A Tree-Free Wedding with Crane and Co, Plus FREE Paper Samples!

Sometimes my wedding fulfills childhood dreams in unexpected ways.  I didn't really dream about getting married like a lot of little girls do, but there were certain things I wanted out of life.  For the longest time, I have been a huge fan of Crane & Co stationery.  I love the feel of it, the design of it, and the quality.  When I was younger, I wanted to be an adult and get a job, so I could buy lots of Crane paper!

When I got engaged and started thinking about invitations, I immediately went to the Crane website Wedding section.  Yikes!  Major sticker shock.  $1300 for just an invitation, reception card, reply card, and envelopes.  No directions card, accommodations card, or million other cards we needed to include.  So I put that dream away and started designing my own invitations.

When I started looking around for getting my invitation design printed, I discovered Crane Business Papers and Crane Lettra paper made specifically for letterpressing: Crane sells the same paper it prints on for its lovely stationery products in bulk to printing companies.  I could have a Crane wedding with my own invitation design, AND it would fit in my budget!  DREAM COME TRUE!  *Commence jumping for joy*

But let's get to the point:

A Tree-Free Wedding
Crane paper feels so good because it really is completely different from everyday paper: it's made from 100% cotton.  No wood fibers at all.  Crane paper doesn't even look at wood fibers.  It turns its paper nose up at wood fibers.  Crane paper is more like a dollar bill than regular paper.  Who doesn't want a wedding invitation that feels like money?

A Cotton-Free Wedding
What? Didn't I just say Crane paper is made from cotton? No cotton is grown for Crane paper: the paper is made from the fibers leftover when they pull the cotton from the plant and from trimmings from the textile industry. That means the leftovers from the t-shirt you're wearing right now could have made some paper.

InkJet and Laser Printer Guaranteed
Take a look at the Crane Business Papers website.  Several of their paper product lines will say "Inkjet and Laser Printer Guaranteed".  Some 100% cotton paper made by other companies will literally clog up your ink cartridge with little cotton fibers coming off the page.  Nope, not Crane & Co.  Before you start feeding pages through your home printer though, check that your printer can handle the thickness of the page.

Free Samples

Crane & Co will mail you a free swatchbook and samples of its business papers just by filling out this form:
http://www.neenahpaper.com/cranepaper/business/M06_S01.html

They sent me a physical swatch book, plus samples of every weight, color, and finish of the Crane's Palette line.  I highly recommend getting samples!  I tested a sample sheet with my home inket printer that turned out to be too thick for it to handle.  I saved a ton of money by waiting to order my paper until I had tested that I could actually use it.

Note: Nope, this is not a sponsored post.  I just love Crane paper a whole bunch.

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