Moo!

I made this envelope from a wonderful, colorful page of the Dr. Seuss book, "Mr. Brown Can Moo." The picture makes me happy.

Crossed Tusk Narwhal-velope

A dear friend and I have some running jokes about Narwhal. (Don't ask.) So when I found this photo in a wildlife photography book, I knew I had to make him an envelope.

I highlighted the tusk tips with Stickles glitter glue, and used a sea critter stamp to continue the theme.



Narwhal are real, of course, but I thought a unicorn and a mermaid would be good company.

Just a little something

I sent a little something to Jennie of Red Letter Day Zine, and of course I had to decorate the envelope.

I used a bit o vintage postage, a few rubber stamps, and some accents with Stickles glitter glue.

Elvis-worthy snazz

I jazzed up this already cool envelope from the Hammerpress Notecard Book (currently out of stock at Chronicle Books) with a little bit of mail-artsyness.

The silver border was already on the brown paper envelope, but I added some bling with Stickles glitter glue and a fountain pen rubber stamp. I thought the Elvis and Okefenokee swamp stamps went nicely together, too.

Dunno why I really love brown paper envelopes, but I do... Oh, and incidentally, the little blog icon (whatsitcalled, a favicon?) for my blog is taken from the back of one of these brown paper envelopes.

Gorey glitter fairy envelope

I got some brown paper envelopes to go with my moo.com photo postcards, and I really dig the look. This one got some decorative touches from my Edward Gorey rubber stamps, a Stickles glitter glue dot border, and Glimmer Mist glitter spray. Above is the photo taken without a flash...



... and here's a photo with the flash. I think I prefer without, but that glitter can be mighty persnickety to photograph well.

Incidentally, I realize my blog postings have been very heavy on the received and lacking on the sent, so I'm trying to even that out.

Red Tango kitty + bling

Here's more from the Red Tango set, which is of course from the lovely Dark Horse Stationery. I love the curly-tailed cat, and I added in some Stickles glitter glue bling. Yeah, I gave the cat purple glitter eyes...

I really love the way the Marge Simpson stamp matches this.

Maybelle, chanteuse

The Jezebel love never ends. I go through her cards like penny candy.



The front of the envelope includes a little bit of bling from my favorite glitter glue, Stickles.

Shiny pretty thing for Sendsomething

I did a random search on Sendsomething (I know, I have a letter pile, but sometimes I just want to send out something random and unexpected to a stranger) and came up with an interesting profile of someone who likes "shiny, pretty things" and cats. So she got this postcard.



I actually bought it years and years ago in Amsterdam, and could never figure out to whom to send it. And that night, its time was right.

Evan Harris Birds of a Letter envelope

This is the envelope of the letter I sent in response to the artistic letter featured in yesterday's post. A pretty envelope someone else drew, gussified with some stickles glitter glue, is just about the best I can do to try to offer some merit of visual artistic value.

The stationery is Evan Harris Birds of a Letter from Dark Horse stationery. I didn't take a photo myself of the inner pages, which have FANTASTIC designs plus the added perk of a white writing space (all the better for showing off those pretty fountain pen ink colors, my dear), but I lifted the promo photo from the Dark Horse site just so I should share the pretty goodness:

Sexy stamps

This one is cheer-up letter to a friend who needed a smile. The envelope is a blue-purple, and I lined the edges with red glitter glue dots.

The rubber stamp is called "sexy French lady reading," and I always imagine she's reading a letter. I don't think it comes through in the photo (though maybe you can see it if you view large), but I also used "diamond" glitter glue on the French lady's ring, garter belt and ankle strap.

A Jospehine Baker/Vintage Black Cinema stamp seemed the right complement to the theme.

Really slow hand-decorated envelope

I call this one slow because I took a long time with it. I used colored pencils and Stickles glitter glue on the address frame rubber stamp. I'm quite pleased with how this one turned out! To see all the glitter glue dots, it's best viewed large.

I wish I knew a way to optimize photographing glittery things. The light never seems right, but if it's in direct sunlight, it's just too too bright. I'll have to experiment more, I suppose...

The "Letters Preserve Memories" stamps are among my favorites, by the way.

Red Tango Horse

Here's another lovely from Dark Horse Stationery: the Red Tango set. It's a little girly-looking for me, but I like the sass and the shape of the horse.

I used Stickles glitter glue (silver and purple) to make the front sparkle a little bit. And I couldn't resist drawing a flower on my first letter to Flower Mound, TX.

White envelope with a little bit of bling

This rubber stamp is one of my favorites to spice up an envelope address, especially one that justifies use of the 5 lines. It is especially jazzed up with a few judicious dots of glitter glue.

(Yes, once again I sing the praises of glimmer mist and glitter glue. Sparkly-sparkly!)

To appreciate the bling, best viewed large.

I thought the Bette Davis stamp worked with the glam theme.

A little side note: I've discovered some new glitter glue. Before I just used a large bottle of something I'd found at Michael's, which was rather unwieldy, inexact and clogged all the time. But I've found Stickles Glitter Glue and now I'll toss my other icky stuff. The Stickles is precise, easy to use (you don't have to make your hands sore by squeezing the bottle so darn hard), and clog-resistant.