http://stationerytrendsmagazine.com/index.php/news en aheugel@greatamericanpublish.com Copyright 2012 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:47:20 GMT http://partypaper.com/index.php/news/release/rasta-imposta-acquires-lazytown-dress-up-license/ http://partypaper.com/index.php/news/release/rasta-imposta-acquires-lazytown-dress-up-license/#id:15876#date:14:47 The Joester Loria Group has brokered a deal with Rasta Imposta to develop children's costumes based on the characters Sportacus and Stephanie from the award-winning children's television series "LazyTown," airing exclusively on Sprout TV. This Halloween boys can take the spotlight as Sportacus, emulating his fitness and superhero strength, while girls can transform into Stephanie with her high energy, pink-spirited style and her love of music and dance. "We are pleased to be aligned with both Joester Loria Group and ‘LazyTown' to manufacture and produce a great line of costumes for ‘LazyTown,'" said Gary Schneider… Party and Paper Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:47 GMT http://partypaper.com/index.php/news/release/eldorado-wins-2012-xbiz-award-for-distributor-of-the-year/ http://partypaper.com/index.php/news/release/eldorado-wins-2012-xbiz-award-for-distributor-of-the-year/#id:15626#date:18:39 Eldorado Trading Company was given the Distributor of the Year award at the 10th Annual XBIZ Awards Show on in January. "Receiving the Distributor of the Year award is thrilling for myself and my team," said Larry Garland, Eldorado CEO and founder. "We continue to focus on giving our customers what they want -- quality products and outstanding customer service." The company said Eldorado strives to deliver customers "only the best" to ensure their total satisfaction. For more than 35 years, the Colorado distributor has taken pride in maintaining high fill rates, providing a massive… Party and Paper Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:39 GMT http://partypaper.com/index.php/news/release/hpe-announces-scavenger-hunt-and-cruise-grand-prize/ http://partypaper.com/index.php/news/release/hpe-announces-scavenger-hunt-and-cruise-grand-prize/#id:15394#date:18:20 The Halloween & Party Expo (HPE) has announced a new promotional opportunity to help attendees experience the new enhancements featured at the 2012 show in Houston, Jan. 28-31. Throughout the four-day trade show, attendees will have the chance to participate in a scavenger hunt through each of the featured show enhancements where answering a simple question can earn the chance to win the grand prize of a one-week cruise vacation. Attendees can pick up the official scavenger hunt answer form at registration or any of the featured enhancement areas. Each area will feature a prominent… Party and Paper Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:20 GMT http://partypaper.com/index.php/news/release/rubies-secures-the-annoying-orange-license/ http://partypaper.com/index.php/news/release/rubies-secures-the-annoying-orange-license/#id:15213#date:13:52 The Collective, a leading entertainment management and production company, announced that it has partnered with Rubies Costume Co. for a line of costumes and accessories inspired by The Annoying Orange, the most-watched Web series of all-time, to debut at retail Halloween 2012. The Rubies Costume Co. deal was brokered on behalf of The Collective by The Joester Loria Group (TJLG), the licensing agent for The Annoying Orange brand. The collection of Annoying Orange Kitchen Crew costumes and accessories for children and adults developed by Forum Novelties, a division of Rubies Costume Co., will feature favorite… Party and Paper Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:52 GMT http://partypaper.com/index.php/news/release/hpe-costume-style-shows-display-new-looks/ http://partypaper.com/index.php/news/release/hpe-costume-style-shows-display-new-looks/#id:15184#date:14:37 The Saturday Night Costume Style Show will returns to this year's Halloween & Party Expo with even more highly-anticipated costumes, as well new technology and multimedia to present the experience in the most professional and captivating way possible. "It's a highly entertaining format with the industry's most creative costumes," said show producer Rich Weber of Lenz Talent. "The multimedia, models and dancers carry the theme of each costume in entertaining ways." The upcoming production includes professional models and dancers from Houston and Las Vegas who dance, strut and flaunt