Friday, September 1, 2017

Pocket letters

I don't know who got the idea, but there are these storage pockets for trading cards and collector cards, and someone noticed that if you fold it in three height-wise, it fits perfectly a certain size of an envelope. (US standards), and they decided to fill the pockets with nice things and send the page to someone they liked. :-)
Great idea.

(It seems this someone was Janette Lane.)

So, these plastic pocket pages are meant for trading cards, baseball cards, ATCs, collectible card game cards, so they are 2-1/2 inches by 3-1/2 inches (~6 1/2 x 9 cm).

So - I like templates and lists and rules and such, so here's how I do this.

1) decide a theme, especially a color theme.

2) write a letter
- date and place it
- write a greeting
- tell a little about why you are sending this letter
- tell a little about yourself, what you are doing at the moment, how are you feeling, what are you experiencing, did something happen to make you smile, did you see something interesting
-  conclude with well wishes
- sign
- add at least one P.S. like greetings from your pet.

3) find a teabag in paper wrapping (or a little sachet of coffee or cocoa or something like that.)

4) make the ATCs/cards for the pockets - usually people have 9 of these. These are either individual pieces or one bigger piece divided into 9 pieces.

5) find some other goodies in the other pockets. You have already the teabag and the letter to fill 2 of the pockets.

Some flat items to be put in the pockets
- a lot of people put in a little card with some washitape wound around, or small cards with embroidery floss or baker's twine. Other ribbons and piece of pretty fabric etc. works well too.
- small, flat pieces of candy or snacks
- paper scraps,
- magazine clippings, interesting article, Sunday cartoon, sudoku, word puzzle or something else like that
- different kinds of scrapbooking embellishments, like diecuts, snaps, journal box etc.
- quote cards, inspirational quotes etc. like Project Life cards. (Those are too big for these pockets, so you have to choose some that can be cut into size.
- paperclips and other such things that are used in planners
- stationery
- ephemera
- stamps
- stickers
- friendship bracelet
- seed packets
- anything in flat sachets
- recipes
- book plates
- balloons
- samples, like perfume samples
- origami
- temporary tattoos
- glow in the dark stars or gold stars
- mini flags
- cards, playing cards, tarot cards, oracle cards, alphabet cards...
- matchbook things, like notebooks or sewing supplies
- pressed flowers or leaves
- small bookmarks
- tags
- mini confetti bags

Pocket letter by Judy Zelenka Brand

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