Thursday 29 August 2013

Colorful Papers Embark My Creativity


Have you ever tried imagining the world without paper? No?? Just try it now closing your eyes for a moment.

Could you visualize anything?

No, I am sure. Right???
It’s because, the invention of paper is a great achievement in itself as it surely marks a milestone in every other progress and improvement of each individual. Likewise, I too can’t imagine a single day without paper, because I love crafts and my projects would be incomplete without it. Basically, papers are an integral part of my design process and creativity. I have tried many fun projects using attractive papers, which I would like to share with you all.

A few of such projects are -

- Making of a stunning greeting card using recycled paper: For this I used old greeting cards to make new ones. Then, cut the fronts of greeting cards off of the original card and paste them onto the front of a piece of folded recycled paper. For more embellishments decorated the card using stamps, glitter, ribbons and other embellishments.

- An album out of onion skin paper: In this album, I added images that are striking, three-dimensional taken on ultra-bright background of metallic paper. I always prefer this paper as this for taking photographs, because its glossy finish and metallic appearance creates images that have extra visual interest and depth, vibrant color and flattering flesh tones. Metallic paper particularly adds a completely unique dimension for photographic output.

- A journal again using onion skin paper: For this I trimmed a bundle of onion skin paper in a particular size. I had my old leather bound journal, which was of no use. So, for binding all the trimmed onion papers together, I used the leather cover of the old one. Basically, leather bound journals are used for writing some to-do tasks. But, I am using this leather bound journal for my collection of photos, stamps and other memorable things.
So, what are you waiting for? Try these crafting ideas for yourself.

Thursday 22 August 2013

Hard-to-forget Handmade Birthday Gift Made Me Nostalgic


It was my birthday last week. No doubt, a birthday gives a number of gifts from your near and dear ones. But this birthday, I had received a gift from someone not so close. Or I must say, someone who used to be very close to me many years back, but not in contact these days. She is my school-friend, who was very close to me those days, but we lost connection when she got shifted to Canada due to her mom’s job.  

That afternoon was very nostalgic for me when I received a beautiful gift by courier from her. It was a handmade envelope created by wrapping vellum paper. But its cutest feature was – it had a pencil-sketched school-time image of both of us, on my favorite bright orange color paper.  That envelope was enough to give me nostalgia remembering naughty, frisky, impish but, innocent school days. Those days when we were using vellum paper, bright color papers, craft papers, glossy papers and even parchment paper in bakery classes, every now and then.

Inside the envelope it was a ribbon-tied small photo album, of both of ours school-time moments, exactly how we used to create in our school craft assignments pesting our family photographs. The images in the album were those which she had clicked when I gave her a goodbye party at my home and a handmade dollhouse of bright color glossy paper. Small vellum paper-made cards, glued on each image, explaining how we lived the moment then was just one thing that was new in the album. 

Not only this, that envelope enclosed a letter with our favorite childhood poem written artistically again on a vellum paper

I am not finding words, which helped me to explain that precious and hard-to-forget gift so properly, enough to express my emotions I had caught in after having it! 

Tuesday 20 August 2013

Marketing Tools For Successful Restaurant Business


If you own a restaurant or you're thinking of operating one, then advertising to have successful business is probably a big concern of yours. There are various ways how restaurateurs can advertise their business. But, if you’re using the same cut-and-dry methods to advertise your business with nothing new to present it, you should consider converting things up and opt for some good restaurant advertising ideas, so as to attract customers. One of the best effective ways to advertise your business is to use colorful tent cards, which is a complete promotional package.

Because, restaurant patrons love visuals so use table tent cards to give them what they want. This tabletop display tool is a great method of advertising happy hours, daily specials and services like delivery or catering. While diners are waiting for their meal to be served, they read over the card to see what else your establishment has to offer, and the chances of them taking the advantage of these services are more likely. A tent card display tool is often-overlooked, but with the right strategy you can exploit this powerful niche and instantly boost sales.

On the other hand, are you facing difficulty in managing increasing crowds at your restaurant? Then, table number cards are an effective solution to overcome this problem. At the same time, table number cards will help you sustain the modesty of your restaurant. Customers can easily find their respective seats, also waiters and caterers can more easily find tables and return with food. In other words, the use of number stands on the tables can make the entire process much more fluid. 

So, it can be said that a tent card and a table number card are remarkable marketing tools to have successful restaurant business or food service establishment.

Creative Paper Project Ideas Using Card Stock Paper


I love doing paper crafts of all kinds!