down the runway in outfits ranging… Party and Paper Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:37 GMT http://partypaper.com/index.php/news/release/transworlds-haunt-tour-event-a-success/ http://partypaper.com/index.php/news/release/transworlds-haunt-tour-event-a-success/#id:14936#date:14:18 TransWorld Exhibits, the suburban Chicago-based organizer of the Halloween & Attractions Show, recently completed its second set of successful legendary haunt tours. Tour attendees, comprised of haunted house owners, enjoyed exclusive access to one or all of the tours that this year featured notable Philadelphia-area destinations, including the Pennhurst Asylum, Eastern State Penitentiary and Shoktoberfest. Each haunt tour included post-tour parties, seminar discussions led by the light of a roaring bonfire and thousands of dollars worth of raffle prizes donated by show exhibitors. The evening discussion turned to the upcoming Halloween & Attractions Show, featuring… Party and Paper Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:18 GMT http://partypaper.com/index.php/news/release/iparty-corp.-reports-sales-for-calendar-month-october-2011/ http://partypaper.com/index.php/news/release/iparty-corp.-reports-sales-for-calendar-month-october-2011/#id:14648#date:14:19 iParty Corp., a party goods retailer, reported total company sales of $17.6 million for the calendar month of October 2011, a decrease of 11.1 percent compared to total company sales in calendar October 2010. "On Saturday, October 28th, New England was struck with a freak early season Nor'easter that deposited as much as 30 inches of heavy snow onto our markets and caused widespread power outages for our customers and certain of our stores," said Sal Perisano, chairman and chief executive officer of iParty Corp. "Eleven of our party stores and one temporary Halloween store… Party and Paper Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:19 GMT http://partypaper.com/index.php/news/release/ballooniversity-announces-2012-dates/ http://partypaper.com/index.php/news/release/ballooniversity-announces-2012-dates/#id:14537#date:13:48 burton + BURTON has announced that its annual educational event, Ballooniversity, will be held in Athens, Ga., Aug. 22-25. The week-long training event and celebration will coincide with the company's 30th anniversary. "We are so excited to have Ballooniversity back in our hometown, and we look forward to hosting our customers and the industry with our own special brand of Southern hospitality," said Maxine Burton, president and COO. Ballooniversity has not been held at the company's headquarters since 2007, when the educational franchise expanded into a traveling road show format. "Ballooniversity On the Road has… Party and Paper Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:48 GMT http://partypaper.com/index.php/news/release/rubies-awarded-license-for-the-walking-dead-costume-collection/ http://partypaper.com/index.php/news/release/rubies-awarded-license-for-the-walking-dead-costume-collection/#id:14533#date:12:42 Rubie's Costume Company Inc. has announced its partnership with AMC to produce officially licensed costumes, accessories and masks based on the network's original series, "The Walking Dead." The costumes, masks and accessories inspired by the zombies from the hit series are available in child, teen and adult sizes. The company said their realistic look and feel will have fans clamoring for costumes of their favorite Walking Dead characters, and if the gruesome masks don't have you running for your life, a makeup kit can help to create a horrifically authentic zombie guise. "Never before have… Party and Paper Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:42 GMT http://partypaper.com/index.php/news/release/hpe-costume-style-shows-offer-hot-new-looks/ http://partypaper.com/index.php/news/release/hpe-costume-style-shows-offer-hot-new-looks/#id:14471#date:16:50 The Saturday night Costume Style Show will return to the Halloween & Party Expo (HPE), held at the George R. Brown Convention Center in downtown Houston Jan. 28-31, with even more costumes, as well as impressive new technology and multimedia to present the experience in the most professional and captivating way possible. "It's a highly entertaining format with the industry's most creative costumes," said show producer, Rich Weber of Lenz Talent from Las Vegas. "The multimedia, models and dancers carry the theme of each costume in entertaining ways." The upcoming production includes