Spring Flea Market

What a great success our first Flea Market was! Thanks to Kristin, at Domestic Bliss who organized the entire event. (and everyone knows that when Kristin plans something, it’s always grand!)

Several customers told me that “this looks like something you would see on the streets of New York!” And I wholeheartedly agreed. There was such an eclectic mix of vendors, and every booth was beautiful! There were fresh flowers, vintage and new jewelry, antiques, furniture, homemade ice cream, and lots, lots more. The next flea market will be in October. (much too hot from here on out!) Be sure to sign in on our e-mail list on our website homepage mandcopapery.com to be informed of all of the happenings at our store and downtown!

-M.

Spring Fling Flea Market!

Downtown Mesa is the place to be this Saturday, April 26th! You won't want to miss the fun at our first boutique style flea market. It will be held outside on the corner of Robson and Main, from 8 am to 2 pm. There will be great vendors selling everything from clothing, food, jewelry, European antiques, gifts, and live music! What a great way to spend your Saturday morning!
-M
*The above photos were taken at a flea market in Italy... dreamy!

Bob's Bistro!

So, as everyone knows, my husband and I love to cook and entertain. And for years our friends and family have been happily feasting on Bob’s great dinners. However, providing dinners on such a grand scale can get pretty pricey! In order to insure the continuation of good dinners, our friends have been trying to get us to have a ‘restaurant’ night at our house where we would charge each couple to attend. Well, finally we did it!

We just hosted our first “Bob’s Bistro” dinner party Saturday night. It was incredible! The music, the food, conversation, and wine were wonderful, and we couldn’t ask for more beautiful weather! Of course, true to my nature, I did everything last minute. And I do mean everything. You would think owning an invitation shop, I would have pre-ordered my invites…. wishful thinking!! But, the good news is that they turned out great and it is proof that you can do great things not only spur of the moment, but on a budget as well! Here are some pictures of our fabulous night along with ideas for you to plan your own dinner party!

*Invitations were sooo easy!! I layered 3 pieces of cardstock ($.17 each) and used Stickles glitter to enhance the printed design on invitation and rsvp. The envelopes were $.30 and $.35 each and rsvp $.15 each!

I had the white tablecloths already, I purchased the blue 'toppers' at JoAnne's for $2.99/yd!
(I just cut a square for each table - no sewing)
The white citronella candles were from TJ Maxx - very inexpensive!
To further reduce costs we used our dining room chairs instead of renting.

I picked up the flower bouquets at Trader Joe's for $9.99 each table! Screaming deal!
My sister suggested using the leaves from our tree for placecards! Perfect!

The chef extraordinaire!

(mingle, mingle, wine, wine!)

Yummy Menu! (again with the stickles and $.17 cardstock!)

Okay, seriously! I only got pictures of 2 of the 5 courses!!
Note to self: Don't try to host and be the photographer of your own event!

Motherly Love!

Mother's Day is on it's way! May 11th to be exact! We all love our moms and they definitely deserve to be indulged. Here are some great ideas to celebrate and appreciate our mothers!

• Give mom some fresh flowers, straight out of your garden. They don’t have to match. I love bunches of random flowers put together. Use a plain glass vase and wrap it with ribbon and attach a gift tag or card. I love to print a sentiment and design on paper and stickle it up. (glitter glue)
  
  
• Send mom on a relaxing weekend to a bed and breakfast. I recently stayed at the England House B & B in Flagstaff. What a great place! I would definitely recommend it!
  
  
• Bake something for mom. You don’t have to be a master baker or decorator like my sister-in-law as shown below. (She made these cupcake beauties for her daughter’s birthday which happens to be today! Happy Birthday Shea!) Good thing my mother's favorite is coffee cake, since I only just discovered the world of icing and cupcakes!

Here are some great gift ideas for mom. All available at M & Co. Papery!

• Rubber gloves – Indulge your mother with these grand gloves! I absolutely love them. I don’t think I would actually mind housecleaning wearing these!
  
  
• Personalized notepads – Order mom a personalized notepad. Perfect for lists and memos. Our notepads are one of our top selling gifts!
• Scented note cards - Beautiful boxed stationery available in the following fragrances: coconut, orange blossom, lemongrass lime, lavender, papaya mango, and pineapple. Makes a great gift when packaged with one of our flower or feather pens.
• Journals – Give your mom a place to record all of her great ideas and thoughts.
• Personalized stationery – Make your own for mom with our great assortment of paper and envelopes. Simply run them through your computer with moms name on it, add ribbon, stickles, or just plain and simple. We also have beautiful stationery in store or available to order personalized.

Pucker Up!

(I cannot stand how gorgeous these napkins are!)

I love lemons… I love them in candy, any kind of food or pastry (I can’t seem to add enough), I love lemon fragrance in candles or household products, and plain and simply, I love lemon prints. There is something wonderful about the color yellow, and lemons always make me think of happy things like lemonade, lemon bars, and summertime. Most recently I was introduced to Limoncello while in Italy. Of course I had to bring home several bottles of that! I have been told that lemons ‘are so yesterday’, but to me, they will always be today and tomorrow. So if you share my love for the lovely lemon, you will be happy to know that we have lemon aprons, napkins, candy, soaps and stationery.

-M