The True Power of Supporting Small Businesses

JyssicaFeatured Customer, Creativity, Local Business

There is nothing that gives me more joy than connecting with another small business owner in my neighborhood, city, and state. We understand each other and what it takes to run a small business.   It takes courage, resiliency, hard work, resourcefulness and lots of heart and soul.   It can be challenging and it can be rewarding.   I …

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3 Reasons to Support Small Business, and 3 Ways to Do it Better

JyssicaLocal Business

 In honor of the ‘month of love,’ Paperjam is celebrating our love of small business all February long! We’re offering Biz Bundle discounts (the more you need, the more you save), our president and co-founder Deborah just returned from another trip to Capitol Hill fighting for small business, and she even wrote the blog below. If you’ve ever wondered, “will …

Customer Spotlight

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR For some, teaching is a passion. Some special souls wake up with joy every morning knowing that they are responsible for shaping the minds of our societies youth. One local teacher is shaping minds of elementary school children even in her retirement.  This woman is Ruth Anne McCullough, and she is a writer who has been printing projects with …

Customer Business Spotlight: UpLife

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  For the last several months, we’ve been focusing on acts of kindness and charitable giving. Since we’ve had giving on the mind, we decided to seek out a local nonprofit business, doing their part! We interviewed Rachel Bloom, founder of UpLife and Happy Cup, about her unique nonprofit businesses! Read more to find out what they’re about! What is Happy Cup? …

Customer Spotlight: Justin Wheeler of Oregon Deli Co.

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  We’ve been designing and printing for Justin of Oregon Deli Co. for the past few months, to get his restaurant marketing-ready! Now that his business has been in full swing since December, 2014, we thought we’d feature his business story, in theme with our Refresh, Renew, Revamp Newsletter! How did you start Oregon Deli Co.? The story begins in 2012 with …

Customer Spotlight: Arrowyn Craban Lauer

paperjampdxFeatured Customer, Creativity, Local Business, Postcards, Uncategorized, Paper

“Elegant eco-friendly kitsch for your heart and home“ Arrowyn Craban Lauer is the owner and designer of Little Gold Fox Designs, a local sustainable design and paper goods company. We asked her to tell us a bit about how she got started in the paper goods and design world! “I’ve been working as a graphic designer and web developer for …

Customer Spotlight: Community Supported Fishery

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Here is Jeff Wong, a local entrepreneur and co-owner of Community Supported Fishery, who also happens to be a great Paperjam customer! Below Jeff speaks about his company!   Our company, Community Supported Fishery is a hybrid CSF model in that we are distributing to a member base through subscriptions but instead of members having to subscribe to a set …