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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

WW ... wednesday workday


so... i found a post about a cool lady, Jane Davies from
she is a postmaster and owns the cutest little post office that is 
pictured here and she is trying to keep it and save it, one 
postcard at a time. To read about her challenge...
go to her blog here

 this is the postcard that I sent her and I thought i would share it 
with you for workday wednesday...
I take old 33 rpm record albums and turn them into postcards. I have
 sent over 15 and they have all arrived without a problem. 

I usually start by painting over the label to make it
doodle worthy... This one i did in all white so that I could doodle 
right on top of it 
if you incorporate your stamps ( about $2 US postage ) ... then your design
works out alot better.


then on one side i write my letter and on the other side i add in the address.
I always add in a return address... but i have NEVER 
had one returned. Let's hope this one gets to Jane in good shape.
This is just a hint of the kind of things that we do durring
National Letter Writing Month.
Coming up in April. Email me if you 
want to be paired up with a pen pal for the funnest month of 
letter writing and going to the mailbox
that you will ever have.
Next... i want to share an egg that I made for my mom and dad's 
67th wedding anniversary... a bit more zen doodling
except this one is on a goose egg.

this is a bowl of eggs that I have done for them over the past oh,
about 30 years i would say.


the finished piece.... given to them on their 
67th wedding anniversary.
Until next Wednesday....





5 comments:

  1. Lindsay, these eggs are fabulous. Wow, your mom and dad have been married for 67 years. Congrats to them. Love your records. Your are so creative.

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  2. Hello Lindsay,
    I just signed up for the Letter Month and scrolled through your blog - awesome! But this post is really amazing - The record idea is so cool, I would be overwhelmed to get one of them - I hope all your recipients were as thrilled :)
    Congrats to your parents and the egg you made for them is simply gorgeous!!!
    Thanks for your great blog!!
    Catrin

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  3. I would love a tutorial on your postcard album! I recently obtained a pen pal out of Scotland and they like music this would be a fun first letter/postcard to send! I found link to your blog on Pinterest took me a while to find the project but I finally did! Interested to know what type of paint, and pens you write with.

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