Apparently spring is Birthday Season around here, because I suddenly discovered that I needed to send out a whole bunch of birthday gifts at the same time. A few of us have been enjoying writing actual physical letters to one another recently, so I decided to put together some letter sets.
They’re bigger than they look – what you can see in the picture is five A4 envelopes. Inside each one is a set of ten sheets of A4 Conqueror writing paper in a lovely deep creamy colour, with five matching DL envelopes. I also put in a few little “thank you” cards, a gel pen, a mini propelling pencil, and a couple of Airmail stickers.
The outer envelopes looked a bit plain, so I decided that a spot of hand lettering was the order of the day. You can’t really tell from this photo but they’re painted with metallic acrylics, and then outlined with a very fine marker.
I really enjoyed painting these – I spent a very pleasant afternoon watching endless Eddie Izzard DVDs as I wielded my very tiny paintbrush.