Project: Doodle a Day ~Feather~

Day 4: Nature

I absolutely love nature but I find I don't explore and appreciate it enough during all the seasons but hopefully one day I'll pay better attention to it like I did as a child. Speaking of being a child, I always felt so over excited finding a bird feather, I'd carry it all over, appreciate the softness and the colour of it... now you are encouraged to leave them where they are due to illnesses attached to them. How times have changed. One way I do appreciate nature though is through my crafts, I usually work with leaves, flowers and seaside themes so today I decided to go for a bird feather.

Lovely Place...

Between the Pages of a Book is a Lovely Place to be!

 

I asked a friend for a list of loves which she sent me. I decided to choose the theme of 'Books'. I used a dictionary page, Paddington Bear rubber stamp and a book quote to go with the theme. I liked how the postcard turned out but the only thing I would loved to have done is to sew around the edges but I ran out of time as I hope to send this friend a card a month only February was days away so I wanted to get it out in time. I sent it in January but she got it today so I need to be better prepared next time!

 

I hope that you are doing well with your projects!

Project: Inspiration

I think I may have left two envelopes together in one of the last couple of photos because I have no idea where I left this one and I would have had a photograph if I had left it anywhere. So this one is somewhere out in the world but I've no idea where.....

I have created one last envelope which hopefully I shall leave somewhere today to take it up to 31 days but my mind keeps thinking of new places to leave an envelopes so I may keep a list and when I think of another 30 or 31 places then I'll do it all over again.

Have you ever had a memory lapse as to what you have done with something and for the life of you it never comes back to you... what was it?

Project: Inspiration

You'll be happy to know that towards the end of this project I started to get reckless and not care that people were around me so close whilst I was leaving my envelopes. There was a lady with her family to the side of me trying on shoes, there was someone behind me and all around me really but this envelope went so well with these sandals that I couldn't help but leave it here. So in it went, I took the photograph and moved on.

Its really weird as up until my last 7 envelopes I didn't want people to see me or see what I was doing with my envelopes but with these last ones I really didn't care anymore. Maybe its just the fact that one or two of my envelopes are still where I left them and also the fact after leaving so many envelopes I haven't received a single e-mail its made me reckless in the hope that someone will if they spot it straight away or wonder what I'm doing. It hasn't worked as all 30 envelopes are out in the world. I've actually decided to create one more to take it to 31 so that there is one for each day even though I left most all in one go as it difficult to make an effort to go out daily.

Live Simply
Dream Big
Be Grateful
Give Love
Laugh Lots

Have you bought any fancy sandals this summer?

Project: Inspiration

I decided to make the last 7 envelopes and it was actually quite fun as I spent all day Sunday doing that. I think it worked so much better decorating the envelope and postcard together as last time I decorated all envelopes and then postcard which meant it took longer to prepare things. I now need to think of some more places to leave them.

This one as you can see I stuck on a bench but as I got up to walk away the wind really started blowing but by then some people were coming towards me so I walked away. I really hope that someone picked it up before it did.

Do you ever like sitting on benches and watching people?

Project: Inspiration

Its the weekend again and my holidays are well and truely on their way. I always think I've got so many wonderful weeks left but in reality it will end in a blink of an eye. I'm hoping to complete a couple of projects this holiday at least as there are so many things I want to do. I have complied a list so hopefully this year I'll get to complete it.

I left this envelope in WHSmiths as I often take photos of the stationery there so I really had to give somehting back.

Have you come across any fun projects lately?

Project: Inspiration

Some of you suggested leaving an envelope in a cafe, we have a lot more in the city now compared to once upon a time but when I went into the city over the weekend they were all quite full with people and I felt a little awkward leaving them there. In the end it came to my mind to leave one in the supermarket as they have a restaurant section which would be easy to leave an envelope in. Instead I went to this store first, I originally left the envelope close to the till but then I spotted this really cute decoration of a coffee shop and just had to leave it here. I went a couple of days later and it had gone.

