This vintage stationery set was one of my favorite fantastic eBay finds. The paper itself is sort of a textured pink - I haven't photographed that, as it's not all that special - but the envelopes are amazing! This is the bee design, and there are 3 others with similar styles: illustrated and printed all over both sides.
These photos are fairly true to the color - sort of a yellowish green. Of course I love the directive to "Mr. Postman."
The back of the envelope is seriously amazing! I confess I am a bit of a sucker for puns, so I love all this cheesy word-play. And I adore the bee who is lounging on top of a mushroom, brandishing a fountain pen, with a cute little ink blot below.
My favorite verse is in the pink box:
"Is writing notes a thing you love,
or do you need a 'lil shove?
I'll furnish the shove!"
Tee hee. Bee well, springtime readers.
Now buzz off and go write a letter!
I've never seen anything like it. What a find!
ReplyDeleteAwesome! I've been seeing honeybee stuff lately (I guess for Springtime) and it's pretty cute. Great letter theme.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if any postmen did ring the bell as requested. I once sent a letter with a note on the back that said: "Nice Postmen, sign here" and then there were three or four blank lines. One postman actually did sign it!
ReplyDelete@ChristineH - that is very cool!
ReplyDeleteWhat great envelopes. When I find something like that I always wonder if they could be photocopied or scanned to make more....
Ha, that's cute!
ReplyDeleteSo cute! I took your suggestion and did write a thank-you note tonight using the Kartos stationery from my honeymoon 20+ years ago!Yikes!
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Love this envelope! I really need to teach myself eBay.
ReplyDeleteOh, PostMuse... eBay can be very, very dangerous.
ReplyDeleteBee-yond cute! I have an ink stamp for my "other life logo." It's a queen bee. :D Thass me!
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