Coulson Macleod can proudly announce its first collaboration with…
Ruby Wren.
With every Valentine’s purchase of one of our typographic prints, we are including a handmade Ruby Wren love card. Each heart has been individually cut by hand. A true labour of love.
And best of all, this card is exclusive to Coulson Macleod.
The card is lovingly hand cut from wildflower seed paper. No, not just any old paper for us. You can actually plant your card in your garden or window box and wait for the flowers to grow in the summer. Literally watch your love blossom each year. How lovely is that?
And this is what you could be growing…
- Pretty yellow Birdsfoot Trefoil, Black Medick, and Meadow Buttercup.
- Red Campion.
- White Campion.
- Purple thistle-like Black Knapweed and purple Selfheal, a member of the mint family.
- Feathery foliaged Yarrow.
- Watch the leaves of your Common Vetch fold at night and attract bees and butterflies with your ice-pink Musk Mallow.
- It was considered lucky to step on an Ox-eye Daisy, the first flower of the year.
And these lush grasses will sprout too…
- Ribwort Plantain.
- Browntop Bent.
- Red Fescue.
- Crested Dogstail.
- Meadow Fescue.
- Smooth Stalk Meadow Grass.
And guess what the C5-sized envelope is made from?
Elephant poo!
Ruby Wren buys this exotic stuff from a small Somerset-based company that make 100% recycled paper in the UK in a traditional paper mill. They are approved by the National Association of Paper Merchants and are members of the British Association of Fair Trade Shops.
And just in case you wondering, which I’m guessing you are, the envelopes don’t smell. Elephants are herbivores, which means their waste is very clean. So don’t try this at home using poo from say, your dog. And as elephant poo is obviously a waste product it will rot very easily. And if that wasn’t enough wonderful eco-friendly news, the company who make the elephant poo paper support The Millennium Foundation in Sri Lanka who home and look after old elephants. So, by using elephant poo paper we’re actually helping elephants.
Oh, and just in case you think we’d slipped up with the cellophane outer wrapper. It’s made from corn starch.
So, not only are our Valentine’s Day cards free. They are also exclusive. They support small local business. They are environmentally friendly. They save elephants. And they are a gardening gift. Phew! And of course you’ll get massive Brownie points for being so original and thoughtful.
Ruby Wren has been featured in numerous magazines including House Beautiful and You&Your Wedding and you can find their cards sold in the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London.
So for goodness sake, don’t go and buy a shop-bought Valentine’s Day card this year.
Simply type “LOVECARD” into the comments box on the checkout page for your free Valentine’s Day card.
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