New Notepad Design

Here is another new notepad design—great for gift-giving!  Remember there are many, many designs to choose from on our site, and starting at just $6, they make a super economical gift!

Cyber Monday Specials: Time to Order TODAY!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I stayed far, far away from the shops all weekend and enjoyed my shopping savings online instead.  Today, I am offering a few specials in honor of Cyber Monday…

Today Only, Receive 5 FREE holiday cards w/your holiday card order!  As long as you meet the minimum of 10 cards, no coupon code is needed, your 5 additional cards will be automatically added when you order before midnight tonight.

Also, save 15% today on all orders over $20!  Hurry and get your list together to place your holiday order today! To save, use the code: MONDAY

I have been receiving a lot of inquiries about timeframes for new orders.  This time of year is incredibly busy for me, so turnaround time is typically a little longer b/c I have more samples to work on, but I do log a lot of hours to ensure your holiday gifts get to you on time!

Photo card samples typically run close to schedule, with sample turnaround averaging 1-3 business days, and then you will need to allow several days for printing and shipping.

Stationery orders vary based upon what items you have ordered as well as large or small your orders are and the current volume of orders. As a general guideline, I advise you to allow a week for your order to be ready to ship—this could be much less, or a little more.

Happy Shopping—only 26 days left, yikes!!!

New Gift Idea: Family Team Pads!

This idea came from a custom pad on a recent order.  The customer personalized a rainbow family name pad with the family’s favorite team colors!  Match up with die-hards favorite NCAA or pro sports team colors—any combo can be done.  Such a neat idea for a holiday gift!

I will be adding these as a separate new item this week, but until then, order yours by customizing the family name pads!

New Product: Photo Card Ornaments

If you are looking for a unique option for holiday cards, check out the new holiday ornament cards! Friends and family will love receiving these cards that double as an instant ornament for them to display and enjoy.  Available in a standard circle or die cut scalloped circle with ribbon tie.  Other decorative shaped cards coming soon!

New Product Feature: Pink & Brown Owls Line

 

Since I ♥ owls, I am in love with this new set of products & can’t wait to start filling orders!  These adorable products make great gifts—from babies to ladies, they are sure to be a hit!  Click on the pics to buy yours.

75 Days til Christmas…

I will be announcing a special soon for early bird shoppers. For now, here is a sneak peek of another holiday 2010 design soon to be added to the site!

Traditional Vs. Non-Traditional

CPCC offers a wide variety of holiday card designs to choose from, so you are sure to find something to suit your tastes.  I will begin adding designs from the holiday 2010 collection the first week of October.  Are you a traditional colors person or do you prefer non-traditional colors and designs?  (Personally, I like both!) Here is a look at a new design from the 2010 collection in both traditional and non-traditional colors:

Traditional Christmas Colors:

A Non-Traditional Twist:

Another Holiday Sneak Peek

Holiday Card Sneak Peek

90 days until Christmas!  Still preparing for the holiday 2010 card collection debut.  Here is a sneak peek of design I am loving—bright & fun, and an excellent choice to be printed on cardstock. (Also available on photo paper)

Sweet Birthday Treats

Personalized notepads for your party guests make great favors!

New mod owl envelopes

I love the pink owl school envelopes, but as I mentioned previously, I did not think my boys would be too thrilled to carry them in to school.  So, I made some more boy-ish versions!

101 days & counting!

101 days til Christmas! Why does this instantly instill a feeling of panic in me?!!  I will be debuting new holiday 2010 designs throughout the month of September.  Here is this first sneak peek…

As always, this design can be personalized with your own text, you can choose all black and white or all color for your photos, or incorporate ideas or colors from other designs to make it all your own.

Ladybug Customs

Ladybugs are a very popular theme for little girls this year! Recently, I did a custom order for someone who was looking for a ladybug-themed invitation using a single photo. I played around with a few ideas…

This first one is an adaptation of an older design:

This design would be GORGEOUS on pearl or linen cardstock…

This design was inspired by another recent custom showcased HERE as a collage card…

Which one would you have chosen?

Custom Birthday Invitation for a Special Six Year Old…

Busy week ahead here, as my middle son will be celebrating his sixth birthday on Friday—Happy Birthday Cooper!  Here is a the invitation I designed for him:

Back to School Blog Tour

I am participating in the Back to School Blog Tour this week, sponsored by Living My MoMent and The Work At Home Woman.

We go back to school early here, and all 3 of my boys are well into the first few weeks of the new year.  My oldest son is a 3rd grader, my middle son is a 1st grader, and my youngest son is in PreK this year.  In addition to running my stationery & card business from home, I returned to the classroom last year as a substitute teacher, and I work at the older boys’ school anywhere from 1-5 days/week.  These past few weeks, I have had a lot of sub jobs, so its been very hectic and busy getting into the school routine while trying get 3 kids ready to go to 2 different schools and hustle out the door! (to say the least!)

