DIY Envelopes

I love getting mail (as sad as it sound, I stalk my mail man daily—poor guy). There isn’t much of a selection of fun stationary here in my smallish town (I’m limited to whatever Target has), so generally I’m stuck with notebook paper and very boring white envelopes. One fabulously rainy day, in the middle of writing all my letters, I ran out of envelopes and quite frankly was a little tired of the white of the envelopes. So . . . I decided to make my own out of magazine pages (because I’m a pack rat and can’t throw away my magazines—it’s the sad truth).

Needed items:

Magazines, packing tape, and some kind of label—I used a “My Name Is” label, but you can use anything you have on-hand.

Step One:

Take your magazine and find a page. Tear it out. Fold it about 3/4 of the way up and tape both sides closed so you have a pocket of sorts.

Step Two:

Take the remaining 1/4 of your page and fold the corners down.

Step Three:

After putting your letter in the pocket, fold top portion down and tape close (it will resemble a “real” envelope).

Step Four:

Flip your envelope over and stick the label on the front. Address. Stamp. Send.

See? Easy peasy. I also like getting old children’s books from the Salvation Army and using the pages for envelopes. How fun would it be to get lots of old Christmas books and use their pages to send your Christmas cards in a homemade envelope!

Be sure to link up with any envelopes you make with this tutorial! I’d love to see your creations!! You can also Instagram them to me. I’m @krummcake.