national library week

In honor of National Library Week, we are sharing a few of the MANY books we have in store. These are some of the books you may remember from your days spent in the library, trying not to get shushed by the lovely women and men who had to put up with you and your friends shenanigans! So go on and get nostalgic and maybe stop by the library or Broadway Paper and pick up some books you've been wanting to read! 

The covers of these Puffin Classics are so colorful and gorgeous!

These are just a few of the classic titles you may remember, but we have so many fun books in the store. We have children's books, humorous books, how-to books, trivia books, animal books, and so many more! Stop in and check them out, because I guarantee you will find at least one book that you want to read OR to give to that one friend it is perfect for! 

duke cannon supply co.

Do you have a man in your life that you know would love to smell like "Victory", "Accomplishment", or "Naval Supremacy"? Well we have the best line of products in the shop for your man by Duke Cannon Supply Co. Made for manly men these products are as far from the girly or flowery scents your used to finding in the stores, and have a sense of humor! These products are XXL and don't mess around, the perfect gift to make your man feel extra manly, whatever the occasion!

 

adult coloring books

The adult coloring book craze is everywhere these days, and we are loving every minute of it! Coloring is not only nostalgic, but stress relieving and meditative! As if we needed any of those reasons, but hey the more excuses to bust out the colored pencils spontaneously the better! We have so many fun coloring books in the store right now we just had to share a few!

 

 If you are looking for some coloring fun for the kids in addition to yourself, we have you covered!

We also have coloring books that will make you laugh as you blissfully color your stress away! A MILLION cats! Who doesn't want that many cats to color?

 Some of the most beautiful illustrations in these beauties. We not only have these in coloring book form, and journal form, but also in packs of postcards so you can send your beautiful colored art to friends!  

Hooray for adult coloring books! Stop into the store to check them out for yourself! This isn't even all of them! :)

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.

moveable type truck re-cap

What a day! We had such an amazing time hosting Kyle and her moveable type truck! The truck pulled up right outside the store on Broadway and a few of our local Milwaukee food trucks joined us. If you haven't tried Tigerbite Food Truck or the Chubby Cheese Food Truck... you're really missing out!

The afternoon went by too quickly... we hosted the truck over the lunch hour and the timing brought out students and professionals alike. So great to see so many people excited about letterpress! We had a great turn out and a great mix of people. Most importantly, everyone loved making their own print to take home for free!


Leader Paper Products graciously donated all of the paper that was used for our event. What a treat! I'm hoping we can lure Kyle to stop again in Milwaukee on her way back West! A girl can dream, right?

Moveable Type Truck

We are so excited to announce that the Moveable Type Truck is coming to Broadway Paper! On Tuesday, September 6th the truck will be pulling up right outside of the store. We'll be hosting the Truck in the afternoon and I'm pretty sure there will be some of Milwaukee's finest food trucks on hand too (trying to keep with the truck theme)!
You might be wondering what exactly is the Moveable Type Truck? The truck is a converted a 1982 Chevy van turned into a fully functional letterpress print shop. Inside of this 1982 converted van is built-in cabinets and workspace, a sign press from the mid 20th century, and an 1873 Golding Official No. 3 tabletop platen press. It's pretty serious!



The Moveable Type Truck is on a nine month tour around North America and we are lucky enough to have made the cut! Check out what the Truck has been up to right here. Please come celebrate the timeless art of letterpress with us!

The Truck will be here on Tuesday, September 6th from around noon until 3 or so. The event is free and open to the public! Check out our Facebook invitation here! See you there!

third ward easter egg hunt

Please join us this Saturday for the Historic Third Ward Easter Egg Hunt. The Hunt will begin at the Milwaukee Public Market around noon. Hop around the neighborhood with "Ernie" - the Neighborhood Easter Bunny and end up at Catalano Square around 2:30 for photos with Front Room Photography of the Easter Bunny.


The hunt is for little kids and big kids alike. Each participating business will have candy filled eggs for the little ones and some sort of promotion or special for the big kids. Over twenty local businesses will be participating... we simply cannot wait!

macy's sip and scan

Join us this Sunday at 11am at Macy's at Mayfair Mall


Macy's Wedding & Gift Registry is throwing a grand event with fun beverages, hors d'oeuvres, and registry experts to help you create your dream registry. While sipping and scanning, you'll also be able to visit with a bunch of their preferred vendors, such as Broadway Paper.

milwaukee's magnificent bride

Join us this Sunday for the wedding show of the year! Milwaukee's Magnificent Bride will be held at the Pfister Hotel this Sunday, February 27th from 11am until 4pm.

Video by Amy Johnson of One Fine Day Productions

The best of the best will be at Milwaukee's Magnificent Bride Show including Beauty, Blooming Quill, Blush, Dynamic Events, Front Room Photography, Shutterbox Entertainment.

In addition to wonderful vendors, there will be various collaborative tables, complimentary food samples as well as champagne, and you'll also get the chance to sit in on a few different wonderful workshops.


This year's theme is vintage travel... and with a few vintage props, our table will fit the theme perfectly! We will have lots of invitation samples on display for your viewing pleasure! Be sure to visit us in the Grand Ballroom this Sunday for Milwaukee's Magnificent Bride Show!

wedding show this weekend!

