pulp obsession

getting caught up

Christopher — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:57:39 +0000

this was a wonderful week for us at camp porridge. we are finally getting caught up, how exciting! we just finished up with a few big project this week and will post some picture soon but for now here is a sneak peak.

some more clothing tags we have been working on. i just love the playful font that was used.

have a great 4th of july!

plantable paper is all the rave

Christopher — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:59:24 +0000

it seems that with sustainability, recycle and being green that plantable paper is sought after in small and large projects. it could be a few birthday party invites for a friend to clothing hang tags for major clothing brands. we always treat each job like it’s our first and seem to be just as excited about making a sheet of that “seed” paper as we were 13 years ago.

we were excited when we got to work on these clothing tags for chapter one organics. their mission statement and products are such a great idea!

reuse…recycle…remake

Christopher — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:36:06 +0000

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 to throw in bits and pieces of wood shavings and gold leaf, all of which are waste that they produce when building their custom organs. when it was all done we then printed it on our hand fed c&p letterpress. what a great way to reuse…recycle and remake!

the summers a buzz

Christopher — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:21:49 +0000

things are crazy around here this summer. not only did we hire our latest intern for the summer but we also hired tim who will be working in our papermill helping to produce our wonderful papers! just a few of the changes that we are doing to keep up with all the orders. all of this has kept me busy rearranging things yet again to make room for all the new drying racks and vats. but one thing i still try to find time to do (usually over my lunch) i read my friends blogs. richelle over at girlmetro had a link on her blog to help, which i could not help but wast quite some time on it!

interns…

Christopher — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:43:30 +0000

we have had such a great time over the last year with all the interns. they come wanting to learn about letterpress but once they see and here the splash of water and pulp they get excited to try it themselves. point in case is jennell! she came for a two week internship in letterpress and we liked each other so much that she has stayed on as a employee for the summer!

i thought id mention to anyone out there that if your interested in learning how to make paper or enjoy letterpress printing to drop us a line. all our contact info is at porridgepapers.com. what do you get out of it you ask?? experience, knowledge and a great time. we do not pay anything but you will leave us in tears and full of goodies and maybe just maybe a job. everyone that comes becomes part of the porridge family!

farwell…brizida

Christopher — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:31:14 +0000

our spring intern has left us.brizida has been such a hoot to work with over the last few months. like all our interns she became family…she enjoyed barbeque’s a few drinks and of course a farewell party that involved mojitos and ddr! she has contributed some incredible design for our new designer series. over on our etsy site her work is incorporated into some plantable wine tags, plantable cards and plantable pillow boxes. it all came about as samples and to showcase our plantable papers for gifts and promotions. once we saw the designs we thought we might offer them up for sale as well. even though she will be traveling the world we have plans to work with her in the future so say tuned. we wish both her and her husband, nelson the best! they will be missed.

sneak peak

Christopher — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:35:02 +0000

we just finished printing our new plantable cards, wine tags and pillow boxes. we are so excited to introduce more and look for them on our etsy site soon.

our hands are on it!

Christopher — Fri, 30 May 2008 01:33:25 +0000

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. we love what we do and also feel we should pay our papermakers a fair wage. so with your support of buying usa made you will help keep that dream alive…and should it be a dream!

thanks for you support!

love these plantable invitation

Christopher — Fri, 30 May 2008 01:22:52 +0000

here is a new invitation that we did with basil seeds embedded in the paper. the best part about these is the rsvp card was perforated so the direction card and rsvp card were one. kristie at a anjenu in chicago was the designer, great work!

new intern

Christopher — Fri, 30 May 2008 01:18:17 +0000

we welcomed jeanelle today! our newest intern. jumping right into it she started laminating paper for a letterpress job. wait tell you see it, it is pretty cool. she is excited to learn the process and even willing to clean the presses! who could ask for more?