Postal mishap

This is definitely the worst postal mishap I've experienced in the 2 years I've been running MMSA.

Look at the sad sorry state of this envelope!

 Though dry when I received it, it had once been thoroughly saturated.  And it has an odd smell to it, like there may have been beer involved in the saturation.  It's filthy and mangled.  the postage sticker was totally ripped off.  The tape used to hold down the address label was lifting up, and had all kinds of grit stuck to the tape.  The USPS does a phenomenal job, and I very rarely get anything in less than perfect shape.  (which is really incredible considering how much mail I get!)  This one is so bad I just keep staring at it and marveling.

Inside were Penny's cute envelopes:

At first I thought I was going to be able to salvage to of them, but when I took them back out of the envelope to photograph them, they smelled horrible, and the flaps are pretty well stuck to the envelope.

LUCKILY, you lovely and generous MMSA swappers have sent me quite a few extra envelopes, so Penny will still get a nice selection.

Envelopes - part 3

From Bee:

From Gina:

from Jenny:

From Judith:

from Julie:

from Kathie:

from Kathy:

from Laura:

from Nora:

from Phillip:

from Rose:

from Sheri:

from Sue:

 from Tracy:

from Tricia:

from Trula:

Envelopes - part 2

From Adrienne:

from Care:

from Carolyn:

from Chandra:

from Colleen:

from Creek Side:

from Currie:

from Doris:

from Ellen:

from Fay:

from Honi:

from Jan in Iowa:

from Jan in Washington:

from Janet:

from Janice:

from Jen B:

Envelopes - part 1

There are some very cool envelopes arriving in my mailbox!

from Alyssa:

From Carroll:

From Christie:

From Claudia:

From Dawn M:

From Hester:

From Julie S:

From Karen Y:

From Laure:

From Laurie:

From Leslie:

From Pam:

From Peggy:

From Tameko:

From Tina:

A few of you have asked, and my answer is yes - it's okay to decorate a pre-made envelope (as Leslie did so beautifully)

Handmade envelope swap - due July 7th

Back by popular demand- we're swapping handmade envelopes again!

(envelopes by Gina Visione)

You can construct them from old calendars, maps, sturdy magazine pages, scrapbook paper, your own painted papers....

You can embellish them with tape, stamps, stickers, collage, labels, paint, etc.

  Make them interesting!

Don't know how to make an envelope?

Don't worry.

Pamela wrote us a wonderful and easy tutorial last year.

Click here to read it.

(You don’t have to use that technique, but it's a great starting place if you've never made envelopes before)

 Want some inspiration?  Enter the word “envelope” in the search box in the sidebar of the blog.  It will bring you to a list of all the past posts featuring envelopes.

Swap details:

• Make five envelopes (no more, no less)

• The minimum size you can make it is 3.5 x 5 inches (anything smaller is too small to mail) but otherwise the size and dimensions are up to you. 

•  Stick a little note or business card inside each envelope with your name and contact info so that the recipients know who made each envelope.

• Put them in a big envelope and mail them to me. 

• I will reuse that envelope and mail you back five different handmade envies from five different people.  (So don’t put postage on the individual envies you create, include postage for the cost of the big envelope.)

• Before you seal your big envelope, go to the post office and find out how much it’s going to cost to mail it.  Include that many stamps or that much cash in the envelope, or send me that amount of money via paypal (iamrushmore@gmail.com)

• Include an address label with your name and address that I will adhere to your package when I mail it back to you.

•  Postmark them by July 7th.  (I don't need to receive them by the 7th, they just need to be postmarked by the 7th.)

Karen Isaacson

PO Box 532

Shrewsbury, MA 01545

United States