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Tiny little envelopes - what can you use them for?
There are dollhouse enthusiasts... they love tiny things and spend hours in their little miniature world! And then there are those of us who wonder what is so special about miniatures?
Here are a hundred different reasons why everyone needs miniature, tiny envelopes at one point or another in their lives. Yup, a hundred, beginning from before you were born. Ok... it should start with your mom, when her friends throw a Baby Shower in anticipation of your arrival into this world.
First of all, paper envelopes have kinda been in use since the invention of paper over 2000 years ago, so that we can write and communicate and have our thoughts delivered to another person. Whether it's by the pony express, by ravens in the GOT realm, or the postman from your local postal service - regular-sized or commercial envelopes exist in most households and will continue to exist in spite of the digital world.
However, when we speak of tiny miniature envelopes, we refer to those that are much, much smaller, too small to be posted in the local postal service. USPS says "To be eligible for mailing at the price for letters, a piece must be: Rectangular. At least 3-1/2 inches high x 5 inches long x 0.007 inch thick. No more than 6-1/8 inches high x 11-1/2 inches long x 1/4 inch thick."
We have handmade mini color envelopes which measure 2-5/8 inches wide by 1-7/8 inches high. About 68 by 47 mm. These are likely not found, not sold at Walmart or at your local bookstore.
So...here are a hundred different reasons why everyone needs miniature, tiny envelopes at one point or another in their lives.
Celebrations, parties, big or small events...
The baby shower, the perfect wedding, the bachelorette party - don't we all love to have keepsakes from these events, and have our guests pen their well wishes in a guest book? The wedding guest book with the mini envelopes pasted on the pages is a popular idea!
The baby shower is a time to get gifts, to hang out with close friends, and it's also a time to make memories too, especially for the little one! Get a big (or small) glass jar, have your guests write down tiny notes, advice, hopes and wishes or even a drawing for the baby, keep all the little envelopes in the glass jar & present it to your 'baby' when he/she goes to 1st grade. Or on their 8th birthday. Or on their 6th Christmas. Open each teeny weeny envelope with them to read these notes! Wow!
You can use the 2-5/8" (W) by 1-7/8" (H) mini envelopes or the 1-1/2 " by 1" tiny envelopes for this purpose!
Confetti, seeds, glitter for your guests - yes, we sometimes love to make a mess with colorful confetti or glitter all over the place ar our wild parties. Distribute these in mini envelopes!
At your special event, do you want your guests to take home something special? A homemade candy? Tiny favors can be given out as door gifts or souvenirs in little envelopes.
And then, there are the intimate celebrations with family during hanukkah, Christmas or a birthday. Need place holders for the dining table, with specially made cards for each guest? What about a gift, with a little note attached as a gift tag? Oooh, tiny stocking stuffers for the little ones' stockings - give them a big surprise on Christmas morning!
The Tooth Fairy
Baby teeth start to get loose and fall out from your 3rd birthday onwards. Most of us have 20 baby teeth to sell to the Tooth Fairy. It's best to make sure all 20 are carefully saved and popped into a tiny envelope before it goes under your pillow.
And a polite Tooth Fairy would also take the time to scribble a tiny thank you note, so where's that 1-1/4" by 3/4" super-tiny stationery set for the fairy folk?!
Then, as life gets going...and you have friends...
Making a greeting card special
A greeting card can be embellished with a tiny envelope or two (or three) pasted inside, on the back or the front. The envelope can hold something special - a tiny gift such as a chain, a ring; or fill the envelope with confetti or glitter; or insert a coin!
Sending a thank-you card
Did someone do something special for you? Or is a birthday celebration over? Or saying goodbye to your teacher? Scribble your little thank-you notes, insert in a mini envelope and hand them out. Or perhaps after visiting a friend or relative, quietly leave a thank-you note in a colorful mini envelope on the side table before you say your goodbyes. Let your host find the note in their own time... it'll be such a surprise! It's called The Art of the Surprise Note.
Sending an encouragement note
Life isn't always happy and sunny all the time. When someone you know needs a little encouragement, a quote or an inspirational thought is such a unique idea!
Sending a whole lot of encouragement
Or better... give a jar of smiles! A whole lot of 31 inspirational quotes in a jar, or 100 positive thoughts for your BFF! They can be color coded (red envelopes for song lyrics; yellow envelopes for bible verses; blue envelopes for a shared thought or memory)
Junk journalling and scrapbooks
Making a scrapbook of a special occasion (for example, after a dream trip) is a wonderful way to enjoy and relive those memories. Besides photos and notes, small envelopes can be pasted in your scrapbook to hold the little souvenirs you've collected - ticket stubs, plane boarding passes, concert tickets...
