holiday open house : saturday

Please join us Saturday, November 13 from 10am until 5pm for our Holiday Open House! You don't want to miss our holiday sale, giveaways, live music, and holiday festivities!


The more you spend on holiday product on Saturday, the more you save!

Spend up to $25 in holiday product and receive 10% off
Spend $25 - $50 in holiday product you will receive 15% off
Spend over $50 in holiday product and receive 20% off your entire holiday purchase.

Just as last year, you will have multiple chances at our giveaways. And you can be sure we'll be giving away lots of goodies!

Another really exciting part of our Holiday Open House is that we will have our friends at Front Room Photography here in the store doing mini portrait sessions!

The sitting fee is complimentary (Our gift to you) and will be held in 15 minute increments. You’ll be able to purchase the hi-res images and have Broadway Paper make holiday cards right in the store while you wait. Or you'll be able to purchase prints from Front Room's website.

To top it off, you can earn a free mini-collage ($110 value) from Front Room Photography when you spend $100 at Broadway Paper at our Holiday Open House on November 13th.

Be sure to register ahead of time to reserve a photographer. You can register online for the portrait sessions here.

Be sure to put our Holiday Open House on your calendar for Saturday, the 13th, and take advantage of our holiday sale, win some goodies, and have your kid's picture taken. See you then!

christmas in the ward & santa

The Historic Third Ward has some really great festivities planned for this weekend! The 21st annual Christmas in the Ward is already underway and tonight there will be a holiday tree lighting ceremony, real live reindeer, a holiday concert, and fireworks! I am so excited for this!

Broadway Paper also has some fun festivities planned for the weekend. Santa will be visiting tomorrow from 9am until noon. He'll be here handing out some fun treats for the little ones as well as some coupons for the adults. And we'll have Belgian chocolate covered cheesecake lollipops. Mmmm! There will be lots of BWP goodie giveaways tomorrow too. Many other retailers and restaurants will have promotions tomorrow as well. This is the event of the season and is truly not to be missed!

day after thanksgiving

If you're not too stuffed from all of the turkey and pumpkin pie, come to Broadway Paper early on the day after Thanksgiving. We will be opening our doors early at 9 am on Friday. We will be serving mimosas all morning and will also have an amazing giveaway of lots of Cavallini product.



Flora and Fauna is the theme of this Cavallini gift basket... with a 2010 calender, a tin of stickers, sticky notes, postcards, glitter greetings, and a journal. It's worth over $90.00! Doors open at 9am and we'll start taking entries then, but the actual drawing will be at noon. You will not need to be present to win, but why wouldn't you be?


When you're done shopping and winning at Broadway Paper, make sure to head out to the rest of the Third Ward to continue your shopping adventure. Shop the Ward and enter to win over $2,000 worth of gift certificates at other participating retailers.

Happy Thanksgiving and see you Friday!

open house giveaways

I've been waiting all week to post this blog entry. This is such an exciting one! In addition to all of the other events that we have planned, we'll be having lots of giveaways and drawings throughout the day tomorrow for our Holiday Open House

I sent out a few emails last week about our event and received so many supportive and generous responses. I still cannot believe the response that I received from our vendors. This makes me feel so good!

A lot of our vendors have been more than generous in providing us with really wonderful treats for our giveaways. We'll be giving away gifts all throughout the day from Simple Song, Crash Candles, Smock, Snow & Graham, the FOUND, and Table Topics






We have a lot more planned for the holiday season and there will be many more giveaways from many more of our generous vendors. Here is a schedule of what we have planned for the season... be sure to watch for more giveaway updates.

Cross your fingers and we'll see you tomorrow, Saturday, November 14th from 9am until 5pm for our Holiday Open House.

and the {lucky} winner is ...

Hold that thought ...

Wow!  Unbelievable.  I am overwhelmed by the responses for this contest.  First, I had no idea there were that many readers.  :)  And second, isn't it awesome to realize we are all struggling to meet the same goals?

I so enjoyed reading through your comments.  Truly ... I can relate to so many of them on so many levels.

There was one comment though, that literally ran through my head day and night since it was posted.  It's from Bridget and it's "no regrets."

Simple, isn't it?

{bridget, email me with your mailing address and you've got a very big box of goodies coming your way!}

big! huge! best ever! giveaway!

Remember this fiasco?  Good things come from bad situations, right?  And this could be your 'Lucky' day!  :)

I never quite figured out what to do with this box of stuff.  I marked the product out of our inventory, but never really sorted through what was salvageable or not.  And so it's basically still sitting here looking for a home.

