Seed Embedded Soap TagsOur handmade soap tags are printed on handmade lotka paper. Made in the highlands of Nepal by rural craftspeople in an environmentally friendly process. The raw material for the paper is the Daphne bush. It is farmed and harvested from 3-4 year old plants that are cut down and stripped of their bark. The plant is not destroyed when cut down, it regenerates from the root. The cane is like stick, once its bark is removed its dried and used to heat the villager's homes, to provide fuel for cooking and also for the production of the paper. All of the water used in the paper production is reclaimed and reused. The bark is beaten by hand and boiled to break it down to a pulp that is then pored into screens to form the sheets. These sheets are then dried in the sun. The whole process is not only earth friendly but also provides a large community with a healthy enterprise.
Not only can you recycle this paper, you can compost it or even plant it and watch flowers bloom. The sheets are embedded with a combination of tiny seeds of 15 annual species which tolerate partial shade, need 4 hours a day of sunlight. Seeds include: Red Corn Poppy, Corn Poppy, Spurred Snapdragon, Catchfly, English Daisy, Showy Evening Primrose, Gold Yarrow, Roman Chamomile, Tussock Bellflower, Foxglove, Fringed Sagewort, White Yarrow, Red Yarrow, Monkeyflower and Creeping Thyme. If you plant the paper in a pot, or in your garden please cover them with just 1/8" of soil and keep moist until established. Enjoy!
