We’re in the home stretch of the Summer of {Mail} Love challenge. I hope you’re finding ways to send end of summer / beginning of fall love to folks you know. If you need a little mail love inspiration, I’ve found a few sites that might help:
- For those of you, who happen to be calligraphers or artists, check out the Graceful Envelope Contest. I see the contest for 2011 hasn’t been announced yet, but be sure to check out the winners from previous years if you want to admire some truly incredible envelopes as works of art.
- The International Union of Mail Artists, is a great way to let a few hours slip by all in the name of inspiration and beauty, of course.
- Espousing the virtues of the written word both in letters and journals, Letter Lover is fun to peruse.
If you didn’t “officially” participate in the challenge but are thinking about sending a little note to someone, the September Kindness Challenge over at little bits of kindness, happens to be to send an actual letter to someone.
To celebrate the end of the challenge (but hopefully its just the beginning of your mail love adventures) I’m going to give away two sets of upcycled envelopes. These will be upcycled from a variety of materials including magazines, newspapers, calendars, construction paper, and more. The sets will likely include a variety of sizes as well, all suitable for mailing a letter. Each set will include 12 envelopes. If you ‘d like to win a set, simply leave a leave a comment on this post. I will ship them worldwide. (Please note the photo above is just an example, those sets were given a way a long time ago and I’m not including pencils in this giveaway.) You have until 5 PM, Mountain Standard Time, on Sunday, September 5th to enter.
How is the summer of mail love going for you? Any stories you care to share?
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