Decorated Envelopes Mail Art

Mail art 9 new ones naomi loves.

Decorated envelopes mail art. Need inspiration for envelope layouts or illustrations to gift to your favorite humans. Cover artist lindsey bugbee. Paint swatches of color on the envelope try abstract shapes swashes or blocks of color squiggles and lines and dots.

It s a sort of hobby like rubber stamping scrapbooking and artists trading cards. I especially enjoyed making the mail for emmy. Use the masking tape to stick it to the envelope.

Here are other examples of handpainted envelopes both antique and modern. The template for this envelope is available for download here your end result will be a lovely and intricate 6 25 x4 5 mail art envelope ready to be written on and sent. I ve never run into any issues with the post offices and the mail carriers always get a kick out of seeing my newest art work.

See more ideas about envelope art. Cut a square or rectangle from your scrap piece big enough to write the address. I usually take my cues from decorated envelopes on the market decorating everything but the center and the corner where the stamp goes.

Have a wonderful weekend. The only couple of things i d suggest is don t glue anything to the envelope or use anything dimensional and take the cards. Issue 8 decorative mail art features artists who design beautiful envelopes that celebrate friendships special events and the joy of sharing art with others.

If you like the other two templates and wish to purchase them you can find them in the tpk catalog. So far none of these packages have come back to me so fingers crossed they made it to their destinations. Nov 14 2020 explore linda skavlan s board decorated envelopes on pinterest.