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2009 craft books :: Good Mail Day: A Primer for Making Eye-Popping Postal Art by Jennie Hinchliff & Carolee Gilligan Wheeler
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be sure to check out the Make Every Day a Good Mail Day blog
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this book is filled with many ideas & techniques so you can make pieces of art to send through the mail
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here's an idea i took from the book, using the envelope template from the back of the book, i cut out water color paper & water color painted a rainbow... leaving the white cloud blank, so a can later add who it is to...
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another idea i used from the book was stenciling --- by using a paper doily & sponging with rubber stamp ink, lovely results !
see you tomorrow for day 19 !