Stationery Trends Interactive Magazine

We can't say enough about Stationery Trends magazine! Launched several years ago, Editor Sarah Schwartz has worked wonders in elevating the taste level and trend awareness for our industry.

Stationery Trends Interactive is their recently launched online issue and it's equally fab! Crammed with great industry insider sources - we're proud to be included in the current Late Fall edition in a DIY feature.

This section features Green Paper Company envelope liners which are a great, easy embellishment for cards, stationery and invitations... perfect timing to dress up your holiday mailings.


Last year, Stationery Trends featured Yours Truly, (that'd be me) in the Retailer Profile. Such an honor- which, brazenly, I have provided a link for you to read HERE! ;)

Thanks Stationery Trends for your continued support!!!

Sustainable Summer

Great e-blast last week that we wanted to share with those of you not on our mailing list. What!? Not on our list?!

Request to be added by emailing: info@greenpapercompany.com
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40 Tips 4 40th Earthday (and everyday)

40 Tips for 40th Earth Day - great, not to be missed ideas from Earth911.org

Two personal faves: #14 Candy and #20 Pizza Boxes. Hmmm... both (junk) food related-- what's that tell ya?!

Nonpareil Magazine

There's a new kid on the Madison Avenue block and it's all about online reads- Nonpareil Magazine a recently launched online wedding publication focuses on indie style, inspired creativity and dollar wise DIY ideas.

The inaugural issue is page packed with one great idea after another- all with easy to follow how to's and instructions. So go grab your needle, thread, scissors and glue gun and get ready!

Here's what they say about their new endeavor: "Nonpareil Magazine is the result of a collaboration between Maddy Hague of the Inspired Bride and Kristen Magee of Paper Crave. Nonpareil is an online magazine that approaches weddings and other occasions with a focus on hip, stylish, do-it-yourself projects and inspiration, and our goal is to awaken your creative side and to help you plan a beautiful wedding in a more accessible way."

With an issue overflowing with great floral inspiration, paper centric creations and printable invitation downloads (that would look ever so lovely on our papers) - we're hooked!! Bonne Chance ladies!!

All photos via nonpareilmag.com

Seasons Greenings!

We sent fabulously green "Practical Tips for an Eco-Friendly Holiday" via email today. In case you are not on our list... read it here...

We're making a list and checking it twice - if you want to be added our e list just send a request to: info@greenpapercompany.com / Subject: add to e list

Handmade Holidays

Just got our December issue of Ready Made magazine - and loving every page after crafty page. Focusing on a DIY holiday with style, there is something for everyone on your list! Check Ready Made out online or see the full issue at Coverleaf.

Blogs you Should Know

A couple of great blogs we visit pretty frequently for inspiration and information are The Dieline and Grain Edit. Already pretty well known in their own right, but we thought we'd give 'em a shout out so more people will know about their fabulosity. Enjoy and visit often!

The Dieline is dedicated to the progress of the package design industry and its practitioners, students and enthusiasts. According to the creators of the site, it's purpose is to define and promote the world’s best examples of packaging, and provide a place where the package design community can review, critique and stay informed of the latest industry trends and design projects being created in the field.


Grain Edit is focused on classic design work from the 1950s-1970s and contemporary designers that draw inspiration from that time period. Site content includes interviews, articles, designers libraries as well as examples of rare design annuals, type specimens, Ephemera, posters and vintage kids books from their own bookshelves.

Images via Grain Edit, The Dieline

Hungry for Change

Consider this; Americans waste more than 40 percent of the food we produce for consumption. That comes at an annual cost of more than $100 billion. At the same time, food prices and the number of Americans without enough to eat continues to rise.

In a constant quest to not only grow our own food, we have been trying to use everything bought in the store. It really hurts to throw perfectly good food away. Meals may not always turn out gourmet, but pushing yourself to come up with a meal with what's already in the fridge or cupboard feels just as good.

Researching the topic, we came across a great blog simply called, Wasted Food. Fusing journalistic research on the topic with the work of countless others, this site examines how we squander so much food. Part blog, part call to action, Wasted Food aims to shed light on the problem of, you guessed it, wasted food.

Be sure to check out the blog as well as all the tabs on the top of the site with information on how communities are coming together to help solve this massive problem.

Fonts for All Ages

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While perusing the now fallen (so sad) Cookie magazine, we spotted a review for this amazing font learning book. Alphabeasties: And Other Amazing Types, published by Blue Apple Books is truly a typophiles dream - one with or without little ones!

The publishers description aptly explains how fun fonts can be! "Blocky or small. Thick or tall. Roundish, slope-y, fancy or dopey. Letters look different in all different places. That's because they have different typefaces. From an alligator made of aaa's to a zebra made of zzz's, the alphabeasties in this book are ingeniously built out of multiple typefaces. Adults and children will be engaged and delighted with the flaps, which lift to reveal 'beasties' for each letter of the alphabet.'

So, if you have a kid, are a kid or just love fonts - be sure to pick up a copy of Alphabeasties today. The indie childrens bookshop Red Balloon is stocked and ready to ship!

Photos via Red Baloon Bookshop, Grain Edit

Fall into Green

Click here, or on the image above to see our 12 tips on making the most of your autumn season this year.

Required Reading

School is back in session - and it's time to get the books on the reading list going. Our two picks today focus is on food, and more specifically the state of food today - the growing, sustainability, sometimes frightening cycle and even pure pleasure of food.

The first of the two is not optional - if you haven't already; run, don't walk to pick this one up. If you are reading this blog, chances are Michael Pollan's, The Omnivore's Dilemma will flat out change the way you eat, shop, and maybe even grow your food. Literally an eye opener.

Pollan has divided The Omnivore's Dilemma into three parts, one for each of the food chains that sustain us: industrialized food, alternative or "organic" food, and food people obtain by dint of their own hunting, gathering, or gardening. Pollan follows each food chain literally from the ground up to the table, emphasizing our dynamic coevolutionary relationship with the species we depend on. he concludes each section by sitting down to a meal—at McDonald's, at home with his family sharing a dinner from Whole Foods, and in a revolutionary "beyond organic" farm in Virginia. For each meal he traces the provenance of everything consumed, revealing the hidden components we unwittingly ingest and explaining how our taste for particular foods reflects our environmental and biological inheritance.


In contrast, Barbara Kingsolver's lovely Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life is part memoir, part journalistic investigation - and could be considered a little more 'poolside' friendly. The book, explained by Kingsolver; "tells the story of how our family was changed by one year of deliberately eating food produced in the place where we live." Barbara wrote the central narrative; husband Steven digs deeper into various aspects of food-production science and industry; and daughter Camille's brief essays offer a nineteen-year-old's perspective on the local-food project, plus nutritional information, meal plans and recipes.

To purchase either, (or both!) of these reads - visit our favorite online (and brick & mortar, now with six locations!) independent bookshop, Powell's Books. Based in Portland, Oregon and started in 1971 Powell's is a family owned operation with green roots.