Twisted Limb Paperworks

Twisted Limb Paperworks: Specialists in handmade, 100% recycled wedding invitations,save-the-date announcements, graduation announcements, corporate holiday cards, baby announcements, stationery and more.

Twisted Limb Paperworks is a Green Vendor

http://www.twistedlimbpaper.com/environment.htm The paper from which your invitations is made is crafted in our woodland studio in the heartland of America, using some combination of recycled office paper, junk mail, used grocery bags, and even cardboard boxes. By doing so, we will recycle approximately 1500 pounds of paper this year. No additional dyes are used to tint the paper. Colors are obtained directly from the materials being recycled. Our paper is embellished with ferns, flowers, and raffia flecks. We organically grow and ethically harvest from our woods a portion of the ferns going into our papers. We will begin organically growing at least a portion of the flowers going into our papers in 2009. Stems from the dried flowers that go into your paper are either used to bind our twig guest books or they are composted. Water used in the paper making process is recycled from the studio's dehumidifiers and air conditioner whenever possible to conserve this essential resource. We recycle approximately 2700 gallons of water each year. Envelopes, reply cards, and cardstock invitations are 100% recycled. Envelopes, reply cards, cardstock invitations and 70%cellulose/30%PCW recycled vellum are all processed without chlorine. Some are also manufactured carbon neutral. We print out invitation drafts, e-mail requests, etc. on scrap paper, using both sides to a piece of paper (This conserves approximately 290 pounds of paper every year.) before recycling it back into your invitations and stationery. Any paper that we can't recycle into new products gets recycled with Monroe County Solid Waste Management District. We recycle approximately 1250 pounds of paper this way annually. 100% of the cardboard, glass, aluminum, and plastic used at our facility is also recycled with Monroe County Solid Waste Management District. Of course, all office paper and envelopes, file folders, toilet paper, and facial tissue used at Twisted Limb are 100% recycled. Organic fair trade coffee and organic half and half are served in our office as well. Our catalogs, business cards, and customer thank you notes are stitched with organic cotton thread. We pack your order with recycled shredded paper. Our staff maintains an employee garden so that we can enjoy local organic produce. The produce is split evenly among employees with a portion going to the Hoosier Hills Food Bank. 22% of our profits is donated to environmental and community groups each year. 10% is given as cash donations. 12% is given in the form of in-kind contributions. Our favorite local groups: Sycamore Land Trust, Habitat for Humanity, Middleway House, Girls, Inc., and WFHB Community Radio. Our favorite national groups: The Nature Conservancy, National Parks Conservation Association, Human Rights Campaign Our favorite international group: FINCA (micro loans to women business owners in developing countries) Twisted Limb is carbon neutral. We offset 100% of the carbon dioxide created by running our facility, shipping activites, employee commuting and business travel by investing in renewable energy through Native Energy.

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