My nephew, Dario, is 5 years old he’s been obsessed with the Post Office lately and wanted to receive something with “his name on it” so my sister asked if I could mail him a letter. I wanted to send him something a little more fun than a simple letter but light enough to mail to Ecuador and that it wouldn’t cost me a small fortune.

That’s where the wallet came in: fun, small, you can still mail it flat…perfect! And I even threw in some cash and a few fake credit cards for him! Can you say, “Best Aunt Ever”??

This is a fairly simple one. Start out by gathering your supplies.

- Cutting mat
- Scissors, X-acto or utility knife (they all work just fine)
- Pencil
- Envelope template
- Adhesive (not pictured)
- Assorted papers (I’m using magazines for the larger envelopes and some scrap paper for mini envelopes but almost anything can be used)

Go through your magazines and find pages with interesting images, fun text or anything else you like and cut them all out. I prefer to find all my pages first and then make my envelopes all at once.

Once you’ve made your selection, use your pencil to carefully outline the template onto one of the papers.

Although this image is not very clear this is what you should have so far. Repeat as many times as you want to save paper.

Use one of you cutting tools to cut your envelope. Remember to use your cutting mat when using the X-acto or utility knife, it runs a lot smoother and you won’t ruin your table!!

Finally, fold all four sides and use some glue or double sided tape to finish up your envelope leaving the top flap open.

A few more envelopes cut with the larger template, ready to be finished.

All done.

I simply love the way this card turned out! It has ten million layers and is super intricate…can you tell I like to exaggerate a bit sometimes?  What I love about it so much is that you can hold a gift card in the little slots on the circle but the white card opens for you to write a short message, whatever it may be. And since the card is completely blank it is perfect for any occasion, birthday, anniversary, hostess gift, wedding, anything you want.  And of course it can be made in any color way!

Frame to Bulletin Board

Before

After

Chopsticks to Candle Holder

Before

After

After…with lit candle

Back Closed

Front

Inside

Wallet – Inside with cards

Money pocket

Wallet made with packaging tape and cutouts from magazines.

Wire and beads chockers with orange and blue seed beads

Alpaca wire necklace with purple beads

Wire and beads bracelets

Wire, beads and polymer clay bead necklace

Wire and beads necklaces

Wire, seed beads and handmade polymer clay beads necklaces

Wire bracelets with beads

Back

Another Polymer Clay necklace