First, some bad news: You know how I was making business cards out of cereal boxes? Well, I finally broke my printer. Got it fixed for $50, but my printer fixer dude says I shouldn’t do that anymore….
Since then, I’ve been looking at some v. cool business cards, like this one you can grow alfalfa in (right; image from Jamie Wieck), or this one that just sprouts stuff (left; image from inhabitat). But I’m not a big biz, and can’t afford to seed my biz cards yet. Still, I want something sorta nifty –
Perhaps serendipitiously, Sustainable Group — maker of 100% recycled CD ReSleeves, folders called RePockets, as well as ReBinders — recently came up with Response — recycled business cards you can print up on your laser and inkjet printer.
These Response business cards (right; image from Sustainable Group) should be much thinner than the cereal box cardboard I was using — but I’m still afraid to feed these into my printer, which I now see as a fragile, break-down-prone machine.
My temporary solution’s to just print ‘em up at my school printer — tee hee! Hopefully it won’t break those.
Another idea I’m considering: Getting a rubber stamp made, so I can stamp my biz cards on used cereal boxes. Feasible?
Would it be possible to have a local print shop that could accomodate the cereal box cardboard print them off for you? I’m a big fan of local printers for special requests like this, but you’d probably need a reasonable sized order for it to be worth your and their while.
Comment by Jenn — May 26, 2007 @ 3:00 pm
Good suggestion! If the rubber stamp thing doesn’t work out, I’ll try stalking my local printers :)
Comment by Siel — May 27, 2007 @ 11:16 pm
You can make your own rubber stamp with an Xacto knife and a rubber eraser (and a bit of artistic talent or at least the ability to write backwards). It’s not terribly difficult and kind of fun.
Comment by don hosek — May 28, 2007 @ 8:57 pm
check out this website: http://www.greenfieldpaper.com/
You can buy handmade seeded paper that grows. Stamp this paper and tell people to grow it!
Comment by Brynne Cogorno — June 20, 2008 @ 1:15 pm
Many (most?) printers have an alternate sheet feeder or similar, especially for thicker papers and envelopes. I’ve been able to feed outrageously thick card into my printer with no problems whatsoever.
However, yes, I’ve been burnt before ;-) My first printer literally blew some gears as it tried to crunch through a piece of heavy stock paper; repair time! But if your printer manual says you can do it, you probably can…
Comment by Amir — December 31, 2008 @ 10:20 pm