Do It Yourself Paper Dresses

Pattern for Dress One: Model Femke

Directions for Dress One: Model Femke

1. Print out all the panels belonging to Model Femke and enlarge each page by 333%.
2. Carefully cut them out along the dashed line.
3. Begin with the front panel of the bodice. Fold pleats as indicated and fix by stitching at mark. Close the darts by folding the indicated lines into each other. Finish by stitching them together.
4. Prepare the back panel of bodice by sewing upper and lower part together. Cut a slit at the indicated line.
5. To complete the construction of the bodice, lay the printed side of the back panel over the printed side of the front panel. Sew shoulders and left side along the seam lines. Turn bodice right side out
6. To make the skirt begin by stitching the two panels together on the left side. Fold the pleats as indicated and stitch to fix along indicated marks.
7. Pin the skirt to the bodice by matching the marks on each respective section. Sewing the seam on the interior side, fix the bodice to the skirt. After completion turn dress right side out.
8. To make the drawstrings, fold paper along the indicated lines and reinforce the length with a straight stitch. Finish the dress by attaching the drawstrings to the indicated cross marks on the right hand side of the skirt with a short stitch.

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"Mod" Paper Dress, circa 1967

Paper Dress, circa 1967
Donated by Mrs. Richard Johnson

During the 1960s, massive changes in society inspired young people to set themselves apart from the established order. A profusion of new materials, including plastics, metallic fibers, and even paper, were used to help break down old standards. This made for daring, shocking, and often frivolous fashions. The new, the wild, and the colorful were embraced and celebrated. Women of all ages raised their skirt hemlines in order to step out in the stylish mini-skirt.

The paper dress shown here demonstrates the "mod" look. The dress is complemented by Capezio "ballet" flats. The overlapping hippie movement utilized a more natural approach in order to achieve the back-to-the-earth fashions. When the two collided, they sparked the punk look of the late 1970s.

courtesy of the Wilmette Historical Museum: http://www.wilmettehistory.org/costumes/1967.html

Copy Paper Commercial - Very Funny!

That thing would not make sharp clear copies at that distance. Maybe he is amazed by how much paper she has wasted.

Paper Machine Video - Making Paper

"feel the heat . . .hear the hard noise and experience the stress again by braking the paper in the machine! Every minute without production costs a lot of money"

NewPage to Buy Stora Enso North America in 2.5 Billion Deal

Sept. 21, 2007 - NewPage Corp.has signed a definitive agreement with and Stora Enso Oyj by which NewPage's parent company, NewPage Holding Corp., will acquire Stora Enso's paper manufacturing operations in North America.

Under the terms of the deal, Stora Enso will receive approximately $1.5 billion in cash, a $200 million note, and a 19.9% equity interest (approx. $370 million) in the new company. In addition, NewPage will assume net liabilities of about $450 million.

The deal is subject to regulatory approvals and is expected to close during the first quarter of 2008.

"We are excited about the acquisition as it is clearly part of our strategic vision to lower our overall cost and accelerate our ability to achieve sustainable financial returns above our cost of capital," said Mark A. Suwyn, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NewPage. "This is also important in order to help us compete with illegally dumped and subsidized foreign imports."

The deal includes Stora Enso's papermaking operations in Biron, Kimberly, Niagara, Stevens Point, Whiting and Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin; Duluth, Minnesota; and Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia, Canada.

For the year 2006, Stora Enso North America generated $2.0 billion in revenue and an adjusted EBITDA of $295 million.

According to NewPage, during 2006, the combined company on a proforma basis would have generated $4.1 billion in revenue and an adjusted EBITDA of $583 million.

The combination is expected to generate approximately $265 million in annualized cost savings. "These cost savings combined with our increased scale will enable us to make further high-return investments in lower cost capacity, increase supply chain efficiencies and product availability and enhance environmental leadership," said Rick Willett, president and COO of NewPage.

"Today, both companies enjoy leading reputations for high-quality products and superior customer service, and we believe the integration will provide our customers with a stronger, more efficient platform for improvements to product and service quality as well as new product innovation," Willett added.

"This combination is very exciting for the SENA team due to the expanded scale and capabilities for our customers and a stronger platform for all of our employees," said John Gillen, president and Regional Manager of the North America Region for Stora Enso North America. "We're enthusiastic about working together with a NewPage team that shares the same cultural values of customer focus and continuous improvement through the engagement of all employees."

The sale of Stora Enso North America Inc., which comprises Stora Enso's publication and fine paper operations in North America, will reduce the Group's annual production capacity by 3.0 million tons and the number of personnel by 4,350. Stora Enso is retaining Corenso North American operations and the associated company Thiele Kaolin Company Inc. Corenso produces cores and coreboard for industrial use in various fields of business and Thiele produces china clay for the paper industry.

The new company will retain the NewPage name and will be headquartered in Miamisburg, Ohio.

