About Us

Professionally trained as an architect, Vana Chupp has always been artistically inspired by the sweet and simple moments in life.  Her craft was born with the birth of her first boy Nikolas. Documenting her son's milestones by cleverly capturing his personality, emotion, playfulness and essence, she began using silhouettes to tell her own life story.  It's a love story - continuing to blossom, with her boys Nikolas and John as her muses. Coming full circle, Vana was able to combine her passion and artistic expressions and share it all with you!

In 2008 Vana launched her dream job; Le Papier Studio, a small woman-owned business that expresses creativity and inspiration, all the while giving her time to fulfill her most important job; being a mom.  Le Papier Studio specializes in illustrating unique custom silhouettes. Vana's charming and intimate custom silhouettes will capture your heart and symbolize your treasured memories for years to come. We work with you to design and illustrate the people, pets, and special moments in your life using your photographs. From invitation and stationery sets to birthday gifts and valentine ideas, Le Papier Studio would love the opportunity to transform the apples of your eye into artistic heirlooms.

Vana completed writting Silhouette Art - a book featuring instructions, papers and patterns for making modern heirlooms published and released by Chronicle Books in Fall 2010. Her second book, Pretty Paper Parties is a must have kit for the crafty types wanting to customize their party with papers, templates, and endless inspiration - published and released by Chronicle Books in Fall 2012.

To find out more, visit her blog where she shares her story on balancing a creative business and motherhood. Subscribe to our newsletter for great deals and giveaways.

Photography by Imaginative Studios