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Abby
I ordered greeting cards, envelopes, and customized spruce tree favors from you for Christmas, and just wanted to express how happy I was with the entire experience of ordering from you. The staff was extremely friendly to me, and delivered the product immediately, and I was so happy with everything in regards to the product. Even the packaging was excellent, no extra papers, packaging, giant boxes, styrofoam. And the description of how to plant the papers, etc., was clear and tasteful, not decorated with company advertising and unappealing fonts. Other companies send their products in huge boxes with tons of extra styrofoam, and cover everything with their company's website information and basically defeat the whole purpose of conserving materials. So I was very pleased and recommend you highly!
Thanks very much,
Jesse
Fall 2009
I would like to also thank you for the thank you cards we ordered just last week - they were for my dad's memorial and arrived expeditiously (a day ahead) and were an incredibly big hit! This was a very special time (as are weddings, life celebrations, etc, too) ... we were honouring my dad who was an avid gardener, and "planting seeds" seemed the ideal way to honour what he was passionate about. It was the perfect commemorative gift, and it got rave reviews from everyone we passed out the cards to. They were so popular that people took 2 to 3 cards - as we're having a growing contest! I'm in Vancouver, BC and I searched high and low for the perfect memorial token, reasonably priced, to pass out - this couldn't have been more perfect. There were other websites in the States ... very few in Canada, but all of them seemed to be linked to weddings, so I really did do my research.
I'm so glad I found you ... I hope I can spread some "new seeds" for your company.
Thank you again,
Linda
Dear Botanical PaperWorks,
The hearts have arrived on time and they are GREAT!!! They're exactly what I expected and everything is now ready for our wedding on Sunday. :o)!!!!
Thanks a lot!
Chiara
Hi!
We received our order today and just wanted to let you know that we are VERY pleased!!! The colors of the paper are nice and bright, and the shapes are awesome (the flower is my favorite!).
Thanks,
Melissa
My order is just what I expected, perfect!
Thank you so very much! We are pleasantly pleased! The turn around time for my order was pleasantly unexpected. Thanks again and I will pass on to others what I experienced with your company! Bravo!
Rebecca
Summer 2009
Just wanted to say thank you to everyone there at Botanical PaperWorks!
We ordered the Life Wedding invites and response cards and the Share & Blossom favors. First, the service from your staff is impeccable! Second, the cards came out beautiful! We are having our wedding in a botanical garden, so these just helped tie in the theme so beautifully. We just sent out the invites and we are getting quite a response! Everyone is so amazed and loves the idea of the seeded paper.
Thank you again for helping make my day so special!
Carey Dobson
We have recently purchased the Breathe Blue Wedding Invitations and want to thank you so much for everything. The service was fantastic, the invitations arrived safely and the most important thing, we love them. They look so beautiful. Our family also loves them and finds it so fun that the invitations are plantable. We decided to use the invitations to give as favors with a little pot to plant it.
We are very happy with everything & just want to let you know it!
Emile & Veronica
Thank you so much for your work. I am delighted with the result!! They are pretty, unique, useful and green - perfect combo :)
Louise Bernstein
July 2009
My name is Shirley Tam and I just picked up my order (first time purchase) at your Pacific Avenue shop. The smell of paper is definately in the air and it's marvelous! I work downtown and raved to all of my colleagues about your fantastic business and unique cards.
Your shop is looks like it is such an interesting and fascinating place to work at! Anyway, I wanted to let you know how much I enjoy my new cards and look forward to writing in them soon.
Sincerely,
Shirley Tam
June 2009
I just wanted to say that we loved your Celebration Grow favors, which we used as thank you cards for our wedding last July. We have received many compliments, although most people say they´re too pretty to plant!
Some of the (few) people who did plant the cards have mentioned little delicate pink and white flowers, but I´m attaching a picture of the definitely not little plant that came out of another one!
Wishing you and your business all the best,
Isabel Rodriguez
Spring 2009
Today is our 50th Anniversary and the event looks like it will be awesome! I wanted to thank you for your assistance throughout our order process. We are thrilled with the final product and know they will be a great addition to the day. Once again thank you for everything. I am sure we will work with you again in the future.
Justin Bell
Principal
Minnetonka School
We wanted to do something different for our anniversary party invitations this year, so we ordered some plantable paper from Botanical PaperWorks. The paper was really nice, but the best thing of all was that there were wildflower seeds right in the paper! To walk past my friend’s house and see wildflowers growing in her garden because she planted our invitation is awesome.
Susan Belick
I just wanted to let you know how thrilled our graphics department was to see the finished product. It was a pleasure working with both of you-many thanks for your excellent customer service.
Bill Chung
Science World British Columbia
TELUS World of Science
Winter 2009
I just wanted to thank everyone at Botanical Paperworks for your help with our recent plantable invitation order. Our customer received them today and wrote me an email to express how beautiful they were and how pleased they were their order. I appreciate all of your help. Your customer service and speedy service was amazing. It is such a pleasure to work with such a reliable company that produces such wonderful products. Thank you again!!
