I agree – especially since you’re getting the press, and if that would keep the press from further deteriorating sitting in a barn. If you have a maintenance person in your region, you can get the whole thing looked over, adjusted, etc

I’d love to join the birthday card exchange as well!

Porridge Papers makes their own paper – i’ve gotten a letterpressed sample in Uppercase magazine once – the issue dedicated to letterpress. the paper thickness and texture, color (2 sides were different colors) were very impressive – pun intended 🙂

I like the KASSETT Ikea boxes – they’re perfect for a2 sized cards, or the slightly bigger if the card/panel size is larger than a2http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/40224319/#/10224325they’re nice and clean and very presentable