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The Missive Maven: Epistolary Exultation
Extolling the virtues old-fashioned snail mail and letter-writing. Photos and thoughts on letters written and received, favorite stationery, fountain pens -- all the accouterments of the old-fashioned letter
Recent Posts Tagged With 'decorative envelope'
More envelopes made from children\'s books
I made these envelopes for the Letter in a Handmade Envelope #2 swap on Swap-bot. Awwww!!! Isn't this cute? These pages all came from Minikin by Stephen Cosgrove and Robin James. I loved the Serendipity Books when I was a kid, so I looked specificall...
Can you go BUZZ BUZZ?
My latest new practice in correspondence is making envelopes out of old children's books. I have oodles of points over at BookMooch, so I've mooched a few fun picture books and have been getting a kick out of making little envelopes out of some of th...
Pen packaging
I participated in a Pen Swap on Swap-bot recently, and I decorated the package to match the contents.Well, okay, I didn't send an antique fountain pen like this, but I did send a fountain pen. ...
Goldfishy glory
I wrote my Halloweeny decorated letter in response to this beauty from the Goodnight Little Spoon lady. What an envelope!! It came printed this way, Cavallini has some tres gorgeous envelopes, and it was so delightful to pull this baby out of my mail...
Halloweeny decorated letter
This one went to Bianca of Goodnight Little Spoon, who got extra Halloween decorations to help compensate for the fact that they don't get Halloween in Australia. Of course she blogged about it already, and she scanned the back of the envelope, too, ...
Bat punch fun
A friend gave me a gift of some autumn-themed paper punches last year. There's a cat, two different leaf shapes, and a bat (my favorite, of course). I like to use them on envelope flaps and color underneath for effect. I photographed this process for...
a gloriously fancy envelope
This colorful envelope came from a favorite blog-reader-turned-pen-pal from Texas, who I think said she found this at PaperSource. WOW! I love the bird-over-mail-ephemera theme, and of course she used exquisite stamps, including an owl stamp to conti...
Watercolor letter
Here's proof that a Postcrossing card can turn into a pen pal! I got this artist's address for a Postcrossing postcard back in August, and she wrote me back the most beautiful letter, which she watercolored! Here on the envelope, she painted the same...
Moth mail
One of my correspondents in Canada always uses the most gorgeous decorative envelopes. I always know a letter is from her as soon as I pull the envelope out of my mailbox.The glittery Hello Kitty peacock sticker is such a fun touch....
Flowers from a bean
I got a lovely hand-decorated envelope from the amazing Biffybeans! Lucky me! Do check out her blog, Spiritual Evolution of the Bean. She posts truly fantastic (and detailed, and USEFUL) ink and paper reviews, not to mention you get to see her great ...
