not, what are you waiting for?
Like us here.

Winner will be chosen on Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at 11:00pm (MST). Any entries received after this time will not be considered. Open to US residents only. Winner will be chosen using random.org.

Happy Halloween!
Have a fabulous weekend!



{Fabulous Friday Giveaway} Winner!

Sorry for the delay in the announcement of the winner for last Friday's giveaway from Le Papier Studio, but Kim has been super busy with Tommy's Crab Shack party! (Post coming soon...).

The winner of the $75 shop credit to Le Papier Studio is

Comment #160: Iris
She said: "I love the Kids Silhouettes prints! I can't decide between a plain background, Fun at the Beach, or Falling Leaves. They are all so darling I would love to get one to represent my 2 kids. Thanks for sharing!"

Congratulations Iris!  Please contact me at toni@thetomkatstudio.com!!

Do you have a product or service you think we would LOVE?

We want to hear from you!

Email Toni at toni@thetomkatstudio.com with details/links!

{Fabulous Friday Giveaway} Win a $75 Shopping Spree to Le Papier Studio!

It's Friday! Time for our next Fabulous Friday Giveaway!
This week, I am bringing you the opportunity to win a $75 shop credit to Le Papier Studio!
If you haven't read about my love for Vana and her darling silhouettes, read HERE and HERE. I also had the opportunity to guest post on Vana's blog recently, where I shared my living room/studio which showcases one of her prints! Check it out HERE.

In the fall, Vana's book Silhouette Art will be available through Chronicle Books! You can pre-order her book HERE! I can't wait to get my copy!

So, let's get on with the fun....
ENTER TO WIN NOW!
Enter up to 2 times by doing each of the following things. Make sure to leave a separate comment for each action that you complete!

1. Hop over to the Le Papier Studio SHOP, come back & leave a comment with your favorite item.
2. Become a fan of Le Papier Studio on Facebook for an extra entry! Come back here and leave a comment that are a fan!

Winner will be chosen on Wednesday, June 9, 2010 at 11:00pm (MST).Any entries received after this time will not be considered. Open to US residents only.Winner will be chosen using random.org

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Ready to shop now?
Vana is offering my readers a 10% discount until 6/13/10.
Enter code TOMKAT10 at checkout!

{WINNER OF OUR LAST FABULOUS GIVEWAY}
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Comment #75: Tara at Just Divine Style

She said: In love with the zebra! What a fab giveaway!

Congrats Tara!

{Fabulous Giveaway} Gorgeous Hand-Glittered Notecards from Icing Designs!

Melissa & Kellie from Icing Designs contacted me about sending Kate McRae a gift for her birthday celebration. Their email was so sweet and I hopped over to check out their Etsy shop. I was blown away by the adorable hand-glittered cards and invitations they create! I offered to host a giveaway for them, here on my blog because I KNOW that you all will LOVE these illustrations and designs!
How could you not?!

Oooh la la....take me to Paris please....and the ballerina cupcake girl?
Adorable!

These cards are even more gorgeous in person, with all of their sparkly glitter! The girls were kind enough to send me a few cards, along with a giveaway set for YOU, my dear readers!

These girls know what they're doing....
I imagine that their packaging alone will impress you!
Check out the wrapped gift that they sent Kate!
Isn't it gorgeous?

Okay, so it's time to ENTER THE GIVEAWAY to receive a set of these fabulous notecards!

There are 4 ways to enter:
1. Visit Icing Designs Etsy Shop, come back & leave a comment with your favorite item!
2. Become a fan of The TomKat Studio on Facebook & leave a comment here that you are a fan (or already were!)

3. Follow The TomKat Studio on Twitter & leave a comment here that you are a follower (or already were!)
4. Post about this giveaway on your own Blog, Facebook Page and/or Tweet about it & comment here with the links! (up to 3 entries for reposting on each)

Winner will be chosen on Friday, January 22, 2010 at 11:00pm (MST).
Any entries received after this time, will not be considered. Open to US residents.
Winner will be chosen using random.org

Project Nursery: Le Papier Studio Review (by Me!)

I am a BIG fan of Le Papier Studio, ever since my dear friend, Meredith sent me a personalized silhouette print of my little ones created by owner/designer, Vana! I wrote this post about her work a couple months ago! Vana & I twitter friends, and she sent me one of her new silhouette glass pendant necklaces to review for Project Nursery! It is really adorable and my post went live today! I had a great time looking through all of her fabulous products on her Etsy shop to choose my favorites for the post (above!)

Hop on over to read my review & give us some comment love! :)

Announcements: "We've Moved" Card Designs!

We recently sold our last home to a wonderful, fabulous family! As a little gift for them, I created a few designs for "Just Moved" cards for them to choose from!

Which one do you think they picked?

PS..We're hoping that we'll need some of these for our own family soon! :)

(Our current home is on the market!.....you probably didn't know this, but in addition to being a party-crazed crafty momma, I am a Realtor! :)

Birthday Week Final Giveaway - Custom Invitations!

I'm so excited about the number of entries I have received for my "Birthday Week" Giveaways! When I did my first (and only) giveaway a few months ago, I think I had about 12. For these giveaways, I now have well over 100! Yippee!

Thanks for entering and reading my blog!

