bridal show photo booth

I had to post these photo booth pics... we took these at the bridal show that we were in over the weekend. Wedding Planner & Guide put on the show and the photo booth was courtesy of the fun gentlemen of Celebrations Entertainment.


As you can see, we had lots of fun and we're not even brides! Left to right is myself, Evelyn, and Courtney.

bridal show recap

This weekend we were in Wedding Planner & Guide's wedding show at the Midwest Airlines Center. The weekend was really successful and lots of fun!

We spent hours planning and preparing for the show and it all paid off! Our booth turned out beautiful and we had lots of positive responses. Plus, we made a ton of appointments and met lots of brides and lots of grooms too! It was so nice to see so many men out supporting their ladies!

Here are some pics of the process:





We will be in many more bridal events this season including a bridal showcase called Married In Milwaukee held at Broadway Paper on February 7th, Milwaukee's Magnificent Bride on February 28th, and another bridal event held at the American Club in Kohler on March 13th. More details to come about these shows!

Thanks to all of the brides & grooms that came out today and we hope to see you in the store!

bridal show

Join us this weekend for a wedding show at The Midwest Airlines Center! Wedding Planner and Guide is the exclusive sponsor of the show and it will run Saturday and Sunday from 11 am until 5 pm. There will be over 120 exhibitors and one lucky bride will win her dream wedding package with over $9,000! There will be a fashion show at noon and 3:30 both days... I can't wait to see these latest fashions! And I can't wait to eat all of the cake samples!


We've been very busy over the past week. There is a lot of planning and preparation that goes into a show like this... It seems to never end! We are still expecting a few items to be delivered today to use at the show. I am so excited to see the booth all finished and ready to go! I'm hoping it will all come together nicely!


Broadway Paper will be in booth 206... front and center right by the entrance! We have multiple new wedding albums that we'll be debuting at the show including Spark, Tag & Co, Prentiss Douthit, and Martha Stewart for Crane & Co. Oh and we'll be offering a show special if you book an appointment with us! Hope to see you there!

Linda & Harriett Calendar II

Today is the day and Linda & Harriett's Postcard Calendar is the calendar to have!


I just posted a blog the other day about some local press that we received on this calendar and today we are featured for this very same calendar on Real Simple's Daily Finds for 7 Great 2010 Calendars! Obviously this is the calendar to have and you can buy yours right here!

Linda & Harriett Calendar

It has been quite some time since I've updated the blog... Sorry for that! We had an amazing holiday season and I'm still recovering from all of the action! I'm slowly just now getting back into the groove of things and we're already a quarter of the way into January. It's better late than never though, right?

We're starting the New Year off on the right foot with lots of new product lines, new merchandise, and new ideas. I am super excited to share them with you! The New Year is sure to bring you good things from Broadway Paper... we're hoping for some reciprocation and for good things to come to Broadway Paper!

So far it seems as if this reciprocation is working! Among lots of other things, we've had some local press recently and I am so excited to share it with you!


A local home magazine featured one of our products! Someone must have great taste over at Milwaukee Home Magazine since they picked our fabulous 2010 Linda & Harriett Postcard Calendar. The Postcard Calendar is featured in the January edition of Milwaukee Home and Fine Living Magazine!


Milwaukee Home Magazine suggests that you resolve to keep in touch with someone special every month with the Postcard Calendar. And they're exactly right... this calendar makes this resolution easy to achieve since there is a postcard printed on the back of each page and the bottom of each month tears off... making it very easy to keep in touch with someone each month! Plus, what a great way to reuse a beautiful calendar! You can find yours right here!

oh dear...deer!

Dear Bloggers,

While you're watching out for deer on the road, watch out for deer in the stationery world! Deer seem to have quite the presence in this year's holiday line-up. I love seeing all of the different designs of deer and along with that, all of the different sayings that involve "dear."


Here are three of our cards that reference dear and have deer on them. I love each one of them! It is so interesting to see if designers write "dear" or "deer." People fancy these cards, especially here in Milwaukee, because they are perfect for the deer lover dear to their hearts!

pearl & marmalade holiday

I'm pretty much in love with anything Pearl & Marmalade makes but, their holiday line really takes the cake! Pearl & Marmalade is based right out of Chicago, so it's great knowing these cards are made so close to home. And the two ladies who make them are just as sweet as their cards! Every time I receive an order, I find a sweet personal handwritten note in the box just for me. It's quite a nice touch!