Because, they are easy, quick and there is an impressive selection of decorative papers to choose from. There are so many things you try doing with these decorative papers than just scrapbooking. This is what made me share my paper project ideas with you.

  ● Using patterned or decorative card stock paper, you can make wonderful gift boxes. You can do this by printing a template onto a sheet of pretty card stock paper, cut it out and assemble. Then use a scoring board to score and fold card stock into small gift boxes. You will also be in need of ruler to make straight edge gift boxes. In this way, you are ready with beautiful gift boxes that can be used to gift friends and family.

  ● You can also make notebooks or mini notebooks. Brighten up notebooks with plain card covers by gluing sheets of cardstock paper on top of them. You can embellish your notebooks with cardstock shapes, paint or draw your own design or use decorative stickers. These are fun and easy to make craft! You can also make mini notebooks by simply folding rectangular strips of cardstock in half, then arrange them in pile and then stitch them together down the central fold. Lastly, punch holes in the card stock and then you can use a colored ribbon to tie the pages together. 

  ● For children, who study ancient Egypt may be required to create sarcophagus out of cardstock paper for their projects. Working on this project will give students a better understanding about the way the ancient Egyptians were thinking. Completing this project is fairly easy and will help each student to reflect their own uniqueness.

I’ve been making gifts, papercraft toys and decorations all my life. I've assorted decorative cardstock paper and designs for unique crafts from school supplies online. You can also get these snazzy stuff by scouring for teacher school supplies online.

Teeny-tiny Projects Using Vellum Paper


School going kids must be very aware of vellum paper, which is a translucent paper popular for its use in arts and crafts projects. Such as for making greeting cards or scrapbooking, as well as for tracing designs. So, kids are you ready to start all your fun projects using vellum paper? If yes, here are some of the options that I’ve explored in this blog.

1. Make an envelope: Keep aside the boring regular paper and just use it as a template to create a vellum envelope. When assembling envelope, you will need vellum glue, which you can find by scouring school supplies online.

2. Create a pocket for scrapbook page: It’s simple, fold a sheet of vellum paper in half and attach it to a heavyweight card stock with adhesive. Insert items like pressed flowers, cards made of colored paper or any other treasures inside, which you can then view through the vellum without disturbing it.

3. Trace design on vellum paper: Vellum makes a great tracing paper. Take a light-colored sheet over a picture or on anything you’d like to copy and then trace away.

4. Adorn gift box: You can use vellum paper to wrap a small gift box. Furthermore, you can adorn the package with a silk or satin ribbon, to give it a final touch. You can find these decorative stuff by searching for classroom supplies online.

5. Weave some together: When you combine vellum with different colored papers or cardstock, it will add a softening pattern or even change its own color. You can try weaving a few one-inch strip together of different colored vellum to create a plaid background.

6. Print photo on vellum: You can achieve some incredibly unique results by printing photos on vellum. Try experimenting with placing the printed photo on different colors or textures of card stock

Try out these teeny-tiny projects and you’ll be impressed with the own created masterpieces.

Friday 16 August 2013

Sassiest Place Cards For Your Snazziest School Prom Parties!


The school’s Junior prom is a milestone that is treasured as a precious custom. Being at Junior school prom is a privilege shared by juniors and seniors who happen to be moving right from youth to adulthood. A good prom motif mirror the magnificence and also the excitement of the affair, making it memorable for years to come. Many times the school prom party is conducted inside the school premises.

Typically the activities at the prom include dancing, dinner, fun and socializing to make it memorable. Besides, if you want to maintain the decorum of your event and decrease the hassles, then a beautiful place card is the necessity for your prom party. So, are you in charge of school’s Junior Prom and need to make place cards? If yes, you can adorn a place card that is perfect for the school prom party to organize seat arrangement for juniors and seniors in a completely different manner. For instance, you can design a school themed Placecard with roll number, name, an image of each individual carved on it. Print these place cards and place it on the respective seats at the table. So, isn’t it a great idea to add an extra-ordinary and special touch to your party decorum with such an eye-catching and striking school themed placecards?

For adorning place cards, you will be in need of teacher school supplies, which include marker, pen, pencils, thermocol bolls, colorful ribbons, bows and many other essentials. Teacher school supplies will be of great help in each and every aspect of decoration. Even if some of the things are left out, you can very well use these things for your schools/colleges. You can scour these snazzy school supplies online, at Jam Paper and Envelope.

So, embellish your school prom party with sassiest place cards!

Shop for Green ‘Back To School Supplies’!


