Inventive advent

We love this intricate and creative advent calendar designed and printed in the UK by Lucy Jane Batchelor! Available to buy from www.thenaturalstore.co.uk . Find out more about Lucy's clever paper products and beautiful characters at: www.lucyjanebatchelor.me.uk

Little Christmas Pud!

This is an unashamedly promotional plug for my mum!

She is a knitter extraordinaire and has kept all three of my children in hats, cardis and blankets for the last 13 years. In fact some well loved items have been saved and passed from baby to baby, like my fave lime green cardi that little Rose now wears- it was knitted for her older sister Kia 13 years ago, how green is that ?!

Mum has finally bitten the bullet, overcome her technophobia and created a folksy shop to sell her Beanie Baby Hats. She uses beautifully soft cotton yarn- just right for little noggins.

I wanted to share with you her latest creation, a fab Christmas Pud- the perfect gift for a little one!

Take a look at: http://www.folksy.com/shops/BeanieBabyHats

Hee Hee, there it is, family promotion finished,

Jemma x

GreenLeaf Press Christmas Boutique

It is December already! Unlike the highstreet, we don't allow ourselves to get in the festive spirit until this month begins, however now that it is here we won't hold back, woohoo..

To prove it we are pleased to announce the opening of our Christmas Boutique, our first venture into selling directly online, eek!

This year our Holiday cards have been inspired by everything from hand knitted jumpers to Nordic folk art.
Take a look at our store and let us know what you think of this year's designs:

http://greenleafpress.bigcartel.com/category/christmas

We will also be posting up some of our favourite christmas decorations and gifts from across the internet over the next few weeks, starting with this little selection, enjoy!

Clockwise: Cute mushroom candles from Heals, Fab christmas pud rubbish bags available from Nigel's Eco Store. Elizabeth Cook reclaimed wool robin from The Natural Store, plantable seed decorations, recycled glass baubles and recycled card crackers- all from Nigel's Eco store. Stackable fair trade santa dolls and growing grass christmas tree are both available at The Ethical Superstore.

BUSINESS: Sending cards to customers - the yays and the nays

Click here: BUSINESS: Sending cards to customers - the yays and the nays

We are feeling very festive here at GreenLeaf with the release of our brand new Christmas Card boutique (more details to follow). This article from UK Handmade perfectly sums up the benefits of using seasonal greetings to share a little love with your valued clients and fellow businesses.
Remember, we GreenLeaf girls are more than willing to help you achieve this! x

Greenleaf Press at Flaunt Events Wedding Fayre

Well Jemma, little Rose and I have had a great day out today, as wedding fayre exhibitors with Wirrals very own Flaunt Wedding Events at Hulme Hall, Port Sunlight.

It was our first time out since 'The Great Big Green Wedding Fayre' ... Ages we know! but what with our greenleaf baby boom this year, a focus on bringing together a wonderful season of garden inspired designs, a new christmas card range, a soon to be launched greenleaf boutique to buy our stationery online and the preparations for the next Great Big Green Wedding Fayre we have just been to busy until now.

A Big Thanks to Flaunt Wedding Events and all who attended the fayre, exhibitors and visitors, it was great fun for us meeting so many lovely people the standard and quality of goods and services on offer was fantastic!

Daisy Green Goodies!

Have you seen Daisy Green Magazine? http://www.daisygreenmagazine.co.uk/

This stunning online green lifestyle magazine is choc full of environmental news, blogs, chat, fashion and links to fellow ethical businesses- everyday it offers bitesize chunks of useful info, reviews and offers.

Our favourite page by far is the Goodies page- every month readers have the opportunity to sign up to win a wealth of prizes. This month we have a vested interest as GreenLeaf are offering a bespoke stationery prize, but along side this in July you also have the opportunity to win a basket full of Tropical Wholefoods goodies, 5 Pevonia Botanica skincare travel kits, 4 tree2mydoor.com 30.00 gift vouchers and even a short break in a gypsy caravan in West Wales!

{All images courtesy of Daisy Green magazine}

To sign up for these competitions and learn more about Daisy Green, visit the site and go to the goodies page;
http://www.daisygreenmagazine.co.uk/category/goodies/

Summer, weddings and berries..

It's June and the bumblebees are buzzing around our lavender bushes, we are dreaming of pick-your-own-berries and outdoor events!
Our friends' blogs, too, seem to have drifted off into hazy day dreams of picnic weddings and rustic British country charm- we have pulled together our favourite images to share with you, with some great links to be found below:

{images courtesy of Country Living via The Natural Wedding Company,

Not Mass Produced, Not On The High Street and GreenLeaf Press}

Felt Corsage from SevenSeventyOne Design, available in several colours on the Not Mass Produced Website: www.notmassproduced.com

Personalised hanging wedding signs by Delightful Living on Not On The High Street: http://www.notonthehighstreet.com/delightfulliving/product/personalised-hanging-sign-for-weddings

A6 Flat Invitation on straw paper with recycled cotton rag envelope available from us! (Please get in touch to find out more)

{images courtesy of Emily Quinton Photography}

The stunning engagement shots above were taken by Emily Quinton with styling by Charley of London Bride. Find out more about working with this talented duo:

http://emilyquinton.com/blog/

{images courtsey of Green Wedding Shoes, iDIY, The Traditional Flower Co,

Not On The High Street and Cox & Cox}

For similar hand painted wooden signs and personalised flower crates, follow the link to Not On The High Street above.

Seasonal flowers arrangements and accessories available from The Traditional Flower Company, http://www.traditionalflower.co.uk/traditional/

For these flower petal confetti cones and other lovely gifts check out Cox & Cox http://www.coxandcox.co.uk

The 'upcycled' flower caddy is a DIY project on the iDIY blog (please follow the link in our right hand bar)

{images courtesy of GreenLeaf Press, Ruffled, Style me Pretty and Milomade}

Our current season range of stationery is available to view on the main GreenLeaf website, www.greenleafpress.co.uk.

The beautiful handstitched love token was created by a bride whose wedding featured on the fabulous vintage wedding blog, Ruffled: http://ruffledblog.com/

Finally this recycled paper garland and recycled confetti are handmade by Evie Milo in Scotland. Milomade recycled paper goods and jewellery are available to buy from; http://www.makers-online.co.uk/artist/milomade