I just about melted when I received our holiday order. It's full of brontosauruses, deer, bears... And lots of really great quotations like "I want to hibernate with you." Super cute! They have really great designs and colors. What's not to love?


In addition to their fabulous holiday and everyday card lines, Pearl & Marmalade has a 2010 calendar. Can you even imagine seeing Pearl & Marmalade everyday of the year? I can and I will since mine is already hanging on the wall in anticipation for using it in three weeks. It's so beautiful!


Their holiday cards are going fast, so be sure to check out our collection. All of Pearl & Marmalade's beautiful cards and calendar can be found right here on our webstore.

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!

la familia green holiday

La Familia Green is one of my favorite vendors. They are really great people and live really close too! Such a great combination! I'm always so excited to order with them since the package comes all neat, pretty, and colorful. Such a way to brighten my day! And sometimes there is candy in the package too! What a treat!


In addition to La Familia Green being so great and living in Chicago, they use really great products. Their paper and envelopes are 30 to 100% post consumer recycled and their clear sleeves are biodegradable, sustainable, and compostable. Plus, they donate a percent to all of their sales to Chicago no-kill animal shelters. Their dog, stickers, especially loves that part!


And if this isn't already convincing enough, their designs are just great. I'm really into their style. Who wouldn't want a luchador Feliz Navidad card? This card is just hilarious and they have some other really great holiday designs too. You can see the whole collection of their wonderful cards here.

pantone mugs

We just got a huge shipment of Pantone mugs in the other day and they're already up on the new arrivals page on the webstore. Just in time for the holidays! These mugs are so great... and they come in twenty colors!


Each mug features a shade from the world famous Pantone graphic color matching system designed in the 1960s. Along with the mug comes a tag with a clever little question... the olive 5757c mug asks if you have green fingers and the duck egg 337c mug asks if you're pale and interesting. They're really great! And they'll be gone soon, so be sure to order your favorite Pantone color right away!

morning mimosas

If you're out on the town and you're feeling thirsty and/or lucky be sure to stop in at Broadway Paper. Beginning at 9am we will be serving mimosas and taking names for a really fabulous drawing. We will be giving away over $90 worth of Cavallini product!


More information about our plans for the day and pictures of our amazing Cavallini giveaway can be found here. We are also participating in a neighborhood wide giveaway, so be sure to enter for that and to take a walk around the rest of the Third Ward to enter over $2,000 worth of gift certificates as part of Shop the Ward. Hope to see you here!

more photo booth pics

Here are some more photo booth pics from our Holiday Open House that took place a few weeks ago. Check them out...





Love them! And many more to come...

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!

photo booth pics

One of my all time favorite things in life is a good old photo booth. I've always loved these and have quite a personal collection of strips! And now I have even more! Celebrations Entertainment came from Madison and set up our very own photo booth for our Open House that was held this past weekend. It was very fitting and very fun! Customers took their photos for free and even got to take a strip home with them!





Our customers came in style and lots took advantage of the opportunity. Some needed a little convincing.. but either way, we had lots of fun! And here is the evidence of just that! Some photo strips from the event... and I will be posting lots more in the upcoming weeks!

open house recap

Our Open House was a huge success! Lots of people came out for the event and made all of the planning well worth it! Customers seemed to have had lots of fun and enjoyed the 20% discount on holiday merchandise by stocking up on gift items, greeting cards, ribbon, stationery, and wrap!

Guest vendors the FOUND and Kate Funk made the day extra fun! Albert from the FOUND brought tons of old photos and assisted people in making their own one of a kind greeting cards. He also inspired lots of customers to do the same with their old photos at home. It was too cute. And we loved the free buttons!




Kate Funk was all set up with a nice display of her new styles. Customers really enjoyed meeting Kate and learning that she lives right here in Milwaukee. It was so nice for customers to put a face to the products that they are buying. And AC even made his special guest appearance as promised!



Debi from The Blooming Quill was a huge hit too! Lots of people took advantage of Debi's amazing talent. And many watched in awe as she did her calligraphy magic. Debi truly was the icing on the cake!


I hope everyone had just as good of a time as I did! Between the discount, demos, appearances, treats, and photos, I am certain everyone had a great time! I am counting the days until our next event (which will be the day after Thanksgiving- more details to come)!



All in all, it was a great event! Thank you to all of our customers who came out and a huge thanks to the FOUND, Kate Funk, and The Blooming Quill!