One more giveaway from The TomKat Studio! This one is a set of 20 Custom Invitations or Announcements! Winner may select any of my 5x7 flat designs.

Contest ends Sunday, July 12th at 11:00pm. Winner will be posted, Monday, July 13th! Open to U.S. residents only. ($40 value)

Don't forget to enter GIVEAWAY #1 - Personalized Notecards

and GIVEAWAY #2 - Set of Custom Cupcake Toppers!

Good Luck!

Birthday Week Giveaway #1 - TomKat Studio Notecards!

Hello party girls!

I'm celebrating my birthday with you this week! My birthday is Saturday, 7/11 and I'm looking forward to a girl's night out for a bachelorette party! To thank you for reading my blog, I am going to be posting a few giveaways for TomKat Studio products!

First up...a set of 10 personalized handmade notecards, featuring a variety of my favorite Amy Butler papers! Great for yourself or to give as a gift!

Please COMMENT to enter!

COMMENT AGAIN if you POST this giveaway on your own blog, please provide link!

COMMENT AGAIN if you TWEET about this giveaway!

Winners will be posted on Monday, 7/13! Good luck!

Open to U.S. residents only. Winner will be selected using random.org.

I LOVE ETSY: Silhouettes by Le Papier Studio

New Weekly Feature: I LOVE ETSY!

When I first started blogging, I had a photo on my sidebar of this fabulous print that my friend, Meredith sent me! It was a thank you gift for some invitations that I made for her. I absolutely fell in love with it, along with all of Le Papier Studio's other items!

When I visited the Le Papier Studio shop, it was one of my very first visits to Etsy! Now after a few months as a seller, I live on Etsy and absolutely LOVE all of the handmade goods available there. I have decided to add a weekly feature that will highlight an Etsy shop!

Tommy & Kate's print as an example in her shop! See it HERE!

I also LOVE this little ballerina girl silhouette! As you know, I love tutus! I hope to use it in the future for one of Kate's birthday parties!

Stationery: Personalized Notecards!

I love creating new items! The ideas in my head are going crazy these days. Seriously, I find inspiration everywhere. It is excites me the most when someone inquires about a new product or theme that I haven't created yet! This morning I received an email from a friend of a friend, Heather, that she needs thank you cards ASAP to send to friends for birthday gifts she just received. These are the samples that I've come up with so far.

You may notice on these bottom two, I used my favorite paper by Amy Butler. This is from the same line of paper I used for all the Garden Party paper products in the magazine shoot!

What do you think, should I add these to MY SHOP?

PS. Mere - Hope you like these, yours will be in the mail soon! Hope you had a fab birthday! :)

Birthday Parties: Yummy Lollipop Birthday Party Collection on Etsy!

It seems there is quite a demand for party packages that include more than just invitations & thank you cards! My "Sweet Cupcake" collection has had a TON of views on Etsy (over 700 in just a few short weeks!) What does that mean? Well, the other items in my shop average about 100-150 over the course of a few weeks. So the cupcake package is getting a lot of attention! Yippee!

I've even had several people find me on Google for invitations! (Wanna be my best friend? Go on google, search "cupcake birthday party", "lollipop invitations" and other terms like that. See if you find me! If you do, click on the link (makes me more popular) and be sure to tell me how far down on the google search my info/link was!

My most popular item for sales so far has been the cut-out lollipop invitations! (Of course....they are the hardest ones to make!) After taking photos of all the lollipop items from Kate's party, and the items for a customer's Bella party, I decided to put them all in a party kit in my shop!

CHECK IT OUT HERE!

Love from Marblehead!

This pretty polka dot package and its fabulous contents arrived yesterday in my mailbox, from my dear friend Meredith in Marblehead, Massachusetts.

Let me tell you a little bit about her. We met through our husbands, who were fraternity brothers at ASU. I remember our first date with the "Nelsons", you know...you're always just a wee bit nervous, meeting the other half, and hoping things go well. I knew that night that Meredith & I would be fast friends and had so much in common. She is an amazing decorator, loves crafting, and is an avid photographer. We started hanging out with them all of the time, as Meredith is quite the planner and was always coming up with fun things to do. A few years later, Meredith & I started a group, Domestic Divas, which is a group of girls who get together every few weeks to get away from daily life, to craft, chat & relax. Danny & I took many crazy, fun vacations with the Nelsons, before we had babies!

While Meredith was pregnant, they decided to move back to her hometown of Marblehead, Massachusetts. Though I was devastated, I understood the need to have family nearby to help with the kids. We had the opportunity to visit them this past summer, to finally meet their two boys and see their charming town. We had a great time!

Meredith is just one of those genuine, sweet, honest people. The Nelsons have been through quite a bit the last couple years, with their son, Drew being diagnosed with mild autism. Drew is a lucky child to have parents like Ryan & Meredith, who would go to ends of the world to help him. You can visit her blog about her experience HERE.

Even with her hectic schedule, Meredith finds time to send me the sweetest gifts. Whether it's a thank you for something or just for fun, I am always excited to open a package from her! So yesterday, she made my day with these adorable notecards (whitneyenglish.com) and photo album. I love them, they couldn't be more perfect. And of course, she coordinated with the new decor in my TomKat Studio!

Thank you Meredith, for everything.