International Women's Day Challenge

Papierhouse Blog GiveAway!

Hello Everyone!

We're in the mood to have a
Papierhouse Blog Giveaway

*Blueye Dezine Patterned Papers,
Felt Frame, Felt Ribbon, Flowers*
*Stamped Embossed Images*

All you have to do is leave a comment
and tell us what is your favourite colour
to use on your Creations.

A winner will be picked on
Monday, 23rd March.

Come and play along!

Local and International Friends are Welcome to play.

Happy International Women's Day 2009

International Women's Day has been observed since in the early 1900's, a time of great expansion and turbulence in the industrialized world that saw booming population growth and the rise of radical ideologies.

Year 2000 and beyond
IWD is now an official holiday in China, Armenia, Russia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Vietnam. The tradition sees men honouring their mothers, wives, girlfriends, colleagues, etc with flowers and small gifts. In some countries IWD has the equivalent status of Mother's Day where children give small presents to their mothers and grandmothers.

The new millennium has witnessed a significant change and attitudinal shift in both women's and society's thoughts about women's equality and emancipation. Many from a younger generation feel that 'all the battles have been won for women' while many feminists from the 1970's know only too well the longevity and ingrained complexity of patriarchy. With more women in the boardroom, greater equality in legislative rights, and an increased critical mass of women's visibility as impressive role models in every aspect of life, one could think that women have gained true equality. The unfortunate fact is that women are still not paid equally to that of their male counterparts, women still are not present in equal numbers in business or politics, and globally women's education, health and the violence against them is worse than that of men.

However, great improvements have been made. We do have female astronauts and prime ministers, school girls are welcomed into university, women can work and have a family, women have real choices. And so the tone and nature of IWD has, for the past few years, moved from being a reminder about the negatives to a celebration of the positives.

Annually on 8 March, thousands of events are held throughout the world to inspire women and celebrate achievements. A global web of rich and diverse local activity connects women from all around the world ranging from political rallies, business conferences, government activities and networking events through to local women's craft markets, theatric performances, fashion parades and more.

Many global corporations have also started to more actively support IWD by running their own internal events and through supporting external ones. For example, on 8 March search engine and media giant Google some years even changes its logo on its global search pages. Year on year IWD is certainly increasing in status. The United States even designates the whole month of March as 'Women's History Month'.

So make a difference, think globally and act locally !! Make everyday International Women's Day. Do your bit to ensure that the future for girls is bright, equal, safe and rewarding.

PapierHouse Challenge

We are observing and celebrating International Women's Day and with this Special Event for Women, we have a challenge for you to create a Layout of Yourself, your Mother, your Sister, your Daughter or that Special Woman in your Life. Please have the colour Pink on your Layout.

This challenge will be from

March 8th ~ March 25th

Please email your Layout to papierhouse@gmail.com

Thank You!

here are Layouts by our In~House Designers,

Edleen
This layout is of my youngest Daughter.
I just want to let her know that she is Special to Us Always

Felicia
Dedicated to my Mother, My Hero, the Special Woman in my Life

June

Enjoying my journey as a Mother to my 2 Boys

Winner of this challenge will win this RAK Prize

Enjoy Being Yourself

Happy International Women's Day!

Announcement

We would like to Thank Everyone that sent us your Well Wishes.
We Truly Appreciate It!

We have offered a Permanent In~House position to all our Designers and we are very Grateful to have all of them on our Team since we began.

But we are sad to say GoodBye to Michelle and Susan and we wish them both Success in their future endeavours. Thank You Ladies!

We will see Felicia, June and Edleen and also Welcoming our latest addition to the PapierHouse In~House Design Team, Fiona.

We are very excited to Announce that we will be launching our very own PapierHouse scrapbooking products in the coming weeks. We hope you will return and take a peek.

Please come back on March 8th where we will be celebrating International Womens' Day and also a Brand New Challenge here @ PapierHouse.

Thank You for your Support and Have a Wonderful Month of March!

Mindy & Regina

We received a call from a friend who advised us that Papierhouse was being wrongfully accused of copyright and unoriginality.

Unfortunately, in all industries, there are those who think that you can speak your mind, without obtaining all the facts, and do so without thinking about the consequences of their actions.

Slanderous and Defamatory comments about one or ones business are not taken lightly. As teachers, we learn techniques from various sources and apply these techniques in our work, in turn teaching others. "Copyright does not protect ideas, concepts or information, nor does it protect styles, techniques or methods" - Quoted from the Copyright Council.

When we design workshops, if we have learnt a special "technique" or "style" from someone, we will always credit the artist. As designers, we understand the importance of this acknowledgment, even if it is not a legal requirement. Many teachers are inspired by others. It is this inspiration that keeps our craft alive and teaches others about the importance of memory keeping. It is here where our focus should be.

At Papierhouse, we are original, ethical and definately not fradulent within ourselves or our business. We are inspired by those in our industry and we give credit where credit is due. We design our own products, classes and workshops ethically and with intent to provide our clients (our friends), the information and techniques they need, to pursue their papercrafting passions".

Mindy & Regina, Owner of Papierhouse

Happy Valentine's Day!

It's Valentine's Day today.

Wishing everyone a very Happy Valentine's Day!

January Challenge

This month, a fresh new challenge for you by our
Guest Designer Edleen.

Scraplift her Layout with a theme about Friends
and email your layouts to
papierhouse@gmail.com

Sophia &

Layouts by PapierHouse Design Team

MichelleChallenge is from
January 8th ~ January 31st.

Everyone is Welcome to Join!

Winner will win a RAK from PapierHouse.

Mindy and Regina are currently working on their new designs
so do come back and check it out.

We wish you a wonderful January and the rest of 2009!
Thanks for your support.