(10) A little silliness to Lisa

My friend, Lisa, loves to get mail. She also sends a lot of mail. While she has a flair for aesthetics in her home and wardrobe - she insists that she could never do well at anything with paper/pens/markers. I'm always trying to lure her into trying to modify the way she *decorates* her envelopes.

Lisa wants to do something quick and easy but she makes some very odd choices with her Crayola markers. What she sends inside the envelopes is always fun - so - she doesn't even need to add anything on the envelope - but she seems to like the idea of embellishing her envelopes. I decided to send her a fun example of how her concept to use some unconnected lines could have been a little more cohesive.

I'm not sure my pencil comments will show up in the photos. Below her envelope is my version of her concept. My lines around the stamp are all too curvy. That happened when I was too impatient to wait for the acrylic ink on her name to dry and then too lazy to turn the envelope so that my hand was in the proper position to draw nice lines.

Maybe I'll do another version where I replicate more of her elements and stick closer to what she did. I forgot to note on her envelopes that her color choices coordinate nicely with the stamp.

I don't think she reads the blog. She never mentions anything about my posts - but she might be a lurker. Either way is fine with me. She has kids and a job and a mom who needs a little assistance from time to time. I know she agrees with me that sending mail is a fun way to spread a little joy. She knows this is just silliness and not a harsh critique.