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Eco-Invitations

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09.30.2009

Submitted by hsnavely on Tue, 09/29/2009 - 11:00pm.

The Bite:

Believe it: Petaluma-based letterpress extraordinaire, Dauphine Press, is pulling something new out of its eco-hat. Coral is a new line of gorgeous letterpress wedding invitations printed on USA-grown cotton recovered from textile manufacturing and pressed into paper form. It's simple: You choose design, font, and color from 12 chic styles (from romantic florals to clean and modern) - and then pay about 20% less than DP's average invites. Plus, DP is a Certified Bay Area Green Business and uses antique presses rescued from printers around Northern CA. Magic.

Why Care?:

Repurposing cotton into paper for wedding invites saves the resources used to process virgin materials and keeps trees standing.

Want more wedding action? Check out more of soon–to-be-wed Heather's green wedding tips in the blog.

Wanna Try:

Dauphine Press, available online and at Union Street Papery, 2162 California St. (415-563-0200). Coral wedding suite (100 invites, printed envelopes, and response sets), $1,400.

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Cocktail Fact

Letterpress (pressing raised forms onto paper and then coloring the imprint) originated in second-century China, where they carved text into wood and pressed it into silk.

Small Changes Add Up

If 10,000 SF Biters purchase 50 wedding invitations printed on reclaimed-cotton, tree-free paper rather than paper made from virgin trees, we'll keep 144 trees standing.

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