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Today's Giveaway Winners!

Happy Valentine's Day! Hope everyone is having a pleasant day, filled with candy and flowers and hearts and all that fun stuff. (Or if you're part of the Anti-V-Day sect... well, you should still have some candy, because let's face it, candy is good under any circumstances!) We are about to make this Valentine's Day a little bit sweeter for two lucky winners.  The randomly-chosen recipients of our Raika Leather 8x10 Picture Frames are....

ABBIE
Milwaukee, WI

LISA
Orlando, FL

Congratulations, Abbie & Lisa, and thanks for your entries. We hope the frames come in handy for whatever fun pics you feel like showing off!  We will contact you both shortly with instructions on how to claim your prizes.

And that, dear readers, is the last giveaway for now. Needless to say, we'll be back again soon with more, so be sure to bookmark this blog if you haven't already and check back often. As always, be sure to check out our vast selection of City Diaries, planners, calendars, photo albums, scrapbooks, frames accessories, Nannini eyewear & more at www.PerAnnum.com.  Don't forget to use coupon code BLOG10, with which you can take 10% off your order!

Another Winner... and Another Giveaway!

Happy Friday, everyone! Thanks once again to all who participated in our latest giveaway -- whether it was your first time, or if you've been with us from the beginning, we very much appreciate it.The latest round of entries have been tallied and a random winner has been chosen. And so, the Per Annum Prize Pack goes to....

 Rexella P.
Lewisville, TX

Congratulations, Rexella, and thanks for being our fan on Facebook! We hope this collection of Per Annum planners, calendars, etc., help keep you organized and on top of things throughout the year. We will contact you shortly with instructions on how to claim your prize.

Our next giveaway will give you not one, but TWO chances to win -- we have two Raika Leather 8x10 Picture Frames up for grabs. Because really, who can't use a new picture frame -- especially ones as nice as these -- and just in time for Valentine's Day! These frames are extremely high quality and will make an attractive addition to any wall, tabletop, mantle, or wherever you like to show off your favorite photos. The two winners will get either Natural smooth matte Turquoise, and Rainbow lizard print Yellow (that will be a random decision, too). Retail value: $65 each.

 

To enter, simply leave a comment below and let us know what you have planned for Valentine's Day! Fancy dinner? Candy with the kids? A romantic getaway? Do tell. For additional entries, you can Like our contest post on Facebook or follow us on Twitter and RT our contest post there. We will choose a random winner on Monday, February 14th at around 2 p.m. EST.

Good luck to all!

The Photographer Behind Our 2011 NYC Wall Calendar

We were happy and proud to introduce the 2011 New York City Wall Calendar this year, and we thank all our customers who decided to give it a try! When our production team decided to produce the company's first-ever wall calendar, they didn't have to go far for the featured NYC-themed photography.  At the time, Per Annum's own Lisa Flanagan was in the middle of a just-for-fun Twitter Project 365 that she called “Scenes from My Commute”. Each day she would take a picture of her daily journey between her home in Westchester, NY, and our office in Manhattan and post it on the popular social media site.  Liking what they saw, the team asked if they could feature some of her best shots in the calendar.  A few months later, the 2011 New York City Wall Calendar was published and has been a wonderful success!

If you've been living without a calendar for the past month, are jonesing for some NYC nostalgia, or just want to see what all the fuss is about, you can still get the calendars on our website in 12x12 and 9x8 sizes.

       

For you photographer-types out there, Lisa took the calendar photos exclusively with her iPhone, occasionally manipulating them with some of her favorite apps, including:

• CameraBag
• Hipstamatic
• Cool Fx
• QuadCamera
• Lo-Mob
• PerfectlyClr

About Lisa

Lisa has been with Per Annum since 1998.  In addition to taking many of the product shots for our website, Lisa is an accomplished travel and portrait photographer.  Her photos have been published in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.   Her photography – including many more from her commute – can be seen at www.LisaFlanaganPhotography.com.

Lisa also has a fan page on Facebook and if you're on Twitter, @LisaFlanagan tweets often about all things photography and more.