Come visit us today and tomorrow in booth 604 at The 43rd Annual Wonderful World of Weddings Show at the Wisconsin Expo Center at State Fair Park. This is Wisconsin's largest and oldest bridal expo. See over 175 exhibits, a unique selection of bridal-related products and services including wedding dresses, cakes, stationers, photographers, florists, reception facilities, live bands, DJs and more!


In booth 604, we'll be handing out a nice little coupon to the brides that visit our booth and even more exciting, we'll have a raffle. Every bride will have a chance to win $100 off their custom invitation order as well as a card rental box. In addition, over $50,000 in prizes and giveaways from the exhibitors of the show and everyone that attends the show has the chance to be entered to win a honeymoon vacation package to the Riviera Maya in Mexico.

More information on the The 43rd Annual Wonderful World of Weddings Show can be found on their Facebook page or their website. A handy list of what to bring to the bridal show can be found on their blog. And while you're researching, be sure to check out our bridal section of our website!

Visit us today and tomorrow in booth 604 at The 43rd Annual Wonderful World of Weddings Show. The show runs today from 10:00 am - 5:00pm and tomorrow, Sunday from 11:00 am - 5:00 pm. See you there!

pop-up store is now open!

Have you been to our new pop-up store yet? We've been open for a few weeks now and we're loving experiencing a whole new part of Milwaukee!

Here is a little peek into our pop-up store:



Isn't it great?

The store is downtown Milwaukee on Mason and Milwaukee Streets! Be sure to stop by to check it out... and as always, our main store in Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward is still around! Not to mention our wonderful webstore. Now you have three ways to shop Broadway Paper!

christmas in the ward & santa

Tonight is the night! I've been waiting all year for this event!

Be part of an old fashioned Christmas tree lighting in the heart of Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward beginning at 5pm. Santa is already on his way to the neighborhood and he is bringing live reindeer and pretty fireworks too! There will also be horse carriage rides and a cookie sale. The whole Christmas In The Ward line-up can be found here.


And... Santa will be stopping by Broadway Paper tonight too! If you donate $25 to United Way, you will receive a complimentary photograph from Front Room Photography.


The 22nd Annual Christmas In The Ward and photos for The United Way are not to be missed!

pop-up store!

In case you haven't heard, we are opening a Holiday Pop-Up Store! I had been holding off officially announcing this news on the blog since we had encountered more than a few delays in the opening of the store. We've been working very hard to get the pop-up store all set and I am anticipating it to open later this week!

Broadway Paper was first contacted in August about this idea. Downtown Milwaukee was looking to revitalize downtown street front retail, so they offered select Milwaukee retailers huge incentives to open up a pop-up store downtown. Pop-up stores are are really popular and especially during the holidays, you'll see lots of these stores pop up mostly in major cities. More information about the pop-up concept can be found here and a write-up in Milwaukee's Journal Sentinel about the new pop-up stores in downtown Milwaukee can be found here.

photo courtesy of jacki mroczkowski

Broadway Paper took Downtown Milwaukee up on their great offer and here we are three months later, days away from opening Broadway Paper Pop-Up! The store will be located in the 134 year old Colby Abbott Building at Mason and Milwaukee Streets in the heart of restaurant row and right around the corner from all the nice fancy hotels downtown. It's a great spot!


We hope to see you at Broadway Paper Pop-Up later this week!

greenwich letterpress

Greenwich Letterpress is a new company for us that I picked up this year at The National Stationery Show. I am absolutely in love with their products... and so are our custies since their cards are already flying off of the shelves!


Besides producing beautiful products, Greenwich Letterpress strives to be as environmentally friendly as possible. All of their paper is either made from 100% tree free post consumer cotton or 100% recycled, and they use all soy based inks. They have a zero carbon footprint by using 100% wind energy when producing their products. What's more to want with a card company? They're great!


One of my favorite cards of theirs is their Frank Lloyd Wright card. The card says "Thanks for the advice... you're always Frank Lloyd Wright." Wright is a Wisconsin native and there are numerous houses around Milwaukee that were designed by him... so I think this card is perfect for the store!


You can shop our selection of Greenwich Letterpress products right here.

married in milwaukee

If you are a bride in Milwaukee, be sure to stop by Broadway Paper this afternoon! Leave your beer drinking super bowl watching men at home and join us for our event. We've gathered some of the top wedding vendors around Milwaukee for this event.


This will be a great time to see who we consider top of the top! Not to mention, there will be free wine, cake, and chocolates tastings too! We are super excited to support The Home Market in launching their bridal registry system, so come take a look and see what they have to offer. It's going to be great, who wouldn't want to register at The Home Market?!?

The following vendors will be at the store today:
The Home Market, Golden Chic Events, Miss Ruby, Muscari, The Cake Lady, Atomic Chocolates, Blush, Front Room Photography, Blooming Quill, Sugar Mamas, and Vino 100.

Married in Milwaukee will begin at noon and end at 4pm (just in time for you to see the Superbowl). Admission is free... See you then!