professional models and… Party and Paper Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:50 GMT http://partypaper.com/index.php/news/release/according-to-nrf-zombie-vampire-princess-costumes-top-consumers-halloween-f/ http://partypaper.com/index.php/news/release/according-to-nrf-zombie-vampire-princess-costumes-top-consumers-halloween-f/#id:14432#date:18:22 According to National Retail Federation's (NRF) 2011 Top Costumes survey, conducted by BIGresearch, more than 2.6 million men, women and children plan to dress as zombies this Halloween. Due to the popularity of the characters in recent books, television shows and video games, zombie costumes jumped from number 22 last year to number nine on children's top costume list and from number seven to four on the adult list. Americans are expected to spend $2.5 billion on Halloween costumes this year, according to an NRF survey, forking over $1 billion on children's costumes, $1.2 billion… Party and Paper Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:22 GMT http://partypaper.com/index.php/news/release/wallys-party-factory-kicks-off-annual-food-drive/ http://partypaper.com/index.php/news/release/wallys-party-factory-kicks-off-annual-food-drive/#id:14306#date:13:05 Wally's Party Factory, the nation's largest privately held chain of family-owned independent party supply stores, will be collecting canned and boxed food throughout the month of October to donate to local food banks and charities. Each family will receive a coupon for $5 off $25 or more on Thanksgiving Day décor (valid Nov. 6-12) and a pack of Halloween Hanky Swanky or printed napkins for the first three cans or boxes that they donate. These offers are limited to one per family while supplies last. Collection carts are located in all 37 store locations across… Party and Paper Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:05 GMT http://partypaper.com/index.php/news/release/eldorados-new-home-party-catalog-now-available-for-download/ http://partypaper.com/index.php/news/release/eldorados-new-home-party-catalog-now-available-for-download/#id:14296#date:17:28 Eldorado, the award winning Colorado-based distributor of adult toys and novelties, has released its all-new Home Party catalog for 2011-2012. This catalog is full of Eldorado's best-sellers and offers home party planners their own private label catalog with a customizable order form. "We are excited to offer our home party planners their own catalog loaded with the best-sellers in the market," said Eldorado CEO and Founder Larry Garland. "This is an effective sales tool that provides our customers the flexibility to specify their mark-up and private label as they see fit." The downloadable Home Party… Party and Paper Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:28 GMT http://partypaper.com/index.php/news/release/according-to-nrf-161-million-people-plan-on-celebrating-halloween/ http://partypaper.com/index.php/news/release/according-to-nrf-161-million-people-plan-on-celebrating-halloween/#id:14272#date:14:09 According to NRF's 2011 Halloween Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey conducted by BIGresearch, seven in 10 Americans (68.6 percent) plan to celebrate Halloween, up from 63.8 percent last year and the most in NRF's nine-year survey history. Those celebrating are expected to spend slightly more too; the average person will shell out $72.31 on decorations, costumes and candy, up from $66.28 last year. Total Halloween spending is expected to reach $6.86 billion. "Eager to shake off the summer heat and forget about the economy for a few days, Americans are looking forward to having some… Party and Paper Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:09 GMT http://partypaper.com/index.php/news/release/wbc-2012-announces-party-design-competition/ http://partypaper.com/index.php/news/release/wbc-2012-announces-party-design-competition/#id:14259#date:16:45 A new competition is giving balloon artists the chance at a starring role in parties at the World Balloon Convention (WBC), hosted by Pioneer Balloon Co., being held March 21-25 in Dallas. The WBC 2012 Party Design Competition will allow two winning guest designers to develop and execute the décor for one of two prestigious parties at the WBC 2012: the Thursday Night Costume Party and the WBC Grand Gala. Each guest designer will have the opportunity to design his or her dream décor using unlimited Qualatex balloons and a full staff to help bring… Party and Paper Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:45 