http://blog.porridgepapers.com all things pulp Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:57:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://blog.porridgepapers.com/2008/07/04/getting-caught-up/   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 ... http://blog.porridgepapers.com/2008/06/30/plantable-paper-is-all-the-rave/   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 ... http://blog.porridgepapers.com/2008/06/30/reuserecycleremake/ 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 ... http://blog.porridgepapers.com/2008/06/30/the-summers-a-buzz/ 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 ... http://blog.porridgepapers.com/2008/06/16/interns/ 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 ... http://blog.porridgepapers.com/2008/06/16/farwellbrizida/  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.       http://blog.porridgepapers.com/2008/06/12/sneak-peak/ 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 ... http://blog.porridgepapers.com/2008/05/30/our-hands-are-on-it/ 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! http://blog.porridgepapers.com/2008/05/30/love-these-plantable-invitation/ 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?   http://blog.porridgepapers.com/2008/05/30/new-intern/