Many people with a stable income have everything they need for life. Therefore, there are always difficulties with a gift for them. Or difficulties begin when you need to go to a holiday to a stranger or unfamiliar person. In such a situation, a memorable original present is needed. What could be better than a handmade greeting?
Preparing an envelope
Many birthday invitations and cards can be made by yourself. To do this, you only need paper, felt-tip pens and ingenuity. 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 dotted lines you will make a blank. The main thing is that the main fold lines are displayed. After printing the future present, cut it out along the contour and bend along the main lines. After that, you can proceed to the design part. The envelope can be painted, glued with patterns and artificial flowers. Often such crafts are tied with ribbons.
Do-it-yourself envelope
There are many ways to makeenvelopes. One of them is the art of origami. For such a hand-made, you will need a square sheet of paper. Its center should be marked with a dot. To find it, simply fold the corners towards each other so that you have two triangles. Having folded all four ends to the center, you will get the simplest envelope that only remains to be fixed. This can be done with tape or glue. If you want to make a craft from a rectangular sheet, it is better to print out the envelope template, as manual work may cause some errors at the final assembly stage.
Original shape
An important detail for creating the perfect envelope is choosing a template for it. In fact, it is very easy to make a non-standard little thing. To do this, you can take the original blank is not square, but a different shape. To do this, it is best to print the envelope for the letter, and not draw it by hand, in order to be sure of its absolute symmetry. For example, for the shape of a heart, it is necessary that both halves coincide when added, otherwise the craft will be unaesthetic. Having drawn a heart in Paint or any other more modern program, you can also immediately color it by choosing an unusual fill method. Graduated or textured colors will make the envelope more interesting. Folding it is as simple as a regular one, using the addition method. However, the bottom of the envelope, depicted as a sharp corner, should probably be used more as a detail to close the letter.
Variety of materials
It is not necessary for the letter keeper to 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 template. You can independently create a kind of pattern, even if you do not have a special talent in the art of sewing. You need to pin a piece of fabric to the template, not forgetting the seam allowances. After all, the edges of your work will crumble in most cases, so it’s worth overcasting or stitching them on a typewriter, slightly bending them by half a centimeter. To keep the envelope in the shape of a rectangle, place a small sheet of appropriately sized paper in the center of the batted fabric. Fold the edges of the product to the center. To secure, sew the corners 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 into an 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 quilling details, beads. Dried plants look very beautiful. 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, stick two short pins withheads to the closure. 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 parts
It doesn't take much effort or time to print an envelope. But remember that the main thing is not the shell, but the content. Therefore, a postcard for the recipient is also worth creating with your own hands. It can be made from colored cardboard. Velvet, rhinestones or ribbons will look beautiful in 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.
