Jayda has many lovely wedding invitation and stationery designs. They also design cute birth announcement and baby shower invitations, as well as moving announcements. Their wedding collection features modern palettes, pretty patterns, bold flourishes, and stylized botanicals.

Jayda is committed to the environment and prints their invitations using soy and other vegetable based inks on 100% cotton paper made from recovered cotton materials from the textile industry. See more about their dedication to the environment here. Some of my faves from their wedding collection:

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I’m really enjoying these letterpressed cards and gift wrap from Manhattan based graphic design studio, Sarah Marie Designs. Love the bold patterns and bright colors!

Sarah Marie Designs is an eco friendly company and prints their cards on 100% cotton paper using soy-based inks. The gift wrap is also printed with an FSC-certified printer, on 30% post-consumer recycled paper.

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I’m loving this “paper bag” gift wrap from Paper Source. The retro modern designs, in a pretty and earthy palette of chocolate brown, red, black, and white, would be perfect for gifts, book and journal covers, or for your ever growing collection of paper pretties. $3.00 per sheet.

The gift wrap is part of Paper Source’s PS Green Choices collection and is printed on their Paper Bag, 100% recycled, 30% post consumer waste, paper. It is both archival and acid free. The white flourish design (lower left) is printed on 100% recycled kraft paper with 80% post consumer waste. It is the only design that is not acid free.

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There’s just something about peacock quills — the vivid colors, the magical graphic patterns found therein — that I find irresistible. Baron Cards has a lovely, whimsical representation of the beautiful quills in their Peacock Quills wedding stationery set. You can have the wispy, colorful quills on everything from your wedding and shower invitations to RSVP cards, programs, and thank you cards.

If you’re planning a “green” wedding, then Baron Cards will be right up your alley. They focus on eco-chic (love that term) wedding stationery and print their invitations on earth friendly papers, including 100% tree free paper made from 100% recovered cotton fibers. They’ve also designed their current collection to have only 2-5% ink coverage and use vegetable based inks to reduce the eco-impact of their print production.

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I’ve talked about the trend in plantable cards previously, and I love the idea of a card that keeps on giving and is friendly for the environment. Since I also love to cook with fresh herbs, I was naturally drawn to these plantable pretties from Porridge Papers. The set of five letterpress cards is printed on Porridge Papers’ handmade, herb embedded papers, which grow into basil, chive, parsley, dill, and thyme when planted. This is such a wonderful concept, and the cards would make the perfect gift for anyone who loves to garden or cook. $15.00 for the set.

If you’re interested in handmade papers, Porridge has some fantastic lines, including the Super Tasty Collection, the Super Fresh Collection, and the Super Dazzle Collection.

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I’m digging the greeting cards from Objet de Carte, created by artist and designer Robert Brownstein. His use of geometry, patchwork, and typography is both fun and inspiring. In addition, each card is printed on 100% recycled card stock, and envelopes are made from 100% recycled kraft paper.

Hugs & Kisses

Trees

Leaves Sudoku

Valentine Sudoku

Objet de Carte will be at the National Stationery Show in New York City in May, so be sure to stop by if you’re there!

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Amy Smyth recently debuted her 2008 collection, which includes over 100(!) new and/or improved colorful designs in every category, from birthday and bridal to moving and thank you.

Even better, the entire collection is printed on recycled paper — Neenah Environment, to be exact — and use recycled envelopes.

Below are several of my favorites:

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There’s no reason why you can’t be both a stylish gift-wrapper and environmentally friendly. Fish Lips Paper Designs proves this point through their many unique, modern gift wrap designs…all printed on 100% post-consumer recycled paper using soy based inks.

Use and re-use the gift wrap for book covers, placemats, wall art, draw liners, and pretty much anything else that you can think of! $4.00 per sheet at Fish Lips.

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