Sarah
Daisy Days
The invitations are even better than expected. I am already receiving compliments. Thanks for offering such great products and service.
-Jeanette
Dear Laurie, We have received the cards and they are wonderful. We have received such
positive feedback - the quality as well as the sustainability of the card
from all who have received it. Thank you very much for all of your assistance and collaboration on this
project. Happy Holidays to you, your family and the staff at Botanical PaperWorks!!
Catherine Zarifis
Core Business Services - Environment, Health & Safety
GENENTECH
November - This is Meghan from the Medical University of South Carolina- you helped me order 200 favors for our Annual Survivors of Homicide Candlelight Vigil about a week or so ago. I just wanted to let you know that I received the favors in the mail today and they are even better than I imagined! I am absolutely thrilled with the way they turned out and I think that our Homicide Survivors will just love them! Thank you sooo much for working with me on the custom layout and helping us make this year's Vigil the best yet. I will definitely be telling all of my friends and family about you guys and we will definitely keep you in mind for every other event that we plan in the future. Thanks again for everything and I have a feeling that this will not be the last time we are in touch!
Many Thanks,
Meghan Patton
National Crime Victims
Research & Treatment Center
Medical University of South Carolina
Fall 2008
October - I just wanted to thank you for all your help with pushing the cards through faster. We are extremely happy with the result and I am personally very excited to use more of this type of product in the future for my clients. I have subscribed to your online flyer for updates in product news. I am excited to see what else Botanical Paper Works comes up with.
Thank you.
Julie Lamb
Firstoftwo Design
August/September 2008
Our plantable coasters were delivered this morning and they look fantastic! I want to thank you and your team who worked on them for us – great job all around.
Take care,
Carmela
Media Relations, DMA
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GREETINGS!
I just wanted to say that my retirement dinner/party was a big success on August 15th. Part of that success were the beautiful favors that you created. Most of the guest had never heard of the concept and thought the idea of planting paper that would grow into flowers a wonderful way to minimize waste and beautify the environment at the same time. Thank you so much for your courtesy when I needed more favors in a short period of time. Thank you for your professionalism but with a personalized edge. I really appreciated the services and will not hestitate to use your company again. In addition, I have already recommended you to my friends.
~Peace....Tarliena
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I really liked the flowers, especially the ones that looked like sunflowers. Since I live in Altona, it fits in because this is the Sunflower Capital. I'm hoping to save some seeds for next year.
- Eleanor Bergen, Altona (she planted a paper that had been used as an invitation for "Celebrate Connections: An Afternoon to Remember", organized by the South Central Region of the Alzheimer Society)
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June/July 2008
I just wanted to thank you for the lovely invitations for our 5th anniversary. It all went very well and we had a lot of positive comments and questions about the invitations themselves. We even had a large planter filled with plants from our initial plantable tags to stand in front of the speaker's podium - they looked great
Anyway, once again thank you. I am sure you will hear from us again
Mary Benbow
Associate Dean (Academic)
Clayton H Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
University of Manitoba
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I received my order yesterday, just wanted to let you know I am very pleased with the way they look and your quick shipping. I am looking forward to doing business with you again and I have already recommended your company to several of my friends.
Thank you very much,
Patricia Maillaro
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I received my order and much to my great delight, they were beautiful. Thank you for your help in making this happen.
Sincere regards, Carol
Carol L. Cullen
Director of Sales and Marketing
Daytona Beach Resort and Conference Center
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I have received the cards for Austin's anniversary. They turned out beautiful, exactly what I was hoping for. Thank you for your time, help and kindness.
Regards,
Cath
April/May 2008
We celebrated Forest Valley’s 40th Anniversary on April 12. We just wanted to let you know that people were very impressed and excited about the wildflower bookmarks. We have shared your website and information with many people who were interested. We are more than willing to accept any commission for sales in the Toronto area! Thank you again for the rush order.
Barb Barrowman of the Forest Valley Outdoor Education Centre
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We got the shipment and its perfect! So happy with the turn out! Thank you so much!! I know we will be ordering more in the future. Thanks again for all of your help and quick turn around!!
Ashley Bartell of
Ravenswork Studios
See a very cool video by REM about using "tree-free paper" by visiting the Ravenswork website, then click on "Reels", then "Robert Feist" and then "paper campaign".
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We just got done with our huge event down here in Seattle with the Dalai Lama. I just wanted to let you know that I plan on mailing you some samples of the pieces that we created with our generous paper gift. People loved it and went completely nuts! So, thanks again for all of us here at Committee for Children.
Thanks again,
Andrew Tomko
Committee for Children
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2006 & 2007
I have had the pleasure of ordering from your company on a couple of
occasions. My most recent order needed the help of your team of
experts! My daughter is making her First Holy Communion and I had
certain ideas of what I wanted and you really went the extra mile to
help me design an invitation that is pretty, said what needed to be
said and most importantly, will be friendly to our environment. Of
all the internet sites that I have ordered from, yours' is the best.
Everyone is so nice, helpful and knowledgeable. I will always order
from Botanical Paperwork's when I need special invitations or gifts
and I hope others will too.
