Creative Correspondence
There are lots of ways to create artful correspondence. I’ve included a few examples of letters and/0r envelopes I have actually sent to my friends. The first of these is a “completely recycled” letter, announcing that my dogs had passed their Canine Good Citizen’s test, their very first AKC title. The envelope is made from a sketch I did at a life drawing class. Inside the envelope, I glued an accordion fold letter made from a COSTCO film mailer. I collaged over the front of the film mailer and wrote a brief note on the back of it. Lots of space for writing a letter on the back of the mailer.
Creative Correspondence
The Recyled Correspondence Challenge
Here the idea is to create an artful letter out of recycled materials. My two dogs had just passed their Canine Good Citizen’s test and I wanted to let a friend in Maryland know about it. I took a film mailer I had gotten from Costco and a drawing I had made on a piece of pink card stock and tried to fashion something that was both celebratory and creative.
I cut the sides off the film mailer so that it became one long strip of paper with Costco’s logo and data about film processing on one side and a mostly blank reverse side. I then accordion folded the mailer and glued it to the pink card stock on the drawing side. I collaged the inside of the letter, adding a note to the drawing explaining to my friend that I was trying to make a treasure out of trash (she’s used to this sort of thing).
I drew vines and flowers across the first section of the letter and then added pictures of the two new Canine Good Citizens, whose accomplishments were emblazoned in stick-on letters.
Fan Fold Letter
On the back, I wrote a brief letter about the dogs and about the recycled paper challenge.
The Three Pocket Surprise Letter
Three pocket surprise letters are pure frivolity, but they pack a big punch. They are created to delight and surprise the recipients by presenting them with an “out of the box” kind of experience. Here’s what they look like….the envelope, please:
Where your correspondent first breaks the seal on the back of the letter, s/he finds a set of interior flaps, which may or may not be embellished with decorative elements or test. Inside the flaps are three little pockets fashioned from standard envelopes and decorated in accordance with to an artistic theme; I chose a Japanese motif:
The Mennonite Fold
