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Invitations and Favors made in Winnipeg, Manitoba February 24, 2011

Botanical PaperWorks came to be over 12 years ago and has sinced bloomed into a thriving company. Company President Heidi Reimer-Epp always had a love for paper growing up and started making her own with many different colors and textures. She then felt the world needed to know about how plantable paper works and how eco it really is and thus Botanical PaperWorks was born in Winnipeg, MB Canda. Our headquarters are still here today and if you live in the area, come by for a visit!

We are a company that manufactures and designs seed paper for Promotional Products and for Special Occasions, but we also specialize in plantable wedding invitations and plantable wedding favors. We have even had our products featured at the Winnipeg Wonderful Wedding Show, which is a trade show for brides-to-be to come and look at the current wedding trends and products they can use for their Big Day.

Our seed wedding invitations are made with post-consumer waste and are embedded with seeds so when the wedding guest plants it in soil, it blooms beautiful wildflowers. With over 13 designs to choose from and multiple color sets, these seed invites will be a perfect fit for your wedding theme. Our most popular seed wedding invitations are our Song Plantable Wedding invitation and our Embrace Plantable Wedding Invitation.

Another great unique idea is to give your guests the gift of flowers with seed wedding favors tags. These favor tags correspond with our seed wedding invitation collection so you can complete your stationery suite. For more colors and creative shapes, look at our seed wedding favors. From dove and dragonfly shapes to wedding cakes and dress shapes. Each favor allows you to add the happy couple's names, their wedding date and add a personal message for all your guests to see.

These products are not only eco-friendly but turn into blooming momentos of your Big Day. So when planning your wedding, have your invitations and favors stand out from them all by using seed paper to wow your wedding guests.

A Week of Wedding Colors: Pretty in Pink Seed Invitations January 19, 2011

Another day, another color to cover. Today's blog post of A Week of Wedding Colors features one of my favorite pastels: pink! This fresh color is the sweeter side of red, and symbolizes good health and life, and pure love. This romantic color will bring charm on your Wedding Day, and not to mention, it looks fabulous on both men and women.

These playful seed wedding invitations have the perfect touch of pink accents, and come with a colored envelope whether it be fuschia, green, blue, yellow, or orange. Birds sing and rejoice of your announcement to marry in our Song Plantable Wedding Invitations, complete with matching plantable wedding favors, reply cards, and even seed place cards, just like the other seed invitations pictured below. Want more paper to chirp about? Our Plantable Love Birds Pastel Favor are cute favors to give your guests on your Big Day.

Each invite is handmade with care and post-consumer materials, so they leave no waste. Your guests will be tickled pink when they watch the wildflowers bloom after planting these beautiful seed invitations in soil. A pretty addition to their garden, and a symbol of your Wedding Day.  So, if you're still stuck on picking that wedding theme color that pops? Pick pink! It's elegance will surely surprise you.

3 Tips for Choosing Your Wedding Invitations August 14, 2010

If you're planning a wedding for next year, it's time to start planning your wedding invitations. And with so many other wedding details to look after, how do you ensure that the wedding invitations are prepared and sent with perfection? Here, from the desk of stationery guru Heidi Reimer-Epp, are Three Easy Tips for Choosing Wedding Invitations.

1. Understand the wedding theme

Country chic or urban flair? Bright multicolor or elegant creams? When it comes to choosing your wedding invitations, it helps to know what direction you'll be taking the wedding theme. You don't want to invite guests to an elegant hotel wedding and reception with a Precious Moments wedding invitation. Likewise, if you're having a country hoe-down wedding, it would be fun to have country-themed wedding invitations. So, take some time to sketch out the general theme and feel of the wedding, then use this for inspiration when choosing wedding invitations.

2. Start looking early

It's tempting to think that choosing wedding invitations is a quick matter. Go to your favorite stationery store, peruse the books, choose an invitation, right? Not so simple. Once you start looking, you'll find that the styles and possibilities are endless, as are the prices and production turnaround times. My best advice is to start looking early, in order to avoid the "Must decide today no matter what" panic that can set in without enough time. You want this to be a good decision, not a snap decision.

3. Involve the stakeholders

Ask yourself "Who needs to be involved in choosing the wedding invitation"?. With each wedding, the stakeholders are different. Sometimes, it's the bride and her mother. Other times, it's the parents who are paying for the wedding. And with some couples, the bride and groom are in charge. Whatever your particular situation, understand who needs approval BEFORE putting down a deposit. Having everyone give their OK upfront will save you time and money, and avoid the frustrating feeling of having been vetoed on your invitation choice.

Follow these three easy steps for a successful and stress-free experience choosing wedding invitations. Best wishes!