Invitations & gift boxes

Can you feel that build up to the holiday season? Lots of many happy occasions that become a little more special with an invitation announcement.

Gift boxes and bomboniere are a lovely touch to any special occasion. At All About Paper we have a large selection of templates to cut your own and blank boxes to decorate with 1,000s of trims and pretty papers to choose from to make your creations uniquely you. Great stocking stuffers and nice way to present gift vouchers.

The coming weeks include a summer holiday for many of us and it is a good time to consider making invitations for your up coming wedding. Plan now to order your papers and trims to set up a working bee party.

All About Paper, Redlands only multi award winning papercraft store and largest range of products with something for everyone.
Open 7 days at Raby Bay Harbour

Celebrate with Christina Re

Many of us have fallen in love with the Christina Re range of papers, so many lovely patterns and pretty colours to choose from.

Christina Re is marketed towards invitations and bomboniere but have you thought about all the other celebrations that are marked with cards and all the better cards you have made yourself. We have a large number of templates for boxes and bomboniere and classes dedicated to card making, a perfect excuse to use Christina Re papers in a new way in gift bags, origami gift boxes and pretty cards.

Drop by and have a look at our ever expanding gallery of ideas.

Gift Giving

Gifts can be something useful for the home, luxuriously scented candles, subscription to a magazine, photo frames are an easy choice. Or you can purchase a practical and personalized gifts such as photography lessons, photo albums or a gift certificate that can help them budget for their special event.

Whatever type of gift you choose, they are sure to appreciate your thoughtfulness, and your shared enthusiasm for their personal celebration, engagement, baby shower, christening, anniversary or special birthday.

Gifts bring smiles on the face of the recipients, a way to send warm wishes and congratulate them in a memorable way. All About Paper has many options to help you in gift giving, gift certificates can be used towards the invitation range, products or classes and we have a large range of albums in a variety of colours and themes.

Invitation Etiquette

Etiquette is a lovely word but it does not have to be complicated.

If you are having an event and it is special, written invitations are a way of setting the scene and communicating your story. All About Paper have years of experience in coordinating special events and creating invitations. You are in safe hands with the All About Paper design team.

A quick summary of some things you might want to consider, for big events as well as special birthdays, anniversaries, graduation parties, showers, well just any occasion that you want to invite people and make it special.

Save the date cards A great way to let your guests from out of town know about your wedding date is to send Save-the-Date cards. They may be essential for planning flights and booking time off to be with you. Save-the-dates should be sent out at least 3 to 6 months in advance of your wedding date.

Dress code
Dress code should be included in formal invitations. The style of your invitation and message projected can also reinforce formal vs casual events.

Money and gifts
Today it is very common to ask for money instead of gifts, how you ask for it is where etiquette is important. You may use a wishing well or a gift registry but please don’t include anything about gifts in the invitation itself, a separate insert is more appropriate.


RSVP
Response deadlines should be no later than 1 month before the special day, or the date your caterer needs a final count. RSVP cards included with your wedding invitation are a great way to make sure your guests reply quickly.

And with that I am leaving an rsvp to you and all the lovely people we have met at recent expos and events. All About Paper is always ready to help make your special event as stress free as possible with our large range of pretty papers and well qualified design team. Invitations can be a special touch for any occasion, anniversary, birthday, graduation, any time you want to say, the event is special and so are your guests.

Bomboniere and gift giving

Many cultures include little gifts or bomboniere at celebrations as a special treat to say thank you to guests for sharing in the festivities. The word bomboniere translates to ‘a small fancy box or dish for bonbons’.

European’s trace this tradition back to early Roman times when fruit and nuts were given.

The first bomboniere packages were made of gold, precious stones, crystal or porcelain. Today we have so many more options than that, little bags or boxes in all kinds of shapes for all kinds of occasions.

All About Paper has lots of papers perfect for creating unique little treasure boxes to match your celebration theme. We have a selection of ready made and kits but also the option of our DIY workshop equipped with Cricut and Pazzle cutting tools and a Cuttlebug for finishing touches. Ask out design team for assistance in creating something unique and special for your special guests.

As a special gift to you, visit us at the Victoria Point Sharks Sporting Club on Sunday the 13th of September for a chance to enter into our competitions. On display will be a small sample of our new design range of invitations. Prizes, giveaways and goodies galore make it worth dropping by.

Sunday September13th from 11 am
Victoria Point Sharks Sporting Club 325 Colburn Avenue, Victoria Point

All About Paper: Raby Bay Harbour, Cleveland Queensland
Retail Open 7 days with the largest range of Christina Re in Brisbane
Design Team Consultation: on appointment

Pretty Pink Invitations

Pink is shade associated with little girls but is seems like girls of all ages enjoy shades of pink at special celebrations, showers, weddings and special birthdays.Pink provides feelings of caring, tenderness, acceptance, playful, calm feelings, relaxation or contentment.

Pink is a combination of red and white tones and level of energy in pink is determined by how much red is visible, it can be subtle in pastels or hot and electric in neon tones.

salmon, coral, hot, fuchsia, blush or flush, flesh, cotton candy, flamingo, flesh , melon, petal, bubblegum, cotton candy and pink lemonade

So many pretty shades of pink to choose from particularly in the Christina Re range of papers, combined with our hundreds of other speciality papers to choose from there is sure to be just the right shade to go with your celebration theme. Our in house Design Team consists of professional event planners and talented artists who love to work with you in designing unique and beautiful invitations for your celebrations.

