Grow your gratitudeД¬onsider what goes into the piece of fresh produce you hold in your hand-sun, rain, wind, pollination, cultivation, selection, harvest. Savor the feeling of the air on your skin, the sounds of childrenвЂ™s voices raised in exuberant play, the scent on the breeze, the reminder that not everything needs to be taken seriously. Illustration by Geraldine Sy 5 Ways to Find Joy in the Mundane Moments of Life 1. May this illustrated ode inspire you to love the life you have, in all its ordinary beauty. What happens when we look for the sublime in mundane moments of our lives? We asked illustrator Geraldine Sy to capture the beauty and connection available in even the most basic daily experiences. Those milestones that live in our future and in our past and that make up the highlight reel of our lives.ДЄnd then there are the days in between-the mundanity that, as Kate Bowler observes, can begin to sparkle when we consider all the moments that make up our time on earth. They are few and far between-a marriage, a birth, a big trip, a graduation. We can wait a long time for the big moments of our lives to arrive. This entry was posted in Industry Insights and tagged power of paper, specialty papers. вЂњShutterfly is constantly evolving and analyzing new technology, and we are excited about what we are seeing,вЂќ Black said. WeвЂ™re in it together to transition customers and grow their business.вЂќ вЂњWe pride ourselves on presenting a unified front with our print partners. вЂњWhen a customer makes a multimillion dollar investment in new technology, itвЂ™s a bold leap of faith,вЂќ Schweder said. Domtar also works closely with printer manufacturers to ensure that the companyвЂ™s paper quality meets the exacting needs of inkjet printer technology. Domtar now offers inkjet papers that not only print well but are designed to withstand the rigors of folding and mailing. Scott Schweder, DomtarвЂ™s director of business development, said that the rise in inkjet use has required the paper industry to develop quality sheets to meet the demands of technology. Our printer manufacturer partners are constantly working on new things, and they are focusing hard on the future because they know we owe it to our customers to have the best quality and to our shareholders to have the lowest production cost possible.вЂќ вЂњProduction inkjet has improved significantly over the last three to four years,вЂќ Black said in a recent interview with вЂњWhat They Think.вЂќ вЂњBefore that, we would have said it had no place in our business. We also share a commitment to innovation and an excitement about the future, including the evolution of printing technology, particularly in inkjet printing. TheВ appreciation of paper as an instrument to preserve memories and share lifeвЂ™s stories connects Domtar and Shutterfly. Though itвЂ™s best known for its photo cards and invitations, Shutterfly has expanded well beyond the memory business.В Shutterfly Business Services is HIPAA-certified and works with leading companies in healthcare, financial services and other industries to print marketing materials and more.

It started in 1999, helping people print 4-by-6-inch photographs from their digital cameras. Shutterfly is a much younger company than Domtar. An additional 1,000 people join the workforce during the winter to produce hundreds of millions of holiday cards. The companyВ employs 2,300 people, with about 1,400 of them in operations.

ShutterflyвЂ™s Fort Mill facility is one of three in the United States that process hundreds of thousands of orders per day, using tons of paper and more than 200 CMYK printers from leading suppliers. The two companies share something else: Some of ShutterflyвЂ™s products are printed on Domtar paper. We also know our companiesвЂ™ presence is important to this community.вЂќ The Domtar and Shutterfly Partnership вЂњDomtar and Shutterfly appreciate what print means for both everyday business and special occasions. вЂњItвЂ™s a happy coincidence that weвЂ™re here together,вЂќ said Shutterfly COO Dwayne Black. And Domtar and Shutterfly, two companies with a special interest in the types of memories that we frame forever, happen to have facilities within a mile of each other in Fort Mill, South Carolina. Whether itвЂ™s a baby book or a college diploma, paper and printing are essential to preserving lifeвЂ™s most important moments.

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