NewPage, headquartered in Miamisburg, Ohio, is a leading U.S. producer of coated papers in North America. The company produces coated papers in sheets and rolls with many finishes and weights to offer design flexibility for a wide array of end uses. With more than 4,300 employees, NewPage operates integrated pulp and paper manufacturing mills located in Escanaba, Michigan; Luke, Maryland; Rumford, Maine; and Wickliffe, Kentucky; and a converting and distribution center in Chillicothe, Ohio. The mills have a combined annual capacity of approximately 2.2 million tons of coated paper.

Stora Enso Oyj is an integrated paper, packaging and forest products company, producing publication and fine paper, packaging board and wood products - all areas in which the Group is a global market leader. Stora Enso's sales totaled EUR 14.6 billion in 2006. The Group has some 44,000 employees in more than 40 countries on five continents. Stora Enso has an annual production capacity of 18.2 million tones of paper and board and 7.4 million cubic meters of sawn wood products, including 3.2 million cubic meters of value-added products. Stora Enso's shares are listed in Helsinki, Stockholm and New York.

Stora Enso North America is a leading producer of coated and supercalendered papers, and a premier producer of specialty papers. Other products include newsprint, elemental chlorine-free kraft pulp, totally chlorine-free mechanical pulp and recycled pulp from recovered paper. The company produces 3.0 million tons of paper annually and had revenues of $2.3 billion with about 4,350 employees in 2006.

SOURCE: NewPage Corp.

Georgia-Pacific Appoints New CEO and President and New Chairman of the Board

ATLANTA, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Georgia-Pacific LLC today announced
that Joe Moeller, 64, the company's chairman and chief executive officer,
will return to Koch Industries as vice chairman and a member of its board
of directors, effective Nov. 1, 2007. Moeller will continue as a member of
Georgia-Pacific's board of directors.

Jim Hannan, 41, Georgia-Pacific's president and chief operating
officer, will be promoted to CEO and president. Hannan joined
Georgia-Pacific in December 2005 as executive vice president and chief
administrative officer. He was named president and chief operating officer
in 2006.

Dave Robertson, 45, who currently serves as Koch Industries' president
and chief operating officer, is assuming the additional role of chairman of
Georgia-Pacific's board of directors. Robertson joined Georgia-Pacific's
board in 2006.

"Since joining Georgia-Pacific, I have been impressed with the talent
of our leadership team and the passion and commitment of all employees,"
Moeller said. "I have the utmost confidence in Jim Hannan and the strong
team leading Georgia-Pacific today. With this leadership, the company's
future prospects could not be more promising."

Hannan added, "I am honored to have had the opportunity during the past
couple of years to work directly with Joe, and all of us at Georgia-Pacific
thank him for all he has done for our company. This is a great company and
a great place to be. We're investing in our growth and success, and I'm
excited about leading the team into the future."

Headquartered at Atlanta, Georgia-Pacific is one of the world's leading
manufacturers and marketers of building products, tissue, packaging, paper,
cellulose and related chemicals. The company employs approximately 50,000
people at more than 300 locations in North America, South America and
Europe. The familiar consumer tissue brands of Georgia-Pacific Consumer
Products LP include Quilted Northern(R), Angel Soft(R), Brawny(R),
Sparkle(R), Soft 'n Gentle(R), Mardi Gras(R), So-Dri(R) and Vanity Fair(R).
Dixie Consumer Products LLC, a Georgia-Pacific company, manufactures the
Dixie(R) brand of disposable cups, plates and cutlery. Georgia-Pacific has
long been among the nation's leading manufacturers and suppliers of
building products to lumber and building materials dealers and large
do-it-yourself warehouse retailers, with brands such as Plytanium(R),
Ply-Bead(R) and Wood I Beam offered by Georgia-Pacific Wood Products LLC
and DensArmor Plus(R), DensGlass Gold(R) and ToughRock(R) offered by
Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC. For more information, visit http://www.gp.com.

Kimberly-Clark to expand consumer trials of recycled product lines

The Post-Crescent

Kimberly-Clark Corp. announced plans today to expand its consumer trials of Kleenex Naturals brand facial tissue and Scott Naturals brand bathroom tissue and paper towels in the U.S.

The company said the products, which have been available in select Wal-Mart stores since late 2006, contain a mix of high-quality, post consumer recycled fiber and virgin fiber.

Gordon Knapp, K-C president of North Atlantic Family Care products, said in a statement the lines meet a growing interest from consumers who value recycled products but do not want to sacrifice quality or softness.

The Naturals brand line will be available in more Wal-Mart stores this month and be offered at a limited number of K-Mart stores as well.

International Paper heads to the wild Russian East

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Vast and largely desolate Siberia is home to one of the world's largest stands of untouched timber, full of red pine and larch coveted by the pulp and paper industry.

These remote northern Russian woods are also right next door to China, where demand for paper and consumer packaging for the country's booming middle class has far outstripped supply.

Closing the gap between the two is exactly where International Paper Corp. (IP) wants to be, positioning itself in Asia, where paper and board production is expected to surpass output in the languishing North American market by 2015.

In August, International Paper, the world's biggest paper and packaging company by sales, formed a 50-50 joint venture with Russian mill operator Ilim Group Holdings. If all goes well, one analyst predicts the deal could add almost 10% to the company's 2008 per-share earnings.