Just a couple of years before, shopping for back to school supplies online was not as popular as it is today. These days, buying school supplies online is the regular occurrence among teachers and parents from all over the country. Mostly, teachers shop for teacher school supplies online. 

This year while shopping back to school supplies online, how about shopping for eco-friendly school supplies? Sounds like a great idea, isn’t it? Today's new green classroom supplies are not only high on style and usability, but also are increasingly affordable.


  • Paper products: These days, a wide range of recycled paper and notebooks is becoming increasingly available, at competitive prices. Check out recycled filler paper and recycled paper notebooks as well as catalog of beautiful and kid-friendly notebooks at Jam Paper and Envelope. You can try using rescued paper notebooks that are cute and ultra-hip and are made from discarded paper that is folded to expose its white backsides. Also, you should avoid using binders and other supplies made with PVC, because it is extremely toxic to make that result in the release of potent toxins.


  • Writing utensils: If you are buying eco-friendly school supplies, so the idea to get your kids eco-friendly pencils can be a great option to go for. Shop for eco-friendly pencils, which are made from recycled newspaper and cardboard. You can also equip your little one's hand with biodegradable pens that are made from cornstarch or recycled paper.
  • Other supplies: There is a variety of environment friendly school supplies available online, one of them includes leather bound journals. Buy a leather bound journal made from hand-carved wood and bound with vegetable tanned leather. The pages inside these journals are made of 100% recycled cotton paper.


Buying eco-friendly back to school supplies, will not only save our forest resources and energy, but also will help your kids understand the importance of the same.

Children’s Party Planning Ideas For Kids-Parties


An event planner can orchestrate intimate dinner parties, plan a bride’s perfect wedding, coordinate large-scale conventions and more. Becoming a children’s party planner can be a profitable and fulfilling job. 

Besides, if you enjoy working with kids and dreaming up birthday party and bar Mitzvah ideas, you should definitely consider a job as a children's event planner. Whether you plan to have a children’s birthday party or any school theme based party there are many important things you need to consider. Here are some simple how-to-do guides that will show you how to plan a children’s party and how to make your party fabulous using these ideas!

The first and the foremost step for planning any children’s party is to have all the necessary school supplies like back to school supplies, classroom supplies and other essentials. These supplies will make the rest of the party much easier to coordinate as these include sketch pens, crayons, colored ribbons, markers, thermocol bolls, colored papers and many varieties of things. 

Using back to school supplies and classroom supplies will help you to attract kids through creative party styling, graphic design, entertaining, crafting and everything related to the school supplies art. At the party, many times thank you cards are distributed  to kids as a thanksgiving gesture. So, with crayons and thermocol bolls you can adorn thank you cards with creating beautiful designs by cartoons, flowers, animals, as children’s are very fond of attractive bright things.

To add an elegant and unique touch to children’s party decorum, you can make use of place cards. For instance, you can make printable place cards, with a school image carved, bright colored ribbons, bows and some creativity of crayons. Printable place cards, will help you add color and a touch of whimsy to the children’s party celebration. 

So, for successful kids party planning, consider these ideas to make children’s parties and events look spectacular!

Tuesday 13 August 2013

Paper – Always-In-Demand Stationery Product

Just close your eyes and imagine the world without paper. It is then you’ll understand its actual value and importance. In fact, the invention of paper marks a milestone in every other progress and improvement known to man. 

All of these made me think how important paper has become for me too. I've been using notepads and paper slips to record ideas for years, but recently I've begun to use paper as an integral part of my design process. There is a wide variety of paper available that comes in different sizes, several colors, textures and grades. Some of those papers, without which my design process is incomplete are - onion skin paper and metallic paper.

Onion skin paper is a thin and lightweight, but strong and durable paper. Onion skin paper is an almost translucent paper and crisp to the touch like the outer skins of an onion, hence the name. I've completed some of the teeny-tiny projects like making beautiful Primulas, hollow-petal flowers as well as creating swan and little pigs. I had great fun working on these projects.

Metallic paper: The paper comes with a glossy finish and unique metallic appearance, as well as the prints I get on this paper have extra visual interest and depth. In fact, I had made an album using onion skin paper and added photos that I've taken on an ultra-bright background of metallic paper.

The paper has always been playing an important part to man's success in all of its endeavors. It has versatile uses; whether it is in school or in office, papers are an integral part of our various tasks. Previously, we need to visit the store in person to buy these items, but nowadays you can get those at a single click of your mouse as there a number of school supplies available online. Under classroom supplies you’ll get assortment of paper products that are vibrant in color, texture, shape and strength suitable for different jobs and purposes. So, what are you waiting for, source these paper products online now!

