Many people with a stable income have everything that is necessary for life. Therefore, there are always difficulties with a gift for them. Or difficulties begin when you need to go on a holiday to a stranger or a stranger. In such a situation, a memorable original present is needed. What could be better than a DIY greeting?
Envelope blank
Many invitations and birthday cards can be made by yourself. To do this, you only need paper, felt-tip pens and savvy. Having shown imagination, you can create the perfect envelope for such a gift. For this purpose, you can print the envelope on your computer. You can draw it in any basic Windows program. With the help of straight lines and dots, you will make a blank. The main thing is that the main fold lines are displayed. Having printed the future present, cut it along the contour and bend it along the main lines. After that, you can proceed to the design part. The envelope can be painted, pasted with patterns and artificial flowers. Often such crafts are tied with ribbons.
DIY envelope
There are many ways to make envelopes. One of them is considered the art of origami. For such a handmade you need a square sheet of paper. Its center must be marked with a dot. To find it, just bend the corners to each other so that you get two triangles. Having folded all four ends to the center, you will get a simple envelope that only remains to be fixed. This can be done with adhesive tape or glue. If you want to make a craft out of a rectangular sheet, it is better to print the envelope template, since during manual work some errors are possible at the stage of final assembly.
Originality of the form
An important detail for creating the perfect envelope is choosing a template for it. In fact, making a non-standard little thing is very easy. To do this, you can take the initial blank not of a square, but of a different shape. To do this, it is best to print the envelope for the letter, and not draw it by hand to be sure of its absolute symmetry. For example, for the shape of the heart, it is necessary that both halves coincide during the addition, otherwise the craft will be unaesthetic. Having drawn a heart in the Paint program or any other more modern one, you can also immediately colorize it by choosing an unusual fill method. Graduated or textured colors will make the envelope more interesting. Folding it is as simple as normal, according to the addition method. However, the bottom of the envelope, depicted as an acute angle, may perhaps be used rather as a part covering the letter.
Variety of materials
It is not necessary that the letter keeper be made of paper. After all, there are many other materials that are unconventional for such things, but the more original they will look for the recipient. So, a fabric product will surprise anyone. To make it, you first need to print the envelope on the printer to use it as a pattern. You yourself will be able to create a kind of pattern, even if you do not have a special talent in the art of sewing. A piece of fabric needs to be pinned to the template, not forgetting the seam allowances. After all, the edges of your work will crumble in most cases, so it’s worth it to overcast or stitch them on a typewriter, slightly bent by half a centimeter. To keep the envelope in the shape of a rectangle, place a small piece of paper of the appropriate size in the center of the overcast fabric. Fold the edges of the product to the center. Sew the corners to fasten so that the craft does not open.
Decoration
An important element for a homemade gift is its final processing. After all, having completed the main work, you need to somehow highlight it, make it bright and memorable. To put in the envelope not only the letter itself, but also the soul, it is worth decorating its surface. To do this, you can stick stickers on paper, use parts from quilling, beads. Dried plants look very nice. It is not enough just to print the envelope and glue it. You need to give it a twist. For example, you can make an original rivet for him. To do this, insert two short pins with heads into the closing position. Now they can be wrapped with braid or colored thread in the form of infinity. This will give the envelope a touch of romanticism and symbolism of the gift.
Main details
To print an envelope, you do not need a lot of work and time. But remember that the main thing is not the shell, but the content. Therefore, a postcard for the recipient is also worth creating yourself. It can be made of colored cardboard. Velvet, rhinestones or ribbons will look beautiful in the decoration. A handwritten message in beautiful handwriting will bring joy to the recipient. After all, most people have already forgotten how it is to send real letters. In the age of information technology, such a gift is especially valuable for real originals.