Journal 52, Week 28: Mail Art meets Art Journal Journey's postage

I'm joining Chelle at Journal 52 for her Week 28 prompt, which is mail art.  I'm also joining Art Journal Journey with their post and postage prompt for July.  This was just too good not to share.

I interpreted Journal 52's prompt far differently than most, I suspect.  Note, too, there is no journaling on this page.  As usual, I started with my used file folder,

to which I added the sewn and dry brushed security envelopes.  I love all the different designs and colors that I loosely cut and sewed together.  I've probably mentioned this before, but never on these two challenge blogs, I couldn't sew a straight line if my life depended on it.

I had an extra hanger left over from my dresses project of 2010, so put it to good use.  I also found this beautiful star I made and painted, along with others, several years ago from egg shells.  I placed a bird postage stamp on the dress's shoulder, and allowed a postage stamp butterfly to wander around overhead.


The top was cut from anaglyptus wallpaper, then colored.  The sleeves were cut and added separately.  The small postage stamp butterfly was meant to be sitting on the shirt sleeve.

The skirt was made from painted deli paper.  Three white flowers were colored, then added to the skirt.  Old plastic Mardi Gras beads became the flower centers.

This image is for Journal 52, denoting it is Week 28.

Here is one more look now that you have the specifics.

Thanks to all for visiting.  I hope you like how I interpreted both Journal 52's and Art Journal Journey's prompts.  Your kind comments keep me going.