Home-Made Envelopes Have Flavor

This weekend, I’ve got the perfect idea for making things from old paper, be it old catalogues, old wrapping paper, used wrapping paper, or any other old paper.  The Fun in the Making blog has a post titled: Make Your Own Envelopes From Salvaged Paper.

They have excellent instructions about how to make envelopes that are very appealing.  They suggest that you start by using an old envelope as a pattern.  They go to say:

You can buy an envelope stencil or you can make your own. Just find a pre-used envelope and use it as a stencil. Better yet use that envelope to make your own stencil out of an old file folder or a piece of plastic. I used an ex-ray from when my husband broke his elbow; I knew I’d find a use for them someday.

This blog post gave me all sorts of great ideas for card envelopes–who knows, maybe the power company will get a fun envelope!