Love Letters

Mail Art Envelope

Thought I'd share the envelope I sent to France to participate in the "Mail Art Across the World" project... I was fairly pleased with the lettering until I accidently dropped a big blob of ink above the lettering.  Hence, the strip of torn paper from an old book.  

 

My husband was kind enough to mail the envelope for me, so unfortunately, I didn't have the opportunity to see the stamp that went on the envelope.  I wish I'd had the time to buy the stamp first, and make the envelope around the theme of the stamp, but I guess this will have to do.  

Mail Art Across the World

I stumbled upon a terrific calligraphy exchange while visiting my friend Jane's blog, and thankfully it's not too late to participate!!! Just go to this website: Mail Art Across the World for the details, and get your envelope in the mail quickly, the deadline is April 1st! (No fooling!)  There's also a gallery of the incredible entries from past seasons, definitely eye candy to inspire even the most timid among us! 

This is a chance to participate in a free calligraphy event, one without judges or fees to enter, and entries will be posted on the web.  The evelopes will travel around France, Hungary, Germany, Russia, and the Ukraine.  This is a terrific opportunity to participate in the celebration of both mail art and calligraphy!

from Celeste

Card for Miss Yvonne

 

 

From the very talented Heather Victoria Held

 

Card for Joan

Hey, wait a minute!  How did that picture of Bubba and his Pig get in there?!?

 

From Rena

 
It is so much fun to receive something like this in the mail, especially when most of the other pieces of mail are bills or advertisements... so while you're at it, why don't you make more than one beautiful envelope and send it to someone you've been thinking about?!?  

Don't you just love the color orange?!?

 I posted this earlier, in March, and just stumbled upon a terrific blog, called How About Orange?, so I had to add a link to this post... and here I thought I was one of only a few who like the color orange!  What's not to like, it's almost red, and since red is my favorite color, it's not too much of a stretch to like orange.  Be sure to check out Jessica's blog, it's loaded with cool projects, time-wasters (her words, not mine!), and overall great design!  

 

 

 

I hope everyone has a sunny, happy, wonderful first day of Spring!

 (The image above is out of my journal, and I've put together two cards that are going out in the mail today, using the same colors and flowered wrapping paper as the base for the collage design. )

I'm off to work, so this is just a quick entry... I hope wherever you are, the sun is shining... and I especially hope the sun is shining in Japan, where so many are suffering. My heart goes out to the Japanese people, and I desperately wish I could do more than send money to the Red Cross...