10 Snail Mail Envelope Inspirations


Your envelope is the first thing your pen pal sees so you always want to make it look good and special. Lacking some inspiration? Check out our 10 Snail Mail envelopes ideas that you can adapt on your next snail mail. Enjoy!

1. Intergalactic Envelope
This design is by Naomi Bulger. This is best for your male pen pals as this doesn't look too feminine or too fancy. It started by outlining a UFO, drawing some stars and coloring it with water color.
Inter-galactic space mail:

2. Honey Bee
Honey bee is another theme which suits for both of your female and male pen pal. It's not that fancy and it only uses three basic colors which are yellow, black and white. This design is also by Naomi Bulger. The envelope is also embellished with a piece of button and a knot.
Little mail-art parcels:

3. iPhone Meets Snail Mail
This is a super wonderful idea of Naomi (once again ^_^). This shows both the modern way of communicating (mobile devices and smart phones) and the traditional way which is snail mail. The design is kind of easy. It started with drawing an iPhone then putting some speech balloons on it
Old meets new: iphone snail-mail:

4. Disc Envelope
This design is from DIY Crafts Mom. It doesn't have the traditional flip of an envelope. Instead it is sealed using a ribbon. It started by cutting out 4 circles or discs. Here's how you do it.
You could write a little message inside to someone special saying turn around and then you are proposing... thought that might be a cute idea... I don't know... haha! :):


5. Ice Cream Envelope
This is from Kara Yamanaka. A pretty simple yet sweet envelope designs. It has three scoops of ice cream and that's where you'll write the name and the address of the recipient.
Making snail mail pretty on each part of ice a line from the address,:

6. Two Countries <3
Try this very sweet theme where you basically draw an outline of the map of your country and the map of your recipient. Plus each map is filled with the colors of its country's flag. What I like about this envelope is the broken lines between two maps. It just shows that these two people are from two far away places, hundreds or even thousands of kilometer distance, but they still find time to send something to each other. A real friendship! This design is from Lucy Lucera.

Decorated Envelopes, Mail Art, Snail Mail. Only I'll do Nevada and Virginia.:


7. Simply Washi
Simple and sweet. Two words to describe this design. It doesn't have so much drawings or graphics on it but it is embellished with few washi tapes design. This is from Chri Stine
Photo tutorial how to decorate a boring envelope with fun (masking/washi) tape. ©ankepanke.nl:

8. Letter-velope
The envelope itself serves as the paper for the body of your letter. This is truly a space-saver! See how it's done. Picture is from Angie Marina.
Some outgoing mail using the 'Fancy Free' paper and chipboard stickers by @pinkpaislee  Available at @sassyscrappers:


9. Chic Theme
Yellow the color of joy! This design suits for your yellow envelope and basically, you will just have to draw a chick on it. The chick is easy to draw anyways. It also incorporated a knot. Check this out. Image from PJ Stanley.
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10. Snail Mail Theme
Draw a large snail on the right side and allocate a space for your address and for the address of your pen pal. This image is from Lisa Morris.
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Conclusion
Which one is your favorite? Tell us on the comment section below! For more art materials like washi tapes and other snail mail supplies, check out our snail mail shop.

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