Would you like it in your home?  The good, bad, ugly, damaged, and salvageable?

It's value is probably worth a few hundred dollars.  And it's yours for the taking.  Problem is, I'm completely uncertain what kind of 'contest' this should be.

Asking what you'd do with the product seems lame.  Maybe something to do with a new year, fresh start?  Not really a resolution ... but maybe a goal?

That's it!  Leave me a comment with your #1 goal for 2009.  I'll pick my fav and you get the goods!

Let me start ... my #1 goal for 2009 is to go back to basics.  With my family, and with my life.  Sigh ...

weekend greeting giveaway {winner}

Last week's weekend greeting winner is ... ShellyW!  I had a hard time deciding, as all the comments were deserving ... but adoption has a special place in my heart.  My one and only godchild was adopted from Guatemala.  She just celebrated her very first 'Forever Family' day, and I feel so blessed to be a part of her life.

Shelly, please email me your mailing address and I'll get the cards out to you {after the new year, as I'll be traveling 'til then}.

And since I love posting a photo when I can ... I thought I'd leave y'all with a peek from my new office.  Check out the wallpaper {I love, love, love it!!}.  I first saw it here and knew I had to have it.  Do you love it?  It's from Graham & Brown and you can buy it here.

weekend greeting giveaway {eighteen}

We had a great run ... but sadly, this will be the last weekend greeting giveaway.  Thank you so much to everyone that's participated over the last few months!

This weekend greeting is from the lovely Tiselle line.  Please leave a comment saying who you would send these cards to and why.  I'll pick my favorite and send all the cards out to you.  You can find more rules here.

Tiselle also has a promotion right now and you can check it out here.

Have a great weekend everyone!

weekend greeting giveaway {seventeen}

Oh where, oh where have I been?  Sorry it's been a couple of weeks and thank you for your patience!

We are now back on track and I'm pleased to announce this weekend greeting is from Egg Press.  They've got a great variety of Holiday cards, but I'm digging the little birdie on this one best!

Who would you send this card to?  Leave me a comment saying who you would send it to and why {by next Friday}. I'll pick my favorite comment and you'll get the card. You can find more rules here.

Last week's winner is Terri!  Terri, my heart goes out to Kim and the girl she's 'blessing.'  Please send me your mailing address and I'll get the card out to next week.  Congrats and thanks everyone for playing!

weekend greeting giveaway {sixteen}

This weekend greeting is from 8mm ideas.  I love their quirky, handwritten greetings.

"Our 2nd grade class has a kitty for a mascot.  One weekend Kitty came to my house.  We take turns.  I didn't like all the responsibility."

Do you know someone that doesn't like 'all the responsibility?'  :)

If you'd like to send them this card, just leave me a comment saying who you would send it to and why {by next Friday}. I'll pick my favorite comment and you'll get the card. You can find more rules here.

Last week's winner is Midwest Modern Girl!  Please send me your mailing address and I'll get the card out to next week.  Congrats and thanks everyone for playing!

weekend greeting giveaway {fifteen}

This {belated} weekend greeting is from Fugu Fugu Press.  Their cards are beautifully letterpressed and I love the quirky designs.

Is there someone in your life in need of a 'big thanks?' If you'd like to send them this card, just leave me a comment saying who you would send it to and why {by Friday}. I'll pick my favorite comment and you'll get the card. You can find more rules here.

Last week's winner is Meghan!  The world is a better place because of the friendships we have ... and there's nothing better than hearing of a reconciliation.  Yay for you guys and cheers to Parker Posey!  Thanks everyone for playing!

weekend greeting giveaway {fourteen}

Who doesn't love Parker Posey? This awesome card is from La Familia Green.

Do you know someone that thinks Parker Posey is the greatest? If you'd like to send them this card, just leave me a comment saying who you would send it to and why {by next Friday}. I'll pick my favorite comment and you'll get the card. You can find more rules here.

Last week's winner is Jenny {from the awesome LobotoME ... fun blog too}. Yay, new wall art for Sam! :) Jenny, I know where to find you ... no need to email me your mailing address. Thank you everyone for playing ... I do love to read your comments.

Happy Halloween!!

weekend greeting giveaway {thirteen}

This weekend greeting is a subtle beauty from a fairly new designer of ours ... Sweetbeets.  I love using these cards for simple hello, or thank you.  They're too sweet to pass up!

Can you think of someone who needs a subtle hello? If you'd like to send them this card, just leave me a comment saying who you would send it to and why {by next Friday}. I'll pick my favorite comment and you'll get the card. You can find more rules here.

