I was originally going to use one of the etched copper embellishments I made for this, but decided against it because the metal would be too heavy to mail. When I mail letters, I tend to cut extra sheets so I can add a lot more text than the stationary-makers think a person needs, and they push the edges of allowed first class weight.
I’d saved sheets from a magazine that had nice landscapes in the background. This was from some kind of ad, I think. I cut off the part with the people and adhered it to the scrapbook paper background. I’d already decided to use the polymer clay embellishment (I made it when I made the other things for Jessica’s jewelry box).
I knew for this one that I wanted to have text on it. What I like best of all is hand-written dip pen on paper. Of course, hand written dip pens are tempramental, and won’t write on glossy paper, unsized paper, or anything coated with acrylic paint: therefore, no collage work. I’d bought these laser decal transfer sheets when I bought the printable temporary tattoo paper for my practical joke last year.
I had known I wanted to do something like this, so the last time I wrote Jessica (different Jessica) I scanned a couple sheets of my letter to her. This particular paragraph talks about my friend Jerome, and about a question he posted on our private forum asking for advice about a writing workshop.
