for the last week we have been neglecting our blog, instead we have been wrapping up last minute projects and spending time with our families. we hope that you are all enjoying the end of a wonderful year. 2009 was filled with many ups and downs for all of us! here at porridge papers we were blessed with lots [...]

Happy Monday everyone! (no, Monday is NOT a holiday… well sometimes it is, depending… oh  you know what I mean!) I hope everyone is finding more and more excitement as the year is coming to an end. Holiday cheer is a tricky thing to muster up sometimes. Fortunately for those of us in Lincoln, we’ve [...]

I guess when I said “let it snow” the winter weather heard me and took me quite seriously! Boy did it snow! and snow… and snow… and snow! I have been lucky enough to spend the last couple of days stuck at home with my kiddo. Yesterday Porridge Papers was completely closed down. Tuesday Blayne, [...]

Hooray! There’s finally snow on the ground! I know for some people that’s less of a blessing and more of a curse… but at least it looks and feels like December now. Though, lately my mind has still been filled with daydreams of camping in July. *sigh* We’ll folks, we’re in this together and there’s [...]

Hey there! Hopefully all of our wonderful readers had a fantastic holiday weekend! We sure did! And just like that… November has vanished. Funny how that happens. Oh well, time to really get into the Holiday swing! Christopher and Kim spent Friday and Saturday sprucing up the place and putting all of our fabulous holiday [...]

Holy Cow! The Holiday season is upon us! There’s much hustling and bustling around here decorating and breaking out the new Holiday cards! We’ve ordered some fantastic new cards this year from great companies including: Oddball Press, Hammerpress, Dee&Lala, Two Trick Pony, Fugu Fugu Press, Wiley Valentine, and Studio Olivine. Come in and take a [...]

you know the holidays are coming when we have piles of paper in both the bindery and the print studio. sheets of handmade paper that have just been peeled. paper that is getting trimmed down. paper that is being printed. paper that is being die cut. boxes being shipped out day after day. yes the [...]

Now if you’re a fan of Blues Clues, you will have read that title in tune to the “mail time” song. If not, well, I’m sorry maybe I’ve watched too much Blues Clues. Regardless of how much children’s television programming you watch, it’s true! and it’s worth singing about!
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again! Getting feedback and hearing kind words from our fans and clients is one of the BIGGEST reasons that we love doing what we do. We recently got a very sweet letter from one of our mailing list recipients that was able to come to our anniversary [...]

here is a new piece we just finished! it was a long time in the making but i think it was well worth the wait. what better way to promote your company or event that you are going green then to use plantable paper for your packaging! this bamboo plate was wrapped with our handmade [...]