More Lombardic versals from Christi - Third side of the ofrenda

 

The envelope from Christi has already been posted. I often forget to shoot the things inside envelopes. This time, when I realized I had missed this very nice card, I also noticed there are 3 distinct styles of Christi's Lombardic versals. 

The greeting above is sketchy and look like she did them quickly.

I'm going to give this version a try.

Below is something that looks like it wants to be a bookmark. I can't tell if the whole thing is done by hand. It is so tiny that I'm thinking she might have done the art, then scanned it and printed it out multiple times - possibly reducing it. The gold is handpainted. And then there is the little red signature. Hopefully Christi will tell me what she used on that signature - it's sooooo tiny.

I love tiny.

Here is the envelope again so you can see the third version. Also, I neglected to point out that she did her own version of the Goodnight Moon stamp and put her own little *character* in the setting. It's adorable.

 

enlarged image of the stamp

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Photo by Erik Brockmeyer

This is the third side of the ofrenda. The six nichos that were on this side are below.

2013

2015

2016

2017

LINK to the TMI post  which is way too much information unless you are looking to kill a lot of time or want to see the whole story in one place.

Oct from Lynne - Second side of the ofrenda

Spiders popped up on many of the October exchange envelopes including this one from Lynne. That's a very nice spider web. It captures the feel of how they are symmetrical without being perfect. 

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Here are the 6 nichos on the second side of the 2025 ofrenda. Each nicho was inspired by the ofrenda that was built in the corresponding year. 

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

Those 6 nichos were displayed on the second side of the 2025 ofrenda.

LINK to the full story  -- 

Photo by Erik Brockmeyer

 

Oct from Grace - First side of the ofrenda

Grace had at least one actual popcorn bag that she turned into an envelope. The fun continued with an assemblage of cute stickers and USPS stamps. I'm pretty sure I can return this idea with a paper bag although it will be a generic brown bag.

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This final series about the ofrenda project will feature an actual photo of each nicho. They will be in groups of 6. Each nicho is roughly 20" tall and 15-20" wide. These six nichos were on the first side on the ofrenda. Each one was inspired by an original ofrendas. These six represent ofrendas from 2001 through 2006. Photos of those ofrendas are posted on the long, tedious post - linked below.

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

LINK to the full story

The photo of the honoree, Gary is in the middle and mementos from Gary's life are displayed below the photograph of Gary. Pan de muerto (in the basket just below the denim jacket) is the traditional bread used on ofrendas.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_de_muerto 

Oct from Nanski - Intro to last four ofrenda posts

 

Nanski did a nice job of combining several of the popular October images and she had one of the moon stamps. We're still near the beginning of the October exchange envelopes that arrived. 

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Some of you have had your fill of me talking about the ofrenda. Others have asked to see all the nichos. I have posted a full report on the whole project.

LINK to full report on the ofrenda project.  

Warning. It is tedious and lengthy and not a good use of your time - unless you need to kill time. Maybe someone needs a rabbit hole to help with chore avoidance.

 I have some long distance friends who do not read the blog who can relate to projects that take months and I wanted the whole story in one place for them. I have also said that I would post all the nichos on the blog - so I am going to do that over the next four days. And then we will have a closing ceremony for the ofrenda.

The museum hired Erik Brockmeyer to take professional photos of the ofrenda. 

Tomorrow there will be an individual photo of the six nichos on this side.

Oct from Smash - December exchange sign-up

An updated list of styles for our big project is posted at the very end

Smash had a lot of fun with her spider for the October exchange. The three elements of spider/stamp/name are nicely arranged. The USPS cancel ended up in a complementary place. I wonder if I can morph the idea into something for a return envelope for the November exchange. What's round and Thanksgiving-ish? Pumpkin pie? And forks?

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Today through December 4th is the window to sign-up. Lists are sent on the 5th.

If you participated in the NOVEMBER exchange - just shoot me an email that says: SIGN ME UP - you do not need to retype your address and info.

Send your sign-up to:    PTEnvelopes-at-aol-dot-com

Let me know if it is your [Birthday] month or if you are willing to be on [2 Lists].

If you were not on a November list - or if you only sign up occasionally - or are a new exchanger - please send your information in the following format:

Jane Doe

123 Oak Street

Ames, IA 50010

janedoe@aol.com

[Birthday]  [2 Lists]  -- if those items apply

If you are new to the exchange - here are some helpful details:

https://pushingtheenvelopes.blogspot.com/p/rules-of-exchangement.html

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These were added to yesterday's list:

Spencerian

Carolingian

Versals

Handwriting - lots of styles

This was the original list:

Runes

Uncial

Blackletter

Italic

Copperplate

Neuland

Romans - a basic non-serifed set of capital letters

Foundational - the basic non serifed lower case letters

Serifed lettering

Brush script - pointed brush

Brush script - flat brush

Fonts - this category has an infinite number of styles - it will include all the styles where the letters are drawn and there are many alternatives to how to make particular letters. This would include all the styles where the letters are actually little pictures.