Book Themed (Banned Book Week!)

October is such a GREAT month! Not only for Autumn and Halloween-themed envies, but it's National Book Month as well. So, I sent this to Zoe late Sept. using a book page for her name

Her last name could have been better, but I used the wrong darn pen at first. Still fun colors on red.

I messed up the O! (upside down)

#readbannedbooks #nationalbookmonth #bannedbookweek

Practice Sheet turned Hall. Envie (to Nava)

It's October!!! Time for some Halloween and Fall themed envies!

This is from a practice sheet of free-flow italic script.

practice pages (blech, not good!) from a recent online class:

wrote some script lettering in-between

Salvaged envie to Sarah

Got a new pen pal and thought I'd send her this collage env. I salvaged from some spilt ink.

Was working with green and my darn bottle flipped over. So I tried my best to make a design out of it. The theme is "End of Summer/ New Beginnings".

close up.  I know the book art is upside down, but I did so purposely.

 

Funky Print to Grace H. (another #tbt)

And another Throwback Thursday! (Going through my drafts folder and publishing saved ones I'm not that thrilled or proud of!)  😆

I loved this envelope though! So fun, and perfect space for addressing (however, I don't like the stamp).

Here it is without.

Before pic

Back

And with the stamp. I didn't have one that went perfectly (the yellow Ellsworth would have been it!), so this one was the closest. Not bad, but I don't like the placement. Still, a fun envelope.

another handmade env. & insert

This was done ages ago -- a redo of a surname. I made into a mini env. and lettered a quote about Courage over in white India ink.

Folded pen and black India ink, color pencil

Wish I had lettered another quote about courage, but in a way, this IS about courage, for it's courageous to be yourself instead of going with the crowd. #beauthenticallyyou

backside

 

on a roll! (handmade envies)

Ever since the SMC swap, I've been taking some scraps/failed pieces/practice pages and converting to mini env.'s

Again, top Left clockwise (forgot to do before pics):

1) "Stay Calm" in folded pen, 2) an exemplar using marker, 3) "ABC" with walnut ink and drop-in colors, 4) magazine page (from usps catalog), 5) practice sheet from my Sharon Zeugin class (love how it looks Halloween-ish!), and 5) folded pen and gouache. (actually sent this to Lina! -- will post update!)

3d puff paint on craft (#tbt?)

I cannot remember if I ever posted these, SO just for fun, a little "Throwback Thursday" action.

Both are from 2020. Bronze puff paint and overlapping letters, to make it look abstract. 

more vibrant colors and more accents (cirlcles)

These were both for Mail Art calls. Had fun with 'em.