we want to give a big thanks! to the guys over at roundus . such a cool concept, they came over and took a bunch of pictures and then seemed them together so you can get a 360 degree view. so for all of you out there that have wondered where we work have a [...]

  do you feel trapped? today is friday and i can not be happier. i told myself last sunday that i would take the day off but i forgot, how silly of me. so this will be my 12th straight day of work! things have been so crazy the last few months that i think [...]

We’re entering the hottest months of the summer here at Porridge Papers! And with one of the hottest weekends so far, wouldn’t you know that the air conditioner would go out on Friday! Not only is the AC out at my third floor apartment, but as I rode my bike to work this morning I [...]

so we thought we could start a new post once a week called “what’s that” maybe even make a contest out of it. win a free tshirt. win free paper. win free cards!! working in a papermill all day long we see some of the coolest  things that  would make  great photos. here is what [...]

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 [...]

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?  

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 [...]

  on a cloud rainy day we like to sit around and eat soup, drink tea and find ways not to work so hard!  brizida, the one in the green is our newest intern. after her first “real” print job she and samantha are admiring her handy work. way to go! she did a fantastic [...]

well its all done and that is good since we ran out of bottles, paper and ribbon. the doors shut at 6 and by that time we had given away over 90 letters of love.  i would like to thank to a wonderful women who decided to go and buy some more ribbon so all [...]

this had to be one of the happiest days that i have had working at the studio in the past 15 years! we held our first annual love on the run event. we had people coming and going the whole time typing valentines! these are just some of the valentines that will be hand delivered [...]