A little Christmas Holiday Cheer!

Christmassy Outgoing Postcards....

Hi EVERYONE!!!!!  Just sharing a little bit of what I just sent out to all of my local yokel friends and family (stateside, not international!)  I normally send postcards out to my international  postcrossing community...but instead I sent locally...why not?  So, in addition to the  "real" Christmas mail...my token family picture card...I thought I'd send out some fun stuff!  YAY for me!  :-)

I thought I'd do a flat lay , so you could see the different stamps I used.  Some of them are such cute vintage ones...that I hated saying goodbye to them.   But, I do hope they bring a bit of a smile on the receiver's face! Some of the stamps are not Christmas stamps (like the West Virginia and Alabama. state stamps, and the traffic light!) , but have a prominent red and or green.   

Hoping your Holidays are

Bright and Cheery

Love to you

Always,

Pam

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Envelope Watercolors...Autumn

The air is cold and crisp.  The trees are losing their leaves faster than I can rake them up, and I find myself drinking hot tea by the gallons... It's time to get out the paints and start dabbling away.  First, I must caution you.  I am a complete amateur, I really don't know what I am doing...but hey!  Watercolor is a friend to all.  I must warn you also, that trying to do any blending on regular paper is next to impossible.  If you try your hand at watercolor (and I completely urge you to do so...) you might find yourself a bit frustrated because if you work on anything but watercolor  paper you will have a big puddle of wavy paper.  So, this is about the best I could do with the paper envelopes I had.  I did find a link to watercolor envelopes, but they were outside of my budget for now.  If anyone wants to go in halvsies let me know!  :-)  

Here is one going out to Sheryl!  The nice thing about pumpkins...they are so naturally irregular that they are very forgiving to budding artists. :) I love the postage on this letter!

 

 

 This particular study.... I'm pretty sure that I overworked it a bit.  Ah...there is always next time!

I love this sweet little watercolor birdie with its cauliflower bloom  on it's breast!  haha.  Oh the joys of watercolor!  I think that the postage on the birdie envelope is my favorite!

Here is some of my top pics of  washi tape that I am using right now on outgoing snailmail!

 

 I do almost all of my work at my desk.  It's not usually so neat and clean, I think I dumped everything onto the floor for this picture  so you wouldn't see how messy I really am.  

Well, I think that wraps up the autumn themed snail mail that I sent out this week.   What are you sending out?

Happy Snail Mailing,

Pam

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Is There A Washi Tape Addiction Hotline?

                                          5 Signs of a Washi Tape Addiction (OK, make it 6)

Now, of course, I am not referring to myself.  No, never.  But just in case there are those of you who may struggle this area, let us check if we can at least see the warning signs.

1.  You find yourself surfing online Etsy late at night, half awake, half comatosed , for pink flamingo washi tape.

2.  It isn't a coincidence that  your budget doesn't include washi tape...must mean "the sky's the limit".

 3.  You buy multiple rolls of the same tape because, you know...you'll run out and they will NEVER  have that same design.

4.  You're doing a teal planner layout and you must have 15 teal washi tapes to make it presentable.

5.  You need to find hiding places to store your stockpile of washi tape , because you are afraid your husband will see it and wonder why you have so much of it.

6.  But , "I don't have any ice cream washi tape!"

 Any of you who may have ordered from my Etsy Store will know that I love mailing out my orders with lots and lots of cheerful washi tape and stickers.  I feel like everyone should get some Happy Mail now and then, so I try to make it special.  And I am really thankful for all of the great sellers on Etsy that make that happen. Check out Cwlcrafts for a great selection of washi tape! But do  be mindful of the warning signs of washi tape addiction!

Send a letter today, and of course, use lots of washi tape! :-)

Pam

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Snail Mail Outgoing!

Here is some recent out going mail.  Washi, bright, colored tags,cute labels, and rubber stamping. These all went out to campers.  I hope it brightened their day.

Sometimes my mail is inspired by a postal stamp, or a rubber stamp, or in this case: washi tape

I love how it all works together. 

The Craftier, the better.

Crafty Snail Mailing!

Pam

Out-Going...and sand mail

Oh...the Ocean is Calling ME!!!

These pictures were taken last year at the beach.  I had so much fun taking my mobile letter writing kit to the  beach and put my time to good use.  I love my Kokeshi doll stamp.

This was taken...just before the letter blew away!  I got up real quick to grab it!
Do you ever send sand mail?

Write Letters,
Write Often.

Lady Pamela

Frugal Finds...Fabric Washi Tape!

Dollar Tree finds...

Have you seen these lovelies?  They are fabric decorative tape.  I found these at the Dollar Tree among their washi tape display.

Have you ever used the fabric tape?  I have not used these yet and could use a few tips.  Does it work just like  washi tape?  Can you move it about, or is it more unforgiving?  .  If you have used these before , could you please leave me a comment on how to best use? 

Make beautiful Mail.

Write Letters,

Write Often.

Lady Pamela

Letter Writing On The Go!

When you have a 3 hour wait...Put it to good use!

My son had a 3 hour drama practice  recently, so I grabbed my Mobile Letter Writing Kit and headed out the door...there were letters to be written!

I had thought of going to the local library to wait out the practice, but they weren't open at the time I was in the town...so I headed to the local McDonald's.  They were very accommodating.  I ordered my large caramel , mocha latte, and set to work.  I sort of spread out a bit...

I decorated pages as I went and wrote my little heart out.  These letters were needing a reply...

