“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 [...]

This weekend I will be joining with other amazing Arizona artists at the Indie Chic@10th Street alternative craft fair.  The weather is set to be GORGEOUS so if you’re in the Phoenix area (or with in a day’s driving distance) head down to the ASU Art Museum and do some local holiday shopping.  There is [...]

That’s right, friends.  I’m jumping on the Cyber Monday bandwagon for all of you doing a bit of holiday shopping from work today.  Any orders placed today will receive FREE SHIPPING with in the US.  This includes all of my Christmas, Holiday, Thank you, Hello, Birthday and Congrats cards. (Sorry, wedding samples not included.)  So [...]

Congratulations to Trisha, Rachel, and Clara!  You’ll all be receiving your cards in the mail shortly!  Just in time to send them back out to all of your friends & family.  If you weren’t one of the lucky winners but are still in need of cards to send out for the holidays send me an [...]

I was just reading through a Daily Worth email that landed in my inbox at an odd time and discovered there was a $15 and under handmade gift guide in it’s honor on Scoutie Girl Gifts. And low and behold, there was my Tin Can Hello Card!  Funny how that all played out.  If you’re [...]

Whew!  Well here we are at the end of a week full of lovely hand made giveaways here at Paper Mango.  Did you all love seeing all of the amazing  creativity that’s out there?  And hopefully you’ll be lucky enough to win something you know was made with great intention, love and concern for making [...]

It is with great excitement that I share with youthat next week we will be celebrating the official “Grand Opening” of the new www.papermangodesign.com blogsite!  And since you’re currently reading this on the new blogsite or through the new blogsite feed you’re probably confused.  Well, yeah, it’s been up for a while, but I’ve slowly [...]

Image Credits(from top to bottom and left to right): dwrawlinson, strabanephotos, zizin, Andre Pipa, puddleduckz,  marghe00, nigel@hornchurch After having multiple web friends comment or email on my Moroccan color palette I decided it was fair game to go ahead and share the images that inspired said color palette.  I think these images are absolutely divine [...]

Over the past two months I have received requests for custom designed wedding invitations with vintage, traditional Mexican tile, Indian, and (most recently) Moroccan themes.  You brides absolutely keep me on my toes!  I have to say though, this Moroccan theme threw me for a loop.  I think it’s in part due to all of [...]

I just wanted to give a quick update for those of you who subscribe to Paper Mango via RSS or email.  As you may have noticed, there hadn’t been much coming through the old blogger feed because I’ve been focusing so much on the new blog over here.  And though there hasn’t been an official [...]