Have you ever visited the Felt & Wire website? Did you know they also have a shop? If you love paper crafts, stationery, card making or crafting in general, inspiration and shopping- you’re going to love both!
Recently I was sent an incredible array of colorful envelopes in many sizes and finishes from Mohawk Paper, the company behind Felt & Wire. As an old-skool print designer, I go waaay back with Mohawk. I’ve spec’d many a project on their papers. But now they actually sell their envelopes in smaller packages of 10 for the crafter! So, I thought I’d show you one fun idea for utilizing both A2 and A8 size envelopes. I chose the colors Coco, Ultra Fuchia, Orange and Sun Yellow to create a simple personalized stationery set.
Using art modified from a page of printers cuts found in one of my rare/early 20th century books, (FREE for you below,) I printed the images to paper to create envelope insert liners. I trimmed them to fit and slid them into the bright colored envelopes, attaching with a few light dabs of glue. When making your inserts, be sure they don’t end up covering the gummed strip section of the flap.
I printed out note sheet designs, 2-up on letter-size paper to coordinate with the envelopes and inserts with my name added to each.
I glued the flap of one A8 envelope to the lower bottom of another to create a pocket folder.
I slid the envelopes and note sheets into the pockets and folded the flap over the sheets.
Folding it in two, I added a label to the front. You can tie a bow or string to finish, add a sticker as a seal closure, or cut a decorative strip of paper to use as a cigar band wrap. 
That’s all there is to a simple but personal letter writing portfolio/stationery set. Create several, they make the nicest birthday gifts and shower favors.
Here is a free PDF digital download of clip art for you to use on this or any other projects.
The Giveaway! Mohawk Papers will give away sets of their beautiful envelopes in various sizes, finishes and colors to 5 lucky JSIM readers. To enter, please visit the Mohawk Paper Store and Felt & Wire and F&W Shop, come back here and leave a nice comment. Entry to giveaway closes Tuesday, February 15 at noon, PDT. Winners will be announced and notified shortly thereafter.
Entry to giveaway closed. Congratulations to: #10 Victoria, #12 Rachel, #46 Sharon, #83 Kate and #105 Kristi!
I want all of their stuff. Hope I win.
Oh what a fabulous job you have done..Thank you.
even though it is out of stock, i love the yellow paisley journal. i’ve been looking for something just like it!
I would love to be entered to win this giveaway. Thanks so much for the opportunity. The Olde Bagg herself, Linda
I LOVE Mohawk! I hope I win
I love the variety of items available thru those sites. I especially love that the Felt & Wire shop is highlighting products from designers and printers that I otherwise would never have come across.
oh the felt and wire shop is amazing! so many pretty products!!
I just spent some time browsing on their web site, it’s seriously comprehensive. I love paper, all colors and textures. I love writing notes when I send people things in different color fine sharpies. Just like the old days. Just kidding, fabulous paper is wonderful to work with.
Love everything on Mohawk, and beautiful things for sale at F&W.
I love papers. When they come up with a way to touch and feel through the internet I’ll be in heaven!
What did I do before F&W shop?!?!? Etsy suddenly pales in comparison!
Beautiful envelope design idea! Thanks for the introduction to Mohawk and Fire and Ice too.
Great idea to personalize…you always have the most creative things! I’d love to win the Mohawk paper…they have fun stuff! Thanks for the chance to win!
The L journal is worh the wait. My love will still appreciate it on Father’s day.
I have a slight obsession with paper goods and I think the digital age we’re in intensifies it. I really enjoyed perusing these sites. They’re very well done.
Thank you for the download!
Wow! I didn’t realize envelopes came in so many different colors! It’s amazing how much adding a liner dresses up an envelope – it really makes it look elegant.
Love the felt and wire shop!! So creative!
I really liked the whimsical Pisatchio Press cards. Thanks for the paper craft ideas and download!
Love, Love! A crafters dream come true!
You are a font of knowledge on fonts and all things paper related. I really enjoyed my trip around Mohawk and Felt & Wire. I want to buy everything.
Stationary is one of my favorite things. I love sending out hand-written notes.
Thanks for the great links, Cathe. As a fellow graphic artist, I really appreciate the vintage graphics you are so generous in sharing. I have used some of the graphics in personal projects. Love the Felt & Wire blog – a great resource. Your craft projects are so charming and clever – I’ve bookmarked
many of your tutorials. Thanks again.
wow these are awesome products! you can just browse and drool over the creativity and designs!
Loved all the beautiful letterpress prints, especially the cheeky stuff!
What Fun! I could never choose…but if I won I bet some really cool paper would find it’s way to my house!
Beautiful products! Thanks!
Okay. So I am a paper junkie! Feed my habit! I did not see anything that I did not want……..
That was a nice jaunt at Mohawk and F & W! Enjoyed the trek. And enjoyed all I saw.
Thanks.
There is so much I love about all of these sites, but I guess what really impressed me the most is they will donate to Arbor Day. I like that.
It’s great that Mohawk is supporting the Arbor Day Foundation!
Lovely things at all sites. I so appreciate the distinction between craft (the verb and the noun) and crafts (the sparkly yarn toilet-paper cover), and am relieved and delighted anytime I see things that remind me there IS a difference.
Thank you!
Wow. Paper nirvana. That’s what Mohawk papers is. And Felt & Wire is amazing! I have no idea where to start, it all looks so lovely (especially the linen paper, ahem). Thanks so much for mentioning the great resource!
Yippee! More deliciousness from The Wonderfullest Cathe Holden. Thanks, Kind Lady!
Mmmm, Strathmore paper. So much pretty to look at!
