I've always been obsessed with mail, I know the very sound of the postman's bike and as I child I would race down our driveway to retrieve all the delights in the mailbox. I was utterly captured by Nick Bantock's exquisite series of books Griffin & Sabine - An Extraordinary Correspondence, which dance the worlds between a picture book, a love story and a series of letters and postcards. It was these books that inspired my collection of vintage postcards, discarded notes and shopping lists and my fascination with art of letter writing.
1. The Love Letter- Original Painting by penandpaper
2. Monsieur and Madame Carte Postale by mulberrymuse
3. Vintage Postcard on linen -pillow by Flax and Spindle
4. Postcup by bailey doesn't bark
5. Postcard Garland Rouge by lobsterandswan
6. British Envelope purse by Tabitha Emma
Seeing these beautiful creations by some of my very favourite Etsians, I am engulfed with the same feeling I used to get running down the drive way to the letter box full of anticipation and longing for the beginnings of an extrodinary correspondance. Bring back the letters, folded and sealed with wax, the postcards stained with ink, if our world is an English village there should be people bustling around the streets delivering us letters on pretty silver trays.
Take a moment to brew a fresh pot of tea and pop over to the fabulous Fancy Picnic to check out the other amazing Shopping Lists. The perfect start to your Saturday.
Today my adventures include, finishing my beautiful friend's baby blanket as she is due any day now, creating some new mixed media collages inspired by this morning's post and a search for some postcards and writing paper to begin my own artful correspondence. What are your plans for the day?
PS. I love writing letters, if you would like one in your letterbox let me know, my goal for the year is to fill the world with beautiful words one letter at a time.
Take a moment to brew a fresh pot of tea and pop over to the fabulous Fancy Picnic to check out the other amazing Shopping Lists. The perfect start to your Saturday.
Today my adventures include, finishing my beautiful friend's baby blanket as she is due any day now, creating some new mixed media collages inspired by this morning's post and a search for some postcards and writing paper to begin my own artful correspondence. What are your plans for the day?
PS. I love writing letters, if you would like one in your letterbox let me know, my goal for the year is to fill the world with beautiful words one letter at a time.
Much love, stamps and ink
xxx
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