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Paper Delights asks “What’s Bringing You Joy This Season?” with an exciting Photo Essay contest.

Paper Delights – Burien’s premier destination for the most unique gifts and paper goods – is proud to launch a delightful Photo Essay contest in partnership with The Normandy Park Blog.

Simply send a photo of what’s giving you joy now, along with a brief caption to: joyessay2025@gmail.com.

The contest will run until midnight Dec. 14, 2025, with the first winner announced on Dec. 15, 2025.

NOTE: entries are limited to one (1) photo submission per person for this contest.

Paper Delights owner Alicia Olsen will generously award $200, $100 and $50 gift cards good at her shop to First, Second and Third place winners respectively.

Winning photos will be shared on The B-Town Blog with special recognition.

Spreading joy is one of Olsen’s great talents, so we can’t find a more fitting promotion to inspire our wonderful readers.

Read on for a little more about this heartwarming concept:

Finding joy in times of uncertainty can sometimes be an elusive skill to tap. But, many find that  engaging in consistent gratitude practices bring them more satisfaction and happiness. Enter: recognizing small joys (along with BIG ones) in our everyday lives. It’s a gratitude practice that benefits the one pointing it out, and the one who gets to behold the “joyful” discovery.

It brings to mind a special family anecdote that owner, Alicia Olsen, charmingly shared with us:

“One day when her father had met his limit of reading social media complaints, he declared that he was going to buck the trend and simply post something that was giving him joy. What, you may ask was inspiring his gratitude? “Paper towels!” That’s giving me joy. Now, I know they’re not great for the environment, but doggone it, when you have a difficult mess, a paper towel is the  greatest  invention!” 

That is just the sort of intentional happiness we can all take to heart. Though everything isn’t always rosy, we can stop and smell the roses, making space for joy however big or small if we only look.

Who knows what “Bounty” of joys our readers will find in B-Town?

Paper Delights
901 SW 152nd Street
Burien, WA 98166

HOURS: Everyday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Phone: (206) 244-0055

Email: info@paperdelights.com

Website: https://www.paperdelights.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paperdelightsburien

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