Decorative Paper Craft Ideas

I used to enjoy paper crafts in my childhood. And, I believe crafts are the perfect playground for self-growth and learning to love yourself. There are so many things I can create from a few pieces of colorful paper, glossy paper, parchment paper or card stock. I can even make thank you cards, place cards and many more things that you can’t even think of, using these decorative papers. Instead of going out and spending money on such expensive an stuff to gift someone, I like making it myself.


● Making homemade thank you cards is easy and is a creative way to give a thoughtful gift that is a personal expression. I had created a thank you card using colorful glossy paper, decorated its front with pictures, stickers and glitter glue. To add a personalized touch to the card, I added a picture of the recipient. Lastly, on the bottom center of the back I wrote "Made with love for you". This way, I created my beautiful homemade thank you cards.

● I also made a place card. For this, I had used small strips of colored paper and adorned it with personalized photos and attached the strip to the decorative string using paper clips. Alternatively, for more embellishment, I tied those strings to apple stems.

● Now, you not gonna believe this, I made cookies out of decorative paper. This is not just any paper, it is parchment paper. Baking and decorating beautiful cakes using parchment paper are easy. It has other incredible uses too, like for gift wrapping, for sifting flour onto and food styling.

This way, have fun with wealth of available materials, create something pretty, and most importantly feel good about yourself in the process. I don’t have to roam here and there to get such paper products. By scouring school supplies online, I get all the snazzy stuff at my doorstep. 

Friday 9 August 2013

Start Back To School Supplies Shopping With Jam Paper and Envelope

Are you in hunt of back to school supplies for your children? Rather, are you in search of fast, easy accessible and cheapest back to school supplies online? Well, then your search ends here, at Jam Paper and Envelope. It features a wide assortment of back to school supplies such as bag, shoes, pen, pencil, eraser, glue, crayons etc. along with many more exciting items at the reasonable prices. Jam Paper and Envelope, also offers diversified craft materials and paper products in stunning colors and styles to meet different requirements of school children. Every parent desires his or her kids to have new and trendy school supplies, so as to enhance their interest in school work.

Buying all new essentials for school doesn't mean, you will just buy anything. First of all, prepare a list of essentials that will save your money, as well as your time. However, at times shopping back to school supplies can be confusing, about what to buy and what not. In such cases, go through the list of teacher school supplies and classroom supplies, which teachers must have provided at the end of the previous year. Buy the recommended or required supplies from your child's school or teacher as a starting point. And, don’t worry, at Jam Paper and Envelope, you’ll surely get all such essentials, considering your budget requirement.

Besides, every year the trend keeps changing, so most school supplies go out of style. Keeping in touch with the latest trend and lifestyle, Jam Paper and Envelope caters some innovative and attractive back to school supplies that are sure to reflect one’s sense of style. It is highly acclaimed for various paper products such as bright paper, glossy paper, parchment paper along with many more office stuffs like legal paper, airmail paper at moderate prices. 

So, get everything on your back to school supplies, teacher school supplies or classroom supplies at Jam Paper and Envelope, and save your pennies!

Thursday 8 August 2013

Get Key Things in Back To School Supplies


It’s the time for schools to start and I am sure the list of back to school supplies is increasing by the day. 

The attractive back to school supplies bring the wave of excitement in little ones. Because, this is the time when they get all brand new things to start their new academic session. Most probably, during the first week of school, every teacher provides a list of teacher school supplies needed for each class. Whether, its teacher school supplies or classroom supplies; all the essentials are the things that are needed in the classroom to help your child to learn.

At times, it happens, when children go on shopping with their parents and buy all the cool stuff that is not really needed. So, you should try getting only what they need for the classes, instead of purchasing the fad items. Following are the essential back to school supplies for elementary students:

- School bag: A school bag is probably your best choice, because children have to lug many heavy textbooks to and from school, and the weight is distributed more evenly when carrying it. Most importantly, it’ll help your child stay organized. 

- Paper: There are a variety of papers available that will be needed for classroom or can be used for personal use. One of them includes 11 x 17 paper, which is a smooth finished fiber textured paper, but with a thicker weight. 11x17 paper is great for a wide array of uses; examples are color coding, flyers, greeting cards, and product bulletins.

- Leather bound journals: These are an important way for children which can help them to organize their homework and schoolwork material. Leather bound journals serve great use like they are great for keeping to-do lists and organize task fashionably.

Apart from all this, school uniform, lunch box, pencil box are also necessary back to school supplies that you should shop for. So, get the right school supplies in order to your child's chances for success.