Hi everyone, my name is Schin Loong (@openinkstand on Instagram) and I’ll be showing you how to create a flourished swan envelope. This is a fun and versatile design and you can build it up with all kinds of flourishes and trimmings to make it your own.
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I stumbled across More Love Letters (MLL) in 2015, and I immediately fell in love with the concept! The idea behind MLL is to connect people who can give encouragement with people who need encouragement. It doesn’t hurt that the kind words arrive via snail mail, which I’m all about!
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As I browsed Pinterest the other day, Schin Loong’s white and gold envelope calligraphy jumped out at me. If you haven’t heard of Schin, she’s one of the heavy hitters of the calligraphy world! She’s got a fluid, elegant style and flourishes that can go on for miles. I love Schin’s work, so I set out to make an envelope that features fabulous flourishes similar to hers. If you’re interested in making mail art like this, too, you can follow along with this tutorial!
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One of the very best ways to make something “pop” on a piece of paper? Draw an illustrated wreath around it! You can draw wreaths any time of year, but they’re truly at home during the winter, when wreaths abound in real life. For today’s post, I came up with five different illustrated wreath designs and made a simple worksheet out of them!
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Last weekend, I created an intricate and artistic botanical letter. Readers were intimidated to try making one themselves … until they saw the process broken down step-by-step! I’m proud to say that there are now TPK-inspired botanical letters blooming all over Instagram! If you break virtually anything down, it’s never as difficult as it seems. That’s precisely the case with today’s floral lace illustration tutorial! I’ll talk you through exactly how to make it, and pretty soon, no piece of paper will be safe from your impressive lace-drawing skills.
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My name is Lindsey Bugbee, and I am an envelope calligraphy nerd, through and through. The prospect of making eye-catching envelopes is what prompted me to try my hand at calligraphy in the first place! I’m enchanted by the idea of this little work of art that can communicate an address, delight various pairs of eyes along its journey, and make a recipient feel special. So, today I have a treat for you: Marvelous Mail, an eBook that tells you everything I know about making envelope calligraphy and mail art!
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