A Giveaway A Day - Monday, 1/24

Okay, folks, I know everyone is waiting with bated breath for today's giveaway, so let's get right to it! Today's prize will be a lovely Eccolo Avant Garde Journal. The Eccolo collection of Italian leather crafted products was inspired by the avant garde artists of the 1920s -- each book is handcrafted with a unique combination of colors, so no two are alike.  But rest assured, yours will make an attractive writing companion....

 
 

This journal originally retails for $65 and was even once featured by Oprah herself -- and we'd like to give it to one of you loyal fans with our compliments!

To enter, simply leave a comment below and tell us how you would use this journal. Would you turn it into a recipe book? A dream journal? A place to record your innermost thoughts? For additional entries, you can Like our contest post on Facebook or follow us on Twitter and retweet that contest post  We will choose a random winner tomorrow, Tuesday, January 25th at around 2 p.m. EST. (And we'll announce the next giveaway at that time, too!)

Good luck, one and all! I look forward to reading your responses!

2011 Diaries Are Going Fast!

Brad Pitt FlatSpecs Fever may still be in the air here at Per Annum, but this time of year is always a busy one for our crew.  It's prime season for individuals, retail stores and corporations to buy their 2011 Diaries and we are deep in the process of sifting through those orders and shipping them out.  Those of you who pre-ordered your copies as far back as February should have received your copies by now.  But if you haven’t ordered yet... well, now is definitely the time!  In fact, I wouldn’t wait much longer, because they are going fast -- believe it or not, we are already sold out of the following colors:

Manhattan – Purple
Chicago – Teal
San Francisco – Purple and Teal
18-City Metro – Teal
Boston – Purple

Plenty of other great colors are still available, though, so don’t hesitate if you have your heart set on a particular style.

Here’s a handy list of the 2011 Diaries (as well as our all-new City Wall Calendar for NYC), with direct links to our website:

Manhattan Diary
Boston Diary
Chicago Diary
Los Angeles Diary
San Francisco Diary
18-City Metro Diary
NYC City Wall Calendar
Manhattan Daily Plan-It
Metro Desk Diary
InfoPlan Diary
InfoPrint Diary
InfoCord Diary
New Yorker Desk Diary
MyBook Adaptable Planner

Order soon!  2011 will be here before we know it....

Cayman Python Collection by Graphic Image

When it comes to our leather albums and accessories, we always offer the traditional or “safe” colors, but when fashion trends change – as they often do – we like to mix things up a bit.  So, for those of you who like to be bold, daring or just a little bit different, we will periodically introduce our latest fashion swatches. Some will have staying power, some will be a passing phase – it will be up to you to decide!

Today, in honor of this week's Brand of the Week, we feature the Cayman Python Collection brought to you by Graphic Image.

This stylish python-embossed leather (genuine leather that has been embossed to look like a textured python skin) comes in cool, deep jewel tones of Blue, Purple and Magenta, along with a rich chocolate Brown and a cool Grey.  It is available as a leather option for a wide variety of Graphic Image items, ranging from albums to picture frames to photo envelopes to luggage tags to iPad sleeves.

 

Shop all Graphic Image products by clicking HERE.  And since it is our current Brand of Week, be sure to use coupon code BOWG10 to take 10% off your Graphic Image order!

SPOTTED: Brad Pitt is a FlatSpecs Fan!

 

Well, imagine our surprise when we were alerted to the following photo in the British Daily Mail:

 

(Click the photo for the full article)

Yup, that's Brad Pitt sporting some stylish-looking reading glasses.  But wait -- don't those specs look familiar?  They are none other than our very own Nannini FlatSpecs Readers!  (Style Compact 1 in the Dolphin color, to be exact -- click here to find them on our website.)  Per Annum has been the official North American retailer of these Italian-made specs for several years and they have slowly but surely been gaining traction here in the States -- needless to say, this celebrity sighting makes us very happy!

Brad, it's great to see that you're a FlatSpecs fan!  If you need any other colors for yourself, or if you'd like to give a pair to Clooney as a gift, or perhaps some similarly-styled sunglasses for Angie and the kids, you can find them (and more) online at www.FlatSpecs.com.