Received from Ana in Portugal, August 2012.
Ana has send me such a beautiful letter. She is living in Porto and is a former architect, but is now deeply in love with contemporary jewelry and illustration. See more of Ana's beautiful work here.
My beautiful letter from Ana with a red pencil.
I have so much fallen in love with the two small shells Ana send me, so therefore I have tried to take different photos of the structures. I like the shades, textures and the almost mother of pearl color. So pretty!
A little orchid leaf with it's beautiful lace like pattern.
Different kinds of plastic flowers putted together.
Some of Ana's colorful beautiful illustrations.
Dear Ana, thank you for your lovely letter.
The two small shells have I hanged up in my studio.
Received from Amanda in Australia, August 2012.
Amanda from Sampling has send me a nice letter.
She work as an architect during the day and she likes to knit, weave and sew during her free time.
Pretty letter in white and red with a little bit of blue.
Amanda's grandfather use to have a linen shop in Melbourne and these pretty handkerchiefs are from there. They are so lovely. I like this kind of old textiles with embroidery.
Different kinds of weaving structures Amanda have made for some years ago in mercerised cotton.
Dear Amanda, thank you so much for your lovely letter. The handkerchiefs is so beautiful.
Received from Fanny in Belgium, August 2012.
I have received a pretty colorfull letter from Fanny, who studies textile design in Bruxelles. If you are interested in seeing Fanny's projects you can see it here and her lovely photos here.
Lovely colors and a beautiful sample of yarn.
Like me she likes visiting fleamarkets, the handkerchief is from one. And she has made a little drawing too.
Glitter!!
A sample dyed in the Shibori technique. I really think this looks wonderful, as Fanny have chosen a textile which already have a pattern. They goes together in a beautiful way.
Dear Fanny, thank you so much for your lovely letter.
Received from Barbara in Germany, August 2012.
I have fallen in love with Barbara's beautiful blog mdmslle. Her photos are full of lovely atmosphere and this is why I asked her if she wanted to be part of my textile letters.
Barbara is studying communication & media design in Mainz.
My pretty letter from Barabara.
Her drawings is so amazing. The Swan is the National bird here in Denmark and I like walking at the small lakes in Copenhagen, feeding them.
She had made me a little card with different threads of sewing on.
A little pressed flower.
Dear Barbara, thank you for your beautiful letter. Your drawings is very special to me.
Received from Sara in Canada, July 2012.
I have received the most pretty items from Sara, who is living in the Newfoundland. This is a place I have been dreaming about visiting,
as I have been imagine how it would be living there. Perhaps one day!
I really like the little white dishcloth with the pretty texture. Sara's nan have been knitted it. I'm going to use it at my studio, just like
she does in her home. Both her aunt and sister knits them too.
I'm in love with feathers and this one is so beautiful. She writes me it's from a handmade owl.
I'm totally in love with these small tiny brown envelopes. They are from a vintage book on how to draw birds.
The whole letter from Sara.
The bit of torn wallpaper is from the basement. Sara wanted me to have a little piece of her home, as she used to sit in the basement making craft when she was younger.
Dear Sara, thank you so much for your beautiful letter. I so much love the feather.
Received from Donovan, USA, July 2012.
Donovan is an amazing woman and I'm really impressed by her energy. She is the woman behind Letters Writers Alliance on flickr and
she also have the beautiful art blog the INtangible blog. It's full of beautiful handmade drawings by Donovan. Besides all this, she writes
about 100 letters each month. WOW!
Some of the bits of the whole letter from Donovan.
The striped ribbon is from the stationery store where Donovan use to work. The foil printed paper is Hell Money rescured from a
dumpster. Old stamps.
Inside a little envelope I found all these small things. 07 numbers, Happy Holidays stickers ect.
Donovan have made me a little book and on each page a new item was inside it. I were so impressed.
Dear Donovan, thank you so much for your lovely letter. Opening it was such a fun thing to do!
