Friday, 9 September 2011

Five Things I’m Loving This Friday ~ Good Mail

I’m really excited to be taking part in Ginger’s Mail Art Exchange this month and while looking around for some ideas and inspiration, I found a few things that I wanted to share.

Envelopes made from magazine pages by Amazing Mae. I can remember doing this when I was at school/college.

Back to school mail in a bottle at Givers Log. There are links to lots of other fun ideas, if you scroll down to the bottom of the post.

Pottery hearts with an address tag. I’m not sure how well these would fare in the hands of Royal Mail!

A pencil case full of bouncy balls. Another fun package to receive, although it was the beautiful stamps that caught my eye on this one.

This is just one of 100 ‘postcards’ sent over the course of two years. A very inventive collection, although there are a few I wouldn’t have wanted to see on my doormat!

I haven’t lost count, but there is just one more website I wanted to share with you. Mail Art across the World has some wonderful galleries full of envelopes where the main focus is the beautiful calligraphy. Enjoy.

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9 comments:

  1. Sandra9 September 2011 at 08:57

    Great links as always Fi, love the pencil case full of pencil shavings :)

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  2. jill9 September 2011 at 12:05

    Love the pottery hearts , but would'nt want to recieve the pencil shavings

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  3. Sian9 September 2011 at 13:19

    No, there always seem to be more than enough pencil sharpenings round here as it is!

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  4. Lizzie9 September 2011 at 17:22

    Ooh, how nice... some fun things there too - pencil shavings, with "Getting Ready" on the pencil case... very good!
    Thanks for leaving me a nice comment on my blog - there was a previous post on the same topic - http://lizziemade.blogspot.com/2011/09/binding-makes-book-part-one.html

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  5. Miriam9 September 2011 at 18:53

    Oh what a wonderful post!, Now I would love the pencil shavings because I love the humour there. Great Ideas. I am joining in Gingers Mail art, something I have never done before. Thank you for visiting me x

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  6. scrappyjacky9 September 2011 at 20:11

    Some great links here....thanks for sharing them.....don't think I'd want to risk sending those lovely hearts though.....and I think the pencil shavings are quite a nice quirky touch!!

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  7. Melissa9 September 2011 at 20:30

    Thanks for stopping by my blog! I'm excited about the Mail Art Exchange also and have an idea of what I'm going to do. I like that envelope made from a page & those pencil shavings - very unique.

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  8. Ginger10 September 2011 at 17:25

    Love these photos!! I look forward to seeing what you come up with :)

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  9. Alison12 September 2011 at 21:31

    I'm doing 'Mail Art' this time too..have a few ideas rattling around my head but haven't made a start yet!
    Alison xx

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