This was originally posted one year ago, but I just noticed that I posted it to the wrong site! So I am re-posting now. This little craft has definitely come in handy and I've loved having it hanging on my wall.
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Lately, money has been on my mind a fair bit. So many goals, so many things to save for, so hard to keep track. Digital programs don't work as well for a mind like mine, because I forget to keep tabs on what's happening. No, for me, handcrafted and noted is best.
In a recent issue of "Living" magazine, I saw a fold-out envelope project designed for Valentines. This got me thinking that envelopes on my wall might be a good, tangible means of really hurling the ball into action on my cash goals.
Martha came in handy for this project again with an envelope template I downloaded from her website,
and manipulated in Photoshop to be the size that best suited my project.
The template was printed onto a brown coloured cardstock and cut out by hand. Using an exacto knife (couldn't find my bone scoring tool), I gently scored the envelope fold lines, then folded and glued them into individual envelopes.
I am a paper enthusiast, if such a thing can exist, and have a nice collection of Japanese paper bits. Having made 10 envelopes, I picked out 10 pieces of decorative paper that I thought would be neat together, and cut them to the same length as the envelopes, and a 2" width. These pieces will be acting as liners, and give each envelope a bit of pop, and distinguish them from each other.
After gluing the Japanese paper into the envelopes, I laid my finished pieces out on the table and put them in an order I liked, leaving myself with two groups. Using a healthy amount of glue (just using a glue stick), each envelope was glued to the remaining open flap of the one below.
Since my coins are saved in jars, one nail is enough to hold up each set of five money-collecting pockets. Now I have something nice to hang on my wall, which will bring me all kinds of pleasure when I fill them with bills. Hooray!
