holiday debut

It's official... Broadway Paper has gone holiday! After much preparation and anticipation, the majority of our holiday product is out and ready for you to purchase! Here is a little peek...





We're carrying lots and lots of holiday products including items from our favorite designers a. favorite design, Cavallini,Crane, Driscoll Design, Elum Designs, Flying Wish Paper, Hello! Lucky, Kate Spade, Smudge Ink, Snow & Graham, the FOUND, Wiley Valentine.

cream city ribbon tour

I recently went on a tour of Milwaukee's very own Cream City Ribbon and I am more than anxious to share my experience!

Broadway Paper and Cream City Ribbon have a very intimate connection. The owner of Cream City Ribbon, Lorette Russenberger, bought her business in 1988 and was located at 181 N. Broadway, just a few doors down the street from Broadway Paper's current location.

Lorette decided to open Broadway Paper as an outlet to sell her ribbon in a retail environment. Her original intention was to open as a seasonal store during Christmas of 1988, but the response was so great, she kept it open year-round. It was only the second retail store located in the Third Ward and they developed a loyal following of customers.

In 1996, Linda sold the store and moved her production facility to a larger historic cream brick building close to Milwaukee's downtown. The rest is pretty much history... onto my tour!

Spools of cotton yarn are used to make Cream City ribbon. Each ½” wide ribbon is composed of approximately 52 strands of cotton yarn running parallel to one another.

The yarn is then put into the glue tank and the glue is used to bond the yarn together. This gives it it's curling and shredding capability.

The ribbon drying.

Cream City ribbon is produced from renewable, biodegradable cotton fiber, grown and processed responsibly in the USA with water based dyes and without chlorine bleaches. All of the inks that is used are soy based and non-toxic.


Cream City Ribbon is currently the only U.S. manufacturer of this unique product. Trademarked in 1995, Cream City Ribbon is the only environmentally friendly, American made ribbon on the market today.

Broadway Paper and Cream City Ribbon have lost touch a little bit over the recent years, but believe you me... the connection has been rekindled and I'm pretty sure you'll be seeing a lot more of their ribbon around here soon.

new! avie designs

I am so happy to announce that Broadway Paper now carries Avie Designs. Avie Designs is a small stationery company out of Decatur, Georgia and I first spotted them at The National Stationery Show. They have the most beautiful sheet wrap, paper bows, and even a 2012 desk calendar.



Their beautiful products hit our shelves yesterday and soon they will be up on the webstore (we are knee deep in prepping the webstore for holiday). Soon, very soon you will be able to have some of your very own Avie Designs!

printerette press

We have the most adorable new cards ever! Please welcome Printerette Press to Broadway Paper. I first spotted the line in May at the National Stationery Show and it was love at first sight! Check out these pictures of Printerette Press' adorable booth at the National Stationery Show. How could I not place an order with a booth like that?

Printerette Press is a Midwest company (which I love), right out of Saint Paul, Minnesota and has the sweetest, most delicate letterpress cards in all of the land! When we got our shipment in last week, we could hardly contain ourselves... and there was even a sweet personal note inside of the box too!


From confetti, chevron stripes, flowers, balloons, to preserve recipes, astrology sign cards... Printertte Press pretty much has the world of adorable/sweet/unique letterpress cards covered! See for yourself...


You can see and shop all of Printerette Press' adorable cards right here on our webstore.

s w a g

I'm back from New York and am super excited about everything I have to report! One of the most fun aspects of The National Stationery Show is all of the swag. I love swag. It doesn't make for a pleasant trip home... trying to cram everything into a carry-on bag. But once home, it feels so rewarding + special to have all of these goodies!


Between the books, pencils, totes, coasters... I am in great shape! I love having all of these treats, it's a great reminder of such an amazing show.

the FOUND

One of my all time favorite card companies just debuted a new line and I'm so excited to share it with you! the FOUND recently debuted their new Matchbox line. This is their fourth line in addition to their Busted, Americana, and Newsprint lines. the FOUND is based out of Chicago and is inspired by a collection of found ephemera... they re-discover items and re-invent and re-purpose them. And they do a great job at it!


My personal matchbox favorite is their Yee Haw Horse. The inside greeting reads, "Hey lucky, It's your birthday." Pretty great, I'd say!


Their re-discovered, re-invented, and re-purposed inspired products can be found here (no pun intended!).

new product: bloom cards

We have some new products in the store and I am so excited to share them with you! I first saw these bloom cards in New York while I was at the International Gift Fair in January and I knew we had to have them! These are a really fun alternative to the usual greeting card. Don't get me wrong, I love the usual greeting card... but these are especially fun this time of the year since they scream Spring!



These bloom cards are pop-up cards and unfold into a really lovely floral message. They are a perfect addition to the store... So vibrant and whimsical! They can be used as a greeting card, post card, or even a gift tag.


However you'd use them, the recipient would be very surprised and touched with such a nice card! Stop in for your bloom card or shop online here.

new products from fav designer!

Anyone wanna guess who these NEW products are from? Do you love them as much as we do? I'm talking some serious drool over here at bwp ...

