It's been a week since my last post! That means I have a week's worth of mail to show you guys. I have one more day to go in my Month of Letters challenge, and this week I fell behind - but I caught up yesterday and wrote 3 letters! Also, for AGES I've thought I have to send 24 pieces of mail, when in reality it's just 20! Oh my, Monday's the last day! I think I will continue after that, too, though. I'm hoping that with all this letter-sending I'll receive something soon enough too... This week I did get some incoming mail, thank goodness! I've been worrying that all the mail to me gets lost on the way, because I haven't heard from my pen pals in forever.
Monday's mail! Was I happy!
This postcard-looking item is actually an envelope. How fun!
And then for Lettermo letters #14 - #19:
To my newest pen pal Anna, USA.
To Mickey, The Netherlands.
To Jesse, USA, via Sendsomething. Inspired by this post, I loved making this!
To Anna in England, via Sendsomething.
This folder was so much fun to make as well. In this picture it's still without most of the items that I put in the small pockets. I'm just afraid that since the sides are open, something will fall out or it'll be ruined by dirt/moisture... let's hope that the mailmen are delicate. It went to Carissa, USA, via Sendsomething. Inspiration from here, but without the button closure system.
This mini-accordion envelope was inspired by this Martha Stewart craft. It looks super funky when closed! The backside is like the front side, but upside down and with reversed colours. It goes to Aline, also via Sendsomething. I used that site a lot this week since I haven't gotten a lot of mail that requires replying (=non-swaps).
I am quite sad that the challenge is over in one day! All of you who did Lettermo during February, how did you avoid post-partum depression?
Hey Anni! I have just stumbled onto your blog (thanks for following mine!) and this penpal project seems pretty cool. I used to have a penpal growing up and it was so much fun!
ReplyDeleteIt is cool indeed, I like how it makes me use my creativity in different ways every day. I had pen pals in my teens, spent several years doing other stuff and only recently picked it up again. It's quite different now, as a 'grown-up', but still loads of fun!
DeleteI love your blog, there's no reason to thank me for following it. ;) If you'd like to receive some mail from me one day, do drop me a line at biograffitist@mail.com - I would be happy to! (:
Ahhhh such awesome mail!
ReplyDeleteOH, and PS - I had such a great time doing lettermo that I created a swap on swapbot called A Week of Letters...juts to give myself another outlet!!!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.swap-bot.com/swap/show/142441
78 people in the swap and it closes tomorrow :)
I saw your swap! I was thinking of joining, but to be honest, with pen pal swaps I'm always afraid of being paired up with someone I don't feel connected to at all. That can make writing such a chore!
DeleteI'm glad you like the mail, hopefully the recipients do, too!
How did you make the letter for Jesse USA? The original post didn't help that much and I would love to try it. :)
ReplyDeleteTrial and error, really!
DeleteI took an envelope template and drew it on the right side of a big piece of paper (a3), leaving the leftmost flap out. Then I continued the body of the envelope to the left so that it doubled in size (if you folded the left part over, it would cover the right part). I used the same template for this, but folded it so the flaps wouldn't be in the way. After that I cut it out and adjusted it (if needed).
Then I made two slightly smaller envelopes using a different envelope template (the flap is differently shaped), but you can use the same template as well and just make it a bit smaller. Glued the envelopes into the bigger envelope the way you can see in the photo, and voilà! When you fold the left part over the right part and close the flaps, it looks like a normal envelope from the back - you might want to notify the recipient to open it carefully! (:
Let me know if this didn't help and I'll make another one and take photos of each step. (:
Thanks! I'll give it a try. :)
DeleteHei kiva blogi sulla :) Taidampa ruveta seuraamaan :)
ReplyDeleteKiva että tykkäät! Tervetuloa seuraamaan. (:
DeleteSo original! Nice letters
ReplyDeleteThank you! It's nice to try something new every now and then. (:
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