Seed Paper Invitations custom printed in black ink with cut buy edge finish - lotka set of 30 5" x 7"

This listing must be ordered with this setup cost: https://www.etsy.com/listing/500773865

Handmade paper invitations printed in black ink on paper that will bloom if planted. This paper is made in our sister facility in Nepal and printed here in Washington State.

This sale includes 30 printed handmade paper cards and 30 blank recycled felt paper invitation envelopes.

This listing is for 30. If you need more than 200, ask us for volume rates. If you need more than 30 we will happily create a custom listing.

These are handmade, printed, die cut and assembled in our Seattle studio.

Please order a free swatch by sending us your address. We don't want you to rely on our photography and your monitor settings for a proper color match.

Included with this order is everything pictured.

The printed items are all black ink print:

Invitation Panel (seed paper)
Invitation Envelope

These are shipped ready to address and stuff into your envelopes.

Proofing commences three days from receipt of text. Revisions to proofs are typically done in 24 buy hours. Your order ships one week from proof approval.

Our lotka seed paper has a blend of wildflower seeds embedded in the paper; Tolerates partial shade; needs 4 hours a day of direct sunlight and grows to about 3'. Seeds include Snapdragon (Annual), Petunia (Annual), Beardtongue (Perennial), Daisy (Perennial), Thyme (Perennial), Poppy (Annual), Catchfly ( Biennial/Perennial ), Maiden Pinks (Perennial), and Chamomile (Perennial). This blend is specifically designed for those who to print directly onto the handmade seed embedded paper.

Germination may begin as quickly as one week or may take up to six weeks depending on your regional growing zone.

This handmade lotka paper is made in the highlands of Nepal by rural craftspeople in an environmentally friendly process with 50% recycled content. The raw material for our paper is the Daphne bush. It is farmed and harvested from 3-4 year old plants that are cut down and stripped of their bark. The plant is not destroyed when cut down, it regenerates from the root. The cane like stick, once its bark is removed is dried and used to heat the villager's homes, to provide fuel for cooking and also for the production of the paper. All of the water used in the paper production is reclaimed and reused. The bark is beaten by hand and boiled to break it down to a pulp (where it is mixed in with recycled pulp and paper scrap collected from the card and envelope manufacturing process) that is then pored into screens to form the sheets. These sheets are then dried in the sun. The whole process is not only earth friendly but also provides a large community with a healthy enterprise.

If you plant this paper in a pot, or in your garden please cover with just 1/8” of soil and keep moist until established.