DIY Mail Art Envelope Template

I know I keep going on and on about envelopes. I believe this is my fifth DIY envelope post … which is disconcerting. Call me out if my next blog post is envelope-focused, too. Then we’ll really know I have a problem! But what can I say? I’m a sucker for pretty packaging, and I love sharing ways to make someone’s world a little bit prettier with you!

Today I have a special treat for you — a DIY mail art envelope template. I just created a set of three to put in my shop, and I’d love to share one of the three with you.

The template I am sharing today is the photography template. This template makes for an amazing envelope for someone who loves cameras, movies, or just funky illustration! You can download this mail art envelope template by clicking here: Photography DIY Envelope Template.

Once you download the template, you can either put a piece of regular paper or card stock in your printer {I recommend kraft card stock}, or if you want to create the ultimate cheap DIY project, cut an 8.5″x11″ piece out of a grocery sack and put that in the printer. {This was my original plan until I found card stock lurking in the closet.} Then print the template on the card stock or grocery sack, and you’ll have something that looks like this:

If you do not select “fit to page” on your printer options {I recommend NOT selecting “fit to page”}, then the side flaps won’t fully print out — you can see an example of that on the image above. That’s perfectly fine and in fact ideal as it makes for a bigger envelope. You’ll know where to cut because only a little bit of the tab doesn’t print out, and it should be obvious where to cut.

Once you print out the template, you’ll just fold in all the flaps. Fold in the bottom flap first, the side flaps second, and the top flap third. Glue the side flaps to the bottom flap. You can either seal the top flap {once your card/letter is inside} with regular Elmer’s glue, or you can make my four-ingredient vanilla lick-to-seal envelope glue.

{The template for this envelope is available for download here.}

Your end result will be a lovely and intricate 6.25″x4.5″ mail art envelope … ready to be written on and sent! If you like the other two templates and wish to purchase them, you can find them in the TPK catalog. Have a wonderful weekend!