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I decided to do a quick glue down on two junk mail return envelopes. I am returning them empty. They have to pay twice for their unsolicited junk mail. All the unwanted applications were shredded and recycled.

Barclaycard have been persistent in their junk mail lately. I thought I'd send them back something pretty, to reward them for all their (annoying) efforts.

Were any other American mail-senders dissatisfied with the new Santa and Sleigh stamps? I couldn't stand the white border that went around all four of the designs as a whole, but only around two sides of each stamp when used individually. It looked odd on any envelope that wasn't the exact same white as the border, so I used up what I had of them and ordered the Eid stamps for the rest of my holiday mail. Festive and pretty with sparkly gold ink. I think it was a good decision.

299/365, envelope decorated with catalog page, label, and date stamp. Sent to Kelly and Steve in DC.



300/365, envelope decorated with catalog page image, Emerson quote stamp, gold star, green label, and star stamp. Sent to the Allen-Kings of Seattle.



301/365, envelope decorated with catalog page cut-out, Emerson quote stamp, and date stamper. Sent to the Allens in Colorado.



302/365, envelope decorated with catalog page cut-outs, "hello" stamp, Emerson quote stamp, blue label, gold foil sticker, decorative tape, and blue star sticker (along with the weirdly-bordered sleigh stamp). Sent to the London Beards of DC.



303/365, envelope decorated with catalog cut-out, dater stamp, circle sticker, and blue foil star sticker. Sent to the Berrys in Arizona.



304/365, envelope decorated with red label, date stamper, decorative packaging tape, Emerson quote stamp, and catalog cut-out. Sent to Melaine and Mike in Maryland.



305/365, envelope decorated with date stamper, red label, and catalog cut-out. Sent to the Browns in Colorado.



306/365, envelope decorated with date stamper, Emerson quote stamp, catalog cut-out, red labels, and decorative packaging tape. Sent to Brent and Michelle in Denver.

The end of the year meant it was time for holiday mail!

294/365, handmade envelope from a catalog page, plus washi tape and gold stickers & labels. Sent to the McGraths in Maryland.



295/365, a handmade envelope made from a junk mail catalog cover. Sent to Toby in Colorado.



296/365, a handmade envelope made from a junk mail catalog cover. Sent to Joe and Vicki in Virginia.



297/365, an envelope decorated with catalog pages, sparkly gold sticker selvage (which doesn't show up very nicely in this scan, unfortunately), washi tape, a silver star sticker, and a pre-made wintry tag for the name. Sent to the Hoffmans in Georgia.



298/365, a pre-made envelope decorated with a catalog page and a spark of irreverence from me. Sent to Liz in Ohio (who, lucky for me, has an excellent sense of humor).

281/365, Day of the Dead handmade envelope made from a junk mail catalog. Sent to Kathy in Chicago.



282/365, another Day of the Dead handmade envelope made from a junk mail catalog. Sent to Donovan in Chicago.




283/365, an autumnal handmade envelope made from a catalog and sticker selvedge.  Sent to Kim in California.

231/365, almost naked mail of Peeps and a letter (wrapped in extra plastic to protect them) after a trip to the Peeps store at National Harbor. Sent to my Peeps-loving grandmother in New York.



232/365, handmade map envelope with washi tape and "property of" sticker, made while on vacation in the Adirondacks. Sent to Janice Marie in Australia.



233/365, handmade map envelope with "Hello My Name Is" sticker, made on vacation (but not of the area we visited). Sent to Donovan in Chicago.


234/365, envelope decorated with fun place names from maps. Sent to Bonnie Jeanne in Pittsburgh.



235/365, envelope made from tourism catalogs. Sent to Bonnie Jeanne in Pittsburgh.

Never one to let a prepaid envelope go to waste, here’s a little ‘First Class’ post on its way back to the lovely credit card company.

Tara of Ephemera hosted another round of her popular Elevated Envelope swap. I handmade my envelopes out of junk mail catalog covers (which are thicker than the pages, usually) and wrote the notes on catalog pages. Tucked inside are tiny kraft envelopes with typewritten return address labels for each lady all sealed, once again, with a catalog page. My note said I hoped that they would see their junk mail in a different light now that they had received good mail made entirely of the unsolicited kind. 137/365 138/365 139/365 140/365 141/365 142/365 143/365 144/365 145/365 146/365 147/365

Via Flickr:
Created for a junk mail swap on swap-bot. Most of our junkmail these days is from colleges so the background is a college brochure. I added decoys from an auction catalog, ducks from a hunting catalog and part of a non-profit stamp.