It's not a move without risks, PricewaterhouseCoopers analyst Craig Campbell said, citing potential political instability, poor infrastructure and a fractured market with numerous competitors. "But it does have potential," Campbell said. "Ilim is the biggest player, a smart player, with older mills that could benefit from new investment."

Indeed, International Paper agreed to invest $650 million in Ilim. The venture is expected to tap cash flow from operations and additional debt to sink another $1.5 billion into Ilim's four mills -- two of which are in western Russian -- over the next five years. International Paper has predicted the investment will eventually lift profits through equipment upgrades, allowing for greater capacity and high-product development.

Meanwhile, in pulp-starved China, International Paper has a 50% stake in Shandong Paper & Sun Coated Paperboard Co., which it purchased in December for $28 million. In addition to coated paperboard, Sun makes bleach board, used to package food and consumer staples like those used by International Paper's biggest customers, McDonald's (MCD) , Wal-Mart (WMT) , Cadbury-Schweppes (CSG) , Revlon (REV) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) .

The strategy hasn't been good for the stock, which currently trades at about $36, or 12.2 times analysts' average 2009 earnings estimate of $2.93 a share, as calculated by Thomson Financial. Rivals MeadWestvaco (MWV) and Weyerhaeuser Co. (WY) trade at 17 times and 20 times analysts' estimates, respectively.

Furthermore, International Paper sold almost all its North American timberland to raise $11.3 billion to help pay for the venture, along with its investments in Brazil and Eastern Europe. After paying off about $6.2 billion in debt and buying back about $1.4 billion in stock, that's still a lot of cash investors might not see again if the Russia-China gamble fails.

"The unknown is worrisome, sometimes for the right reasons," Chief Executive John Faraci told MarketWatch. But, he added, IP has been in western Russia since 1999. "We know how to do business there, and we've been successful."

J.P. Morgan analyst Claudia Shank said Faraci and International Paper already have had great success with similar operations in Europe, growing earnings before interest and taxes at its Kwidzyn, Poland, mill by 67% between 2001 and 2006.

The deal with Ilim is expected to close before the end of October, and International Paper has already appointed a new CEO there and placed several members on Ilim's board of directors and in key executive positions. Furthermore, Faraci said he anticipates additional cost efficiencies, not built into the value of the deal, between International Paper's Russian and Chinese operations.

China wants goods; Russia wants business

Double-digit economic growth has made China one of the world's hottest markets for paper and packaging products. And as long as its middle class continues to grow in hand with the country's rapid urbanization, demand for fast food, over-the-counter medication and other packaged consumer staples should keep growing.

China's paper mills and packaging plants are severely underdeveloped, with small "mom and pop" shops often using antiquated equipment, said Bruce Manchester, senior managing director at RSM EquiCo, a financial-services firm. That's a plus for International Paper, which has the capital and business structure needed to boost capacity, cut costs and grab market share.

The big challenge is securing a steady supply of pulp.

For the first half of 2007, China's pulp demand was up 15% from a year ago, according to data from the credit-rating agency Fitch. In the same period, U.S. pulp demand rose 7%, with much of the increase tied to shipments of recycled linerboard to China.

The Russian forest holds about 20% of the world's timber resources, by both area and volume, and nearly 32% of the world's commercially productive forest, according to Midway United Ltd., a Boston-based firm that has been logging timber in the country for about three years. More than half of that is in Siberia, which includes the Russian Far East.

The region is similar to Canada in size and population, with most residents clustered in the south near the China and Mongolia borders and along the Trans-Siberian railway linking Moscow to the Pacific port of Valdivostok.

About 65% of Siberia's timber grows in the desolate north, where permafrost and severe cold hamper road construction and settlement.

Russia's timber industry has been experiencing a re-emergence of sorts. Production fell off soon after the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991. Moscow has more recently been encouraging investment in the sector to upgrade Soviet-era equipment and to help diversify an economy heavily dependent on oil and gas production.

"It's an interesting time over there, and it's one of the last true frontiers for the timber industry," Midway United's director of operations, Murphy Vanderbilt, said. "The industry is pretty well developed, but it's in great need of capital improvements and infrastructure," Vanderbilt said, adding that most of the tree-cutting operations resemble old-fashioned logging camps.

The Forest Stewardship Council, which certifies what it calls sustainable forestry management, has said Ilim is ahead of other Russian companies in terms of operations upgrades, worker safety and environmental impact. Of about 25 million hectares of commercial forest in Siberia being managed, only about 6 million is FSC-certified, of which 4 million is leased by Ilim.

International Paper performed almost two years of due diligence before diving into the venture with Ilim, but in analysts' view the greatest risks are tied more to the political climate in Moscow than the physical challenges of Siberia -- most evident in Moscow's reassertion of national control over its oil and gas industry.

Several Western oil companies, among them Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.A) and BP PLC (BP) , have been forced to relinquish some operations to Russian counterparts after state officials accused them of failing to live up to the terms of their original production licenses.

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