Envelopes

Alan Brignull Yes, I'm guessing it is to do with the GST, though I can't quite wrap my head around how it happens, how it makes a difference.

Remember the scrapbook craze? I bought a bunch of scrapbooking papers 10 years ago, when it was all the rage, but never used them.

Finally used origami to turn them into envelopes without cutting or gluing...

Not saying these are "art", or creative, they're not...they're store bought printed papers. But at least they are functional envelopes that I am more likely to use, now. :)

I found a tutorial for making the same kind (lots of different methods out there):  Origami Envelope

It's summer in Oz...14 hours of monsoonal rain last night, I'm surprised the city hasn't washed into the sea. No heatwaves here...Darwin calls Bali and Timor neighbours, as they are far closer to us than any other Australian city. Saw this text on fb, HAD to use it. Voila! Envelope. Acrylic paint on an oversized envelope, misquote is from The Bard's Richard III

Deer Richard Cee: *laughter* Thanks for explaining the wistful look I catch on my postman's face. Poor thing, I will add scandalous juicy bits on my postcards from now on, just to make his life more exciting.

THINK//////////

From Katerina Nicoltsou, beautiful St Valentine's Day greeting

Beautiful Oriental envelope from Fleur:

Playing with some new rubber stamps on these envelopes.

POSTcard 1&2

A rare old envelope that Debra Mulnick sent:

very old stamps and "Salonique" stamping!

Fabulous envelope from Kathy Barnett!  The great old stamps never got postmarked either.

Outgoing envelope - pieced & stitched papers

Very curious ostrich on envelope by Kathy Barnett

Leslie, from somebody who cannot write straight to save her life, your calligraphy is stupendous!

by Alan Turner who recycled one I sent him. Alan is not in this site so probably not many of you had seen his decorated envelopes.

Great envelope from Norma Soulet. I love the IUOMA artistamp, and Dutch PostNL thought it a good idea to add a code on a sticker to the addressee.

The content of this envelope you can see in the Fiber Artists group.

Thank you very much, Norma!

Carina

David Stafford - back of envelope

Hello David Stafford,   nothing like a 1 cent cigarette when you are sipping a Woodbury Facial Cocktail.  If only I could market myself so well....the secrets to success are always jotted on the back of one envelope or another.

special delivery.......

Did you make this Carl or did somebody else?  It looks like it’s a a tiny envelope.  I like the arrangement of the stamps, their colors, and the artistsamps at the top.

Thanks for posting it.

Did you make this Carl or did somebody else?  It looks like it’s a a tiny envelope.  I like the arrangement of the stamps, their colors, and the artistsamps at the top.

Thanks for posting it.

Outgoing mail

Debra ... You have outdone yourself with this one!!!! It is positively out of this world!!!!!! Marvellous! 

Kathy's far too funny chicken legs.

I received this “Let the good times roll” from Jean Jackson.  She has the coolest stamps for sure.  I love this!

Jon Foster + BG going to Katerina [recycled]

was that one to me returned jean?

nevermind jean. after asking that i went to check the mail and that very envelope arrived today!

From Judith Dagan. great envelope and the content is even better, see here

Two fabulous envelopes. The top from Jean Jackson and the bottom from PJM.

An Envelope with a pull out tab from Melissa Ward. Very tantalizing.

and one which has  its back covered  in postage stamps, from Adam Roussopoulus.

mail-art received today from mary anne in uk, love it!

Used multiple stamps on a page from a Frida Kahlo art book to make this envelope which holds a work for Reinhart's Against War projeckt.

This was the envelope from Norma Soulet including a beautiful Orange Lovers postcard, both much appreciated:

Such a fun rubber stamped envelope from Jean. Great use of the oreo stamp too.

Here is something that might be of interest to this group.  It arrived a couple of weeks ago and I know nothing more than what you see; nor do I need to.  Whether it is an on-going project or just an anomaly I don't really care; I have done one and sent it back and it would be nice if everyone else did too.  It is the sort of meaningless nonsense that mail art used to thrive on and as such means everything.  Let the mail infest Mr J F's welcome mat as thickly as the fungi depicted on them . . .

How stupid am I not putting the address which is: J F Chapelle, 5, Rue Bremontier, 33700, Merignac, FRANCE.

Another fabulous envelope from Jean Jeffries.  I love this!

From Robin, back of envelope (I'll try to get the front up here too)

Marbled paper sewn into an envelope, from Debra Mulnick

in response 2 mary anne’s september 16 th comment 2 send J F Chapelle an empty ‘lope-- i’m just now realizing i misread it & went a bit overboard w/the mushrooms, as it only calls 4 sending an empty ‘lope using mushroom stamps!! 

Samantha, you must know that you can never have too many mushrooms . . .

ha! agreed. even so, it was a call 2 use mushroom stamps, plural-- & i only used 1! so yet again i missed the mark. none the less, i sure hope he's delighted...

ARTIFICIAL///////

from Cherub, embossed and stamped, so colorfully!

From Alan Turner, a mail artist I have known for a long time and who keeps away from technology so has not joined IUOMA on line.