The Missive Maven: Hand-painted peacock stationery

The Missive Maven: Epistolary Exultation

Welcome to my celebration of snail mail, this letter-writing blog: photos and thoughts on letters written and received, favorite stationery, fountain pens -- all the accoutrements of the old-fashioned letter in your mailbox. There are no ads, but I do plug my favorite stationery, and provide links to where to find it, because people often ask me and it's easiest to point them here. So read about letters for a bit, email me or snail-mail me with questions or comments, and then GO WRITE A LETTER!

Sunday, December 13, 2009

Hand-painted peacock stationery

The amazing artist over at All My Hues has done it again - she sent me this gorgeous hand-painted peacock stationery!

See the gold glitter in its tail? Isn't it AWESOME??

I just had to do a close-up on that glitter because I love it so much.

Hand-painted peacock with glitter in tail

I'm very fond of peacocks, and this is one of the finest representations I've seen. I'm so floored that it was painted just for me! She blogged about it in detail when she made it, in case you'd like to learn more about all the wonderful materials she used; I'm not an artist, but I do know she did this on Crane paper.

I am SO honored to receive this gorgeous work of art - and she wrote a really great letter around it, too!