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It's a Card and a Flower

Valentine cards you can plant--- Internet Company Offers Unique Valentine Gift

If you can't decide whether to buy your Valentine a card or flowers, here's an option -- a card that becomes a Valentine flower. One purchase and you get both. How is this possible, you ask? It's all in the paper of the card.

An online greeting card company is selling paper Valentine cards that bloom into real flowers when planted in the ground. You read correctly, the cards can be planted and will bloom. Snailgram.com came up with this idea as a novel way to recycle paper. It also serves as a great idea for Valentine's Day.

Here's how it works. The handmade card stock is made purely from recycled paper, soy-based inks and organic pigments. The paper contains hundred of wild-flower seeds embedded in the paper. Because the paper is made of organic products, it keeps the seeds moist and acts as a protective mulch. The seeds bloom into everything from sunflowers to spotted pansies and fragrant lilies.

The unique cards you can plant were provided by Bloomin' Flower Cards, a greeting card publisher based in Colorado, whose mission is to promote environmental responsibility. Already, the cards have gained something of an international following, having been translated into several languages and sold in twelve countries across four continents through traditional card stores.

Snailgram.com will customize blooming cards with personal messages, photos or graphics and mail them the same business day. It's new and different and could be the answer to your Valentine's Day gift dilemma.

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