Earth Friendly Etsy: Craftgasm Upcycled Paper Goods Giveaway

This weeks Earth friendly Etsy shop Craftgasm makes the loveliest upcycled, reclaimed and sustainable paper goods that I have seen. Melissa the owner of Craftgasm, is a one woman stationary making machine based in Washington D.C.. Everything at Craftfasm except for the glue is made from something that was going to be thrown away or recycled, from the maps that she uses to create the collection to the address labels. The card stock that Melissa uses is cut from medical chart dividers that were no longer the correct size for a doctor’s office. She cuts them down to fit the envelopes that she rescued from an out-of-business company. Most of the maps that she uses were previously used a television network’s graphics department. These maps had been replaced by digital images, and Melissa was able to save them from their recycling bin and give them a new life. Melissa also uses blueprints and plans, falling apart vintage books and junk mail in her collection. She combines all of these mediums with her vintage cursive typewriter to create pins, mini-journals, stationary and note cards made with reclaimed paper.

I love, love, love all of the items at Craftgasm and would love to receive or send a lovely letter on any of the stationary or notecards. I also think it would be fabulous to have a map from a recent trip turned into a journal to record all of my memories of a fantastic vacation. Wouldn’t that be perfect? I also think her journals would make a lovely gift for someone who is leaving on a dream vacation or honeymoon, no?

Another lovely thing about Craftgasm, Melissa is a member of Team Eco Etsy. How lovely is that?

Melissa @ Craftgasm is giving ONE of my lovely readers a set of Reclaimed Stationary and Map Note Cards.

A huge thank you to Melissa for hosting this lovely giveaway.

***UPDATE: WINNER:: #30 emcSquared! Congratulations and thank you so much for participating.