Green Manolo

Green giving is sometimes a big pain in the tush – and green Valentine’s Day giving is no exception. Maybe you buy the greenest possible gift, but the only place to get it from means a cross country shipping journey. Or those organic chocolates come wrapped in plastic in paper in plastic. And then there are cards – which are always a tough call. Are eco-friendly Valentine’s Day cards really worth it?

I guess the greenest thing to do would be to make a homemade Valentine’s Day card using your stash of elephant dung paper and clippings from E Magazine but not everyone is handy with a pair of safety scissors. Or to skip the Valentine’s Day cards altogether – but what fun is that? With that in mind, here are 9 super adorable green Valentine’s Day cards for your sweetie:

Cute candy heart cards printed on 100 percent PCW paper and printed with soy ink from Earth Invites

100% recycled cardstock printed with soy based inks that say just what you feel from Sycamore Street Press

Tiny owl Valentine’s – great for kids’ classrooms – printed on FSC certified paper from Letter C Designs

LOVE notes on 100% post-consumer waste recycled paper packaged in a biodegradable, compostable PLA sleeve from Two Trick Pony

A super sweet 100% recycled card with a similarly earth-friendly envelope from Made By Girl

Old school Victorian images superimposed on Victorian newspaper clippings on FSC-certified paper from The Spotted Sparrow

And definitions of love printed on 100 percent PCW paper and printed with soy ink from Earth Invites

This entry was posted on Monday, February 7th, 2011 at 5:50 am by Christa and is filed under Green Giving, Green Holidays. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.