There you go... at least 20 great ideas for mini envelopes above...
20 things you can put in a tiny envelope...
1. Little penpal letters
2. Secret messages
3. Tiny love notes
4. Small surprises
5. Fancy grocery lists
6. Coffee money for a rainy day
7. Things to remember
8. Things to hide
9. Lists for the library
10. Your library card
11. Itty bitty drawings for sharing
12. Treasure hunt clues
13. A handful of stickers
14. Gift cards
15. A (short) recipe
16. A very small painting
17. Secret codes
18. Lists of favorite things
19. Small and sparkly valentines
20. Lunchbox notes
to be continued...
Visit my Etsy shop for miniature envelopes!
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/TheRabbitShoppe
Here are a hundred different reasons why everyone needs miniature, tiny envelopes at one point or another in their lives. Yup, a hundred, beginning from before you were born. Ok... it should start with your mom, when her friends throw a Baby Shower in anticipation of your arrival into this world.
However, when we speak of tiny miniature envelopes, we refer to those that are much, much smaller, too small to be posted in the local postal service. USPS says "To be eligible for mailing at the price for letters, a piece must be: Rectangular. At least 3-1/2 inches high x 5 inches long x 0.007 inch thick. No more than 6-1/8 inches high x 11-1/2 inches long x 1/4 inch thick."
We have handmade mini color envelopes which measure 2-5/8 inches wide by 1-7/8 inches high. About 68 by 47 mm. These are likely not found, not sold at Walmart or at your local bookstore.
So...here are a hundred different reasons why everyone needs miniature, tiny envelopes at one point or another in their lives.
Celebrations, parties, big or small events...
The baby shower is a time to get gifts, to hang out with close friends, and it's also a time to make memories too, especially for the little one! Get a big (or small) glass jar, have your guests write down tiny notes, advice, hopes and wishes or even a drawing for the baby, keep all the little envelopes in the glass jar & present it to your 'baby' when he/she goes to 1st grade. Or on their 8th birthday. Or on their 6th Christmas. Open each teeny weeny envelope with them to read these notes! Wow!
Confetti, seeds, glitter for your guests - yes, we sometimes love to make a mess with colorful confetti or glitter all over the place ar our wild parties. Distribute these in mini envelopes!
At your special event, do you want your guests to take home something special? A homemade candy? Tiny favors can be given out as door gifts or souvenirs in little envelopes.
And then, there are the intimate celebrations with family during hanukkah, Christmas or a birthday. Need place holders for the dining table, with specially made cards for each guest? What about a gift, with a little note attached as a gift tag? Oooh, tiny stocking stuffers for the little ones' stockings - give them a big surprise on Christmas morning!
The Tooth Fairy
Baby teeth start to get loose and fall out from your 3rd birthday onwards. Most of us have 20 baby teeth to sell to the Tooth Fairy. It's best to make sure all 20 are carefully saved and popped into a tiny envelope before it goes under your pillow.
And a polite Tooth Fairy would also take the time to scribble a tiny thank you note, so where's that 1-1/4" by 3/4" super-tiny stationery set for the fairy folk?!
Then, as life gets going...and you have friends...
Making a greeting card special
A greeting card can be embellished with a tiny envelope or two (or three) pasted inside, on the back or the front. The envelope can hold something special - a tiny gift such as a chain, a ring; or fill the envelope with confetti or glitter; or insert a coin!
Sending a thank-you card
Did someone do something special for you? Or is a birthday celebration over? Or saying goodbye to your teacher? Scribble your little thank-you notes, insert in a mini envelope and hand them out. Or perhaps after visiting a friend or relative, quietly leave a thank-you note in a colorful mini envelope on the side table before you say your goodbyes. Let your host find the note in their own time... it'll be such a surprise! It's called The Art of the Surprise Note.
Sending an encouragement note
Life isn't always happy and sunny all the time. When someone you know needs a little encouragement, a quote or an inspirational thought is such a unique idea!
Sending a whole lot of encouragement
Or better... give a jar of smiles! A whole lot of 31 inspirational quotes in a jar, or 100 positive thoughts for your BFF! They can be color coded (red envelopes for song lyrics; yellow envelopes for bible verses; blue envelopes for a shared thought or memory)
Junk journalling and scrapbooks
Making a scrapbook of a special occasion (for example, after a dream trip) is a wonderful way to enjoy and relive those memories. Besides photos and notes, small envelopes can be pasted in your scrapbook to hold the little souvenirs you've collected - ticket stubs, plane boarding passes, concert tickets...
There you go... at least 20 great ideas for mini envelopes above...
20 things you can put in a tiny envelope...