Here is the finished results... Letter #1 

And Letter # 2.  So thankful for my "on the go" letter writing kit!  I have a 4 hour practice to get through tomorrow.  You know what I will be doing!

Write Letters,

Write Often.

Lady Pamela

Tri-Fold follies...

A Closer Look At Tri-Fold Mail

Here's something that is "hot" on Instagram.  These are Tri-Fold letters made out of card stock.  Most of the ones I have seen are rather large, but I found IG" flatteryeverywhere" post a more size-friendly tri-fold.  It utilizes a 12X12 inch scrap book cardstock cut in half, then folded into 3 equal sections.  Now, my example below is quite, well, off.  The cuttings are not even and looks rather bad if you are a perfectionist...and I am plainly not a perfectionist...but it still bothers me.  But, here it is, in all of it's imperfections.

This is what you see when you pull back the front cover.a crooked pocket (oh well.) I sure you can do better!  I will place my letter in this pocket.

Here the trifold is fully opened.  You could place a tea bag, or tags (pictured in the right pocket) or any other ephemera you can find. Nice for sweet little surprises.  The pockets I made were too small for journal cards, but you could maybe put some ATC sized cards with your own quotes...I love affirming words, don't you?  

When it is folded up, it is an A5 size, so will fit nicely in an A5 size envelope.  I have plenty of those...or I could even make one out of coordinating scrapbooking paper.  Hmmm...I think I will  just do that!  

I hope you will try this project, and send me a picture of it.  I made another version of this, that I will try to post later this week or early next week.  Stay tuned for more SnailMail FUN!

Write Letters,

Write Often.

Lady Pamela

The Pink Crush Overload Continues!

Washi Love...and Pink Crush!

Ummm....yes.  I like Pink!  What do you have in your Washi Tape stash that is pink?  These are some of my favorites.  I  just love using washi tape on my envelopes and even on my stationery.

Here are some hot pink lunch bags that I picked up last year I believe.  These are perfect for letters or tea swaps.  They are rather large, which is nice because they still pass as "letter" size for international mailings.  Yay!

Here are some pink themed letters going out!

And don't forget the "B" side!  I have several "Love" stamps for wax seals.   Thankfully I still have some pink wax....will have to order some more soon! 

Here is a close up of this cutie.  It is a nice finishing touch to your mail.

One last picture.  How about a bit of pink and gold inspiration?  

So, what about you?  Will you be sending off any "Pink or Red" mail this week?  Such a fun time! Don't forget the little people in your life as well.  I have some ideas for this as well that I will be sharing this week....so stay tuned.

Write "Pink" letters,

Write Often,

Lady Pamela

Stationery Scandals: Whimsy Theme DIY

DIY :  Stationery on the Whimsy Theme...

So...where do I start with my ideas for stationery?  Well, sometimes I look over my scrapbooking paper and find something I really want to use as a focal point, then work around that.  Other times, like this set, I like to use a rubber stamp set as my inspiration.  Then I settle on a color theme and from there the ball just keeps rolling!

I adore this rubber stamp set, actually it is two.  Most of it you could draw free hand, but I did use the rubberstamps, at least faintly and then just filled it in freehand, as it was not stamping well.  I used a red gel pen to fill in on the red.  I went with a black and red theme and used my coordinating washi tapes.  I also had some black cut outs from another project that was left over that worked well here.    The tag picked up on the lady bug off the envelope.  I was glad I could find a country sticker in the black and red colors.  

I had to turn my postage stamp around to fit the envelope and not run into my stamp image.  I might have to place the postage stamp on the envelope FIRST, then work around it, instead of vice versa. Again, this postage stamp is picking up the black and red theme.  

I can't wait to send out a letter using this stationery!  Oh, in case you are wondering about why I am only including 2 stationery sheets  with each set, it is because they are 8 1/2 X 11 inches, so fairly large for a lengthy letter.  FUN!

Write Letters.

Write Often.

Lady Pamela

DIY...Let's Make An Accordian Letter!!

Have you ever sent an Accordian Letter?  Sometimes they are called "Folio" letters too.  Either is fine. This was my first attempt, and I had quite a good time with the project.

I  went with the nostalgic, retro look.

This is two pieces of Kraft card stock that are scored and then joined together with washi tape .  I filled my pages up with  envelopes/pockets,  I have seen this project also called the "pocket mailer".

The possibilites are endless...

Do you need to share any secrets?

Journal cards, banners, confetti...status cards, tea...hmmm...again...the possibilites are endless!

But certainly, don't forget the letter!  I folded my letter and put it in the blue pocket bag.  This was such fun, I know I will be making more of these to share,  How about you?  Email me pictures of your  "Accordian Mail" and I will share it on the blog.

Happy Snail Mailing!

Pam

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Stationery Scandals: Floral Theme DIY

Making your own Stationery....Floral Theme!

Are you getting tired of your stationery stash...is it getting boring?  Then it is time to up the stationery stash and DIY!!   For this  selection, I picked a floral theme.  This is just using scrap book paper, paper punches for the butterflies and washi tape.  I decorated the pages with scallops of the same floral scrap book paper.  The tag is a purchased tag, but I could have cut the scrap book paper to sized and then glued it to the tag for a real match.  The address labels are rubber stamps on card stock.

Enclosures for this stationery could be some pastel , or floral Journal cards, pressed flowers would also be nice!

You could make your own with very little  effort too.  

Write Letters,

Write Often!

Lady Pamela