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let’s get elevated
No, not like that… Well – wait – maybe. If you are artsy, crafty, or some type of paper / stationery / mail enthusiast, I think you may find this post more than a little intoxicating. I definitely...
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garden of love
Hurray! We already have a nice group of people signed up for The Elevated Envelope! Are you on the fence? Don’t be – just jump on in! Today I thought I’d talk about my design for the example envelopes...
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Random Wednesday
(It’s like Lazy Sunday, but with fewer cupcakes.) Just a few bits and bobs to tide you over until my P.O. Box starts filling to the brim with beautiful mail! Incidentally, I suspect that most people...
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a kind of homecoming
Here you go – my own entry in The Elevated Envelope “Summertime” exchange. I will try to make this short on words, and big on pictures, but with 85 envelopes, I have an awful lot to say: With so many...
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be mine (oh yes you will)
The new and gorgeous LOVE RIBBONS stamps are now available! From USPS: Louise Fili designed the stamp, illustrated by Jessica Hische. Derry Noyes was the art director. In case you don’t know, Jessica...
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oodles of doodles: simply illustrated envelopes
I love doodles… I just got a book about how to amplify your doodles and make something more out of them (and boy do I plan to make something MORE out of my recent doodles – just you wait!). So these...
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typewriter envelope
I really want an old typewriter so I can make cool things like THIS: This rad typewriter-themed envelope was sent from San Francisco by Pamela Gerard who gets a LOTTA mail. She has in her house a –...
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Dragon Post
Today’s envelope is absolutely gorgeous – it’s from my friend and mentor, Brigitte Hefferan – a top notch calligrapher up here in the Seattle area. It celebrates the Year of the Dragon: The background...
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2013 Stamp Round-Up
It feels like we are long overdue for a stamp round-up! There are a ton of awesome ones coming out this year for you philately freaks and invitation aestheticians (you US ones, anyway). Here are a...
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“I can’t draw.”
I hear this all the time and I DON’T CARE! Here is some evidence that even if you’re not an “artist” you can still take part in The Elevated Envelope (if you want to, and promise to bring it). Today’s...
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