Last week's winner is Nancy!  Come on ... it involved a trip to the store! :)  Nancy, please email me with your mailing address and I'll get the card out to you.  Thank you everyone for playing ... I do love to read your comments.

Happy weekend everyone!  We're forecasting snow in Milwaukee {it's too soon, it's too soon!}.

weekend greeting giveaway {twelve}

This weekend greeting is from one of my favorite designers ... Linda & Harriett.

Do you know someone who is the best? If you'd like to send them this card, just leave me a comment saying who you would send it to and why {by next Friday}. I'll pick my favorite comment and you'll get the card. You can find more rules here.

Last week's winner is a tough one for me! 89 year old woman vs. friendship? I think I'm going to have to go with cheering up the elderly. I hope I'm still celebrating when I'm 89! Amymarie, please email me your mailing address and I'll send you the card and candybar.

Happy weekend everyone!

weekend greeting giveaway {eleven}

Bring on the pumpkins! It's Halloween time ...

This card is from Uncooked. Are you familiar? They are hilarious ... when we're at the show {nss}, we are pretty much literally laying on the floor laughing at these cards.

So ... let the commenting begin. Just leave me a comment saying who you would send this card to and why {by next Friday}. I'll pick my favorite and you get the card. You can find more rules here.

And in honor of trick-or-treat, this week I'll send this candy bar from Bloomsberry along with the card. I love this packaging!

And for last week's winner ... Micaela. Thank you so much for commenting. What a great support to your daughter's childcare provider. I'm sure she'll be very moved by it. Send me an email with your mailing address and I'll send you out the card.

Happy weekend everyone!

weekend greeting giveaway {ten}

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month, I've chose this inspiring letterpress card from Elum.  I've had many people in my life affected by breast cancer ... either themselves, or someone they know.  We need to do all we can to support the efforts to find advancements against this horrible disease ...

Know someone you'd like to send this card to?  Just leave me a comment saying who you would send it to and why {by next Friday}.  I'll pick my favorite comment, and you get the card.  Find more rules here.

As for last week's winner ... big booty judy, come on down!  :)  Shannon, I loved your comment!  Please email me your mailing address and I'll send you out the card.

Thanks everyone!

handmade dress giveaway

{photo courtesy of grosgrain}

I've been a lover of Kathleen's blog, Grosgrain for a few months now ... hello? free dress giveaway! She makes the most adorable, vintage looking, one-of-a-kind little girl's dresses ... they are all yummy in their own right.

I also get a kick out of how her daughter models each dress. I wish I could get my kiddos to play along like that!

Anyway, Kathleen makes these dresses, only to give them away. I think that's pretty cool.

I feel particularly in love with this week's dress and thought I should share it with ya all!

weekend greeting giveaway {nine}

Um, yeah.  I'm not going to explain how this sentiment relates to me.  This weekend greeting is from the witty humor of Mina Lee Originals.  We have people cracking up in our greeting card aisle whilst browsing this collection!

And now, let the commenting begin!  If you'd like to 'win' this card, leave me a comment saying who you would send this card to and why {by next Friday}.  I'll pick my fav and you get the card.  Find more rules here.

Since my heart goes out to Brittany Noel's mom-in-law {come on! the same office since she was 19?) ... Brittany is last week's winner!  Just send me an email with your address and I'll get the card out to you next week.  Oh! and be sure to follow up and let us know how she liked the card!

Thanks everyone!  Happy weekend! 

weekend greeting giveaway {eight}

Yeah ... not much to say about this one {in a good way}! The rest of the line from Lilywillow Paper & Press is pretty great too ...

So here's the drill ... leave me a comment about who you would send this to and why {by next Friday}. Then I'll pick my favorite and you get the card. Find more rules here.

And now for last week's winner ... Shannon!! Please email me your address by Monday and I'll send the card out to you.

Thanks everyone for playing and have a great weekend!

weekend greeting giveaway {seven}

This weekend greeting is from delphine.  I think it's no secret that I love Erika and her work.  I'm hoping ya' all have much to comment on this one!

So here's the deal ... leave me a comment {by next Friday}, saying who you would send this card to and why.  I'll pick my favorite and you get the card.  You can find more rules here.

On to last week's winner{s}!  Laurie, you guessed right ... Trish, you made me laugh ... and Sarah, you were my favorite {by default, I guess!}.  Email me your contact info and I'll get the card out to you next week.

Happy weekend everyone ... I leave you with a little display humor from the bwp staff.  You can find the election tabletopics here.