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May 12, 2020

New Wildflower Seed Paper Card-Making Activity Kits

Purple Larkspur Wildflower Seed Paper Cards and Die Cut Shapes

Here at Of The Earth, we absolutely love DIY! We sell a variety of DIY kits and materials for crafty projects. Check out our newest addition – these seed paper card making kits. They’re perfect for a fun activity for kids!

These kits include four cards, four envelopes, planting instructions, and sixteen die cut shapes to mix and match.

Seed Paper Quarantine Activity — Handmade Seed Paper with wildflower seeds, cards, envelopes, and die cut shapes

These kits are available in three colors – white, purple/blue larkspur, and pink larkspur. All of the paper contains our blend of wildflower seeds that will bloom if planted. Included in the kit are guides for planting the paper as well as a list of the seeds that you can include in each card.

Seed Paper Card with Leaf Shape — Purple Larkspur recycled seed paper cards and leaf die cut shape

Here you can see the smooth inside surface of the seed paper card which allows for easy writing or drawing. We recommend gel roller pens for the easiest writing on our handmade paper.

Assorted Die Cut Shapes, Cards, and Envelopes — Pink Larkspur Wildflower Seed Cards and Die Cut Shapes

We’d love to see what you make with these cards! Send us a picture or tag @ote_seattle on Instagram!

March 20, 2020

Client Creativity with Seed Paper

Here at Of The Earth, we love to celebrate makers, creators, and artists. The creativity and skill that our customers exhibit with our paper and silk products never ceases to amaze us.

I’d like to shine a spotlight on Allyson of Daily Magic. You can visit her shop at www.livedailymagic.com.

Allyson is using our seed paper tags as backing cards for her beautiful jewelry designs.

seed paper squares

Here you can see our new 2″ square tags with pink watercolor. The Daily Magic logo was added with a stamp, which is a great and easy way to personalize our handmade seed paper goods.

Large seed paper tags with blush pink dip dye

These are our large, 2.5″ x 3.375″ handmade paper tags, embedded with wildflower seeds. These tags are gently dipped into surplus fabric dye from our hand dyed silk ribbons.

Handmade seed paper with recycled fibers

Here you can see our large seed paper hearts. These particular hearts are made of our #47s paper, which contains recycled lotka fibers and even pieces of junk mail!

Thanks again to Allyson for her beautiful photos and wonderful feedback.

March 19, 2020

Watch your love grow with personalized wedding favors!

One of the most common questions that we hear at Of The Earth is whether we can print a personal message on our handmade seed paper goods. We do accommodate all kinds of custom orders, and we love these requests.

We are introducing more products that help streamline these requests, by using customizable templates. This allows the favors to ship more quickly, within three days, and eliminates proofing costs.

Personalized Seed Paper Circles

These personalized seed paper circles have room for both the bride and groom’s name (or, of course, both brides or grooms!) as well as the wedding date.

Customized seed paper favors

For a simpler favor, we also have seed paper circles available in three colors with custom initials. These favors are also extremely affordable, starting at just $0.58 apiece.

Customized Seed Paper with Initials

Another option for personalized favors with initials are these cute 2″ seed paper squares with a frame of watercolor branches. These are printed on the back with planting instructions.

Customized Hexagon Favors

These customized seed paper hexagons pair our handmade seed paper with a modern calligraphy font. They can also be printed with a variety of font styles.

Personalized Seed Paper Hearts for Wedding Favors

This is our newest customizable design for seed paper hearts. The botanical print has several options, as does the font used for the names of the bride and groom. These can be ordered with or without the planting instructions on the reverse side.

The best feature of all of these favors is that your guests can plant them afterward to sprout wildflowers, and watch your love grow and bloom.

Seed paper sprouting

October 21, 2019

Be-leaf in yourself! Die Cut Seed Paper Shapes with messages you will Fall for.

Plant Me Leaf 60S — Printed Seed Paper Leaf Shape in 60S

Washington might be the Evergreen State, but we are definitely starting to see some autumn colors here in Seattle! Fall is one of the most beautiful times of the year in so much of the country. If you love autumn leaves as much as we do, here are some of our products that would be perfect for a fall wedding or event.

The crafting possibilities are endless with these pressed red Japanese Maple leaves. Attach them to paper goods for decorations or use them in resin art. We also offer custom invitations with pressed leaves added to create a unique and memorable invitation for your wedding or other event!

Red Japanese Maple Leaf invitation — Custom invitation with Maple Leaves

Maple Leaf Accent Invitation — Custom Lotka Invitation with Maple Leaf

We also have a whimsical leaf die cut shape, which is available in a variety of our seeded papers in printed and blank options. The leaf shown below is made of our handmade, #12S seeded paper which contains kenaf fibers.

#12S Leaf — Seed Paper Leaf Die Cut in #12S

You can also get creative this fall with our pressed oak leaves, available below:

Does autumn inspire you to stay in and get crafty as the weather gets cooler? Show us your projects or contact us with ideas for custom printed items!

September 25, 2019

Rainy Days – Seattle weather inspires paper and silk artists to create “mood goods”

Seed paper cloud 34S — Seed paper cloud in paper 34S

It’s officially fall, and here in Seattle that means the rain and clouds are back after a warm, dry summer. Here at Of The Earth, we’re experiencing the rainy day blues in a more positive way – inspiration!

“Into each life some rain must fall.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

This collection of our lotka paper, handmade in Nepal, fits right in with the mood and weather we’re having. This is a lightweight paper with many decorative and artistic uses, including wrapping gifts.

Seattle Blues Lotka paper collection

Any discussion of color and mood would be incomplete without mentioning our Earth Silk Ribbon. These hand dyed, rich colors pull me right into a relaxed, rainy-day attitude.

Our seed paper cloud shapes are available in a variety of our seeded and petal papers, with or without printing. You can also create a custom design to be printed on them for your business or event.

Seed Paper Cloud 04S — Seed paper cloud in paper 04S

Stay dry out there!