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KSU: Kawaii Envelope Booklets

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KSU: Kawaii Envelope Booklets
Group:Kawaii Swapping USA
Swap Coordinator:manders2280 (contact)
Swap categories: Crafts  Kawaii 
Number of people in swap:7
Location:Regional - USA
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Last day to signup/drop:April 22, 2016
Date items must be sent by:May 9, 2016
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

@aviahz suggested these for a swap back in June 2015 and @betty194 hosted a public swap in 2014.

There's also a picture on Pinterest.

@TerryF created a tutorial showing us how to make a basic envelope booklet.

This is what I figured out when I made a prototype booklet.

  1. Select three envelopes that open the long way. San-x makes lots of letter sets like this. They can be matchy matchy from the same package of letter sets or all different. Sender's choice!
  2. Find your narrowest adhesive like a tape runner or glue dots.
  3. Trim the flaps of two of your three envelopes so they are slightly wider than your adhesive of choice.
  4. Apply adhesive to the two trimmed flaps and connect your three envelopes. Make sure your adhesive doesn’t go as far as the fold line.
  5. Decorate your booklet-to-be with washi tape and stickers, and perhaps a mini envelope. Tape goes on one side of the flap fold or the other so your booklet will fold neatly. This is a great opportunity to use lots of washi tape.
  6. Fill each envelope: put a letter to your swap partner in one and fill two with mailing supplies.

I posted photos of my prototype on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/manders2280/

Discussion

tiggerkitn25 04/15/2016 #

I love the idea, but don't have any spare envies that open that way. =) Maybe next time!

tiggerkitn25 04/15/2016 #

Any spare kawaii envies I meant.

iamred 04/15/2016 #

aww, i don't have any spare kawaii ones that open that way either. =( darn.

manders2280 04/15/2016 #

Actually, now that I think about it, we could use envelopes that open on the end (Japanese style) and connect them end to end.

kasini 04/15/2016 #

What about if you have no spare Kawaii envelope, use a plane one and decorate it with memo sheets?

kasini 04/15/2016 #

Some plain colored envelops (I got some from hobby lobby) and then decorate them with memo sheets. You gonna decorate it anyways with stickers and washi.

starrycat 04/18/2016 #

Mailing supplies like labels, stickers, washi samples, deco tape samples, swap cards, etc, right Meredith? And the booklet is sender's choice for the design, I assume? I would like to join, but I want to make the booklet this weekend since I am off and will be working on swaps.

manders2280 04/24/2016 #

Any and all mailing supplies, loosely defined: mini memos with lines the long way to use as mailing labels, stickers and sticker flakes, washi and deco tape samples, postage stamps, little envelopes, ...

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