LAVENDER Seed embedded - TREE FREE - Leaf Embossed Handmade Paper Card

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** Give the gift that keeps on giving **


A heart-shaped leaf graces the front of this creamy white handmade paper card. I make these cards from salvaged 60 year old esparto grass paper.

They are also made with organic lavender and have lavender seeds embedded in them — making the card both fragrant and useful - it can be planted to grow lavender.

It really works too!

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I've been making handmade paper like this for more than twelve years. I always use 100% post-consumer material except the seeds, but they come from lavender I grow myself. I harvest them in the late summer and fall when the plants are at their most fresh and fragrant.


Each card comes with germination instructions.
I have successfully germinated these kinds of cards. You can see the sprouts coming alive through the paper in the picture at the right. They germinate easily using the method I recommend.


Perfect for Mother's Day, weddings and any other gift-giving occasion.

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Smooth on the inside.
SIZE: 4 x 5/6 inches

Each comes with a recycled, Kraft paper envelope.



**** ABOUT ESPARTO GRASS ****
Esparto grass was used in the late 1800s and early 1900s to make fine papers for drawing and painting. The grass grows naturally in North Africa where it is still harvested by hand. Esparto grass was once the primary source of fine papers for the British empire until tree pulp came into widespread use.


****** A note from Walla Walla ******

Cards in this series are the artist's response to the similarities between the Walla Walla Valley and Provence, France. Both are renowned for their lovely weather and fertile soil, as well as wine and lavender. And who doesn't love a heart-shaped leaf? Psst. They're from a Washington redbud tree.

Enjoy!

Added on Jul 22, 2008

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