When I started my business, my goal was to develop products that I would use, and I truly do!  As I have posted numerous times, I could not live without my excuse pads and school envelopes.  I have a few excuse pads stashed in different places because when I am subbing, I use them to let my sons’ teachers know where I will be in the building and how they are getting home.  Right now, I am using the rainbow name pads, and I am working on some new designs for their envelopes to use this year.

If you are stopping by for the first time by means of the Back to School Blog Tour, I hope you enjoyed your visit—my blog is mainly a place where I showcase new products, special events, and custom designs.  Please be sure to stop by my main website & poke around!  I hope you will come back again!  I am getting ready to do a giveaway for Facebook fans of some of my favorite back to school goodies, so be sure to fan my page.

Rainbow Name Excuse Pads, Take Two

These pads are a result of a recent order in which the customer wanted a little customization on the rainbow excuse pads.  She wanted to have individual pads for each child, and I suggested using a different color combination for each so that it was easy to grab the right pad quickly when needing to scribble a note to school!

Get yours HERE!

Monogram School Envelopes

This was a recent custom order.  These are also available in a script monogram, and in other color combos.  Get yours HERE in time for back to school communication!

Vacation Bound…

We are heading to the beach tomorrow morning!  While I am away, the shop will be open, and customers can enjoy FREE SHIPPING. Offer expires Thursday, Aug. 5th. Use the code: shipit to save! Stay tuned for a back to school giveaway when I return….

Ladybug Birthday!

The ladybug theme is a popular choice for little girls of all ages, and Cutie Pies Custom Creations has adorable invitations and stationery to compliment your theme.  Choose from several invitation designs. Here is the newest ladybug themed invitation…

Dress up your envelopes with these sweet little return address labels, shown with large round goodie bag stickers…

After the party, don’t forget the thank yous!  Also can be done as flat, fill-in version for older kids!

There are so many adorable ladybug party ideas available on the web.  Etsy has super sweet ladybug tutus and personalized tees.  Check out Kara’s Party Ideas for themed birthday party ideas and inspiration like these…

Cakes

Cupcakes

Cookie Treats—find directions on how to make these HERE…

Surfer Boy Invitation

Since a lot of the recent posts have featured girly items, I figured I needed to post something boyish! Here is a recently added surfer boy birthday invitation… (also available in pink/yellow combo for girls!)

Check out our latest newsletter HERE for up to date info about upcoming specials!

Ladybug, Ladybug…

This new design is now available—perfect a pink and brown spin on the ladybug theme!  Make this a cardstock card and add a photo of your little lady on the back.

As always, matching labels and thank yous are available!

Green baby shower owl invite

 

This new design is perfect for your “green” baby shower, or for a gender-neutral or baby boy shower.  Modern owl is super cute and is also available in orange or blue.

New Item: Pink Owl Personalized Bag Tag

Such a cute way to label your backpack, diaper bag, luggage, etc. Personalized as desired, front & back printing. Buy yours HERE!

More Cute Owls & Summer Savings!

How cute are these? I want some for me, but somehow, I don't think my sons would want to carry these in to school this year... You can find them HERE though!

It's been awhile since I have posted--summer with the kids home has been busy, and I have been trying to soak up as much time with the boys while they are home as possible. ♥ I do have more new products to share with you soon, and I have a little giveaway planned as well...

This week has been super HOT around here. I missed posting a coupon code to celebrate the Fourth, so I have one for you now. Use the code "sizzle" (no quotation marks) for the rest of July to save 10% on any order over $15.

Adorable Owl Birthday Party

It's been awhile since I have featured a party theme, and when I recently had a request for girly owl birthday party invitations, I just had to check in with the talented Kara to see if she had any ideas for this party theme, since I adore the whole owl theme myself!

Here are some insanely cute ideas for a girly owl themed party! As always, check out Kara's Party Blog for full details...








Shop Cutie Pies Custom Creations for your owl invitations like these:


Order some cute labels to use on your invitations & thank you cards! (I have lots of owl possibilities, so yours can be made to match your invitations.)


These cute notepads make wonderful--and useful--favors!


Finish off your theme with coordinating thank you cards---again, these can be done using any of my owls!

You can find these and other owl-inspired stationery goodies on the website!

Happy party planning :D

Custom Design: Graduation Announcement

This graduation announcement was a custom order based upon the Mallary pink & green design. The customer wanted the colors to represent her daughter's school colors & few other small modifications. Remember that changes like these can often me made to create a truly customizable product to meet your needs!

Happy Memorial Day!

from all of us, via 3.5 year old Parker...

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