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More stationery for National Letter Writing Month (4/8/2018)

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So I made this from a fun paper bag:

…adding space for a chatty letter, two ATC’s (as yet uncreated), and another pocket or two for flat goodies. Mail like this is always so surprising and fun to receive! THEN I realized it would be too small to mail, not being five inches long, so I found an old Graze box (healthy snacks I used to get in the mail) and made a folder out of that, and sewed the letter in.

I added a little stenciling design (and also learned the spectrum illustrator markers I thought I liked are NOT quality… note the brush tip)

And last I glued in a fortune I love, and a couple of cut outs, and a sticker from an old art snacks box.

Hopefully whoever receives this will smile when they open it!

 

April is National Letter Writing Month

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Some people participate in a letter-a-day-challenge. I intended to, but then forgot about it so missed the first week and am unprepared. Still, I thought I’d prep some fun lettersets so I’ll be all ready to write a few letters whatever day I am in the mood…

These are actually coloring book pages, so don’t be impressed by my artistic endeavors. I colored. And cut, and sewed. (I love sewing paper!)

Even if you don’t want to invest this much thought into creating a letterset… grab a sheet of paper and get writing. A real snail mail letter, that isn’t a bill or an advertisement, means so much to people. You could really brighten someone’s day. (Don’t remember chatty snail mail?? Yeah, it’s a dying art… pretend it’s a text message or e-mail… it will all come back to you once you pick up the pencil, I promise!)

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Who will receive letters from you this month??

Day 5: lettersets, kind of

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A little watercolor, some tiny notecards from Target’s dollar bin, and poof! Adorable mini lettersets. I plan to use these painted cards for a swap I’m mailing out tomorrow.

I got the idea for the design here, although I didn’t actually use the same method she used, instead adapting her idea to the supplies I wanted to use.

I kept the masking pieces, which are about 1 1/2″x 2″…. must be something they’ll be good for?

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(I often keep interesting-things-which-should-be-trash, and I feel good about repurposing them. But I tend to forget about them once they are out of sight, so I end up with a studio full of actual trash. I’m trying to break this habit… I’ll really need to find a project quickly for these, or decide to ditch them!

 

I wish I had worked more carefully with my lettering, but they are cute. I’m happy.

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Here’s the finished product… happy mail off to Costa Rica! (it’s cheaper to send two letter sized envelopes than sending one fatter one. Maria will be receiving the notecards, the cherry tree from Day 3, and some Christmas ornaments I should have photographed before I packaged, which I made from the weathered pages of an 1806 Bible) And look- I already found a use for some of the extra pieces, covering the address so InternetWorld can’t see it!