In the green and gorgeous category are these letterpress cards from Smock. This printshop in upstate New York creates handcrafted products from bamboo paper. Bamboo is a sustainable and renewable resource which requires little water to grow. Smock has partnered with a 500-year-old European paper mill to develop their artisan paper. The bamboo for the paper is harvested in Thailand without use of pesticides or fertilizer and is supplied by local farmers and not harvested from areas where traditional or civil rights are violated, nor does it come from natural forests that have been converted to plantations.

The inks used are vegetable oil based or low VOC and their retail packaging is biodegradable, tree-free and petroleum-free. The store does custom orders for weddings and other social events and notes likes these thank you cards are $18 for eight cards with lined envelopes.

[via Notes On A Party]