FinnBadger's Blog Posts Tagged 'HandmadeEnvelope' (12)

Faster than a speeding bullet!

This great superhero envelope did travel quite fast from France, taking only 5 days back in 2018.



 



I love the idea of a shy superhero...



I also liked how Eric used two reddish Marianne's to…

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Added by FinnBadger on March 7, 2019 at 2:24pm — No Comments

The art of writing

I have had this envelope from Eric for quite some time. It is the perfect combination, as the beautiful stamps show the evolution of writing implements, and after all, stamps were created for sending letters. These two show a fountain pen and a reed, used as an ancient writing tool. Love the colors of this envelope from Eric, and the splashes of blue on the stamps. The blue cat watching the writer in the top stamp is fantastic.…



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Added by FinnBadger on February 25, 2019 at 2:41am — 1 Comment

M is for Mammoth

This fantastic envelope is made from a paper bag, sent in 2017) from the now defunct French grocery chain, Mammouth. Eric says the bags are somewhat of a collectors item now.



And he matched the stamps perfectly. They come from a 2008 set of Prehistoric Mammals.…


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Added by FinnBadger on February 23, 2019 at 1:43pm — No Comments

Tate

Great to get this from Eric back in 2017 - the Tate Modern is one of my favorite museums, although it is quite some time since I was able to visit.…



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Added by FinnBadger on February 14, 2019 at 12:31pm — 2 Comments

A handy cap

Back in 2017 BonnieDiva sent me this fun homemade envelope containing an entertaining collage.…



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Added by FinnBadger on February 9, 2019 at 1:30pm — 1 Comment

Sometimes a banana is just a banana

Fun banana mail received from Eric in 2017. Complete with fantastic Minion postage label.…



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Added by FinnBadger on February 2, 2019 at 2:51am — 2 Comments

Frogs

Another clever envelope that Eric sent to me in 2017. Added in a neat way, where Eric cut the envelope along the stripes, the frogs look like they are climbing over and under parts of the envelope. Fortunately it did not get damaged by the postal sorting machines.…



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Added by FinnBadger on January 26, 2019 at 11:55pm — No Comments

Believe in something

A great envelope from Eric made from a Body Shop paper bag - and featuring a found poem.

Added by FinnBadger on January 26, 2019 at 12:33pm — No Comments

Street Art

A very cool envelope from Eric, made from a magazine page about street art. and sent to me in 2017. I think it is so clever how Eric perfectly sized this envelope to fit with the art.…



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Added by FinnBadger on January 25, 2019 at 2:31am — 3 Comments

The Moon and the Stars

Back in 2017 Eric sent me this wonderful envelope made from a paper bag from the drugstore Publicis, with the moon and the stars on these gorgeous stamps. I love the whole set, but I have to say the polar bear might be my favorite of them all.…



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Added by FinnBadger on January 14, 2019 at 5:48pm — No Comments

A-Z

Heleen surprised me by sending me this fantastic envelope and card to congratulate me on finishing, and share a few of her thoughts on how much she enjoyed my blog during the A to Z challenge in April.…



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Added by FinnBadger on June 26, 2017 at 12:56am — No Comments

An art book from Adrienne

Select pages from a wonderful art book sent by Adrienne.…

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Added by FinnBadger on January 3, 2017 at 1:33am — 5 Comments

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