Purple snail mail and doily stamps

Finally I had the time to create a little snail mail for Blanca. I chose the color theme purple, as I know Blanca likes this color. :)



I carved two doily stamps with a simple design. But still a nice way to embellish a gift or a mail. :)




Different papers in the color scheme, flowery sticky notes, a bracelet, washi tape samples and stickers.



Everything wrapped up and ready to be sent out!




I like creating mails with a certain color scheme. In this way the entire mail looks as a whole. ♥

April We ♥ Mail - Easter swap

Due to unfortunate changes in our project, I had to send out the April snail mail later as planned and to another person than originally decided. So my April mail with the theme "easter" - not a surprise - was sent to Sharon living in UK. :)

I decided to weave an easter basket to hold all the little things I've prepared with brown craft paper. I made the basket flat and the handle movable, so it would fit into a parcel. :)



Again I carved a theme-related stamp: An easter egg I've already shown you on my journal page. I used it for cards and tags.



To fold some origami bunnies, I picked this lovely video tutorial to make super cute bunny bags. Perfect to hold tasty treats! :)



I always like to add stickers embellished with self-carved stamps, as well as some journaling cards and bunny stickers. :)



A little easter cookie recipe for Sharon to bake her own tasty treats and some crocheted egg ornaments.



Even it's a little belated, I still hope you'll enjoy the mail, Sharon! :)

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I also received my April mail from Kim from the Netherlands.
She's sent me such a cute package! I loved the decoration of the parcel so much! :D

A cute letter, a Dutch recipe...



...tasty sweets, ribbons in the typical Dutch colors, ink for dyeing eggs...



...and beautiful stationary: A card, pretty journaling cards, lovely tags and cute selfmade stickers for snail mailing!



Thank you, Kim! ♥ I enjoyed opening and exploring your cute snail mail so much! :)

Stationery folding technique

Like last week I would like to end this week's theme with a little DIY, a simple letter folding techniques I know from my childhood. :)

As I had some troubles explaining the steps in words, I tried a different approach this time. ;) I hope the pictures now speak for themselves. :)

If you have more than one sheet, you can stack them and fold altogether.



















Really simple but still a nice way to fold up your letter.
Wish you all a lovely start into the week and have fun folding! :)

Envelope folding technique

I would like to end this week's theme with a little DIY. I've found this envelope folding technique years ago in one book I borrowed from the library. And since then I like to use it sometimes to create a fun envelope. :)

All you need is paper and your hands. :)



Fold the paper horizontally, but only at the ends, otherwise you will get not a nice crease in the middle of the front of your envelope.



Fold the corners aligning the middle crease.



Fold the lower and upper part aligning the middle crease.




Fold the left and right part aligning the lower and upper end of the envelope




Put the corners inside.



You're done! :)



Now you can embellish the envelope as you like.



I hope you like this little DIY. Even though my explanations are poor, I hope you get the DIY by looking at the pictures. ;)