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Monday Catch-Up

Hello there! It's been a great weekend and a good Monday so far. Life and business have been full and interesting.

On Friday, I had a wonderful tour of BW Imaging and talked with Rick & Co. in the printing area. My favorite part - seeing the Heidelberg letterpress in action. Here's a picture that I took of the machine doing some die-cutting:
Last week, I met with my physiotherapist who told me "Doing cardio and Pilates 5x per week is an absolute must". Many of you know about the jaw disorder that I have (TMJ) and how a combination of walking and Pilates keeps that in check. But funny how the thing that you KNOW will help you is often the LAST thing you feel like doing, eh? After that kick-in-the-butt from the physio, I fired up my motivation and so far, I've been consistent in doing a 1/2 hour of walking and 15 min. of Pilates five times in the week. Ask me in a week or two if I'm still at it.

Yesterday, I hung out at the Urban Oasis Mineral Spa for a few hours with my Mom. We needed to catch up on life, so we soaked in the pool and chatted and snacked on bagels and apples. It was low-key and wonderful.

Today, Susan and I whipped the Assembly department into ship-shape. We called friend and local artist Janet Carroll to come pick up extra Esca Board to use it in her bookbinding classes. Nice to get rid of old stuff and help out the public school system in one stroke.

Here are samples of plantable promotional products from several recent jobs. Hope they give you some ideas for how to promote your business, charity, school in an eco-friendly way.

Thanks to Blogger Brides

Thanks to Kate Harrison, author of The Green Bride Guide, for mentioning Botanical PaperWorks and our plantable invitations on her blog Blogger Brides. We appreciate the mention!

Pictures from Wedding Show

Hello to everyone who stopped by our booth this weekend. We had a great time at the Wonderful Wedding Show. Petra, Erin, Laurie and I worked the booth. Here are some pictures.

Marketing Manager Petra McGown at the start of the show:

Me and Petra getting our photo taken by our booth next-door neighbor:

Putting up the posters before the start of the show:

Taping the foam core walls:

1/2 price 2009 Plantable Eco Calendars!

Until the end of January, our popular Plantable Eco Calendars are 50% off. We're clearing out the remaining inventory, so shop now and pick up a great deal.

Was $24.95

NOW $12.50   *While stocks last

 

The weather outside is frightful...

but inside, it's pretty warm, as long as we:

• keep the extra space heaters running
• wear long sweaters
• drink a lot of tea
• and bundle up like Arctic explorers before leaving the house

Below is a clip of the ACTUAL weather forecast this morning. I checked it before taking the kids to school, before I realized that someone (not mentioning any names) took the van keys to work with him, and that the kids and I would have to WALK to school. It's the "FEELS LIKE" part that you want to pay closest attention to.

Here's to a warm day for everyone, inside or out depending on where you live. [Maybe warmth is a state of mind...?]

Plantable confetti in Martha Stewart Weddings

It's finally here! The Winter 2009 issue of Martha Stewart Weddings featuring the beautiful eco-wedding of Martha Stewart assistant Liesl Menning and Kevin Haynie. Most exciting to Botanical PaperWorks, of course, is the fact that our plantable paper is featured on the first page of the spread.

Back in late summer, Martha Stewart stylists ordered many sheets of 11x17 plantable paper from Botanical PaperWorks, and created the wonderful baskets of plantable confetti shown below. The plantable confetti was thrown outdoors at the wedding, and pieces that floated to the ground will germinate in the soil and grow wildflowers in the Spring. Here are the images from the magazine:

You can purchased the sheets of plantable paper or ready-made plantable confetti in two different shapes from the Botanical PaperWorks website. Perfect for a spring or summer wedding.

New year, new projects

It's been a quiet, restful start to the new year around the Reimer-Epp household. We spent a few days at a local hotel enjoying the waterslides and hot tub. And we puttered around at home enjoying the freedom to try new creative outlets. Like these homemade flat breads that we made with the simple ingredients of flour, olive oil, salt and yeast. The recipe was from the December issue of O Magazine. The below photo was taken by me.

We also did our fair share of painting with some wonderfully vibrant tempera paints. It's fun to cut loose of any restrictions and just be creative, with no thought of whether it will "turn out".

Did you make any New Year's Resolutions? For me, I'm continuing my commitment to being Rested, Relaxed and Reflective. I think this will be a life-long pursuit, but aren't the most important goals worth the effort? I certainly think so.

To all of our friends and customers