I'm curious to know if you decorate your envelopes for letters to friends. I used to in my teens but once I got into swapping FBs etc... I stopped due to the huge volume of letters I was getting. I often miss it now and have thought about doing it again but I'm worried about things falling off or letters never arriving. I did in August decide to take on an envelope/postcard mini letter friend but this envelope never reached her house so now that I finally have holidays I hope to create a new one soon to resend it to her. Weirdly 2 people sent something to me around the same time as that envelope and I never got them, I feel so disappointed and I'm now at the point where I need to get my act together and get a complaint filed to Royal Mail as the problems have been none stop this year, I've never known anything like it and was always so pleased that my things always arrived to where I sent them.
I may one day ask for envelope/postcard friends if things work out well with the one I'm doing but first letters need to reach their destination. Would you be interested in trying this project with me if I do find it is for me to swap handmade postcard letters and envelopes?
Do you have any advice for me?
As you live in England, I would love to write to you!
ReplyDeleteI love "snail mail" and decorated envelopes too...plus you can't have enough letters instead of Junk Mail!
Thanks Megan I'll keep you in mind when I'm ready to take on a creative envelope friend :)
Deletewish i did but all I ever do i slap a sticker on my envelope
ReplyDeleteIt still looks nice with stickers stuck on too. I don't do anything but use fancy tapes.
DeleteI usually try to decorate the envelopes I sent. My #1 advice is that you should always make sure the envelope is strong enough to make it to its recipient. That's why I protect them with packing tape. I've got a couple of envelopes made with book pages and magazines that were almost torn. It was a miracle I received them, actually.
ReplyDeleteHope you're having a great week! ;D
Miki.
I usually use tape around the edges as that is usually where envelopes are ripped for me but I'll have to start flattening everything with sticky back plastic if I continue decorating my envelopes.
DeleteI know what you mean about magazine pages too as in my swapping days a lot of people used those and I'd rarely get one that wasn't falling to bits.
I love decorate envelopes, I rarely send out any envelopes that have no decoration at all, it's just nice to receive cute envelopes in the mail!
ReplyDeleteIt is nice to receive letters that are colourful and nice. I'll have to see if I can keep it up :)
DeleteI think you just had bad luck with that envelope getting lost. I could be your envelope friend:) I usually paint mine.
ReplyDeleteI'll keep it in mind for if I'd like to continue it. I'm not so sure yet if these mini letters will suit me with writing such long letters.
DeleteI thankfully haven't had too many penpal letters go missing this year, but I left swap-bot for a break because that seemed to be happening a lot, coupled with people not sending their swaps-just got tired of the disappointment of putting tons of effort into something with the expectation of getting something in return, and then getting nothing :/
ReplyDeleteI'd love to try a hand at envelope creation/decoration. I tend to just stick with stickers on my letters, mostly always have, so it's not terribly original or creative, but at least spruces them up a little. I'll see what I can put together for my next letter to you :)
Its just been insane this year for me mail wise that I just want to complain about it which I've never had to do in my whole time snail mail. Maybe things will pick up soon.
DeleteI've written your letter, I just need to post it but I'll have to remember to do it next time :).