Gilded

I was feeling golden in my decorative mood for a recent (well, November) letter to Donovan. I combined some large plasticky deco tape with a Martha Stewart Crafts label. I think the stationery is Crane something... it's certainly cottony.



I went with a simple vintage label on the back.



I used a couple of vintage stamps - Abigail Adams, known as a writer (corresponding with her husband, President John Adams), and that lovely rainbow-edged United Way stamp.

Only a few more days where two 22-cent stamps = the current 1st class domestic letter rate...

Red and gold elephants

What a gorgeous treat was this paper. And the writer also has gorgeous handwriting, in this case with a flex fountain pen.

I have a particular soft spot for elephants, and the combination here of deep red and gold leaf is really striking. I don't think my photography and use of light really do it justice, but it is a treasure. (Go ahead, take a closer look.)

Donovan's gorgeous Paper Doll letter

Is this snazzy or what?? It is yellow printing accented with gold leaf (or something gold and metallic).



It opens up elegantly to an inside with a decorative border. (Shown here with my Baoer Skywalker fountain pen.)

...and, for the fountain penners among us, she wrote it with a dip pen!



Even the envelope is ornate and lovely!

This came from Donovan, who said she got it at Paper Doll in Chicago. Oh how I wish they sold this online! This stationery really blew me away.

MOST AMAZING pen card EVER

I was just plotzing when I got this pen card from my dear friend Tracy, who continues to outdo herself with amazing cards and stationery in her letters. How gorgeous is this?? The gold accents are just over the top, as is the little-bear-playing-the-tuba sticker.

The inside of the card and the inside of the envelope had little cutie stamps, including this awesome pig-in-a-tutu.

The card says it is Turnowsky by Papyrus, but I wasn't able to find any of them anywhere online.