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Sharon Derry of Secret Leaves paperworks handcrafts journals, note cards and other paper goods, often incorporating vintage ephemera: old books, tattered sheet music, well-worn maps, dog-eared postcards, handwritten recipes and more, some dating back to the 1800s.

By their nature, nearly all Secret Leaves products are made from recycled materials. New material is at least 30% post-consumer recycled stock, and in many cases, 100% post-consumer recycled manufactured at wind-powered plants. When printing out of house, we work with a local green printer who uses recycled paper and soy-based inks.

We are constantly thinking of fun ways to use our waste scraps, even down to using strips of scrap adhesive paper to decorate the packages we ship. We shred our vintage paper scraps and use it for our packing material. We ship our orders in recycled boxes from local stores. We use almost everything, but what we can’t reuse is taken to our neighborhood recycling center.

We want to make things we love. We want to have fun. And we always want to be proud of what we make and how we go about it.

Items are now available at http://www.secretleaves.etsy.com.