Yesterday was a sad day for the music world. Paste Magazine, one of the last great print magazines covering music, film and culture, officially announced it was ceasing production of it’s print publication. I can’t remember when I first discovered Paste, and it’s wonderfully curated sample CDs, but I was a fan immediately and have [...]

If you caught my “Big Squeeze” post on Friday, you know things have been exciting around the Paper Mango camp these days, but I thought I’d expound on that a bit today and give you a little peak inside the madness. You may remember the invitations I’ve been working on for my sister-in-law Reneé and [...]

I spent four weeks traveling around Japan during my “gap year” between high school and college and I too can proudly claim to have been stuffed into a train by an Japan Rail employee.  What does this have to do with anything?  This is kind of what my week has felt like.  I’ve gotten a [...]

Today I’d like you to meet “Ellen”.  You may know Ellen’s cousin “Natalie” as she is one of the more popular wedding invitation designs here at Paper Mango.   Ellen really likes to accessorize so she’s added a metallic gold mat, belly band and a monogram seal to her outfit while keeping the same sweet [...]

Last week I shared the inspiration behind the wedding invitation suite I’m designing for my sister-in-law’s upcoming Fall wedding.  While that is still in the works (and coming together nicely, might I add) I thought I’d give a little peek at and insight behind their Save-the-Date.  Though Reneé & Pete’s wedding isn’t technically a destination [...]

vintage wooden spools by zee longenecker I’m whipping up some new stuff over here at the Paper Mango blog and wanted to give you a little sneak peek on some of the changes to come.  I’ve got a love/hate relationship with “change”.  I think I love the idea of changing things up and forging new [...]

As mentioned in my “Thanks to LOST…” post and countless Tweets I had the absolute privilege of spending my birthday in Los Angeles at the Jay and Jack LOST Finale Party at the Orpheum Theater.  The weekend did not disappoint nor did (in my opinion) the final episode of LOST.  It probably helped that I [...]

Celebrate your graduate and save money (for college of course) with announcements and party invitations from Paper Mango! For the money savers, all of my designs are being offered as a “Printable”. Meaning, you send me the info, I send you a file and you print it from your home printer, or if it’s a [...]

This is just a quick note to say that Mother’s Day cards are now for sale in the Paper Mango Etsy Store!  Hooray!  So if you’re one of those lucky ones that plans ahead, you can buy your cards now and relax.  But if you’re one of the normal ones, you can relax now and wait [...]

“Peek-A-Boo” by Lovely Journey Fine Art Photography Hi friends!  I know what you’re thinking, “I never thought Melanie was going to blog again”.  Well, never fear!  The day has arrived…kind of.  I just wanted to write a quite update to let you know that 1.) Yes, I’m alive.  2.) Yes, PaperMango is still kicking (and [...]