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Brown Parcel Press is a mother and daughter team that makes letterpress paper goods inspired by the natural world and the simplicities of home. We print each piece with love and patience in our rural Georgia studio. 

 
 
 
 
 
JUST RELEASED!  Inside Outside: a new print collection on handmade paper

JUST RELEASED! Inside Outside: a new print collection on handmade paper

 
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Satsumas in a Row
Garden themed stationery... now on SALE!

Garden themed stationery... now on SALE!

 
Want a behind the scenes look at our newest collaboration, Rainbow Soup? Explore here .

Want a behind the scenes look at our newest collaboration, Rainbow Soup? Explore here.

 
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"The writer Annie Dillard said, 'How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour, and that one, is what we are doing.' ☀️ I love this idea and think about it when I’m bogged down in the weeds of motherhood or to-do lists. In this season of my life, and with the current political climate, I need strong, grounding words like these to remind me to not just make it through each day, but enjoy the tasks that make up my days while I’m trying to squeeze all of that delicious (sometimes pulpy and occasionally bitter) juice out of life— I only get to live each day once after all. ☀️ I like to think that each person that has one of our calendars in their life is connected for that year. We’re tied by the ritual of turning the page over, of enjoying the fresh start of a new month, of being rooted in the seasons together. That shared experience is something that brings me happiness and calms my doubts when I worry if there is something more I could be contributing..." ☀️ A few thoughts that I stitched together around the release of our 2019 calendar that I wanted to share here as well. Also, a HUGE thank you to everyone who has ordered so far. The response has been so wonderful! Happy Monday folks! #letterpress #2019sunnyside #bppstudio
Just a reminder that sometimes you don't need a reason to send someone a letter- not a birthday, not an anniversary, not a triumph to celebrate, or a failure to offer sympathies. Sometimes the most generous thing you can do is reach out when someone is least expecting it to let them know you love them. I finally took the 10 minutes to sit down and do something that wasn't on my "to-do" list. Writing a letter to my grandad is one of the best things I've done all week. He is one of the finest human beings I've ever met, and he deserves that love and acknowledgement. Can you think of someone in your life who deserves that?
Today's the day! We just released our 2019 garden calendar "Sunny Side" to our online shop. ☀️ We began dreaming up this calendar back at the tail end of Winter when the days were short and dark, and we needed a little extra sunshine and warmth. The result is 13 pages of letterpress printed illustrations with 39 colors (our most ever by far) and a project created with a whole lot of love and elbow grease. We are really proud to share this with you, and we hope you’ll love it as much as we do.
I love these hands. These hands, with their perfectly red fingernails, are my mother's hands. My mother who shows up and prints with me for days on end for hours on end. My mother who when I told her we were doing 39 colors on the calendar this year (which all have to be printed and mixed and registered and cleaned one at a time- and is frankly one of my craziest business decisions ever 🙈) said "Great, I think they all definitely need to be in there." My mother who sings while she prints and stops to play games with her grand daughters or teaches them how to knit while sitting on one of the many cardboard boxes filled with paper that are covering the studio floor. My mother who never complains- who would never say she's giving up some of her life for my life. She is such a fundamental part of me- heart and soul- and I damn well hope she knows just how much I adore exactly who she is and exactly who she isn't. My mother who keeps showing up for me while teaching me to show up for my daughters. This is what love looks like in my house today. I hope there's lots of love wherever you are today. #bppstudio #letterpress #2019sunnyside
Meant to post this earlier, but I got swept away in painting squirrel noses and whiskers on faces in between 17 different costume changes. We have a 20% off Labor Day sale on our site to celebrate the release of our floral prints... finally they're here 🤗! Just enter code PETALS at checkout. Hope everyone is enjoying their favorite kind of fun today. #letterpress #bppstudio #perennialprints
"Earth laughs in flowers." - Ralph Waldo Emerson 🌼
Show and tell 🌱 . . . #letterpress #bppstudio #logodesign
A fig in late Summer Holding such delicate sweetness You'd make a fine partner for a cake But my stomach just doesn't have the patience to watch you dance with another. 💜 Can't seem to wait long enough to do anything with figs but eat them fresh. Could also be due to a limited supply... maybe ask Santa for fig trees from here on out? #2018backyardgarden #bppstudio #letterpress #bringmesomefiggypudding
Oh my Gilly Bean... you're not afraid to communicate exactly what it is that you feel. Your emotions are close to the surface- you share them swiftly, often, and with great force (and sometimes volume). Before I was your mother I considered myself to be a patient, quiet and observant person and you have shown me I have a long journey ahead of me in learning about true patience and open-mindedness. If communication styles had a directional equivalent mine would be East and yours would be West. And with all of our differences I love you just as you are, and I thank you for loving me just as I am. Let's be snuggle buddies forever, ok?
When I feel like I'm juggling too many balls, or my to do list won't go away when my head hits the pillow at night I try telling myself that I shouldn't get stressed out because what I do is not brain surgery. Letterpress and design is not life or death stuff... I know that. So if I know that why do I still get so wound up about deadlines sometimes or why does my inner critic get the best of me and make it hard to laugh at my shortcomings? Part of it is probably personality related, but part of it is because I love what I do so much. I want to do it not just well but the best I can do it. I don't want to just make "stuff" I want to make meaningful little paper pieces even if the meaning is small. Life is so many things and so many feelings all at once, and in my experience is never black and white. At the end of the day we all want to feel connected and somehow what I design and then get to print with my mom makes me feel alive and connected and human and flawed and graceful, and yes sometimes it stresses me out because I care about it. I appreciate you all showing up to support the little things we create. It really does mean so much to me, and I guess I just wanted to say thanks y'all. #rainymondayfeelings #bppstudio #letterpress
We've been doing a lot of floral work lately, but I've felt a bit stuck the last few days so I went looking through our archives for inspiration. I was searching for ideas, and although the ideas are still in the newborn phase I did find something I wasn't expecting... confidence. This image shows a part of one of our very first EPIC floral prints that we did as a collaboration with @saipua. The print itself was 8 runs, the registration for each color had to be impeccable, the colors had to work together seamlessly (and purple is my color nemesis), and on top of all of that I was creating this print with one of my floral heroes. Uncovering it reminded me that we're all capable of exactly what we set our minds of accomplishing, but you do have to step up to the plate first. If I had never found the courage to ask Sarah about the project- I may never have pushed myself so far out of my designing/ printing comfort zone. And if little old introvert me can overcome such obstacles anybody can! Just stick that little nugget in your pocket and pull it out when you need a little extra courage this weekend! ✨ #letterpress #perennialprints #bppstudio
Plant peach perfection. Canna lilies just feel like white hot Southern summer to me. Maybe they're the floral equivalent of butter peas and cornbread?