All Blog Posts Tagged 'PaperBag' (16)

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.…

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.…

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

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.…

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

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.…

A great bright envelope and equally bright stamps arrived from Eric made from a bag from the cooking store Alice Délice. I love how the envelope ended up looking somewhat abstract.…

Eric matched the cats' fur color on the stamps perfectly to the grey of this paper bag envelope.

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.…

Eric found the perfect paper bag to send me.

A striking Sephora bag from Eric, with a stunning Chagall stamp.

Wonderful paper bag from Eric, with perfect stamps. I get the feeling I'd be in big trouble in one of these stores.

Eric sent me this great bag - apparently it holds two baguettes :) Great matching stamps, and a wonderful monkey stamp, too.…

Eric has a current mail art call to recycle paper bags into mail art.

Here are two very nice ones from him in return for ones I have previously sent. The one from the Body Shop has a wonderful stamp on it, and the one with the space-themed washi tape has a great personalized stamp Eric designed…

Great envelopes, great stamps, great letters - perfect packets!

Eva even wrote in green for spring, and the chicken and rooster in the stained glass window on the stamp is just amazing.

 I also enjoyed the not-quite-correct English on this…

Here's one of an occasional series of bags Eric and I have turned into envelopes to send each other.

Bonus points for connecting the quote with the bag.



Thanks for this unusual and very clever…