Author Archives: Lauren

DIY: Make Your Own Envelopes & Letter Sets

I participated in a “repurposed letterset” swap on Swap-bot. You take something like an atlas, calendar, magazine pages, or an old book to create a handmade letterset. I took one of my envelopes that I really like the design of and tore it apart to use as a template. Then I chose these thrifted quilting […]

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Snail Mail Monday

Just one little thing today to share that I am SO STOKED ABOUT. I am officially a member of the Letter Writing Alliance, haha!

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Pay it Forward 2011

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Water color drawing

My first real person drawing ever! I used Anna Denise’s tutorial to do it. I colored it with water color pencils first, then put the water on it, so the first picture is colored pencils, second water color. This is also my first attempt at using water color pencils. There’s a lot I don’t like […]

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Mail Art

I’m doing a mail art swap on Swap-bot, and you’re supposed to umm, “mail art” the mail, haha, and then send something small, but fun along with it. I still have a second one to do, but here’s my first.

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Postcard Thursday

I think this one is from 1985. As always, Margie is my grandma and Doris, her sister. Churchill Downs Home of the Kentucky Derby Derby Day, Churchill Downs Louisville, Kentucky This photo shows the world famous Churchill Downs, home of the Kentucky Derby. In the background is the grandstand and the famous twin towers of […]

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Mini photo dump

Stinky Puppy with her new Christmas presents. My dad & his girlfriend’s dog, Chang. My kitty, Ana. my dad and me, taken by my husband

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Year in Review

In early 2010, I started my blog completely over, eventually moving it from fizleglitz.com to . I didn’t know if I could stick with a blog that didn’t talk about politics and religion or have stream of conscious-type writing, since I spent the previous 7-8 years on various blog sites writing just like that. But, […]

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Postcard Thursday

I like this one because it’s from 1989 and it’s close to where I live now. Fountain and Theatre in the new Charles Center Baltimore, Maryland The Jacob France Memorial Fountain with its constantly change water display and night illumination, the Morris A. Mechanic Theatre with its year-round schedule of legitimate theatre and other live […]

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Christmas Presents

What did you get for Christmas? Besides the Nikon D90 that I got early, and which is super awesome, I also got.. 1.) [source] RENT!!! I finally own this, yay! 2.) This awesome postcard making stamp, yes!! 3.) Airmail envelopes! 4.) Library card notecards – pretty awesome idea.

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