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| A tiny break from PDX posts (but they'll be back).....today I thought I'd show you some of my favorite postal pouches..... (and since so many people asked me on Instagram where I got these, I'll tell you the secret -- Belle & Union -- look online). |
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| I am the lucky person who has a number of lovely friends who actually MAKE me these zippered pouches -- just because they know I love them so much. The fabulous Dori Singh made me all these and when I say they are in constant rotation, believe it. |
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| Another mail art pal, CeCe in NYC, made me these three beauties years ago and they too are well used and well loved. The nice thing about getting gifts like these from friends is that you think of the friends every time you use them. |
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| Even with all the beautiful handmade pouches I have, I still buy them occasionally ...I am pretty sure you ALL have that Blue Q pouch (bottom). And, even though i live in SF, I couldn't resist a SF skyline pouch I found ages ago in some toursit shop...since it's plastic it is good for leaky things. |
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| Then we have the Tyvek pouches I made in my pal Monica's workshop....these are fun to make and fun to use too.... and with zippers from Scrap and re-purposing tyvek envelopes you receive in the mail they are practically free! |
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| Collected and gifted from various sources....the two at the bottom are from Japantown....and that cool one at upper right I found on Amazon. It is quite a lot larger than any of the others and very handy..... |
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| And, when in Paris...... |
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| My pal Patti ( pmarti5 on IG) made me the cool case up top.... |
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| You KNOW I have plenty of stuff to put in them...like this little notebook I covered with cool paper and carry with me because you just never know when you need to jot a note or make a list or get an idea... I put my altered Altoid tins in some and mail art supplies in others.... |
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| ....and rolls of washi tape fit perfectly in that kitty pencil case from Diaso.... |
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| OK -- and here are two for you!! The Kitty pencil holder (no washi included) and the air mail pouch are up for grabs. Just leave me a comment about which one you'd like and I will randomly pick two people to send them to. It's the least I can do after torturing you with these beauties. BUT--remember--you can get out your sewing machine and make a pouch too -- or call a friend. Or, make a Tyvek pouch or two. You can do it. And, yes -- I really do use them all and I love every one. Special thanks to my my very special friends who have made me pouches. I love and use each and every one of them. (Give-away Over -- winners on the next blog post. Thanks to all who commented.) SEND GOOD MAIL -- GET GOOD MAIL!!! |
