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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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I watercolored these little cards to go with our Spring orders and laid them on the floor by my desk to snap a little picture of their citrus sweetness in natural light, and then I walked away for an hour to pick up my kid from school. When I came back home I saw that Roomba ran all over these cards and did his very robot best to sweep them into oblivion. Back to square 1 🤦‍♀️. Also showed up to my dentist appointment a full week early today so I’m 2/2 💪😂☀️.
You guys spoke loud and clear... this Make Marmalade card has been your favorite design from the new collection. Bright and cheery with a pop of pink- it’s my favorite too. Last week in our stories I showed what the card looks like as we build up the card one color at a time (it’s archived in Studio Life in case you missed it). - The design may look simple but it gets run through our press 5 times... that’s a whole lot of letterpress. It’s back in stock on our website if anyone’s looking for a little more citrus in their life! - #letterpress #bppstudio #marmalade #citrus
In this picture I’m wearing an apron I bought 11 years ago, shortly after Brown Parcel Press began. Our studio was in a different town, the press we were using was leased for $50 a year (😱 that’s a story in and of itself), and we had no start up capital to speak of, but I started squirreling money away for a nice printing apron because it felt like just the badge of courage I needed to take the business (and it’s growing pains) one day at a time. - From the very beginning I approached running BPP like the Little Engine that Could: ‘I may not know how to run a business yet, but I think I can. I may not know how to communicate with clients yet (or even find them), but I think I can.’ Life is a series of leaps of faith... some little and some big. Now I almost never wear an apron to print (unless I’m wearing a white shirt), and my mom is the one who usually wears it in the studio having adopted this printing apron as her own badge of courage. She has willingly rolled up her sleeves and learned every technique I’ve asked her to, without any printing background— her own leap of faith after her children grew up and left the nest. - Consider this a little vote of encouragement if you’re feeling hesitant about making your own leap of faith and know that the right apron just might make the difference in your confidence 😉.
My ode to neutrals. 🥚🐓☁️🌫We’re releasing all of our new card designs tomorrow, but the butterflies about it are visiting my tummy today. #letterpress #spring
We are all an example for each other. Just in the same way that my children observe and learn from my patterns, habits, and words we adults watch each other for cues on what’s normal, or how to feel, or what’s ok to say and do. If this is true then we need to understand that WE ALL MATTER... not just to our immediate circle but to the people beyond that circle who may be watching from afar- Someone who may walk past you, drive past you, scroll past your images and words. Our experiences are each linked in a much more profound way then we often give them credit for. I think that fully embracing this idea is challenging because accepting it would be stepping into a weighty responsibility. On the flip side it can also be an empowering acknowledgment. Y’all may all be light years ahead of me on this realization but after I got the kids bathed and in bed I was trying to process the weekend, and I was struck by half a dozen interactions of generosity from other people that have left a positive impression on me. Since I was chewing on this, I thought that maybe someone else might want to ‘chew’ on it too as we all gear up for another week of this life... remember it’s a shared one. #notletterpress #bppthoughts
I used to think I was a fast worker. You guys, I am NOT a fast worker- focused and diligent maybe but NOT fast. I have been plugging away building our newest collection of stationery. According to the schedule I made for 2019 it was supposed to get released a month ago. The problem was it just wasn’t right yet. So, I told that calendar to take a hike, and I kept tweaking. I took the time to experiment- with colors, with pattern, even with how I print things. I made the decision that I would not compromise our quality or our aesthetic vision for any reason. Our company is very small. It takes so many hours, decisions, and leaps of faith to just get to the point of having one little image to share of the new work, but at last, the release is within sight and will go out into the world next week. - I want to thank all of you who share your own courageous moments, creative impulses, and lessons learned in this space and beyond. It makes it far easier for others (and me) to live into those values too. #letterpress #bppstudio
A great big ‘ol belly laugh (with 2 front teeth missing) because Spring has arrived! More green, more grass, and more gargantuan belly laughs.
First week of March and the Japanese magnolias are bursting in branches all over town. Not sad about it at all. #letterpress #2019sunnyside #bppstudio
A portrait of what 3 looks like and feels like with Gillian these days... all soft curls and piercing eyes. Sometimes it’s hard for me to see myself in her, but I admire her so much for being firm in the ways I’m malleable. I catch glimpses of real courage in her where as most of the time mine has to be coaxed, negotiated with, and sometimes even bribed into making an appearance. She yins and I yang. In the future, I’ll be taking a page out of her playbook and looking to her and emulating her strengths and maybe just maybe someday she’ll do the same with me. ⠀ -⠀ Also, I want to thank everyone for their support and comments from my post last week. Last year I was stuck in a mental merry go round of trying to decide just how vulnerable I wanted to be in this space and how much I wanted to share. The truth is I started instagramming back when I was an isolated young farmer and printer and brand new mom. I felt unsure of myself and how I was going to build a future, and in this space I have been able to connect and collaborate with so many wonderful people. Along the way the platform changed, but I have been rewarded time and time again when I share here. So, I’m hoping to go back to posting a bit more frequently about my journey both as a designer and a mother and a human being because we all need connection and at its best Instagram does just that- it provides a unique platform for us to share each other’s load- the good and the bad.
To me the wrapping of the package is just as important as what’s inside, and sometimes the more subtle, or delicate, or simple the wrapping the better. I’m not reinventing the wheel here, but dried flowers are just plain special, so I’m attempting to dry more of our flowers this year to use when packing up our orders. And, if dried flowers don’t prove that there is magic in aging and fragility I don’t know what will. #bppstudio #dsfloral
A grandfather with failing health, the unexpected loss of a family pet— the last few weeks have presented themselves with some unexpected heaviness, but also unexpected beauty. How very humbling it is to hold the weight of a dog’s head in your hands after she has closed her eyes for the last time. How comforting to lay in the crook of your grandfather’s arm the same way you did at age 7. I’m continually learning about perspective, about the relativity of time, and about how sometimes loss can coexist with discovery. ~ “When our eyes are graced with wonder, the world reveals its wonders to us. [...] So much depends on how we look at things. The quality of our looking determines what we come to see.” - John O’Donohue
New growth peeking out 👀🌿 - #letterpress #bppstudio #spring