Its almost October, and for those of you that aren’t privy to the Porridge Papers history, we’ll be celebrating our 16th year of sweet success next month. All month long we’ll be offering 16% off cards and paper goodies in the store! We’re also working hard to get a few new products launched by the [...]

Happy Monday everybody! I just wanted to write a quick post to thank Hanna Day-Woodruff for the great write-up she did for us on the Star City Blog. She did a great job giving recent info on all of the changes going on here at the papermill. She even put just a touch of sass [...]

Do you ever have days that you spend the entire day trying desperately to focus and be productive but for whatever reason you just can’t?? Today was one of those days here at the papermill. Here I am, writing this at about 4:30 and I don’t feel like I’ve actually done anything since lunch. I [...]

Hello Hello! It’s been a minute! I am happy to say that I am recovering nicely from the cold that wiped me out earlier this week. One thing that a cold is good for (if anything) is giving you time to lay around and let your mind wonder. After doing a lot of poking around [...]

i couldn’t help but post this! paper can be used for so many things and here is an example that i would have never have thought of. everybody with an iphone or for that matter a phone that would fit should make one of these out of handmade paper. Julien Madérou has designed a paper [...]

New bags! Finally we have some awesome shopping bags to contain the goodies that are sold in the retail space. Letterpressed bags, even! Few companies will go so far to show off their skills… but we here at Porridge Papers like to try and letterpress EVERYTHING! Some would argue that having a two-color letterpressed shopping [...]

Its been a ton of fun rearranging and redecorating everything in our retail space. The outside of the building is getting tons of attention (and it should! it looks FABULOUS).  It feels good to be focusing this much on our little shop and our local customers. We have a handful of people that come in [...]

Or all awesome local businesses, rather. Porridge Papers is looking to collaborate with other rockin’ local businesses to fill our Sweet 16 party and it’s respective Schwag Bag with locally made goodies! If you know of any local businesses that might be excited and interested by such a project, send ‘em our way- and FAST! [...]

that’s right Nebraskans (and those willing to travel)! the Porridge Papers local page on the site is up! be sure to sign up for the e-mail newsletter and stop by to check out new goodies, workshops, and other such nonsensical fun. check it out here and keep your eye out for more pictures of the [...]

They’re finsished! The new sign looks fantastic!! see!? stencil is up! looks great! now we just have to get the rest of the building to match!