All About Paper provides many options for elegant invitations for special events with affordable package deals. We have a ready made, that you can add your own personal touch with a touch of bling, fully completed at a competitive price and even the option of a DIY workshop area complete with Cuttlebug, Cricut, Pazzle and all the tools that you need to make something special.

Retail: Open 7 days at beautiful Raby Bay Harbour, Cleveland
Design Team: Please call ahead to make an appointment

Keep an eye out for us at Victoria Point Sharks Wedding Expo, Sunday 13th of September.

Creative Guest books for Celebrations

A guest book is a great way to remember a celebration.
As a new twist on the standard write your name here style of guest book why not create something that will be cherished by everyone and fun for your guests to make.

Place some pretty pens, instamatic camera, scissors, a selection of pretty paper, a glue stick on the table along with your guest book. You could either have blank pages for them to doodle as they like or maybe get them started with posing a question to answer, their tips for a happy marriage on suggestions for a good life together.

As guests arrive, start taking Polaroids or digital pictures that you can instantly print. Continuously place the photos on the table as they are available.

Tell your guests to write a little something in the guest book and to be creative! You will be amazed at how interesting the book will turn out. Best of all it will be a statement that is uniquely you and your guests on the day of your special celebration.

All About Paper is your one stop for all your stationary needs when it comes to planning a special celebration. Our large range of specialty papers including Christina Re is suitable for invitations, gift giving and more. We have a large range of ready made and raw books that can be finished to match your celebration theme, perfect for a unique guest book.

Blue bird of happiness and celebrations

Blue birds are a sweet theme for a celebration, weddings and baby showers might be your first thought. The symbol of a bluebird of happiness is part of cultures across the globe. It is a widely accepted symbol of cheerfulness, happiness, prosperity, hearth and home, good health, new births, and the renewal of springtime.

Lots of positive sentiments may be attached to the bluebird and blue is so calming and friendly. They would be a lovely theme for birthdays, new homes, and going away parties.

azure, baby, cerulean, cornflower, denim, electric, light, periwinkle, powder, robin's egg, royal, sky, ultramarine, so many pretty blues to choose from

All About Paper is Brisbane’s only multi award winning specialty paper retailer. These awards are recognition of high attention to customer service, that includes a DIY workshop area surrounded by hundreds of pretty papers in every shade you can think of. All About Paper is also the home of the largest range of Christina Re papers in the Brisbane region.

Our design team includes professional event planners and recognised artists who love to help you match the right papers with your celebration theme. The team have designed many unique and stylish invitations on all kinds of themes and look forward to meeting you soon. Ask them about our card making classes and tutorials.
Shop: Open 7 days at beautiful Raby Bay Harbour
Design Team Consultation: please call ahead

Celebrating with Butterflies

Sometimes finding the right theme for a party or invitations to go with your theme can be like chasing butterflies. All About Paper is proud to be one of the major retailers for Christina Re papers in the South East Queensland area. We love to make your shopping and creating invitations for your special event as fun and full of pretty colours as chasing butterflies.

Butterflies are a great theme for an outdoor event, Christening, Baby Shower, Birthdays or Weddings, really any time that you want to celebrate a happy occasion.

Butterflies can be a feature on your cards or decorations using some of the pretty Christina re paper or any of our other pretty speciality papers in a variety of colours.

On this example we have used a punch to cut out a stencil of the butterfly shape for a very classic and very pretty but uncomplicated result.

All About Paper includes a DIY workshop area equipped with all the tools, cuttlebug, cricuit, pazzle and more that allow you to create wonderful unique invitations for your special occasions.

Retail: Open 7 days a week at beautiful Raby Bay Harbour by the bay
Design Team service, our design team consists of published artists, talented printers, and experience event planners. Please call ahead to ensure one of these invitation artists is on site to assist with colour matching or designing something uniquely you.

Red Hot Ideas for themes

Red is hot and the warmest of colours in all its many pretty tones. All About Paper has been commissioned to create invitations for many special events, anniversaries, birthdays, graduations and weddings using a red theme.

Red is a popular choice by extroverts and one of the top picks of males but also it is a classic and timeless theme that works so well together. Red can be formal and traditional or red can be fun and funky, your choice.

Red roses symbolize passionate love. In some cultures, red denotes purity, joy, and celebration. Red is the colour of happiness and prosperity in China and may be used to attract good luck.

Red Rubies are the traditional Fortieth Wedding Anniversary gift.

scarlet, crimson, carmine, maroon, burgundy, ruby,

rose, rouge, blush, cherry,

cinnabar, russet, venetian, flame,

Oh so many pretty shades of red in different patterns and themes. As one of the largest Christina Re suppliers in the Brisbane area we have her full range of beautiful papers, embossed, flocked and glittered along with a large range of other speciality papers with something to fit every celebration you can imagine.

retail open 7 days – but phone ahead to if you would like the assistance of our design team

Golden Moments

Do you ever think about why we use gold at many celebrations?

Gold has always been associated with royalty, religion, tradition and wealth.

In using gold at celebrations people are wishing good fortune, wisdom, and a bright future. Pretty much any occasion you might want to celebrate could do with those wishes so don’t go past gold as an accent colour in your themes. Gold can come in shades from bright shiny bling tones to muted and vintage and many variations in between.

It is said that people who favour the colour gold have an optimistic out look on life. That sounds like our attitude here at All About Paper. We love paper and helping people to find the right match for their ideas from our large range of printed papers. Phone us at the shop to book a meeting with members of our creative team to design elegant invitations that can be very affordably made.