Support Your Local Mom

As a parents/business owners, we love to patronize other parent-owned business. Here are a few great ways to do it this holiday season:

If you happen to live in the Portland area, join us for a terrific little Holiday Shopping Soiree at Me Too Cafe in Beaverton on Saturday, December 6th.

If you live in the Seattle area, check out Northwest Enterprising Moms' Fall Shopping event taking place this Sunday, Nov. 9th. If you live outside of these areas, check out the Tip Junkie Mom-preneur Shop-a-Thon to see the wide array of what we mamas are doing while the kids are asleep or at school each day.

Start a New Tradition

Looking for an alternative to the Hallmark Keepsake ornaments? Why not start a new tradition this year with a Simply Silhouettes ornament. It's the perfect way to capture this moment in time for your child or a favorite pet.

This year we are offering two styles of ornaments:

White porcelain (2 7/8"circle), complete with its own festive red ribbon for hanging. An assortment of designs are available.

or Silver-plated 100% lead-free pewter (1.5"circle), with a decorative hook for hanging. Frames are double sided – the back can be personalized with the name and date or a personal holiday message.

It's a Party!

Now you can host your own Virtual Simply Silhouettes Home Party. No cleaning or cooking required. You can even host it in your pajamas. All you need to do is email invitations to your family and friends.

How Does It Work?
You simply choose a 2-week period in which you want to host your party. We will then forward you an email invitation and then you send it to everyone you wish to invite to your party. This email will include a special code, which your guests will enter at checkout. Your guests can then shop anytime during this time period because we are open 24/7. You will receive a gift certificate at the end of your party for a percentage of the sales. and the higher the sales, the higher the percentage. It's that simple.

Consider the possibilities for Christmas, Mother's Day, your weekly playgroup or church group. Your guests will love our products and they are perfect for gift giving too. And now you're not limited to just inviting your neighbors. You can invite all your out of town friends and family to this party.

To get started, just contact us and we will get in touch with you via email to schedule your party dates!

We Have a Winner!

Thanks so much to everyone who entered our drawing and gave us some fantastic ideas for new products. We would like to congratulate Jamie who won the $50 gift certificate.

VOTE

Tuesday, November 4th is Election Day.

Don't forget to

VOTE!

It's a Giveaway!

It's time for our very first Bloggy Giveaway and you have the chance to win a $50 gift certificate to Simply Silhouettes. Here are a few of our customizable products that you could use it on:

Our popular silhouette pillows:

or a set of Mommy Cards:

Start an annual tradition with one of our personalized silhouette ornaments:

or maybe one of our prints or canvases?

Rules: We're always trying to bring you great new products and would LOVE to know what YOU are looking for. Take a look through our site and let us know what new product(s) you would most like to see by leaving a comment here on our blog.

Details: This contest ends Sunday, November 2nd, 2008 at 12pm PST. We'll randomly select one winner from all valid entries and will notify the winner by blog or email that they've won. The gift certificate will be sent via email.

Thanks so much for your time and consideration. We're excited to read your comments.

Good Luck!

Our Holiday Cards, address labels, stamps, gift wrap and ornaments are finally here!

We've got some great new card designs this year, all customizable by you. They make a unique alternative to the standard photo card. And new this year - you can add a photo to the inside of the card as well.

And don't forget to add your coordinating address labels:

or your postage stamps:

And your gift recipient will do a double take when they see your gift wrapped in our exclusive new gift wrap collection. Each roll is truly a work of art.

We've got a lot of other terrific gift ideas which we will be highlighting here soon. Start shopping today!

Halloween Treat of the Week

We found this silhouette pumpkin last October in Country Home magazine. It was designed by Matthew Mead, whose site you should definitely check out. You can easily make it yourself by purchasing little frames made for scrapbooking at your local craft store, and paint them black. Then look for the little clip art silhouettes in books or online, and just shrink them down on your copier to fit the frames.

Find Us on Facebook

We recently joined Facebook and have been amazed at the friends and family that it has reconnected us with, so we decided it was time for Simply Silhouettes to jump on the bandwagon too.

We invite you to join us. You'll also be the first to know about new products, special sales, giveaways and more.

Kids Rock!

Today on Cool Mom Picks we came across this great silhouette t-shirt from Tiny Revolutionary, and as parents of a budding guitarist, we couldn't resist sharing it today.

Here's a close-up of the silhouette:

Tiny Revolutionary is also donating $10 from the sale of every shirt to Rock for Kids. Since 1988 Rock for Kids has been providing music education & instruments to homeless and underprivileged kids in the Chicago area. Rock On!

Win a Free Custom Silhouette Canvas

Our friends over at The Lil Peanut Patch were kind enough to say some very nice things about us today over on their blog. We're also giving one of their lucky readers a free 8" x 10" custom silhouette canvas.

Enter to win now- the winner will be announced on Saturday, Oct. 25th. Good luck!

Etsy Find of the Day

We've found all sorts of innovative silhouettes over on Etsy, but this print of a knit silhouette by eekdesign is one of the most unique we've seen.

It's printed on heavyweight archival paper so you can even handpaint it like this example.

They're Back!

After being out of stock since late August, our silhouette pillows are back. They make fantastic Christmas presents - perfect for the grandma with everything. Look for our new pillow with even more customizable options coming soon!

Weekly Halloween Treat

We mentioned these great silhouette plates by Danny Seo last year and here's Design Mom's take on them. She turned it into a fun family project with her kids and got some terrific Halloween decorations.

Family Portrait

Look at this terrific silhouette family portrait found on Glamour magazine's blog Smitten. What a cute idea. It would be a cute birth announcement too. You can see more of this family and their home here on Martha Stewart Living.

We love this idea so much but can't quite figure how to work out the equation with our two kids. If you're interested in something like this for your own family or as a gift, just contact us at info@simplysilhouettes.com. We'd love to work with you.

Halloween Treat of the Day

Better Homes and Gardens has a great idea for incorporating silhouettes into your Halloween decor this year. Click here for directions for this spooky family tree.

Silhouettes for your Feet

Check out these cool Mary Janes from Camper's Twins Collection. Like all shoes from the collection, the design on each shoe is asymmetrical but they work together to create a whole work of art. Get yours here.

Etsy Find of the Day

Check out this darling onesie we found at the etsy shop of Lou and Lee with handcut felt sihouettes. They've got several other designs and great hair accessories as well.

An Early Halloween Treat

I found this charming outfit this morning at The Silly Wagon. This outfit has timeless appeal and would be a great treat for the little girl in your life.

Happy Fall

We're back and in honor of the first day of fall, we thought we'd share this unique silhouette found on etsy.

Artist Jenny Lee Fowler will handcut your portrait out of your choice of leaves.

Stay tuned. Now with the kids back in school we'll be posting with greater regularity.

We Love Real Simple

Many thanks to the good people at Real Simple, one of our favorite reads, for including us in their February issue.



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