• Our deadline for your photoshopped and/or written happy birthday wishes will be Friday, January 13, 2012 at 6pm Eastern Time (same time zone as New York City).
• If you don't have computer 'skills' and just want to write a small note or happy birthday wish to Dave, you can send that in and we will put a nice border around it. The more contributions, the better the book.
• We will be able to re-size your contribution if needed.
• All submissions will become property of sweetparamania.com and that means that we can use them for future .. stuff. (future birthday book promotions, examples, etc.)
• Once you send in your contribution, you will be sent a confirmation e mail back from me. If you do not receive a confirmation e mail within 24 hours, I did not receive your entry. Please re-send it.
• Any notes that you do send in, please keep short and sweet. I can't post 3 page letters to Dave about how the Foo Fighters "Hot Buns/Keep It Clean" video would have rocked twice as hard had they showed full frontal.
• Most important: This is for Dave's Birthday. Any entries that mention personal life (family, children etc.) will be returned to you and you will be asked to either edit your contribution or not have it included. Believe it or not, I have seen some things over the past couple of years that really makes me worry about people. Just think of how you would like to be treated on YOUR birthday and what sort of greetings you would like to receive. Don't be creepy. BE RESPECTFUL of Dave.

If you need inspiration:

You can check out our past birthday books:

2005

2005 from Leecy

2006 from Leecy

2006

2007 from Leecy

2007

2008 from Leecy

2008

2009 from Leecy

2009

2010 from Leecy

2010

2011 from Leecy

2011

Please send all of your works of art to me lisa@sweetparamania.com . If you have any more questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. No question is too dumb. (Maybe).

Don't wait until the last minute! Get your submissions in! I hear it EVERY year from people "Oh, I should have contributed.. the birthday book looks so good. I'll contribute next year." JUST DO IT!

And to inspire you even more, we're having a little contest for best birthday book contribution. Once the book is online in January, I will have a judge determine the best contribution. I will not be the judge since that's just not fair. Maybe my mom or my cat will pick this year.

The prize this year?

Medium Rare 12" Foo Fighters Vinyl. Unopened/Sealed

Foo Fighters Tote Bag purchased by me at the September 25, 2011 Buffalo, NY Foo Fighters concert

Sticker / Button pack purchased by me at the September 25, 2011 Buffalo, NY Foo Fighters concert

A pair of Zildjian Artist Series Drumsticks: Dave Grohl

DGrohl License plate as seen in the 'Walk' video by Foo Fighters

SPIN Magazine special edition featuring Dave G. on the cover.