Last week, on the Paperblanks Blog, we discussed the story of Laurel Burch, the artist behind some of Paperblanks’ most popular designs. This week we present a video about Laurel Burch – her story and the Paperblanks books she inspired:

Grand Prize Winner
The grand prize winner of the Paperblanks Photo Contest is Susan Erdmann from Vancouver, Canada with her photo inspired by Paperblanks’ Painted Walls of Lamayuru Lotus journal:

Susan has won a travel voucher valued at €500/$700!
This winning entry was chosen by the Paperblanks design team based on a number of factors, including creativity, visual appeal, and votes.
Congratulations, Susan!
Follow-Up Prizes
The following five winners have won follow-up prizes:
- Allie Davy
- Blanca Martinez
- Diana Eugeni
- Mia Crow
- Nikki Zawada
They have all won Paperblanks prize packages with a value of approximately €75/$100 each. Their entries were chosen by the Paperblanks design team based on a number of factors, including creativity, visual appeal, and votes.
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Allie Davy | Blanca Martinez |
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Diana Eugeni | Nikki Zawada |
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Mia Crow |
Thanks to everyone who participated!
Only five days remain before the submission period for the Paperblanks in the Picture contest ends (go the contest page here). Users may no longer submit photos when the judging period begins on July 12th. The Paperblanks design team will then judge the entries on the basis of creativity and visual appeal and announce one grand prize winner and five follow-up winners on July 14th!
We’ve had some fantastic entries so far! Have you entered yet?
For all the details about the contest, as well as the full rules, go here.
We’re pleased to announce the launch of a Russian language version of the Paperblanks website, located at www.paperblanks.ru. This website now stands alongside English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Japanese language websites.
All of these sites include a comprehensive catalogue of all of our journals, address books, guest books, and dayplanners, regular news and updates, a store-locator, and other valuable resources and content for retailers and consumers.