On the Inbox

I am going to be traveling this weekend and I thought I would try to get some of the inbox images up for your viewing pleasure.

 A postcard from Tara at Hello Life.  Her life is taking her back West again!  Safe travels friend.

 A day at the nude beach - postcrossing from Sweden

 A check in postcard from Miss Millie

 Postcrossing from Germany

 A postcard from Ciara showcasing some interesting artwork!

 Postcrossing from the Czech Republic

 Postcrossing from the Spain/ France border

 Postcrssoing from Russia.  Actually a repeat but still nice.

 Beautiful cat car and stickers from KC.

Postcrossing from Germany - No translation

 Letter from Kati in Finland
 
 Letter from Hannah

 TMC and some awesome old stationery

Postcrossing from Finland.  Glad summers here!

That's all for now!
-Becky

Make Something Monday- Zig Zag Fold

Hello all!  I figured I would try to use the Make Something series to do a few projects I had tagged out in several craft books over the years.  This project comes from a book I snagged out of book sale on orgami type cards.  For a most part, I am not super happy with many of the projects, so after I do a few of these, it may go into a book donation for scholarships that I help with.

Above and below are the book and the project for today.  Sorry about the lighting but I was outside enjoying the amazing weather while I worked.  As far as the book, this is one of the easier projects and it made sense to me. 

 I recommend you use a cutting board, cutting guide, and circular cutter if you are going to make the original long fold like in the book.  The paper is a roll I got in the painting section at Lowe's.  The book's measurements were 7 inches down to 3 inches over a 20 inch span.  My paper was 9 inches so I cut down to 4.5 inches at a slant.  See below.

 Basically you accordion fold these.  I used the washi for visual interest.  The first one I folded from short to tall and the second from tall to short.  The book recommended a 4 inch fold.  I stuck with that since I think these will fit into the standard business envelope.  But you could definitely adjust the size and fold to what you desire.

 The first is to the left and the back is funky because I am terrible at getting exactly 4 inches on a fold.  It definitely looks funky.  The second I started from the back and went forward.  That on looks a lot better even though the folds are far from perfect.

 I decided to do a 3 fold using cheap, thin scrapbooking 12 x 12 paper.  I used half a sheet.  Remember, the thick beautiful scrapbook paper doesn't fold well so DO NOT USE IT for these type of projects.  You will have remorse over the destruction of it.

 This time I got smarter and taped the bottom edge down with washi since part of the issue with folding was the page sliding back and forth.

 Smaller, but it is still visually pleasing.  I then reused the piece of washi across the back middle fold.

This was an interesting project.   Once I use one of these pieces for a letter I will have a better opinion on how much I will utilize the project.

With that, happy creating!
-Becky

In the box

I have a huge backlog of mail again!  Give me nice weather and I am out digging, mowing, and generally getting dirty instead of writing.  But here is some more mail for you to see!

 A Postcrossing from China of traditional art

 A postcrsooing where two cards from the same sender arrived the same day.  The Christmas one was sent at that time.  Things that make you wonder.

 Finnish postcrossing of traditional dress

 A postcrossing from the Netherlands

You Betcha this is a USA Postcrossing

 An embellished card from Germany

 A nice note from Juli with some awesome stationery.

 Postcrossing for Germany - Michealangelo

 Mail from Craftgasm!  I am a bit jealous at her proximity to the Postal Museum

 From Emilie at Winnie's Girl.  A little catch up since her move.

 The Postmuse delivers the cat's meow.

An awesome collection of this and that from my pen friend in China.  She and I connected through Postcrossing.

Hope this finds you all well and happy!
-b

Bonus photo:  My trees in bloom

More Mail

 There are lots of postcards in this post.  I seem to have more than a few pen friends who like to exchange these best!  Plus I am up to sending 17 cards at a time through Postcrossing, which gives me a colorful mailbox.

A card from Russia.  I am pretty sure it was a free card, but I am okay with that!

 A postcrossing from Germany.  Hopefully we will be seeing new hatches soon as Spring advances!

A postcrossing from the USA

A wish for Spring from Belarus - postcrossing

 This is actually a US postcrossing from a Ukrainian ex-pat

 St. Petersburg - the beautiful architecture!

 A German Postcrossing

 A letter from Wolfey on this great vintage stationery that beckons flowers to grow.

  Thanks Cindy for the addition to the states collection!

 A postcard from Donna from the Titanic exhibit.

 A postcrossing from the Netherlands.  This is actually a card, but I am okay with whatever people send me.

A happy little Easter card from me friend Bre!  One of those friends that rarely writes so you know it took great effort.

 A note from TMC on stationery by Ciara (Scoutaroo Paper Company).  Funny to see one pen pal using another Etsy stationery.

 A private swap from Postcrossing.  I traded a few map cards for this one which I was glad to do!  I only have AL, ID, KY, LA, ME, MO, NE, OK  left to collect!

Hope that helps tide you over till Monday and when you can get your own mail!
-Becky