Stationery Scoop

Thank yous

School is almost out and this yea as an end-of-year thank you, we're giving each of our daughters' teachers sets of personalized thank you cards from our sister company Absorb Creative. I chose these designs:

• Bali in green, a favorite of mine since the collection launched
• Hampton in brown/yellow
• delicate Pixie in pink and grey
• Orchid in striking blue and brown

Father's Day was last weekend and I'd like to thank these publications for recommending Botanical PaperWorks' plantable cards and gifts. Click on the image to read the full article.
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This last news item gives some great publicity to Community Natural Foods, a wonderful store in Calgary with two locations.

Chives

Continuing on my photos-of-flowers kick, I'm CRAZY about chive flowers. This photo was taken at the front of my daughters' school, where today they planted the communal garden.

Thanks to The Globe and Mail for including Botanical PaperWorks in the June 2 article The Handmade Wedding. Here's an excerpt; you can click for the complete article:

Press thank you

Many thanks to The Architects' Journal for including Botanical PaperWorks in their Five things to do today post. Here's a clip of the post:

It links to this post from Inhabitat who featured Botanical PaperWorks in March in a posting called Sprouting cards blossom into wildflowers:

Thankful Wednesday

Hey there beautiful Wednesday! The weather is lovely and spirits are up in our fair city. Botanical PaperWorks has received some wonderful press lately and I'd like to thank each of the editors for recommending us. Here are a few highlights:

Slice.ca included us in an article called All I want (and don't want) for Mother's Day. They featured our Plantable Mother's Day Cards:

If you love those, check out our new Plantable Father's Day cards, with Father's Day coming up on Sunday, June 21.

Thanks also to Chatelaine for this Mother's Day gift list mention:

On deck for tonight - more getting out there and using my bike. I tried to take a picture of last evening's adventures, but nearly fell off my bike trying to take a photo of the deer and geese as I peddled by. I decided to settle for mental pictures instead of actual pictures. But if I had been able to take a picture, it would have looked something like this:

Photo: Groovythemes.com

What's up around here

A happy belated May day to you! Friday was Botanical PaperWorks' monthly Pizza Friday, and with a recent BBQ acquisition, we made it BBQ Friday. It was a bit of a learning curve with the veggie burgers and beef burgers for 25 people, but chief BBQer Liam and setter-upper Erin were troupers and along with moral support from Brendan, everyone got fed and full. The feedback that I've received for next month - remember the cheese and bring more chips. Got it.Saturday, I visited with the new hybrid Honda Insight as part of its cross-Canada tour. The car (and its drivers) are on an environmental awareness tour from Victoria, BC to St. John's, Newfoundland with stops everywhere in between. Here I am with journalists Tim and Michael and the hybrid Honda Insight. Check out the blog here.

Saturday was also the day that Botanical PaperWorks was featured in the Winnipeg Free Press, page F10. Thanks very much to the WFP for that mention. Here it is just in case you missed it:

There is lots more on the go, but I'll save some for another post. Have a great day.

National Post

How awesome - thank you National Post for including Botanical PaperWorks in today's article "Conscientious Consumption" about Earth Day. Here's the link and the post below.

As seen in the Wall Street Journal

Thank you Wall Street Journal and journalist Willa Plank for profiling Botanical PaperWorks' plantable greeting cards in today's paper (shown below - plantable Earth Day cards). We are very honored to be featured and are excited to share this with you.

Check out the Personal Journal section on page D2 or view the entire article online.

Also check out the 2009 Eco Mother's Day Gift List - all stylish, eco-friendly cards and journals made with 100% post-consumer waste.

Plantable invitations in Better Homes and Gardens

Thank you so much to the editors of Better Homes and Gardens for selecting a plantable card from Botanical PaperWorks for the April 2009 Ideas/Stylemaker section. In the article, the "Refresh" card from the Inspirational Plantable Greeting Card set is used as an invitation to an eco-friendly event. Here are the images:

We have tons of new plantable greeting cards that launched last week and I'll be writing a blog post for them tomorrow. Check them out now and come back tomorrow for a special Earth Day give-away.

Thanks Cool Mom Picks

Thanks Cool Mom Picks for featuring our plantable birth announcements! I love their tag line: "We find it, you flaunt it". Here's the clip - click on it to go to the website.

On TV tomorrow

Tomorrow's my big day! Watch for me on Breakfast Television Winnipeg at 9 am. I'll be demonstrating papermaking, showing off our new plantable invitations and giving away a free papermaking kit. Should be fun!