It's quite fitting to post this today since it is the first day of fasting for most people in England (some people kept their first one yesterday with Saudi Arabia).

Do you like going to cafes to enjoy a coffee or other hot beverages?

Project: Inspiration

As you can see this envelope I left in the toliets, I really wanted to leave it in a disabled toliet but there was a lady struggling with her wheel chair trying to access it and I would have had to wait a long time. I decided I would make another envelope at some point to leave in a disabled toliet as I still need to create 7 more to make it to my target of 30.

This envelope I was supposed to leave in the flower area and that one in this toliet but in my haste I left this one first. The toliet was empty which made it so easy to take this photo. These Polish stamps have to be some of my favourites that I have seen so far.

Are you also curious like me to know what people think of these envelopes I've left around?

Project: Inspiration

I love the envelope of this one but not so much the way I ended up writing the quote but it was so lengthy that I was worried about it not fitting. I was supposed to put a different one here but ended up getting mixed up with them in my haste to put them out and about. It doesn't matter though as the main thing is someone gets them and feels a little cheery by the decoration if not the quote.

We went to the other end of the supermarket and came back, I saw a lady standing right in front of this spot and I thought that she had opened the envelope and was looking through it but it was her shopping list and she didn't even acknowldge the card. The downside to placing them in such places is that people end up thinking they are part of the display.

I'm curious to know if you are green fingered. Someone bought me a plant recently and its the first time I knew about repotting so I did and it is blooming so much I can't help but think wow every time I see it. It needs repotting again as its grown that much but I guess when winter comes it won't be flowery anymore... at least I know I can keep a plant alive for more then a month at least... still I haven't ever bought any plants in my life time.

Project: Inpiration

With hardly having received letters for the last 2 months I have hardly been to the post office which has resulted in me also not going to the library but as my sister needed me to post a card for her I decided to take my niece to the library. This also meant that I could leave another envelope somewhere so decided to choose a book from their new book range as I always head straight for that section when I managed to settle my niece down to enjoy the children books. My niece really wanted to borrow a book on Tuesday so I let her and decided on Thursday to return it. Whilst there I decided to check the new books and they were left exactly how I had left them on Tuesday in a big mess... so no one had even looked or taken the envelope. Hopefully they have by now!

I choose this one to go in the book because it has text on the paper. I also managed to start using my new frame rubber stamps on the front of the envelopes.

I've nearly finished decorating all the envelopes that I have created so far so I really need to make an effort to leave them in some of the following places....

• bus stop
• cafe
• toilets (hopefully disabled ones but usually those are locked here and those who are in a wheel chair have to try and contact someone to open the door).
• a weight loss section
• a flower garden
• bicycle
• milkman
• and any other random places that come to mind.

I am enjoying this project but I haven't even had the chance to sit down and start any of the projects I had hope to do. This time of year is usually exhausting and long at work.

I hope that you are enjoying viewing these envelopes and postcards so far. Have any of you found them inspiring enough to try something out on your snail mail envelopes?

Project: Inspiration

I was meant to post this before my gambling one but in my excitement I got carried away and forgot which order I was doing things in.

When I went in to the city on Saturday I parked my car right outside this newly painted door. I loved the colour but also everything about the style and colour of the door. I was so attracted to it I had to post an envelope through the letter box super quickly as I could hear creaking inside and was worried about someone stepping outside whilst I was doing my deed. I'm really curious to know if this letter box is in use as there was one on the side also but I'll never know as I haven't had an e-mail.

I haven't actually had any e-mails yet and the curiosity is killing me of whether or not many of them have been collected since some are not in very obvious places and it could take months for someone to find it.

