DIY of the Day: Sail Mail

Today, I joined The Postal Society's July Challenge where the theme is nautical mail art.

Seeing as how I like keeping it simple, I stuck with a blue and white color scheme (with some splashes of color here and there).

Now, I present to you my entry entitled...

Let's start with the envelope. I drew on some curvy doodles and I included stickers to put the name and address of the sender and sendee to stick on the envelope.

As for the paper to write the letter on, they're just simple blank paper with a "Sail Mail" heading and a compass divider on the bottom.

Now, for the other special contents.

First up, we have an origami steamboat and instructions on how to make one. I've always been a lover of origami and I wanna put a little piece of what I love into my mail. Tee hee.

Second, three hand-drawn, hand-cut stickers made by yours truly.

Third, these pretty blue seashell tags.

And lastly, this postcard I designed myself. See the little wordplay I did there? Sail Mail. Get it? He he he.

front and back

And the font I used is super cute too! You can get it here.

I always love a good challenge and I really enjoyed making my DIY nautical mail art. It's creative challenges like these that keep my creative juices flowing.

Now the only question is, who do I send this nautical mail to?

xoxo

- Kat :3

The Postal Society

Thank you to one of my friends for referring me to this website called The Postal Society, a page dedicated to snail mail lovers and connoisseurs.

photo (c) The Postal Society

(CLICK PHOTO FOR LINK TO WEBSITE)

I've always wanted to have a pen pal, but I was always afraid to send mail to random strangers. You know, stranger danger and all that. But this website reassures me of the wonders of the old fashioned correspondence system.

I'll do an update after I get the hang of the website.

xoxo
- Kat :3

Summer Reading

I'm happy to report that my love for reading has not waned!

I've been spending so much time reading academic books and essays, that I haven't had the time to do some leisurely reading. So I made a promise to myself that this summer, I will read as much novels as I can before school starts.

My favorite from my summer reading list would have to be The Virgin Suicides. The novel was so enthralling that I refuse to let the book down. The story of the Lisbon girls just sucked me right in.

I even plan on making artworks inspired by The Virgin Suicides.

Summer 2014

This summer, my family and I took a five day vacation on the wonderful island of Boracay.

And of all the things I forgot to bring, it had to be my camera. But hey, I got to take a couple of sunny pictures with my iTouch. 

The sky was clear, the sun was bright, and the sea water was cold and refreshing. And sand. SAND EVERYWHERE.

There were a lot of activities to do on the island. We went island hopping, sunset watching, and we rode banana boats! There were also land sports such as ziplines, ATVs, and Zorbs. 

And if you love making sand castles in the sand (see what I did there?) like these sand pieces that were created by the children on the island, the white sands of Boracay are just amazing.

Although I had a great time, I don't plan on coming back any time soon. It was fun, but five days was more than enough for me. And I need to take the sand out of everything.