Hello fellow snail mailers! Today I’m going to share some letter writing inspiration that caught my eye this week, and the latest new arrivals from The Nightingale Stationery Co. to keep you …
How to make a Bi-Fold Pocket Letter. I think these little Pocket Letters are nice for writing a new penpal. In these , there is plenty of room to include items about yourself in a creative, and fun way. I used a 12 X 12 inch piece of kraft paper and cut it to an A 5 size. This allows some scraps to make labels as you see "goodies" and "letters". I made the little "Hello" banner just using my circle punch and letter stamps and sandwitched them between a piece of twine. I made the large envelope on the left with a piece of scrap of paper, and the brown polkadot envelope was purchased. I think the rest is self-explanatory. Use whatever embellishments you have that are handy. I have a few more of these that I will be posting soon. Leave me a comment if you have made any of these, or other suggestions as to make first time letters to pen pals special. Happy Crafty Snail Mailing! Pam *Available In The Shop* Retro Letter Writing Kit Pen Pals Letter Writing Kit
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Crafty Snail Mail, Letter Writing, Pen Pals, and Paper Crafting!
Crafty Snail Mail, Letter Writing, Pen Pals, and Paper Crafting!
Hi, I saw a video tutorial on Nik the Booksmith you tube channel about a specimen pouch folio thingie and I loved the design so much, I made one myself. You can find Nik's video here. I call it a snail mail envelope. I used the inside cardboard of a wrapping paper roll for the cover of my envelope. The inside has four pockets/tuck spots to put in all kinds of ephemera, little notes stickers and other goodies. I love how this envelope turned out. Thanks for stopping by my blog. Hugs, Henriëtte.
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Quite a lot of people have been e-mailing and writing letters to me and asking about getting pen pals or how to get more involved in mail art. So, I decided to write a post about it. Everyone who reads this blog knows how much I love to get mail. To get good mail you really have to send good mail. I've been writing letters and corresponding with people all over the world for just about my whole life. It takes some effort to get started and some people won't write back but just keep trying. I know it's been said already, but people just don't save email like they do letters. Look at these old beauties. These letters weren't even sent to me but I love reading them. And you don't get gorgeous stamps like these on emails. But I know I am preaching to the choir. If you are looking for mail artists and/or pen pals, get yourself over to Carolee's blog right this minute and check out all the folks who are doing the same -- Make Every Day a Good Mail Day It will take some effort to read through all those blog posts but I guarantee you will find people who love mail on there. I have gotten quite a number of wonderful correspondents from that post. My suggestion is, write some letters! Don't just add your name to the post and ask people to write to you. Mail Art Received If you are interested in mail art, you might try joining IUOMA - International Union of Mail Artists or join up with the Mail Art365 group -- a great bunch of people who are committed to making and sending a mail art card every day for a year. Mail Art 365 Another thing to try, how about writing letters (and asking questions) to members of your own family? Moms and Dads and grandparents would most likely be thrilled to get letters and if they write you back you will have a lovely stack of family history to save and share. I treasure all my letters from my mom. This envelope is from her -- every time I see that rubber stamp giving the finger I laugh. (I wish I had it) You could say she was kind of anti-establishment. Try to make your mail interesting. Enclose some extras things inside the envelope - photos of your town, a great recipe, bookmarks....anything local and interesting to share. As you write and get to know people you can send them things you know would be interesting to them - a book or a movie review etc. Another site to check out is Send Something There are some mail art blogs on the left side of this post and a special favorite of mine is Make Every Day A Red Letter Day. Go over and click! I hope you all know know about Jennie and Carolee's book -- Good Mail Day You can look online and google "mail art" for ideas and stimulation, start your own mail art/letter writing group and meet up every couple of weeks or one a month to exchange ideas and write letters or make art, check out Pininterest and search for mail art, join the Letter Writers Alliance read letter writing and mail art blogs, write a whole lot of letters, keep trying, check out mail art on FaceBook. You can leave comments on this blog post if you are looking for others to write to -- you can leave your name and address (if you are OK with that) and write something about yourself or an email address and maybe some new mail art connections will be made right here! If you have any ideas about getting mail, please add them to the comments! I bet there are some more really good ideas out there that I've missed. Remember, Cappuccino and Art Journal is also on FaceBook and I post "extras" on there - links and photos - so check it out. ****** Let's make every day A GOOD MAIL DAY! Updated News Some nice comments from Missive Maven Missive Maven and another link to this post on Good Mail
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Ik heb mijn eigen snail mails eindelijk kunnen fotograferen en op de post gedaan! Als ze zijn aangekomen plaats ik natuurlijk foto's en er komt ook nog een leuke DIY aan. Intussen ontving ik deze mooi
We recently came across a compelling blog post about letters sent home by Russian soldiers during World War II. Without access to envelopes and postcards, the soldiers folded up triangular letters that were their own package--”letter and envelope in one.” The folded format was necessary since mail needed to be reviewed by censors and couldn't be sealed. Although the letters are a great example of historical improvisation, we love the simple little how-to that accompanies the story - an origami-ish illustration for folding up your own triangular letter. It's a fun, out-of-the-ordinary way to send a gift or holiday card,
What a fun way for the kiddos to keep up with friends and family this summer, the old way, with snail mail! Show them how to turn a note into an envelope!
Guest post from Jennie of Little Girl Designs I love sending (and receiving!) good old-fashioned snail mail. Though life moves at lightning speed these days with our access to email, texts, and tweets, I’ve noticed that there is a growing movement of people who long for real mail in their mailboxes. Last Christmas, as I wasRead More
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