drawing straight lines without a ruler is easy if you pull the line from the top to the bottom. do not try to draw a straight line from left to right. it doesn't work. to space them evenly. start in the middle and then divide the remaining space in half. you would be surprised at how accurate you are when you look for a mid-point without a ruler. your eye really does know where it is. so, back to the straight lines. after you draw the vertical lines, rotate the envelope so that you have the side edges at top and bottom. then pull your straight lines. i think there is something called visual gravity that makes drawing vertical lines easier than drawing horizontal lines.
so all you math-heads out there (all two of you and you know who you are) are noticing that the grid turned out square. no, i did not plan that. i pulled the vertical lines first and then noticed when i turned to make the other lines that they needed to be square, so i did not do the second set of lines at midpoints. i was just lucky when it worked out. poor planning is just as good as good planning if you are making envelopes. unless you do not have spare envelopes.
note to anyone who has not taken any of my classes. messing up envelopes is ok it's a good idea to keep the ones you mess up to remember some of the design ideas. you should also make copies of the ones you send off. you'll never remember them. note to self, go visit the people who have large stashes of mail from me and re-collect the ideas.
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