Jeannette might be surprised to know that I came very close to using this envelope yesterday - as the Happy 16th Birthday to the blog envelope. I am not a perpetually perky person. I'd say I'm a solid 50/50. I like it that way. I'm fine with perky people and if anyone wants to go back and read the 6,000+ comments that people have left on the blog, you'll find one exchanger who said that they were a Pollyanna type person. I think I remember who it was who left the comment.
If you are the person who remembers leaving a Pollyanna comment - let me know. You are still exchanging - so that narrows it down to about 20 people. If I hear from that person, I'll let all y'all know.
Where am I going with this? Maybe just acknowledging that whatever people are experiencing or feeling, I can probably relate to it. A lot of my envelopes lean into the flowers and generally upbeat stuff. But, I really like this envelope. Maybe I'll get serious on some of my envelopes. Somewhere on the blog I think there is an envelope featuring the top row of the keyboard with giant symbols for swearing. But, I think they are all colorful and fun. Can Jean go dark? Hmmmm - something to ponder.
Jeannette gets an A+ on choosing the right paper and adhesive. It's stuck! Clover K left a comment suggesting rubber cement a while back. I meant to pass that tip along. Rubber cement is not archival. It will discolor your paper. But, if you are on board with ephemeral - then rubber cement is your friend.
Also - it works best if you apply it to both surfaces and let it dry - and then position the piece to be adhered. Then you need a rubber cement *pick-up* to rub away the excess. Then you need to open the window to come down from the high you will get from breathing the fumes.
Rubber cement thinner is an essential in the world of noxious chemicals that we sometimes allow ourselves to use. It's probably hard to find these days. Thanks, Clover, for reminding me about rubber cement.
Here's one picking up masking fluid which is used by watercolorists to mask off and retain white space on the paper.
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