Wednesday, March 23, 2011

This Week's Project: Fabric Envies

I have a couple of envelopes to show off this week! I was really pleased with them, and they were easy to do, so there will be a tutorial, but it will show up on ThinkCrafts first; I'll post it here later.

Here they are:



 


I showed them to my DH, and told my Mom about them over the phone. Both of them said exactly the same thing: "Well, can you mail something like that?!"
"I'm pretty sure they'll be okay," I said. "Heck, you can wrap up a crowbar and put an address on it, and the post office will send it!"

Sure enough, when I laid them on the counter at the post office and asked if I could mail them, the guy didn't bat an eyelash, just said, "Sure. We get all kinds of stuff through here." He did say they were so pretty, didn't I want to put them in something so there wouldn't be any risk of their being damaged? but I told him no, as the object of them was to have something really pretty arrive in the mailbox of the recipient.

Have you heard about the 52 Weeks challenge over at Fabric Fascination? The idea is to finish a project a week for 2011, and post it. I'm a bit late arriving to the party, but it sounds like fun to me, so now I'm going to post this, and drop the link over there!

Oh. Forgot to mention: These are my creations for the Mail Art #2 Swap on Swap-bot.com!
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9 comments:

  1. Pam McKnightMarch 23, 2011 at 7:41 AM

    Those really are quite nice. What a lovely treat to find in one's mailbox!

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  2. SarahBethMarch 23, 2011 at 7:55 AM

    Wow! I'd love to receive something like that in the mail! Nice that your PO guy was so sweet. Mine would probably say a big NO! There's this one snarky guy.....

    Anyway the envelopes are very cool!

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  3. FabricFascinationMarch 23, 2011 at 8:45 AM

    Hi Ani, so glad you can join the 52 week challenge. I couldn't figure out how to email you, but here's the link to the button.

    http://fabricfascination.blogspot.com/p/52-weeks.html

    (Maybe someone will show me how to make a button the usual way someday.)

    Your mailable fabric envelopes are wonderful. What a treat it will be for someone to get in their mailbox.

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  4. Erika March 23, 2011 at 9:13 AM

    Oh, my goodness, what a nice surprise for someone to receive in the mail!
    I look forward to seeing the tutorial.

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  5. Judy NolanMarch 23, 2011 at 10:17 AM

    What a unique and beautiful mailer you have designed! I think everyone who reads your post wants to get one of these. Welcome to the 52 Weeks Challenge, by the way!

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  6. Marilyn [amafriend]March 23, 2011 at 1:06 PM

    Aren't you creative!! Wish I were on your mailiing liSt ♥ LoVe em!

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  7. JuliaMarch 23, 2011 at 5:32 PM

    These are just beautiful! How did I miss that swap!?! Your partners will be thrilled :)

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  8. storybeaderMarch 24, 2011 at 5:28 AM

    it's beautiful! Good to know that it's ok to mail all sorts of wild things. I was unsure also! Sounds like a fun project. Me? getting a post ready for Thursday and Friday is my challenge!{:-D

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  9. Pam DMarch 25, 2011 at 6:37 PM

    These are gorgeous!! (And adding my welcome to the 52 Week Challenge!!)

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