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These will grow on you

Our thanks to The Star Ledger for featuring Botanical PaperWorks' Butterfly in Flight plantable cards and favors in the article These will grow on you.

What's on your windowsill?

Besides the usual array of in-progress germination tests (which with longer days I've been able to move up from the basement grow lights and into *real* sunshine!), I have this lovely pot of basil on my windowsill.

I planted two pots, one of basil and one of mint, but forgot to label which was which. Happily, the leaves on this plant are now large enough to give off the pungent scent of basil, confirming its identity.

Are you in the planting mood? Any of Botanical PaperWorks' plantable cards, journals and favors are a great way to "give a garden". Plant the card and colorful wildflowers will grow. And you can get a head start on summer by starting the plants indoors and transplanting when the earth is ready. Perfect for Mother's Day, spring Baby Showers and summer Weddings!

The Gift of Flowers

A life full of flowers - isn't that a life worth living! My daughters gave me these flowers for Easter and we continue to be blessed by their color and vigor. Even as the snow continues to fall, this touch of Spring reminds us that warmer weather is just around the corner.

With each plantable, seed-embedded card, invitation and favor that we ship from our facility here in Winnipeg, we too are sharing the gift of flowers. It's exciting to imagine the hundreds of thousands of wildflower patches that are thriving in gardens around the world.

Attendees to the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles will soon be receiving this special gift from Botanical PaperWorks. As with all of our paper, the lucky recipients can plant the paper and grow wildflowers, creating their own little gardens to herald the start of Spring.

Have a wonderful day, whatever the weather in your area of the country.

Plantable Earth Day Coasters

Looking to do something memorable for Earth Day? We're loving these plantable coasters with an Earth Day theme. The flat, smooth seeded paper is perfect for printing an eco message and with Aprill 22 right around the corner, now's the time to finalize your Earth Day plans. With this eco-friendly piece, when the lucky recipient plants it, wildflowers grow right out of the 100% post-consumer waste paper!

Email us for the complete Plantable Promotional Product Catalog, exclusively from Botanical PaperWorks!

Plantable Favors for Earth Day

Celebrate Earth Day with these special Celebration Grow Favors. Embedded with wildflower seeds and made with 100% post-consumer waste, it doesn't get more eco than this!

Plant the card and grow wildflowers to celebrate the great planet of ours.

Order now to receive in time for April 22.

A huge thanks to WeddingBells.ca for recommending our Celebration Grow Favor in today's Daily Picks. Read the posting about eco-chic plantable favors.

Business cards that get you remembered

Saturday started off with a bang - a vigorous Treadmill workout, a good read and a tasty Tall Grass Cinnamon Bun. I had been meaning to read Jeffrey Gitomer's Little Red Book of Selling for some time, and finally cracked the bold red cover today during my workout. It was an interesting hour.

My eyes popped when I got to the section called Build Your Brand. There, on page 59, were these words of wisdom - "Get the best business card money can buy...it's your image and it makes an impact every time you give one."

Interesting, since on Thursday, I had the chance to hand out my plantable, seed-embedded business cards to a number of business and government leaders in Grand Forks, ND. Did you know that every time (and I mean EVERY TIME!) that I handed out a business card and said the words "and when you're done entering my information into your PDA, you can plant my card and wildflowers will grow", the recipient did a double take? And every time, they asked me "what??" giving me the chance to talk more about Botanical PaperWorks and the work that we do.

I gave out my card to the Mayor of Grand Forks and the Governor of North Dakota, and both asked me more about Botanical PaperWorks and both remembered me and mentioned me by name during their luncheon speeches.

If that plantable business cards aren't the best thing to happen to branding, I don't what is!

And here's the great news...you too can have plantable business cards, from as little as 100 cards to 10,000 cards! We'll print your contact information and a message that suits your industry, like "Growing your business" or "Grow with us". Then start handing out those cards and watch how your cards get noticed and you get remembered.

Email me as for more information and grow your business!

Oooh, I'm loving this!

Two new fabulous designs of the Think & Write & Grow Plantable Journals, just in time for Spring and Mother's Day. Both are designed by artist Kal Barteski, created with a plantable paper cover, recycled inner pages (150 of 'em!) and a twine wrap tie. Love it!

See photos of the blooming paper.

Good Monday morning!

A good Monday morning to you! I'd like to thank TheStreet.com for mentioning Botanical PaperWorks' Plantable Valentine's Day cards recently. Read the article Valentine's Flowers with a Whiff of Originiality. Also, Benton Park Photography Co. raved about Botanical PaperWorks in last week's post Plantable Wedding Favors.

I leave you with this photo of Spring cards and journals. This beautiful new plantable journal design will be up later this week (and I'll tell you a secret - you can order it now if you call us and put your order in over the phone!).

I'm back and thinking about holidays

Hello! I'm back from my holiday and feeling great. I had a simply wonderful time in Mexico, doing those things you do on a beach vacation - relaxing on a beach chair with a great book and a delicious mojito!

I'll be back in the office tomorrow (Wednesday) and in the meantime would like to turn your attention to several special holidays coming up. If you're planning for Easter,  Earth Day or Mother's Day, we'll be posting lots of products perfect for these occasions.

Here's a quick list of dates to help you stay organized:

Easter - Sunday, March 23
Earth Day - Tuesday, April 22
Mother's Day - Sunday, May 11

More Easter ideas will follow this week. And in closing, here's a picture of me doing my favorite beach-side activity....reading!

 

And the winner is....

Thanks to everyone who gave us feedback on the Celebration Grow Favors this week!

The winner of the draw is Karen Blatz. She wins a set of Celebration Grow Favors in the design of her choice and the wording of her choice!

Karen - could you please give us a call at 204*956*7393 to arrange your order?