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
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Celebrations on the Beach

Weekends like this remind me we are so lucky living here in sunny Queensland. We get to spend so much of the year out doors and is a wonderful choice when celebrating a special occasion to include elements of living near the beach.

Beach themed celebrations can be formal or as casual as you like because you get to set the mood. You get to tell your story through invitations, stationary and decorations that say this is my party and this is how I feel.

Shells are a good choice for décor, they can line the walk way or add a fun element to your table. Adding a few shells to your invitation, it sets the tone and mood for your special day.

After deciding if you are casual with surf shirts or sparkling with floaty summer cocktail dresses All About Paper can be there with the invitation to match.

We have one of the largest displays of Christina Re papers in the Brisbane region and 100s of other specialty papers to choose from, there will be sure to be something to match your blue wave, sandy shells, fresh frangipani or seaglass green colour schemes.

Phone ahead if you would like to have one of our design team on site to help with the selection or ideas. They are beach lovers too, I need a little warning to dust them off. And ask out our DIY cutting workshop, equipped with pazzle, cricuit, cuttle bug and more, an affordable option for beautiful and unique invitations.

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Proudly Redlands only multi award winning papercraft store

Choosing colour schemes

Choosing colour schemes for a celebration can be good fun. Many of us have favourite colour combinations that we want to include in the celebration as a stamp of ‘this is my event’. On other occasions traditions and society give you recommendations, gold for anniversaries and white for babies are common but there are lots of other colours in the rainbow (and our huge range of printed papers) too chose from.

If you want a pretty blue for a little girl, or a hot red for wedding or tropical greens to celebrate living in the sunny state of Queensland, I am sure we will have something here on display to suit the occasion and many ideas on little things to make your event extra special

Things that make us smile

Working with people planning special celebrations makes me smile. There are so many special occasions in life that are worth celebrating, baby showers, christenings, 21st, graduations, engagements, weddings, anniversaries and special birthdays.

The other day I introduced you to the concept of mood boards. Home decorators and fashion designers use the same tool when pulling together ideas and themes. By clipping together scraps of things that make you smile very quickly you can see your style or story board developing.

That is where our design team is ready to help take your dreams and ideas to uniquely you invitations and paper accessories for your special event but at reasonable cost.

Inspire Bridal Magazine

This week we attended the launch of Inspire Bride magazine which is entirely dedicated to hosting beautiful events here in the Redlands area.

Cleveland, Wellington Point, Stradbroke Island have so much to offer in beautiful venues and top quality suppliers for all the needs for any special event, weddings, anniversaries or corporate events.

Inspire Bride magazine is dedicated to celebrating the best of our region and best of all it is free!

Yes that’s right a bridal magazine full of insider tips and suggestions on where to find everything you need locally and you can pick it up from our shop All About Paper in the Raby Bay Harbour complex.

Stop in and have all look at our ever expanding range of specialty papers and meet some our in house design team.