Handmade in Nepal

Handmade Lokta Paper

Every sheet here is made by hand in a proud tradition that stretches back more than a thousand years in the hills of Nepal. Print a wedding invitation or a special photograph, write a letter to someone you love, or treasure your memories in a journal that will outlast the moment.

They make perfect gifts, too! For the writer, the artist, the traveler, or anyone who still loves the feel of real paper.

Tree-free paper for today’s printers

Lokta Printer Paper

8½ × 11 sheets of handmade lokta, calendered smooth enough for inkjet and laser printers. No two sheets are alike.

Natural, Clean-cut

Calendered smooth for inkjet and laser printers, and still unmistakably handmade.

  • 8.5 × 11 in
  • Clean-cut edges
  • Inkjet and laser printers

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Real flower petals

Flower-Petal Deckle Paper

Petals of cornflower, marigold and bougainvillea are added while the paper is made, so every sheet is scattered with its own flowers.

Vegetable-Dyed, Clean-cut

Natural dyes from saffron, sarne leaves, belerica fruit, lac, madder root and indigo, in 8.5 × 11 clean-cut sheets.

Pressed with real petals

Cards & Stationery

Boxed note cards, and a gift box of stationery, all of handmade lokta.

Nepali Cherish Cards

Blank 4 × 6 cards and matching envelopes of handmade lokta, with real flower petals pressed in as the paper is made.

  • Cornflower, Forest Wanderer, Marigold, Bougainvillea and more
  • Boxed sets of 15 or 25

See the Nepali Cherish Cards

Thick, deckle-edged sheets

Card Stock

For invitations, announcements, certificates and art: heavier lokta with a hand-torn look.

Prayer flags in the Himalayas

Every Sheet Made by Hand

Lokta is a tree-free paper made from the bark of a bush that grows high in the Himalayas and regrows after it is cut.

About Lokta Paper

Capture your adventure

Journals

Leather, wool felt, lokta hardcovers and softcovers, every one with handmade lokta pages.

Nepali Companion

Vegetable-dyed lokta softcover · 3.5 × 5, 5.5 × 8.5, 8.5 × 11 in

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For the finishing touch

Envelopes, Folders & Wrap

Lokta to send it in, keep it in or wrap it in.

Lokta paper, lifted from the vat one sheet at a time

Thank you for supporting a 1,000-year-old tradition of handmade paper in Nepal.

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Handmade lokta paper from the Himalayas. Tree-free, and no two sheets alike.