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Go fly a kite

Summer isn't complete until we've flown our two kites - a kite with super long tail from Toys R Us and a fancy two-stringed trick kite from Granville Island that I've had since I was 12.

This year's kite-flying outing was at a park on Lake Winnipeg. All was well until the trick kite got a little too tricky and crossed the path of the regular kite. The nylon strings of the trick kite cut the cotton string of the other kite and poof, it was gone.

We tracked the kite down in some trees a ways down the road and worked for 1/2 hour to get it down. No luck. The kite itself was freed but the super long tail was wound inextricably around the branches.

We visited the kite in the tree every weekend for the next couple of weeks until last week when the kite was gone. I hope it went to a deserving kite-flyer, or maybe it escaped into the sky for one last ride.

This week at Botanical PaperWorks {August 15-21}

Hello and happy Monday! There are so many new and fabulous things happening over at Botanical PaperWorks including this new plantable stationery collection called "Elephant". The collection includes note cards, writing paper, journals, mini notepads and more, all shown here: Elephant Plantable Stationery Collection.

If you like the Elephant design, you can download these free wallpapers for desktop, iPhone and iPad (yes, we're avid Mac users at Botanical PaperWorks): Elephant Free Desktop Background

 

We love the Little Black Book, an important list of who's who in the wedding industry. So we were thrilled when our plantable place cards made an appearance on the Little Black Book. Lauren and Colin's wedding was the focus of the feature and they used Sweet plantable place cards at their Connecticut wedding.

Last week, I spent 9 days at the cottage with my family and imagine my delight when I cracked open the latest Canadian Living Magazine and saw our plantable eco calendar! The article caught my eye because it was a spread of stationery products, and I love stationery. Check out a photo of the page here: Plantable Eco Calendar in Canadian Living Magazine

Have a great week!

Twilight swim

What's more summery than a twilight swim? That's what we did this weekend during our time at Brereton Lake in the Whiteshell. The air was warm and the water was cool, just perfect for a quick swim time before putting on pyjamas and snuggling into bed.

The sunset was picture perfect.

Happily, there are still many weeks of summer left; I refuse to think back-to-school until the last week of August!

If you're looking to bring a little summer to your desktop, iPad or iPhone, check out these free downloadable wallpapers with designs from the new Bright Bouquet stationery collection.

Spending Time in a Nature Playground

We're loving the Nature Playground at Assiniboine Park this summer. These frog topiaries are dressed in pants and tutus and are playing instruments. So fun! Thanks to the Assiniboine Park Conservancy for revitalizing the park and making it a wonderful gathering place for families.

Stationery inspired by the garden + for the garden

What an awesome summer we are having in these parts! The weather has been fantastic and we've enjoyed visiting with family in town from both East and Western Canada.

At work, we've been launching tons of new plantable stationery products like these Bright Bouquet Plantable Journals shown above. Check out the entire collection of Bright Bouquet stationery in this post that Amber wrote for the Botanical PaperWorks blog.

I nabbed a pre-production sample of the Bright Bouquet Blowing Flowers Coil Bound Plantable Journal last month and gave it to my cousin to field test. I'm very excited about this product because I had a hand in some of the specs. I had this idea in my mind about how the journal needed to feel, and we've achieved that feeling with large, ample coils and a strong, sturdy cardboard back. It's a feeling of substance and durability and it's exciting that the journals are now ready to order.

The Bright Bouquet design is really lovely, inspired by the flowers in our plantable paper. I posted last week about my garden and when you look at the photos that I took, you'll see the inspiration behind the Bright Bouquet collection in the flowers from my garden.