1. Little penpal letters
2. Secret messages
3. Tiny love notes
4. Small surprises
5. Fancy grocery lists
6. Coffee money for a rainy day
7. Things to remember
8. Things to hide
9. Lists for the library
10. Your library card
11. Itty bitty drawings for sharing
12. Treasure hunt clues
13. A handful of stickers
14. Gift cards
15. A (short) recipe
16. A very small painting
17. Secret codes
18. Lists of favorite things
19. Small and sparkly valentines
20. Lunchbox notes
to be continued...
Visit my Etsy shop for miniature envelopes!
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/TheRabbitShoppe
Envelope designs for selection
These decorative designs and patterns are available for handmade envelopes. Click on the thumbnail(s) below to view large resolution photos, and scroll through the designs to see all the patterns. Handmade envelope sizes cannot be larger than 16.50 by 11 cm.
Please send the DESIGN CODE (eg P-03) when confirming your selection. Thank you.
Please send the DESIGN CODE (eg P-03) when confirming your selection. Thank you.
Paper patterns and designs for selection
These designs and patterns are available for handmade greeting cards, envelopes, miniature book covers and notebook covers. Click on the thumbnail(s) below to view large resolution photos, and scroll through the designs to see all the patterns, colours and prints.
Please send the PAPER CODE (eg P-SAKURA-02-BLUE) when confirming your selection. Thank you.
Please send the PAPER CODE (eg P-SAKURA-02-BLUE) when confirming your selection. Thank you.
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| Animal prints |
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| Animal prints |
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| Checkered (gingham) large |
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| Children (kids) prints |
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| Children (kids) prints |
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| Children (kids) prints |
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| Children (kids) prints |
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| Floral designs |
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| Floral designs (large) |
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| Floral designs |
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| Floral designs |
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| Candy & Alphabet designs |
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| Polka dots |
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| Polka dots |
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| Checkered (gingham) small |
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| Wood prints |
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| Sakura floral prints |
How I Started
I started cross-stitching in the early 1990s. Continued till perhaps 1999, and then, life got in the way. In 2011, digging through storage, I found my old UFOs, my threads, my embroidery hoop, and yukky rusty needles. My old hobby rekindled, I made trips to the local craft shops to stock up on new threads and, of course, brand new needles. However, cross-stitching seemed to have become a dying craft in the new millennium in this part of the world. Fabric is hard to find, only in one or two shops. And they were too expensive. US$18 a yard? Are you kidding me?? (Um... US readers, do you pay $18 a yard for your cloth?)
Of course, the new millennium also gave us the wonders and convenience of Online Shopping. Get anything and everything you want anywhere, just pay the shipping costs! I found reasonably priced threads and aida fabric on ebay. And in my regular travels overseas, I discovered very good quality cross-stitch fabric at less than US$4 a yard. Yes, you heard me. Good quality aida - less than $4 a yard! I could get nearly FIVE yards for $18!
All these kick-started my passion and enthusiasm for cross-stitching again, in 2011. :) I also started looking for small designs to complete. I know HAED... yes they are beautiful. Yes, many are in love with it but I'd rather not go near those with a ten-foot pole. I need small designs, which can be turned into useful things! There's only so much wall space, and friends' houses' wall spaces may not always welcome these huge framed pieces.
Well, greeting cards are always in-style. Americans purchased 6.5 billion cards a year! Six and a half billion.... that's almost the entire world population in a year... so many cards making so many recipients super-happy! Bookmarks.. who says we don't read books any more?
Check out the unique, colorful cross-stitch gifts and see if you fall in love with these! Remember, buy at carousell or qoo10 if you're local, OR go to etsy if you're in 'the rest of the world'.
Of course, the new millennium also gave us the wonders and convenience of Online Shopping. Get anything and everything you want anywhere, just pay the shipping costs! I found reasonably priced threads and aida fabric on ebay. And in my regular travels overseas, I discovered very good quality cross-stitch fabric at less than US$4 a yard. Yes, you heard me. Good quality aida - less than $4 a yard! I could get nearly FIVE yards for $18!
All these kick-started my passion and enthusiasm for cross-stitching again, in 2011. :) I also started looking for small designs to complete. I know HAED... yes they are beautiful. Yes, many are in love with it but I'd rather not go near those with a ten-foot pole. I need small designs, which can be turned into useful things! There's only so much wall space, and friends' houses' wall spaces may not always welcome these huge framed pieces.
Well, greeting cards are always in-style. Americans purchased 6.5 billion cards a year! Six and a half billion.... that's almost the entire world population in a year... so many cards making so many recipients super-happy! Bookmarks.. who says we don't read books any more?
Check out the unique, colorful cross-stitch gifts and see if you fall in love with these! Remember, buy at carousell or qoo10 if you're local, OR go to etsy if you're in 'the rest of the world'.
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