Stationery stamps

Of course I carved new stamps for this week's theme. :) Little stamps to embellish the stationery or card you're writing on.



I carved zhese two stamps for my first "real" swap. :) I don't know if you remember the post, so I thought of showing them again. I carved them in the right size to embellish blank stickers. :)



One of the new stamps is a "hi" stamp for the beginning of the letter...




... and another one a "bye" stamp for the end. :)



I also carved a new P.S. stamp. You can stamp it directly at the end of your letter or on a separate piece of paper.




Do you like to use stamps for embellishing your stationery? :)

Stationery ideas

This week's snail mail theme is "stationery"! :)



Like last week, I picked out nice stationery ideas from letters I got during the last years to show you:

Using pretty stationery paper, for instance with cute little stickers on it, ...



...turning "normal" lined or checked paper into stationery, typing on a typewriter instead of handwriting...



...or writing on your own stationery embellished with pretty stamps. Stamps, especially self-carved ones, make everything prettier. ♥



I also love the idea to sew a small envelope containing the actual letter...



...or using a little tag or card instead of normal stationery paper!




Especially selfmade ones are great to receive! :)




And last but not least, the most extraordinary stationery I received was part of a tree bark! :D



Have fun with creating your next snail mail! :)

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. ;)

Envelope stamps

As you all know I love stamps. And I love to use stamps to embellish envelopes. :)



As I like to use a stamp for highlighting the receiver address, I wanted to carve a "from" stamp for quite a long time. For this stamp I used a very simple design, as I wanted it to match any "to" stamp.



I also carved a new matching set of "from" and "to" stamps.



If you send out an international letter, you normally should put a "priority" sticker on the envelope. As I don't always have one, I carved my own "priority" stamp for it. :)
And I think it's always nice if the envelope is embellished with additional little stamps, as the "mail" stamp you might've seen on my blog a couple of times...



...or this new "Sent with ♥" stamp. :)





Happy snailmailing everyone! :)

Envelope designs

The first topic of this month's project is "Envelopes". :)



Of course, you can always send out envelopes or parcels without special embellishment, but a special envelope makes the process of receiving a letter so much more fun. It increases the anticipation of opening it. :)

As I've received quite a lot of snail mail in beautiful envelopes or parcels last year, I chose examples from those for this post. :) I thought it would be nice to show different design ideas of different persons with different styles. :D

One obvious way to make an envelope prettier is to paint on it.



And combined with a little washi tape...beautiful! :)



Using stamps, especially self-carved ones, is also a great way to embellish a letter. Either one big one...



...one completed with little drawings...



...or covering the complete envelope with stamps.



Using classic postage stamps is also a beautiful and easy way to make the parcel a little more special.



I especially adore small details on envelopes. :) Pretty little drawings...




...or sewn details.



I hope this post gave you some ideas for the next time you're working on a snail mail. ♥
I would love to hear about other design ideas from you! :)

A good start into the year: Snail mail! :)

I'm doing it again. I'm choosing January as a snail mail month just like last year. :D
I have plenty of things in my mind, so this is my project plan for this month:



Happy snail mailing and a wonderful start into the next week! ♥

A happy, happy new year to everyone! :D

Wish you all a wonderful, joyful and happy new year! ♥
2013 has been a wonderful year, full of exciting events, and now I'm looking forward to the new year! :D

The last weeks were very busy but wonderful. We enjoyed the christmas days with our beloved ones and I was busy making handmade gifts, meeting old friends, eating a lot and relaxing. ;)






One of my new year's resolution is to find more time for blogging. I also want to rethink and reorganize some things on my blog. I'm not going to take a blog break, but it could get a little quieter around here the next month. :)

Wish you all a wonderful start into the new year! ♥