New Year. New Moon.

Happy Chinese New Year! From Paper Petals Studio.

Stars to the Rescue

Tony LaRussa's Event for ARF Animal Rescue Foundation is tonight at 6:30 PM at the Chaifetz Arena....tickets available through http://www.arf.org/. Stars will receive a box of Paper Petals Stationery! You will find A List of stars on the Arf website including Vince Gill and Huey Lewis.

Happy New Year

From Paper Petals Studio

New product launches scheduled for 2009. I will keep you posted.

Best wishes for a prosperous and happy 2009 to all.

Cold Weather Flowers

Two of may favorite cold weather flowers are snow anemone and the pansy. The snow anemone is a perennial and most pansies need to be planted every year, but some varieties will come back in spring. In St. Louis August heat usually does the pansy plant in - and new plants need to be planted in the fall. I love looking at these flowers in the winter.

Little Holiday Treasures

Pots at Bowood Farms in the Central West End

Egg Kitchen Soaps at Maven in Maplewood

Paper Petals Trademark Holiday Wrap at the Ladue Chapel Boutique

While masses of people are filling up the discount stores. I have enjoyed spending my time driving right by these stores and checking off my shopping list with hand picked items from St. Louis' specialty store buyers. - Most of the gifts I will post are under $20.

I found these darling flower pots at Bowood Farms in the Central West End. I plan on tying a satin ribbon around them or wrapping them in Paper Petals wind power milled wrapping paper.

I found these fragrant handmade kitchen soaps at Maven -in Maplewood. The store owner makes the soap herself - she is a wholesaler and a retailer - how brave! They are made in the shape of eggs and perfect for the stylish kitchen.

Paper Petals wind power milled paper will be at the Ladue Chapel Holiday Mart starting this Thursday - the details are posted on my studio blog http://paperpetalsstudio.blogspot.com/

Get out there and shop! If you need to find shops go to our website http://www.paperpetals.com/

Gathering Holiday Gifts

This week I plan to start gathering my holiday gifts. I will be shopping the boutiques for hand picked affordable gifts and plan to share some with you. So before you go shopping on line, buy gift cards or make some of those baked mix concoctions - try shopping boutique and specialty first!

On The Road

Angels' Arms Event On the Road was held at the Kemp Auto Museum in Chesterfield. Great fun and the opportunity to mingle among hundreds who attended to raise money for the Angels' Arms foster homes. Although much planning went into the evening, the evenings sunset matching the invitation was a nice surprise. The electric martinis added to the shine. Many of the children spoke at the event showing signs of happiness and hope.