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We wanted to do something special for our customers, friends and fans this holiday season. That's why Michelle and I put together the Parker Brand Bundles, each loaded with creative goodies to get you motivated to bring your next idea to life!

You can increase your chances to win by leaving us a comment at the bottom of this page. Want to stack the odds in your favor even further? Click over to the Parker Brand Google+ page and add us to one of your circles.

The contest officially begins November 25 with winners being revealed December 2, 9, 14, 16, and 20! Stay tuned to our social feeds to see if you're one of our lucky fans. Thanks for the "likes," comments, and (+), and don't forget to check out everything in the bundle on your way down the page to leave a comment.

It's finally here... Black Friday! Whether you plan to brave the masses in search of holiday deals, or simply stay at home and avoid the rush, we've got a little something to add to the Parker Brand Bundle that should get every fan of our brand excited.

We're gifting 5 Parker Brand fans $85 towards their first creative project of 2012. More than that, our $85 gift allows you to help a friend get their next creative project moving with a 15% discount off one of four creative offerings. You use your gift, then pass on the savings to a friend who could use a creative marketing boost.

We love helping small businesses and individuals stretch their advertising dollars, and this gift does just that. You get quality creative services with the added value of saving money, plus you get to share your good will. Here's to the new year, and all of the creative things that wait for us all in 2012!

Another great Parker Brand Bundle item showed up on our doorstep yesterday, and it's one of the most basic creative tools around. Like all of the other Bundle items, we wanted to make sure that this creative tool shares some basic Parker Brand philosophy.

These blazing orange pencils will serve you well when you approach your next creative project, reminding you to write down your problem, sketch out your solutions, and use your notes and sketches to give life to your ideas. It's how almost all of our creative projects begin. Plus, there's no greater joy than looking back at your original notes and sketches in comparison to your finished project.

We want to give some lucky Parker Brand fans the same experience, so make sure to like our Facebook page to stay in touch with the contest updates. See you Friday when the contest officially begins!

We're all about taking notes on our iPads over here at the Parker Brand. Still, you can't beat having a solid pocket notebook on hand when you need to catch an idea by the tail.

In my opinion, there is no better tool for this than the small cahier notebooks by MOLESKINE. Some of our best designs, ideas, and concepts have been worked out in these little books over coffee. I love them so much that I just had to share them with our fans.

Each Parker Brand Bundle will contain a pack of three MOLESKINE cahier notebooks. These things are tough, each stitched with a thick craft-brown cover that can take a beating. They include a simple pocket in the back—great for hanging on to business cards—and have lined, extra smooth manilla paper on the inside.

You can't miss the Parker Brand on the cover, or our message; TAKE GOOD NOTES. Every idea starts somewhere; best to be prepared when the moment of inspiration comes. Like I said, we love our digital notetaking methods, but having a MOLESKINE around is a must when you need to go analog.

Make sure to "like" our Facebook page to get in the running to win these great bundle items. Good luck!

Between Michelle and I, we have a lot of ideas, and if you let us we can go on and on about them. At the beginning of 2011 I challenged myself to take those high ideas and boil them down into short statements that were easy to digest.

At an early meeting a potential client said, "you sound like a fortune cookie." After the meeting I thought, "why not?" Soon I was on the hunt for fortune cookies that we could use to share these little ideas that I call "parkerisms." Oh, and they had to be orange. I guess these days if you think of something chances are someone has already beat you to the punch.

Our vendor provided us with our very own fortune cookies, in orange, and orange-flavored to boot! Our clients loved getting their little fortunes, and they went a long way toward establishing the brand tempo we were trying to set.

We wanted to take that idea and step it up a notch for our Parker Brand Bundle giveaway. This time our fortunes aren't just orange; they're chocolate covered orange (and quite delicious, I might add). Each Parker Brand Fortune comes loaded with 5 new parkerisms that are meant to inspire sincerity, creativity, mindfulness and action, which are all principals that the Parker Brand holds near and dear.

We hope the winners of our Bundle giveaway will enjoy these little cookies as much as we enjoy sharing them. Remember, it's awesome when the outside is cool (and delicious), but it's what is on the inside that means the most. Keep watching our networks for updates!

When Michelle first started working on the Parker Brand t-shirts I really had no idea how good they were going to look. We definitely wanted to to have the Parker Brand logo on them—nice and simple—but Michelle wanted to have some creative fun with the mark as well. We opted to put the brand right over the heart, then Michelle had free reign to get creative on the back. She definitely succeeded.

Our mock-ups really didn't express how perfect these shirts would come out. Each shirt is an espresso brown, ultra-soft, v-neck tee by District Threads. The front carries the Parker brand in blazing orange with our message "leave your mark" placed nicely over the center heart. The full-back of each tee shows off Michelle's stylish take on the the Parker brand, with two simple words that drive every project we do; "get creative." 

We're really stoked about the design and quality of these tees, and we can't wait to share them with the winners of our Parker Brand Bundle giveaway. Stay tuned for more info on the Bundle contents. We'll update as items arrive.

There are great items that we use every single day in our creative business. They're pretty much staples that we just can't live without. We figured we'd like share those things with our fans, and maybe pass along a few of our "parkerisms" in the process.

The first thing to arrive are these gorgeously simple Parker Brand ballpoint pens in candied orange. We like to call them "Parker Markers." As you can see by the imprint, we think it's important to leave your mark, and we're not just talking about your brand identity.

Everytime you write something down with with an orange Parker Marker you'll remember that everything you do in life is important, and it's all building toward what you'll be leaving behind. Do something amazing with your life. Take a chance every once in a while, and always be conscious that your actions are leaving an impression on the people around you.