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| OUTGOING MAIL - handmade envelope for Shelita You may wonder if I actually use all the stuff I seem to pick up in my travels around San Francisco... I assure you -- I do....I like putting everything to use. |
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| OUTGOING (to Jon) Handmade envelope from the book of Essential Architectual Plans -- a $1 find at the library book sale... |
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| OUTGOING Envelopes with the book that inspired them... some added ephemera and washi tape and stamps and they are in the mail. |
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| OUTGOING MAIL These map envelopes were made using the $1 Atlas also from the Library Book Sale... trying to match the green and blue theme of the maps using green and blue stamps and washi tape. |
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| OUTGOING MAIL Handmade envelopes for The Elevated Envelope swap -- had to be in the mail by May 1st -- nailed it! Hope the recipients like the typewriter theme. |
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| OUTGOING The typewriter I love and the typing manual were the inspiration for these.. too bad I didn't have enough of the typewriter postage stamps to go on all of them. |
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| OUTGOING CARDS Made a bunch of cards using the ever-inspiring joss paper and lunar calendar pages. Love the red and gold. |
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| OUTGOING POSTCARDS Here are the backs of some postcards using washing tape rubber stamps and vintage stamps. |
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| I just love playing with various tools and ideas and seeing what happens..... |
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| I decided to make a design grid on a postcard ..... Casey's rubber stamps coming into play... |
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| Kind of fun....don't you think? |
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| Here's the back -- who wants to get this one in the mail? Playing with art supplies and stuff picked up cheap or free makes me feel like a kid again. So much fun -- the more I play the more ideas I have.. See you in the mail! |
Oh my goodness, Pamela! I love the typewriters and I love that stamp design! So lovely, all around. Woohoo!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Mary!
Delete*-* All of them are amazing! ♥ ♥ ♥
ReplyDeleteResuri--thank you! I have been having a lot of fun making things....
DeleteWish I was in your group for Elevated Envelope! Would love to trade envies with you some time...
ReplyDeletesure...one of these days I will organize something to trade...
DeleteEEK - you've just sent me into panic mode over the elevated envelope. May 1st is coming up fast. time to run around in circles flapping my hands in the air for a while.
ReplyDeleteDon't panic, you know you can do it (and I haven't gotten any yet so you are not alone....)
DeleteOh, such wonderful mail again! I bet your swap partners will be happy - I would love to receive some of your mail art.
ReplyDeletemaybe I will have to organize a trade one of these days...
DeleteVery creative. I love the typewriter theme and the architecture plans are just fantastic. Love it!
ReplyDeleteThanks Sally--you are no slouch yourself! And I "owe" you a letter in a handmade envelope, of course. Coming soon.
DeleteLovely as always! There's never a "dip" in quality it seems :D (I get exhausted just looking at all that gorgeous mail!)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Annejo...I just enjoy doing it so it isn't too exhausting...
DeleteWhat a great idea to use an architectural plans book for envelopes. With all of your colorful incoming and outgoing mail, I will be very disappointed if the Post Office isn't able to deliver one inadequately addressed postcard to you. I have faith. Some, anyway.
ReplyDeleteWill have to send you an envelope too....nothing from you yet...ahem....I wonder if the USPS can do it!
DeleteAll kinds of great stuff. An atlas for a $1, oh I am jealous. Hope Shelita likes bathroom layouts, lol, all those toilets. xox
ReplyDeleteCorrine--you should see the prison lay-out! LOL
DeleteVery cool.
ReplyDeleteI remember a time when I didn't want to use any of my stuff, because I didn't feel like I had enough to work with. Not a problem anymore, to say the least.
Now it's very satisfying when I create something and don't have to purchase anything to do it.
Alisa--I agree! And we are quite green because we recycle and re-purpose so many things, don't you think? I don't think I have to actually buy anything new to work with the rest of my life (but I probably will). Thanks for commenting.
DeleteGorgeous mail! I especially love handmade envelopes from architectural plans and maps...my favorites!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Andria!
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