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Hello! I have a layout up on the Miss Art's blog today that I've been dying to share! I think it's my favorite layout in a long time, and I've officially crowned it my favorite of 2012:

I used the January and February kits from Miss Art's. My favorite part is the blue and white ruffle blossom:

You can read more about how I made the flower at the Miss Art's blog here. Speaking of Miss Art's, my next class is all filmed and the photography is all done. We are editing and just about ready to send it off. I'll let you know when it's available at the site. I'm really happy with how it is turning out :).

Have a great day! Tessa

Winners :)

We had an eventful weekend with the little man. Stomach bug all through Friday night, followed by stitches being required Saturday night. This mama is a little sleep deprived, but Jaxon is doing a-okay. Ah, the life of a mother of boys! Anyway, I appreciate your patience as I get the winners of the Etsy-versary celebration posted :). Here they are!

The "Lucky" mini sampler goes to: LISA'S CREATIVE NICHE

The March Sampler goes to this blog hopper: MEA5798

The Sewing Pattern Frames and Butterfly Sweet Spots go to: WIFEY COOKIE

A $10.00 shop credit goes to: BRANDI

A $20.00 shop credit goes to: MARTINE LABELLE

Whoo hoo! Congrats to you all! Please email me at precociouspaper (at) yahoo (dot) com to redeem your prizes. Oh - curlyqmosaics - I never got your email :(. Could you send it again? Thanks!

Thank you all for celebrating with me! I really appreciate your support and encouragement. Have a great night! Tessa

It's the last day...

...of the Etsy-versary celebration :). Thank you all for such a fabulous week! I wanted to let you know that...
© The Spread the Word winner (Monday's giveaway) will be announced Monday.

© The Design Team Blog Hop winner (Friday's giveaway) will also be announced Monday.

© On Monday, I will also draw one random customer who made a purchase this week. That customer will win a $20.00 shop credit!

© The sale in the shop is good through today: buy three items, get the fourth free. Details are in the shop announcement.

And because I feel so lucky to get to do what I do, and because I am grateful that you make that possible, here is today's giveaway:

To win, just leave a comment on this post about what makes you feel lucky. I'll draw the winner on Monday.

Ha! On Monday I get to make a lot of people happy :). Have a great day! Tessa

Design Team Blog Hop

Hello and Happy Friday! As part of Precocious Paper's Etsy-versary celebration, the design team is sharing their favorite products and projects at their blogs today! Head on out, visit these talented ladies. Follow their inspiring blogs and leave them some comment love. When you're all done, come back here and let me know how it went :). I will draw one random comment from my blog to win the March Sampler (to be released Monday!).

Ready, set, hop!

Mindy - http://prettylittlepaperlove.blogspot.com/
Elise - http://lovelisy.blogspot.com/
Suzy - http://scrapwithsuzy.blogspot.com/
Cassie - http://gluemeetspaper.blogspot.com/
Amanda - http://blog.amandajonesdesigns.com/
Tessa - http://precociouspaper.blogspot.com/

Have fun and thanks for celebrating with me this week! Tessa

P.S. - Yesterday's winner is...Me-Ma Kim! Please email me with your address and I'll get your prize off to you. Congrats!

New in the Shop

Boy, am I excited to share this layout with you today!

I knew exactly what I wanted to send to the talented Amanda Jones in her last design team package and wow - she knocked it out of the park! This gorgeous layout features three new items from the shop. First, the Chipboard Postage Stamp Frames are back! I am happy to say that both fabric-covered frames and these sewing pattern frames are now available (here):

You can order the fabric-covered frames in any fabric you see in the shop. For example, if you like the Orange and Aqua Fabric and Felt Flowers, you can order the frames to match:

Amanda also used the new Sewing Pattern Butterfly Sweet Spots, available here:

And last, but not least, Amanda used a Ribbon Bow:

The variety of bows on the shelf will vary as my supply of ribbon changes. You can find a sweet set perfect for a little girl's party and another with a more masculine feel here. Are you digging the yellow and black and white? I'll get more of that combo up soon :).

Today's giveaway is a set of the Sewing Pattern Chipboard Frames and a set of the Sewing Pattern Butterfly Sweet Spots. If you'd like to make them yours, just leave a comment. A random comment will be selected tomorrow and the winner announced shortly after.

Speaking of winners, yesterday's Pinterest winner is: SANDI! Congratulations! Please email me or convo me and I'll get you set up with your prize. Have a wonderful day, everyone! Tessa

Precocious Paper on Pinterest

Hello! I am busy finishing up filming for my next Miss Art's Papercrafting School class today, and I am so excited to share it with you! I can't give away any details yet, but it may just be inspired by one of my favorite places on the web. Where is that, you ask? Hmmmm, read on and see if you can figure it out ;).

I love Pinterest (ha!). If you aren't already pinning away, it's worth taking a look. It can be a big time suck, so I limit myself to just a few minutes per day. My favorite ways to use Pinterest are to discover new recipes (I've cooked more new recipes in the past year than I think I have my whole adult life, thanks to Pinterest), to find inspiration for projects, and to plan events. It's a great way to keep my ideas organized, and I love being able to go back to the original sources so easily.

Found on Pinterest - SOURCE

I also try to catch the Precocious Paper projects that I find online on my Precocious Paper board. If you've made something with Precocious Paper and I chanced across your blog or gallery, I've probably pinned it. It's fun to see all the different projects :). Precocious Paper gets pinned often straight from the etsy shop, from flickr, and from this blog - which brings me to our next giveaway!

Found on Pinterest - SOURCE

GIVEAWAY: Simply pin a Precocious Paper product image or project image from anywhere (a design team member's blog, the shop, this blog, or re-pin something from the Precocious Paper board) and make sure Precocious Paper is in the description. Come back here and leave a comment with a link to your pin and you are all set :). I'll randomly draw a name from those who participate and announce the winner tomorrow.

Found on Pinterest - SOURCE

Speaking of winners, yesterday's comment to win winner is: CURLYQMOSAICS! Please email or convo me and I will get you all set up with your gift :).

Have a great day, everyone! Tessa

Miss Art's Mini

Happy Tuesday! Today, over at the Miss Art's Papercrafting School blog, I am sharing this mini album:

I used the January kit, Vinnie's Vignette and had my first adventure with Crafter's Workshop templates and molding paste. Oh my goodness, I am addicted! Adding texture with the molding paste was so fun! I enjoyed the process so much that I bought more templates :). I loved cutting apart the GCD Studios word paper to create little phrases on the pages:

You can read more about my mini album here. You can see more photos in my flickr photostream here.

Etsy-wise, I have a winner to announce! The winner of yesterday's Facebook Shoutout Giveaway is LISA FOUST! Congratulations! Email or convo me to redeem your $10.00 shop credit :).

Today's giveaway is a simple comment to win. Let me know what your favorite Precocious Paper item is and you could win a gift bag of Precocious Paper embellishments! Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

P.S. - The Spread the Word Giveaway is still open. Details here.
P.P.S. - The buy three get the 4th free sale is still going on! Visit the shop here.