Let the sun shine in… Here are a few fun ways to brighten up your desk – or someone else’s! Hint: maybe mom deserves a little “sunshine” for Mother’s Day?

1. Golden Cherry Blossom Notes - Box of 12 ($18);   2. Yellow Bird Correction Tape ($11); 3. Yellow Peony Personalized Paperweight ($35); 4. Thomas Paul Marigold Desk Tray - with 200 notes ($12); 5. Pom Pom noteBLOCK – with 700 self-adhesive notes ($16);  6. Golden Cherry Blossom Gift Wrap – 2 Sheets ($7).

{all items available at RedStamp.com}

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During the late nights that Roopal Shah spent creating unique invitations and announcements for her sister’s shower, her brother’s wedding, her son’s birth, and so on… she also discovered her genuine passion for the process of getting creative with paper and ink! Cut to 4 years later, and Roopal is still busy cranking out creative custom designs – through her very own design studio: 1st Comes Love.

At 1st Comes Love – as Roopal explains – “We focus on creating designs for wedding invitations, birth announcements, and just about any piece of stationery you could need!”

Speaking of “things we need” – I could really use some spending money for holiday gifts like cute personalized notecard sets… how ’bout you?!

Well, we’re in luck, because 1st Comes Love is generously offering up $50 Shopping Sprees for TWO lucky HWTM readers! Winners can spend the $ however they like – personalized holiday cards, personalized stationery, towards a custom wedding invitation design, etc.

(Details for how to enter after the jump…)

How to enter:
• Post a comment here telling us about one (or more!) of the designs from the 1st Comes Love gallery that you think is especially fabulous.
• Giveaway ends Friday, October 25th at midnight PST. Winner is chosen randomly and will be announced Monday, September 28th. Good luck, everyone!!

If you love (1) modern style and (2) all things paper, then here’s a third thing you just might love too: modern paper shop Three Wheels Design! The personalized stationery, invitations, and announcements at Three Wheels have a wonderfully contemporary + whimsical flair. Take, for example, this fabulous plaid bird design…

…or these equal-parts-hip-and-adorable giraffe notecards (pictured below), which feature the original Three Wheels funky floral pattern… and pretty much instantly secured a priority spot on my own shopping list!

Also pictured above: mod guitar and “hello, my friend, hello” notecards. Pictured below: the special occasion collection, featuring 6 designs, each tailored to a different type of occasion.

Click here to visit the shop and check out ALL available designs!

pictured above: Eco Elephants postcards (super cute! These would be great to incorporate into baby shower or kids’ birthday party decor.) / and below: Thanks for being so dear postcards (so clever – and a great hostess gift idea!) – both $14/set of 10 cards

pictured below: 2×3″ Mini Merci Birdberry notes ($12/set of 10)

To view more of Tara’s work, be sure to visit the Ink&Wit website and her etsy shop. Cuteable also did a great interview with Tara recently – click here to check it out!

GOOD NEWS!
Now through August 31st, enter promo code "PROD07 " at checkout to receive a 15% discount on your entire order at elumdesigns.com .
HAPPY SHOPPING!

Shopping Tip: The product thumbnails on elum’s website are a little different than most shopping sites – they’re the little squares in a row at the top of the page. Click on any of these squares to view the product details and add items to your shopping bag. There is also a scroll bar directly beneath the thumbnails so you can scroll from left to right to view more. Hope that helps!

Be sure to check out Jennifer’s regular website too – http://www.turtlepapers.com/ – for even more great stuff, including greeting cards, custom baby announcements and tees for her!

Good on Paper was founded by designer Lisa Wong. Can you believe this designer is self-taught?! Shows that talent is definitely just in the genes sometimes Last week when I was at my friend’s photography studio, I picked up a magazine from the coffee table stack and was happily surprised to see Lisa’s pretty face right on the COVER of Photo District News! Congrats, Lisa! {and great hair pin, by the way!}

National Stationery Show – NYC: Booth # 3472