Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Illustration Friday - Modify


Something that has really been modified recently is the way we communicate. It seems that people rarely send 'real' mail anymore. I'm so glad my mother-in-law still sends letters and packages to my son so he can grow up knowing the fun of mail arriving in the mailbox.

That is one reason why I love to make notecards. I know that when someone buys a set it means that six people out there will get a happy surprise soon-- an actual handwritten letter!

*The flowers are made from old privacy envelopes from bills, modified a bit to be turned into flowers. (Much more fun to receive.)

7 comments:

  1. Love how the flowers explodes out of the envie. And also how you have used the old privacy envies.

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  2. so nice. I love the idea of using that familiar inside-envelope pattern as something coming out of the envelope. I totally agree with you about handwritten letters. I sponsor a woman in Nigeria, and one of the things I love is that we get to write real hand-written letters to one another.

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  3. Absolutely agree with you. I would like to receive one from you.

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  4. Couldn't agree more. The boys just participated in a pen pal exchange, and they were crazy about it. Maybe we need to do that between them and S. Could be fun.
    I agree, your flowers bring new life to those papers. What a great idea!

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