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reuse…recycle…remake

Monday, June 30th, 2008

 

here is a project i was really excited to work on. jon over at bedient pipe organ company had an idea to take old letterhead, catalogs, note pads and shop drawings and repulp them into new paper that would be used for their new brochure cover! after some conversations back and forth we even decided […]


our hands are on it!

Friday, May 30th, 2008

in case you did not know…we touch every single piece of paper that leaves our mill. why you ask, well we make it, we print it and we pack it. all of it right here in lincoln nebraska. we say that only because we get asked that question a lot more then you would think. […]


done at last, done at last

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

a big thank you!
the stationery show is around the corner and we just finished shipping out the last of the paper on friday (well except for one small order on monday). it has been insane over the last three weeks, the mill has been running 16 hour days with two days of that whole time. […]


13 years ago

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

i started porridge papers back in 1993. it began in my kitchen, moved to the basement then in 1995 i rented a space in the historic district in lincoln, nebraska on 7th and o street and started producing stationery sets for stores up and down the midwest. business went from 2 stores to 30 in […]


going green with a plantable thank you card

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

we finished with a project for jason ensminger. he had us make a handmade plantable thank you card for him to send to his clients as well as a custom size business card. i really liked how he had us incorporate the deckled edges on just 2 sides of his business card.
with the whole green […]


earth day…spend the day in the yard

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

happy earth day!
 


recycled…of course!

Friday, March 14th, 2008

people ask as all the time if our paper is recycled. ever since we started back in 1993 it has been. here is a giant brick of proof. we got another bale of recycled paper, 1300 pounds worth, delivered today. it took the better part of the day to un bale it and bring […]


i want these letterpress prints

Monday, March 10th, 2008

these prints from veer are so cool. i remember getting the catalog a few months back thinking they would make great prints done in letterpress. “Each portrays an urban facet, illustrated character by character with a typeface that evokes the image itself.” i might just have to treat myself.


as seen through the eyes of a 4 year old

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

so i am transfering photos from my camera to the computer and i am wondering why there are over 90 photos? im thinking to myself, i did not take that many… my daughter has found a knack for photography. she like to take the camera and walk around the house taking pictures of […]


kudos to oh, pickles!

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

i would like to thank meg over at oh, pickles! for such a wonderful post! she obviously put a lot of time into it and really gets what we are all about.check out her blog. thanks again.



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