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Brown Parcel Press is a mother & daughter team that makes letterpress paper goods inspired by the natural world. 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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Garden themed stationery... now on SALE!

Garden themed stationery... now on SALE!

2018 Backyard Garden Calendar
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2018 Backyard Garden Calendar
 
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Want a behind the scenes look at our newest collaboration, Rainbow Soup? Explore here.

 
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Smiling and looking at the calendar and remembering that the peas were a little further along at this time last year than they are this April, but maybe this cool Spring will make them even sweeter. I had practically zero experience growing my own food and very little knowledge about how to keep plants alive before we moved to the farm. What I have learned is that even with 8 years of growing experience under my belt, during some of which we had a 30 person vegetable & meat CSA, I would still consider myself a beginner. Each season feels different than the previous years and each seed is an individual. Somehow it gives me comfort to know that when I have a crop failure or triumph part of it is bad luck or good luck and that thankfully there's always next year to apply whatever nuggets of garden wisdom I may have gleaned. Thank you Earth for continuing to let me make mistakes and try again. #happyearthday #bppstudio #2018backyardgarden #letterpress
Oh a printer's life is the life for me. (And maybe a mom's life and a farmer's life and an illustrator's life and a florist's life and a baker's life and a...)
Back when I printed this illustration for the 2013 calendar we had a flock of 100+ hens, and we harvested our eggs in wire baskets that we inherited from the farm's previous owner. I have a picture of baby Emolyn sitting in an infant seat on the table beside me while I was washing eggs-- the table was covered with a small sea of eggs all around her that were drying out before we got them packaged and ready to take to the farmers market early the next morning. Brad and I were managing an organic vegetable garden in addition to running our own farm, learning how to be parents, and letterpress printing on the weekends. Woof... tired and happy is how I remember that time. Although I don't often revisit calendars from previous years, each of the illustrations is like a little time capsule of what was going on in our life. It's a good reminder to listen to that call to create, even if you never share it with anyone outside of yourself, whatever you make will have a little piece of you and your life in it! #letterpress #bppstudio
Went through our archives this weekend and found this little guy... one of the very first Brown Parcel Prints ever. Oh me, back when our business was still in its newborn phase 👶🏻💛. Now, where to put it 🤔??? #letterpressforeverandever #bppstudio
This Winter I've been stretching my wings a bit and taking on some new and different projects. Pushing myself has made me feel more confident as a designer (and human being believe it or not), and I'm kind of surprised at how much I have loved working with new people designing books, logos, packaging. That being said, I'vebeen itching to get some ink back on my fingers and plunge back into letterpress work... so we've taken some old and some new designs and we're getting ready to release some new cards and prints in April. Yay! #letterpressforlife #bppstudio
Dogwood beehive hairdo + the color of lipstick 💄 I wish I had the balls to wear without being paranoid some of it was going to end up on my teeth. 🙈
It's funny the bits and pieces we remember from childhood. I have a really distinct memory of the calendar we had in our first grade classroom. When February thawed into March, the new monthly calendar was stapled onto the board. It was blue and green with four leaf clovers and umbrellas, and it said, "March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb". I know now that that is a very common expression, but my little 6 year old mind was just fascinated by those words. How can a month come in like a lion and out like a lamb? It is also the first memory I have of a simile. Time, language, color... all of these seemingly innocuous and ever present concepts that pass our field of vision, and somehow certain ones just stick. Our brain picks them up and weaves them into the recesses of our consciousness so that each year when we enter March I feel like I'm back at East Central Elementary, a little girl not so different from my Emolyn, with crooked teeth, mousy brown hair, and big eyes just trying to take the world in one day at a time. March, I love the hope you bring whether you come dressed up as a lion or a lamb. #2018backyardgarden
A white blouse and a full length skirt covered in these anemone blossoms is what I would dress myself in today if nature, time, and my very limited sewing skills would allow. Maybe my husband would do it... he's the seamster in our house. Now for getting the flowers onto the skirt and making them last forever 🤔.
Sometimes the stars align and life hands you a day where flowers, family, and friends collide, and you feel amazed to be a part of something so splendid. Part of this moment felt like destiny unfolding, but the other part of me knows that I've worked hard to help build moments like this. I've overcome years of trial and error with my own designs, shyness about reaching out and making new friends, and starting a family when we weren't financially ready (and maybe even mentally prepared) to do so. This picture will be my reminder that we're all children at heart with still so many mistakes to make and lessons to learn, but if we look at the world with open eyes and a willingness to step towards challenges instead of away from them we may stumble into moments like this one (complete with a flower crown 😉). Remember that you are an active part of building your future reality, and the hard work you put in today is working towards the person you will be tomorrow. Thank you to my dear friends who made this moment possible and are helping me bring life into a new project @lesleykerr @3porchfarm
Special delivery... I try to think about each one of our shipments as an opportunity to send a little care package. My mom used to pack little notes in my spend the night bag when she and my dad would take the occasional trip out of town. I was kind of a sensitive little kid and even though I would have never told them- I counted down the hours until they came back. I would carry these notes close to me to make me feel closer to her. Always follow your instincts to put more love out in the world.
In the middle of Winter the weather feels endless, and we can hardly remember the sensation of being too hot (or if you're from Georgia like me sweating before 8AM in the morning), but in the last week, Spring has arrived early. Trees have begun blooming overnight and there's a lightness and a hope that feels contagious. I know it is very likely that we'll still have some below freezing temperatures visit us again, but in the meantime Emolyn is walking around in a bathing suit, Gillian has the sweetest little toddler sweat forming the tiniest droplets on her nose as she naps, and we don't have enough vases to contain all of the daffodils we're picking from the yard. Monday, you're making me happy.
With a few gray sky days ahead I'm happy I'll have some citrus to keep our home a bit brighter and feeling happy I chose this illustration for February 🍊🍋🍊🍋. Also thanks to everyone who has posted or sent me pictures of their calendar up in their home... it makes my day every time! #letterpress #2018backyardgarden