HIMAL DESIGN

We love to create new patterns for our Eco Friendly Fine Handmade Papers. These natural papers are good to use in Gift Wrappings, Wedding Decoration, Thank You Cards, Invitation and many more Crafts and Arts projects. Himal Design welcomes and greets you to visit our Decorative Handmade Paper Store.

MADE IN USA

We are so happy to see that you have discovered our shop among all of the gorgeous items web world has to offer! Everything in our shop is created the hard way...the hand- made way! Handmade products help to preserve traditional skills and techniques while providing livelihood to communities in need.

ECO PAPER

Nepalese handmade Lokta paper is made from the fibrous inner bark of high elevation evergreen shrubs primarily from two species of Daphne (plant) (Greek: meaning "Laurel"): Daphne bholua and Daphne papyracea, known collectively and vernacularly as Lokta bushes. Lokta bushes proliferate in open clusters or colonies on the southern slopes of Nepal’s Himalayan forests between 1,600 and 4,000 m (5,250–13,000 ft). Historically the handcrafting of lokta paper occurred in the rural areas of Nepal, most notably in the Baglung District. Today raw lokta paper is produced in more than 22 districts in Nepal, but finished lokta paper products are produced only in Kathmandu Valley. Lokta paper's durability and resistance to tearing, humidity, insects and mildew have traditionally made lokta paper the preferred choice for the recording official government records and sacred religious texts. Nowadays it is exported all over the world to decorate every way of life in modern society!