I did go to the supermarket today and check the book I had left an envelope in and it was still there! The thing is though I'd bought it home to change the e-mail address and had put it in a plastic wallet before putting it back. Someone had taken it out of the book, took it out of the wallet, ripped the seal off, read it and put it back minus bag and seal! The seal wasn't even on that hard as it had the tiniest amount of double sided tape on for that purpose. What really baffles me is that if you go to such an effort to open it then why would you not just slip it in your bag or pocket and take it home away from preying eyes.

Another envelope I haven't blogged about I checked that out today too and that one is still there a couple of days later too.... goodness...

Do you have a fancy front door?

Project: Inspiration

A lady can never get enough handbags! So I had to put one in as a bit of fun, I actually first put it in this bag and then decided to put it in a completely different one but in reality who knows if it will get picked up at all in the bottomless pits our handbags seem to be.

It's really odd that this year I have got more aquainted with Dr Seuss as the only book I knew of his was Cat in the Hat. Then this year I came across 'Oh the places you'll go' and suddenly I realised he has quite a world of books out there that I didn't know. Also since doing this project I've come across a lot of Dr Seuss's quotes and really like them. I would have ended up using them all if I could as they are just my kind of thing but of course I didn't in order to continue with variety.

Do you have a favourite author?

Project: Inspiration

I decided to continue with the theme of clothes and popped this envelope in to a cardigan pocket  in the shop. Its a ghastly looking cardigan but I've seen people wear them and they look so good. Anyway as I walked away a lady picked up another nasty looking cardigan on the same rail so I hope that she noticed this envelope in the process. It's fun thinking of un-usual places but they are also not very obvious ones so can take people some time to find and even then they may not want it. I should be going to the supermarket on Wednesday so I hope to take a peek into the book to see if that one has finally gone.

Do you have any favourite quotes?

Project: Inspiration

Yesterday I managed to leave 5 envelopes which felt so good and I didn't feel the least bit nervous because of it considering I was actually more in public with crowds etc... but I guess when its like that its not as obvious what people are doing.

The first one I left is in a photo booth as I thought this envelope fitted in so well with the square images. Its just a shame that decorating the postcard wouldn't work out the way I wanted and as you can see there is a cloudy effect where I made mistakes.

I finally bought some plastic wallets and I wish I thought of it earlier as it means I can keep more envelopes in my bag without them getting crushed or falling to bits.

When I left the booth there was a lady outside, she probably wondered what I was doing as the curtains weren't long enough for people to think I was sat in there having my photo taken. So I think she may have taken it.

I'm running out of ideas of where to leave more now,

Have you any suggestions?

Project: Inspiration

This envelope as you can see I left in a shopping trolley. I came back and it was gone. I love how this one turned out and I especially love these postage stamps, I do however really need to look into getting some new postmarks in a variety of countries. This one I'm using is only for France.

I've really enjoyed working with these small square images, I've had them for such a long time that I think I may have to think of a project to use them.

Do you have any ideas?

Project: Inspiration

I had planned on only posting one more envelope at the supermarket but ended up taking another 2 as I decided I would post one on someones car whilst I'm there as its easir to go unseen here then if I was on a main road somewhere. It has only just rained, the clouds seemed to have cleared to a lovely white. I stuck the envelope on, spend 30 minutes in the supermarket and when I came back out it was still clear... Yes! So I thought until I went to the next store and whilst in there it suddenly poured it down, that you couldn't even hear yourself think. I actually felt a little sick as I'd actually gone back to my car to put my shopping away and was actually disappointed that the owner of the car hadn't come back yet.

I went back to the car in the pouring rain, I was strapping my niece in when I heard some shouting behind me and I turned around to see a lady (driver) and man (passenger) get into the car. The lady pulled it off and got into the car with it... I was worried she'd throw in there in the car park. She opened it and looked at it despite it being soaking wet. I was actually so pleased that the colour hadn't run as that was my first thought when the rain came down. Now I at least know where one of my envelopes went. Whether they kept it or not is another thing.

I did however forget to put a 'for you' sign on this one but I don't think it mattered. Do you agree?

Do you think the quotes that I've used so far are ok?