GMT http://partypaper.com/index.php/news/release/ballering-to-bring-balloon-art-and-expertise-to-expo/ http://partypaper.com/index.php/news/release/ballering-to-bring-balloon-art-and-expertise-to-expo/#id:14186#date:12:13 If it can be done, it can be done with balloons. At least that seems to be true for Carmen Ballering, an award-winning event designer turned instructor who creates sculptures and even haute couture from balloons. Visitors to her booth at Halloween & Party Expo 2012 Jan. 28-31 in Houston can see Ballering's work up close and learn how to do some of it themselves. "Our goal there is to put awareness on balloons and how many wonderful things you can build with them," Ballering said. "We're going to be showing how to do advanced… Party and Paper Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:13 GMT http://partypaper.com/index.php/news/release/myownpet-balloons-partners-with-canines-for-disabled-kids/ http://partypaper.com/index.php/news/release/myownpet-balloons-partners-with-canines-for-disabled-kids/#id:14185#date:19:13 MyOwnPet Balloons, along with burton + BURTON, the nation's largest distributor of balloons and gift items, have launched a partnership with Canines for Disabled Kids (CDK), a national 501 (c) 3 organization dedicated to connecting children with disabilities to canine-assistance programs, in order to help raise awareness and funds for the over 10,000 children in need. For every MyOwnPet Balloon purchased at www.myownpetballoon.com, a portion of the proceeds will go directly to help Canines for Disabled Kids. Each helium-filled MyOwnPet Balloon has specially designed, weighted feet that keep the pets grounded so they can be… Party and Paper Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:13 GMT http://partypaper.com/index.php/news/release/cabrera-to-show-new-collection-at-halloween-party-expo/ http://partypaper.com/index.php/news/release/cabrera-to-show-new-collection-at-halloween-party-expo/#id:14181#date:13:37 Designer Juan Pablo Cabrera makes elaborate, colorful creations ranging from masks to headpieces to human-sized angel wings - and he does it all with feathers. Most often seen in Las Vegas shows, his products were most recently worn by contestants in the 2011 Miss Universe pageant, held in September in Sao Paulo, Brazil. An exhibitor at the Expo since the event began, Cabrera says the experience has always been positive. "We do a lot of stuff with Carnival," Cabrera said. "Most of the people we met from there we met at the Expo - people… Party and Paper Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:37 GMT http://partypaper.com/index.php/news/release/nobbies-mangelsens-and-ibsen-costume-team-up-for-halloween/ http://partypaper.com/index.php/news/release/nobbies-mangelsens-and-ibsen-costume-team-up-for-halloween/#id:14151#date:12:12 Three separate, independently owned retailers are cooperating in order to triumph over temporary Halloween stores and encourage Omaha shoppers to support their independent businesses. The Watanabe, Mangelsen and Ibsen families have purchased a joint billboard, radio and television advertising to get their message out to the Omaha community. By combining their marketing efforts through this campaign, they intend to encourage shoppers to support local businesses like theirs, and keep their hard earned money in Omaha this Halloween. They have also launched a joint Facebook page-ShopLocalHalloween. Ibsen Costume, Mangelsen's and Nobbies are family run businesses in… Party and Paper Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:12 GMT http://partypaper.com/index.php/news/release/ballooniversity-on-the-road-2011-wraps-four-city-tour/ http://partypaper.com/index.php/news/release/ballooniversity-on-the-road-2011-wraps-four-city-tour/#id:14062#date:18:48 This summer, attendees from Dallas, Atlanta, Chicago,and Philadelphia participated in burton+BURTON's "Legends of the Industry Tour." The one-day road show training event brought together some of the top floral and balloon designers in the world. With a total combined attendance for all four cities of more than 500 people, attendees filled classrooms to learn about the latest tips and tricks in the industry. "We really focused this year on quick, low-cost upgrades that attendees could take back home and implement immediately to increase their profits," said Steve Casso, general manager at burton + BURTON. In… Party and Paper Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:48 GMT