Decorating envelopes

I love mail art, who doesn't? There's nothing better than receiving some good old-fashioned, hand-addressed mail, especially when it comes with art attached!

I met Patty in classes last year. Patty had recently retired and finally had time to explore her own interests. She was tricked into filli...

Hey, while we are appropriating ideas off Pinterest let's go for some of the Matisse envelopes. There are quite a few with these Warhol-esque flowers, stripes and dab-dots. I used a Cocoiro marker which has a nice little brush tip. While I like blue and yellow, it was really hard to use this stamp on this envelope -- but there are no more yellows left in the stash. This might have been the month I learned my lesson -- do not start any envelopes until you have the actual stamps in front of…

First time exchanger Rivkah. She might have exchanged twice. I don't keep a log of exchangers - although I get curious about the numbers. This one is intriguing and it would be fun to do some variations. The pattern with the little dashed lines isn't exactly footsteps in the snow. But, the whole pathway suggestion is very nice.

Happy Wednesday, all! Last weekend I was in California visiting Lawn Fawn (for my friend Kathy’s Coloring Challenge Road Trip). While I was there, I drew flowers all over the covers of some of Lawn Fawn’s catalogs using Copic markers. It was so fun and I immediately wanted to come home and recreate some of ...

Super stealworthy from Sam. Notice the lettering inspiration from the stamp. My name in script. The rest in block lettering.

From KathleenH It is April 1, 2020 - I am lining up a bunch of posts - but not in the mood to write the blurbs. Plus, we are in the thick of the pandemic and every day things change. So, if things settle down, I might be able to replace this with some fun words. Otherwise -- just enjoy the envelope(s) of the day. This is another one that is so pretty I can't imagine why I did not have words to go with it when I was scheduling posts. Maybe it's because I get so many pretty envelopes and I was…

Celebrate National Card and Letter Writing Month with these oh-so-pretty envelope decorating ideas.