How this started
Made to Keep is a small operation in Boonville, Missouri. Started with one press. Now it’s two, a cutting station, and more paper than I ever imagined — all in a spare bedroom. Everything that leaves here is made by hand, one batch at a time.
Quality control is handled by Milo, a cowboy corgi who takes his job seriously. His sister Heidi handles a different department — confirming that whatever hit the floor is paper, not food. Ladybug, our Anatolian Shepherd, covers security. Mostly from a sunny spot in the yard.
This business started in a hard year. I needed something that was mine, that I could build with my hands, in a year when very little else felt like it was in my control. It became this.
Word got around. It grew into three things — magnets you order online, a press we haul to weddings and markets, and wholesale runs for local businesses.