The ladies at Snow & Graham never cease to amaze me! Hop on over to our webstore to see more new stuff ... including beautiful new gift wrap!

a. favorite {of mine!}

I'm in love with a. favorite design! I know, I know ... I say I love everyone {pretty much cuz I do} ... but these designs are eclectic and fresh and I truly love them!

Jenny, I know you're all over the Obama card! :)

The photo is just a small sampling of what we have in stock from my new {a.} favorite designer ... I strongly urge you to check out the rest here. I've already bought one of everything!

And I just need to mention, because I think it's so cool ... her name is a. favorite!

give studio

More new products!  These are from Give Studio ... I have nothing to say except, I'm in love!

Oh!  And remember I mentioned our new Simplesong products?  You can get them online now.

new cuteness from simplesong

We just received some cute new products from Suann at simplesong.  You might remember I bid on some of her goodies during the NieNie auctions {and speaking of NieNie ... she's back online!!}.

I love, love the camera card ... I just may have to ask Suann to personalize a set for me!

I'm also loving this Valentine's card!  We'll have everything in the web store soon ... but 'til then, I'm thinking we need to see you in person!

yummylicious!!

Absolutely no other word to describe it!  Hot off the press from SusyJack* and you can pre-order it here.

susyjack* calendar

I mentioned it here and now you can get it here.  I've already bought mine!

more calendars

Just in from susyjack* ... 2009 wall calendars!! I'm not sure they get any prettier than this.

{They're not in in the store yet, but I'll let you know as soon as they arrive ...}

more new products

Just added ... I'm so excited to have madebygirl at bwp!  I've only got some Holiday offerings in the store right now, but stay tuned for everyday goods in the future.

Jennifer's designs are printed on materials that are good for the earth.  I love this quote from her website, "All my cards will be printed on recycled or post consumer paper, with the hopes of creating a positive change in others."

Check out her inspiring blog and if you're in the market for some fun prints, take a look at her etsy site.

new product availability

I am super proud to announce that emilee rose products are now available in our webstore.  She's also got a pretty cute blog you should check out.

new products & blog

I found a new blog to love.  emilee rose also happens to make some pretty cool paper delights {which will be in the store soon}.

Should I also mention that Emily is pretty cool herself?  How do I know?  She's a manager at bwp and keeps things flowin' smoothly for me.

Enjoy!  And I'll let you know when we have her stuff in the store.

loop

Our selection of Loop stationery is ready for the taking in our webstore. 

And because we're jam packed with holiday selections, I'm currently not buying everyday designs.  Therefore just a small selection of Loop's wonderful offerings ... for now.

{loop} notes & giftwrap

It's not even out of the box and I'm already in love! I feel like I'd been playing tag with Elissa forever ... mainly because I can't get my ducks in order long enough to take some time and order some things I love! Well ... the time has come and the products are here!

I ordered only a few holiday things for now, but trust me, you'll be smitten. They're sitting in the box {as I type} and the bwp staffers are fawning over them!

I'll let you know when they're in our webshop. And if you have a moment, stop over at Elissa's blog to read what inspires her.

renegade craft fair

This is what my first experience at the Renegade Craft Fair looked like.  Oh my word ... we were soaked!!  I felt so horrible for the vendors trying to keep their wares dry ... do you know what water and humidity does to paper?

Despite the rain, we found some pretty awesome things ... I'm excited to get them into the store!

First up was Giddy Up Press ... located right in Milwaukee!  Carey offers some really unique journals and fun gift tags that I fell in love with.

Then we found Cutie Cooties {these sisters tout 'pretty little wares for your bad self'}.  They've got a great selection of handcrafted accessories for your hair, but I was particularly lovin' the fabric journals {above} and fabric covered wallets.  FUN!!

Next up ... not something I would get for the store, but maybe for my new addition?  These lovely canvases are from k studio in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  They also have an etsy site.

Then we ran into the lovely Amber J. Favorite.  Isn't that an awesome name?  The name of her company is a. favorite design ... I love it!  She had the loveliest note & greeting cards, but I was especially crushin' on this vintage {above} crayola box she used for a display.

Who doesn't love Sycamore Street Press?  I've been reading their blog for a couple months now and have seen many sightings of their work in the blog world.  So I was particularly happy to run into them.  I bought some great note sets ... and I also loved their displays!  Can't wait to get their goodies into the store.

And then we found sweet Donovan from 16 Sparrows.  I fell instantly in love with her booth and products!  It was also exciting to find out she's been a web customer of the store, and was very kind with her comments of our service & products.

A few other finds {but because of the weather conditions, I just wasn't in the mood to keep whipping out my camera} ... Denise Ann Simon; Michelle Brusegaard {she also has a lovely blog}; Circa Ceramics; and Lucky Bee Press.

Downside {besides the rain}?  Not so fun paying retail price for stationery! :)  Stay tuned, I'll keep you posted as we bring some of these new products into the store.

Special thanks to Heather {friend & ex-manager extraordinaire!} for braving the weather and keeping morning sickness at bay ... to tag along with me for the day.