| Vintage Envelopes |
From "DIY Crafts"
episode DIC-230 |
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Materials: Quill
Envelope templates -- found at craft stores
Adhesive
Sepia-tone liquid ink
Bone folder
Vintage postage stamps
Stipple brush
Cornstarch or baby powder
Yarn or string
Wrapping paper with lettering pattern
Sepia-tone inkpad
Cooking parchment (bleached or unbleached) - Use an envelope template (figure A) to cut out several envelopes from cooking parchment. Crease the fold lines with a bone folder, but don't fold the envelopes yet.
- If you're using bleached parchment, place as many cutout pieces from step 1 on a baking sheet as will fit without touching one another. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes at 325 degrees, then remove to cool. The paper will take on a light-tan color (figure B).
- When the paper has cooled, fold each piece into an envelope and glue it together, leaving the top flap open.
- Cut out a piece of wrapping paper with old-fashioned lettering on it and insert it into the envelope to simulate an old letter. Glue the top flap closed.
- Affix vintage postage stamps to the envelope with adhesive and stipple around the edges of the envelope lightly (figure C) with sepia-tone inkpad ink applied with a stipple brush.
- Since the surface of cooking parchment has a slightly waxy finish, it may be necessary to dust it lightly with cornstarch or baby powder; otherwise the ink you use to address the envelope may bead up.
- Address each envelope with a quill and sepia-tone ink.
- Tie a bundle of envelopes together with pretty yarn.
Tips: - Take care not to bake the paper too long, as it may crumble.
- If using unbleached parchment, you may not need to bake it because it's already light tan in color.
- If using cornstarch or baby powder, use a soft brush to remove excess powder or blow it off. Do not brush it off with your hand, as this deposits oils, which also act as a resist.
- A glass-dipping pen may be substituted for a quill pen.
- Stamp your vintage postage stamps with postal cancellation stamps to simulate a used appearance.
Products: Available at stationery and art-supply stores nationwide.
RESOURCES :
Creative Greeting Cards
Model: 0806987790
Author: Sandi Genovese
(August, 2000)
To order this title from Amazon.com, click here.
Sterling Publishing Co. Inc.
Website: www.sterlingpub.com
Handmade Gift Cards: 20 Original Designs for All Occasions
Model: 0715311778
Author: Cheryl Owen
Handmade Greeting Cards
Model: 0806983272
Author: Maureen Crawford
To order this title from Amazon.com, click here.
Fresh Ideas in Invitations, Posters and Announcements
Model: 1581800878
Author: Gail Deibler Finke (Editor)
Invitations
Model: 0609603035
Author: Marc Friedland and Betty Goodwin
(November, 1998)
Clarkson Potter/The Crown Publishing Group/Random House
Website: www.randomhouse.com
Any Excuse for a Party!: Hundreds of Fantastic Themes, Invitations. . .
Model: 0787115657
Author: K. Callan
Card Crafting: Over 45 Ideas for Making Greeting Cards & Stationery
Model: 0806986832
Author: Gillian Souter
(August, 1993)
To order this title from Amazon.com, click here.
Sterling Publishing Co. Inc.
Website: www.sterlingpub.com
Creative Greeting Cards: Personalized Projects for All Occasions (Reader's Digest)
Model: 0895779838
Author: Caroline Green
(October, 1997)
Reader's Digest Adult
To order this title from Amazon.com, click here.
Creative Cards: Wrap a Message With a Personal Touch
Model: 0870119648
Author: Yoshiko Kitagawa
(September, 1990)
Kodansha International
The Envelope Mill: Recycle Magazines into Beautifully Crafted Envelopes/Book and Templates
Model: 1565301498
Author: Haila Harvey
(February, 1995)
The Summit Publishing Group
Arlington, TX 76006
Phone: 817-588-3013
Fax: 817-462-4014
Email: info@summitbooks.com
Website: www.summitbooks.com
GUESTS :
Shirley LaPorte
PO Box 67174
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Phone: 805-496-1517
Website: www.societyforcalligraphy.org
Society for Calligraphy
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