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Global Priority Mail journal

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August 4, 2017 By //  by Margarete Miller Leave a Comment

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Recently I put together a postal-themed journal for a postal-friend of mine. She sent me some wonderful no-longer-in-use forms and papers from the USPS. I wanted to create a journal and fill it with collage art with postage stamps. I also had the idea of embellishing the pages with some of the old postal ephemera she sent. I constructed the cover using a flat Global Priority Mail envelope that I cut down for the front and back. It became the “Global Priority Mail Journal”.


I used another envelope to cut the length of the spine. I used a piece of Tyvek sandwiched between the 3 cover pieces, and cardboard I used as a backing and to make it more sturdy. The Tyvek allows it to bend at the hinges to make a cover (See my post on making journal covers if this makes no sense to you and you want to read more).


After I sewed in the three signatures to make up the journal, I asked some fellow mail artists to make some postcards to include in the journal.

The whole thing came out beautifully and I was so excited to mail it off to its destination in Tennessee.

Collage art journal
Paper collage art
Paper ephemera
Paper art
postage stamp art
mail art
correspondence art
Vintage papers

The recipient loved it, I am happy to share. She sent me a wonderful response saying, “There has never been one made that is more loved or appreciated than this one!” I’m so pleased 🙂

Filed Under: collage art, gluebook, junk journal, mail art, rubber stamping, stamp art

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