Project: Inspiration

This was a suggestion by Jo-Anne to leave an envelope under the windscreen wiper of a car. Hopefully this person agreed that they were prefect!

What have you done recently that was perfect?

Project:Inspiration

I had the idea in mind of leaving an envelope in the perfume section of Boots but when the time came there were just so many people wondering around that I decided not to and left it on a shelf of cosmetics. I get the feeling it will be some time before it is discovered as this one when I walked passed on the other side of the window it just looked part of the display.

Since doing this project its really made me realise that I need to get on to a calligraphy course to understand how to do better writing as its one of the struggles I've had with this project, my writing just annoys me.

I have however in some cases at least been able to draw my own pictures and this is one of them. I've never drawn birds before and for a first attempt I like everything but the legs, I've no idea what I've done wrong with those.

Are you good at drawing by hand?

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: Photo a Day

I really can not believe how quickly 11 days have flown by as I only started this last week which makes it all that more difficult to get my brain around.

I am really enjoying this Photo a Day even though I'm disappointed when searching the entries that not everyone takes photos themselves but use ones from the internet to make them up. It just shows that you can take part in anyway you want if you aren't able to see the thing that fits in correctly.

Day 5: Bird(s)

I went in to the city that day and would you believe I didn't see a single bird! I wasn't sure what I was going to photograph until by chance I went into WHSmith and noticed a whole range of address books with birds on and at that time I didn't realise that I was only meant to have a 'bird' as there were some with just one but my favourite was this one which is why I choose it to photograph.

Day 6: Fun

We went from colouring to doodling and my niece asked me to draw around her toy spoon. I did this and started doodling faces and clothes on to them. She asked me to draw some more and she created these above which are so cute... it was a lot of fun and we had a lot of laughs. This book was an old diary I had but didn't get to use as I got one as a gift too. I stuck Christmas cards randomly on the pages which my niece loved and enjoyed using until this week that is when I accidently dropped my tea cup on the table and it spilled everywhere. I had to buy her a new one, she wanted pink with princesses on but nothing was suitable so we ended up with green with princess stickers on.

Day 7: Someone that inspires you!

She inspires me to bake, try new crafts, go places when I'm so tired, relax at the library.... This photo is now my wallpaper on my phone.

Day 8: A smell that you adore

I could actually think of a lot of smells that I adore but they were just not available... the smell of baking, ripe fruit, flowers, freshly cut grass, line dryed clothes...... this is what I have in my handbag at the moment because of its size. Its a smell that I knew I would like as its one my sister wears so I associate it with her... I have to be careful with perfumes because some are just so strong and could have my nose and eyes streaming in seconds so perfume wouldn't have been my first choice.

Day 9: Something you do Everyday

I decided to go with the first thing I see when I wake up to the last thing I see at night as I look at this clock often enough... On the morning of taking this photo the sun was streaming in and I thought I'd overslept so forced myself to open my eyes and it was 6.04am...grrr... I didn't sleep after that for clock watching. As for my glasses I could not survive without them as I'm short sighted.

Day 10: Favourite Word

is such a simple word to describe so much....

Day 11: Kitchen

My older brother works nights so some days he isn't quite asleep when I get up so will come down to spend some time with our niece but also to eat whatever he can find in the cupboards. There was even a day when he ate my sandwiches that I've made for work as he thought they looked so good.... one day this week he woke up and I ended up making us both crumpets which our younger brother had bought but thankfully he didn't mind us doing that.