![Another penvelope](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3401/5735758946_e5b8908774.jpg)
This lovely meta-decorated envelope came in from Sirpa, my favorite Finnish mail-artist pen pal. I think every one if Sirpa's letters has been a work of art - literally, as she hand-paints many of them! She took my love of pens and meta-writing themes and crafted a beautifully decorated envelope.
![Another penvelope, back](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2698/5735758522_a8376dbbba.jpg)
More nibby goodness on the back.
![Another penvelope with kitty pictures](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5028/5735758658_1726eac8ee.jpg)
Here you can see a bit of her hand-painted border stationery peeking out from beneath photos of her adorable new kitty, Killi! Yay for getting a cat!
In her post "Letter to a fountain pen lover," she posted more photos of this letter, including a better one than I took of the way she painted around the edge of the paper.
I think it's so much fun to see before and after mailing photos of letters. This one survived beautifully, as mail from Finland usually does.