-Margaret Doty
I just wanted to thank you for the great job you did on the seed packets
I recently ordered. They are perfect. I am planning a surprise 50th wedding
anniversary party for my in-laws and these will be a great favor for the
guests to take home as a remembrance of the day. And to Heidi- great website
with beautiful items! Thank you again!
-Jill Bacha, Natrona Heights, PA
I would like to thank you for the exceptional service I received from your staff while
ordering my wedding invitations. The invitations were beautiful, I received them earlier
than expected, and the people I spoke with were always very helpful. Countless guests who
received the invitations commented on how unique they were. Many family members framed
them and sent them back to us! I feel that they added a real touch of class to my special day.
Thank you for your professional and prompt service.
-Cynthia Nelson, Hanover Park, IL
...I want to thank Heidi and everyone else involved for getting this done right on the promised
date. I appreciate it.
-Kristie, Fresno, CA
I got my package and I love it. Thank you very much for everything.
-Marion, Cincinnati, OH
Thank you so much! Your service has been excellent...how pleased I am with
your prompt, courteous service. Keep up the great work!
-Jennifer, PA
I just wanted to thank you and the staff at Botanical PaperWorks for getting
the Cotton and Petals paper that I ordered to me so quickly. I expect rave reviews from the
attendees. Your paper is exquisite and your company the most personable I've dealt with in a
long time. Thanks for everything!
-Alycia
Thank you immensely for the beautiful hand-made papers produced by your company for [our]
annual Holiday Greeting Card. All of the recipients have delighted in the uniqueness of each
sheet, and the plantable Garden paper is notably being enjoyed by every regional office.
Compared to the cards we produced previously, this year's card concept has received the
highest number of orders and the most comments of admiration and praise ever.
I would like to share the accolades I have received with you and all of the fine folks who
helped you in creating the custom sheets of 'flower' paper in such a short period of time.
-Randall
I just wanted you to know that the papers arrived are BEAUTIFUL! I've just finished doing
invitations for a small wedding on the grass paper...the whole thing just FEELS good!
-Lynn Van Vleet
Lite Notes & Company
Spring, TX
We received our order of invitations, and they are beautiful! Thanks so much for doing such
a wonderful job on them, they are the most unique ones I have ever seen. I can't wait to send
them to my family and friends! I appreciate your helpfulness and promptness. Thank you.
-Allison, MT
WOW! I received my wonderful wedding invitations last week and I already have them out in
circulation. I was very pleased with the way they came out and I want to thank you and your
staff for a great job. WELL DONE!!!
-Bonnie
...your beautiful paper...made this holiday card one of the best ever. I have received numerous
e-mails and phone calls about it.
-Lynne
I have received more compliments about this [holiday] card than any other we have produced.
-Laurie
...I received my order from you last night and I couldn't be more pleased. The envelopes and
sheets are just beautiful.
-Susan
...I received my invitations today and they look fantastic! Everyone who has seen them so far
thinks theyÕre really different, unique. Several people have asked for your number.
-Beth
I must say that your company is extremely professional and efficient!
-Megan
[The invitations] are gorgeous, elegant, and unique. I have gotten a number of glowing commentaries
about the invitations, and where we got them! ...you are truly artists. Know that not only were the
invitations beautiful in and of themselves, they helped establish exactly the tone we were looking for.
A job well done, beautifully done, with great care and attention. You have our thanks and gratitude
for life!
-Maggie
I just wanted to express my gratitude to all you artisans at Botanical PaperWorks. My invitations which
you all created were exquisite, setting the exact tone and mood we wanted. I enjoyed working with you.
I have received so many compliments about the invitations! All along the theme of : 'It was the most
gorgeous, unique invitation I have ever received.' Over and over again.
-Maggie
Dear Heidi, Corina and Toni,
Thank you! Thank you! My invitations are even more beautiful than I had expected. All of you have been so
helpful, so patientÑjust wonderful. You were truly one of the highlights of my wedding planning. I will
never be able to thank you enough.
Carey Downs, Chatham, NJ
Thank you...they are beautiful. I just received them. (bookmark wedding favors)
Andee Glansberg, Saratoga Springs, NY
Just a quick thank-you for your prompt service. I have appreciated your professionalism and willingness
to help. I received the envelopes on Friday morning! They look great and came even faster than I had hoped.
Kara Messer, Nelson, BC
Just received our favors this morning--they look very nice. Thank you so much for completing our order with
friendliness and efficiency. PS Love your holiday card designs also.
Joey Cody, Knoxville, TN
The invitations look great and are already in the mail. All of you are a true pleasure to work with -
professional and pleasant, the best of both worlds. Please give my appreciation for a job well done in a
speedy manner. IÕll tell others!
Carol Clark, Dimondale, MI
We loved using your botanical paper as our wedding favor and everyone loved receiving it. We are still
enjoying the paper because throughout the summer we have visited the results of the planted paper. We
are amazed not only at the variety of the flowers but also at the size of them. Some of the flowers grew
to about 2 to 3 feet tall.
Karen Toback
Fort Lee, NJ
