Twisted Limb® Paperworks, making 100% recycled, handmade paper since 1998 now presents its newest creation to join the ranks of its invitations and greeting cards: Remembrance Tree® Papers sympathy cards. The Remembrance Tree® brand was created in 2007 to provide custom memorial stationery for the immediate family to use at funeral services. The new sympathy cards allow friends and family to express concern for those most closely experiencing a loss.

For every card sold, a tree will be planted in honor of the deceased. Each tree is planted in memorial of an ended life but it also is the start of a new one. The positive environmental and social impact of these trees offers hope and comfort both for those mourning a loved one and the communities where the trees are planted.

This is possible when working through the organization Trees for the Future, where a small donation equates to a planted tree in a developing country. These trees are beneficial not only to the environment but also to the livelihood of communities near them. Planting trees in areas where deforestation has occurred offers benefits such as food, forage for animals, sustainable fuel wood and construction materials, and protection of soils from wind and water erosion. Remembrance Tree® Papers' trees are planted in Haiti, where years of intensive logging, unsound agricultural policy, and rapid population growth has left only 2% of the land forested.

The Remembrance Tree® Papers Sympathy cards are a blend of original artwork and the studio's 100% recycled handmade paper. Styles are available to remember people as well as pets. Cards are packaged in sets of four or mixed sets of six. Styles include:

• 'With Sympathy' photo cards of a young tree in a field at sunrise

• 'It's Always Too Soon' cards with a woodcut of a weeping lily

• Pet sympathy cards with a woodcut of pet paws walking into the forest

Twisted Limb Paperworks owner, Sheryl Woodhouse-Keese says customers often report purchasing sympathy cards just to have on hand, as the last thing one wants to do when someone has passed, especially unexpectedly, is to look for a sympathy card. And, in an era of e-cards, the expression of sympathy is one that should still be done on paper in one's own handwriting. Woodhouse-Keese believes it is a more personal way to acknowledge a friend or colleague's grief and to convey one's compassion.

Remembrance Tree® Papers memorial stationery can be viewed at www.remembrancetreepapers.com. Sympathy cards can be purchased at https://www.twistedlimbpaper.com/index.php/greetingcards/116-mixed-sympathy-cards-set-of-6