Mis-Matched Envelopes And Stationery

[chud]

I'm just curious - what do most people do with mis-matched envelopes and stationery? Inevitably when you buy sets of writing paper and envelopes you're going to run out of one before then other -- are you happy to send off correspondence with completely unmatched envelopes and paper?

 

This is what I do, no problem. I'm just curious though - if you don't, what do you do with the leftovers?

[migo984]

I don't buy matching stationery sets. My paper rarely matches my envelopes as usually the paper I enjoy writing on would be completely unsuitable as an envelope e.g. onion skin & Tomoe River.

[Ted A]

I have a lot of envelopes that were for invitations of some sort. If I don't use them for my correspondence they'll still be around 100 years from now. So I use them. Though it is frustrating that I just can't find a way to fold the Tomoe River paper I use to fit in nicely.

[inkspot]

I like the eclectic look, so I happily use mismatched paper and envelopes. I usually find a way to tie them together somehow. For example, I have a big box of dusky purple envelopes that I often pair with my lilac patterned papers or my blue and purple butterfly paper.

[PaperDarts]

Yes, I mix and match envelopes and paper all of the time, even when I have paper and envelopes that match. I do end up with way more envelopes than I need, especially since I can't resist a pack of coloured envelopes on sale when I see them. Sometimes I have to use pretty creative folding techniques with odd-sized envelopes or paper, but I tell myself that my correspondents enjoy that sort of thing...

[Kosmic-kowgirl]

I use em in an eclectic way too, always way more envelopes left over so Ive taken to just keeping color families to tie it together. But now with the fp craze in my life, it's harder finding paper that tolerates fp use, so try to keep the colors neutral for the inks to showcase themselves.

[stevesurf]

Every combination of mismatching gets joyously unified by sealing wax

[ac12]

Normally, I do not buy matching sets.

I have several different papers that I use in the same #11 size envelope that I buy in bulk.

Which paper I use just depends on several factors including: how I feel that day, who I am writing to, what pen/ink I am using, if I have a new paper to try, etc.

 

At some point when I get matching stationary I would get enough that I can take from the next box.

More than likely I would run out of paper before I run out of envelopes. Then I would do the same as I do now, except to use my better papers.

[Kosmic-kowgirl]

Stevesurf is so right on this one!

[Ted A]

I have 5 letters in my bag to respond to. 1 of them could be from a matched set. It's fairly plain so I can't tell for sure, but the paper fits snugly into the envelope so it might be a set. The rest are not matched. I have one correspondent who will sometimes go to a place like Michaels to get paper and makes his own envelopes.

 

Most of the letters that I've gotten from fountain pen users this year have been on Tomoe River paper and there aren't matching envelopes for that.

[jaqcp]

I make over 90% of my own envelopes, at least all that I use for actual correspondence. I usually cut them out of calendar pictures or another sheet of the same paper I use for the letter. Since I often make up a bunch at a time, I sometimes find I don't have the envelope to match the letter I wrote, but as close as most of the paper is to matching anyway, it is plenty close enough. It is pretty cool, though, when the envelope and letter came from the very same sheet of legal sized paper.

[Chrissy]

I don't worry about mismatched paper and envelopes.

 

I have started to make envelopes myself. I even bought a template. Some pretty paper to make them from would be nice.

 

Does anyone who makes envelopes use a special type of glue so that they can apply it, leave it to dry, then moisten to seal the envelope?

[inkspot]

There are envelope sealing glues available through some craft suppliers, but I've never had any luck with them. They often don't seal at all, or if they do, the seal doesn't last. I usually apply a couple strips of double-sided tape to the flap and just peel off the backing paper when I'm ready to seal. It seals flawlessly every time and works out to be cheaper than the glues I've tried.

[CraigR]

I do like matching stationary sets but I can't/won't afford them. So, mix matched is just fine for me. I like Clairefontaine Triumph paper lined in pad form. I scavenge envelopes from just about any where to use. Just started cruising the garage/yard sales and asking about paper and envelopes. Surprised at what turns up.

 

Craig

[migo984]

 

I have started to make envelopes myself. I even bought a template.

 

Hi Chrissy. Just received your letter in your handmade envelope. That's the ultimate in recycling - re-using an already recycled envelope! Where did you buy your template?

[jaqcp]

For pretty paper, I like calendar pages.

 

For glue, glue sticks.

 

I also have templates for the 6 1/4 (I think) and invitation sized (1/4 sheet) that I made myself out of a thick transparent notebook cover. It allows me to "frame" the picture I am working with which is VERY important. One time I was using pictures from a Norman Rockwell calendar and I had to simply reject one month because there was no way to make an envelope without the center of emphasis being the doctor's crotch!

[Fabienne]

Every combination of mismatching gets joyously unified by sealing wax

 

Brilliant, sealing wax is the glue which hold civilization together.

[MissChief]

Hi Chrissy. Just received your letter in your handmade envelope. That's the ultimate in recycling - re-using an already recycled envelope! Where did you buy your template?

Why buy a template? Make your own or cruise Pinterest for templates. There are plenty of them out there, in a variety of sizes.

[migo984]

Why buy a template? Make your own or cruise Pinterest for templates. There are plenty of them out there, in a variety of sizes.

Because I'm cack-handed and prone to making mistakes.