Phillip, AKA Finnbadger, and I go way back. He was one of the charter members of the exchange. His very first envelopes were handmade and came from a stash of 100 envelopes that he had made - without having a plan for what he was going to do with them. The *forces* that connect random people who are inhabiting the planet, connected us. Eventually he branched out in several directions. Envelope exchanging has been on the back burner, but he's signed up for two months in a row, so that's a good sign. He is one of the few people who made it onto my list of blogs that I follow. After I got to 5, I stopped. No particular reason - I just felt like it was one of those sidetracks that would tempt me into spending too much time keeping up with others instead of working on ideas to share and envelopes of my own.
I could tell this was made from a calendar and emailed him for details. He sent images of the other envelopes that he made for the exchange.
The way the texture is done on this walrus is soooo cool. All the images are cool and it's nice to see them as a collection
Here is a link to the artist. I wonder how Quvianaqtuk is pronounced. He is Inuit. These images feel just right as I write this on a day when everyone is wildly excited about how warm it is --- and it is 11° - we've been in single digits for quite a while.
Nice to see these again. I'm torn between the past bear and the walrus (stealable design).
ReplyDeleteIn a senior moment, I realized too late that the long envelopes with 2 raven story stamps were 4c short. Jean's made it without incurring a surcharge, I hope everyone else's did, too.