I love all the different options mohawk provides and I like all the fun prints in the felt and wire shop!
Thanks for the great idea, Cathe!
These are amazing! Perfect timing, I am looking for wedding invite inspiration!
Gorgeous paper, beautiful fabrics, and any kind of chocolate are my indulgences.
What a great post! I would love to win your giveaway! Please count me in.
*smiles*
Carol
Gorgeous portfolio you made. And the Felt & Wire store was a revelation! What cleverness. And the Mohawk envelopes are lovely. Thanks for the opportunity.
Their papers, their websites and store are GORGEOUS! I am a big fan of all the sustainable options they provide and the letterpress mailable frame is brilliant.
My clients and my friends will both benefit from me knowing these sites. Thank you for the share, Cathe!
It is all so gorgeous!
What a lovely idea! x
everything is so tempting !!
and your set is wonderful ! full of bright colours, I love it !
These are really lovely websites, just wish they had a shop here in Belfast Northern Ireland ha ha Denise xx
Love the papers…felt finish…..makes me very inspired. Really dig the graphics at f&w shop. YUM!
I love it! All three have amazing stuff.
- Danielle
other-option AT hotmail DOT com
We love every sheet of paper in the world, so now we have to add these envelopes and clip art to our love fest!
The colors are so summer-hope they come my way!
Very neat stuff. I bookmarked it and will visit often. thanks for the chance to win.
I love The Felt & Wire Shop. I would love to win this giveaway.
Cathe, I am not able to get the link to the pdf to work. I tried several times yesterday and a couple times this a.m. Could you check it out and see if it is downloading for you?
Thanks—
Hi Barbara, so sorry you’re having trouble with the link! It is working for me. I will shoot you the file via email.
What a cute project! You always have the cutest ideas. Thanks so much for the giveaway!
beautiful products! I can think of tons of projects for my cardmaking with these!
Really pretty things! I love the project you did with these envelopes.
What a neat idea – I would love to win some envelopes – the colors look so vibrant.
Thank you for all the new and clever ideas, it so generous of you to share your creativity with the world. The products on the Felt & Wire shop are fabulous. I would love to win some of the amazing products from Mohawk.
I just love the Felt and Wire shop – I wish I would have gotten my Valentines from there this year.
Hand made cards and stationary is one of the nicest gifts. So personal and touching.
They site has so much information! There goes my Saturday! I can’t wait to see what goodness I find!
Great resources – thank you.
I LOVE this! Paper is my biggest obsession, and these sites were chock full of beautiful beautiful things. Thanks for the recommendation Cathe!
there you go again Cathe, you “share the love” everyday! These are terrific outlets for great paper products, to buy plain and embellish with a personal touch or ready made…handmade! The best of both worlds. Thanks again for another fine connection to what’s out there.
The selection of papers and envelopes on the Mohawk Paper Store website is incredible! I was completely wowed by the variety of colors and paper types available, and I saw lots of yummy envelopes. Thanks for introducing me to this incredible online store! I know I’ll be back again and again.
I’ve always loved Mohawk Paper! Also love the Felt & Wire website.
Very pretty.. I love the colors.
Would love to win. I saw lots that I liked. Thanks, Nancy P.
I am a stationery junkie….i LOVE paper! Mohawk has fantastic products. Love your idea for using the envelopes as a pocket folder for the stationery sets. Clever and easy, as always! you are the best.
I love this idea! Would love to adapt this to use my own artwork. Thanks for the tip!
GORGEOUS!!!
hummmm more downloads, more ideas, more shopping…I need more time! Thank you for sharing so much on you blog, I’ll be back!
Wow, this is just beautiful…thank you for the tip. I just visited the F&W store and purchased some paper yarn from PaperPhine.
Thanks for sharing the new sources for inspiration and acquisitions!
Thanks for sharing Mohawk & F&W — I’d never heard of either one, but will be visiting (and shopping) there in the future!
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Thanks for a chance to win this giveaway and for introducing me to Mohawk and Felt & Wire!
The colors are so vibrant! Beautiful stationery set project. I’ a fan of printer’s cuts – cool way to use them! Thanks!
What gorgeous things they have in the F&W shop! The site is great, thanks for the heads up. It’s now in my bookmarks for regular visits.
as a full on paper fiend, mohawk are one of the only brands i completely endorse.
q u a l i t y
Ooh, I love the “inari wrap” on Felt & Wire. Mohawk is one of my favorite paper companies! Would love to win this sweet contest!
Wow! Where to start? I clicked on the Felt & Wire Shop and was instantly smitten! What gorgeous work! In particular, the Literary Pets cards are beautifully illustrated and wonderfully witty to boot. The Folding Display Notecard… elegant and ingenius. I could spend hours here, just admiring all the lovelies…. totally inspiring!
seriously great shop, F&W.
thxs for the link, and opp.
grtz, n♥
I particularly enjoyed visiting your site! I loved the paper and even signed up to subscribe to your newsletter! Thanks for your generous offer. cm
Delightful! There are few things more elegant than personalized stationery and to place it in colorful envelopes really livens it up.
I think it is great when large companies make there product available to the home crafter. I had been making my own, these will be nice to have and still keep a bit of me inside. Thanks for sharing.
Joy…………….always
I never knew I could opt out of delivery of phone book, thanks for the info.
Enjoyed looking at all the paper options and dreaming of things I can do….thanks!
I miss getting proper written letters in the mail, my pen pal and I have written to each other for 35 years but rarely send real letters now, we email and facebook !
Thank you so much for this give away, the art is so beautiful. I am a collector of quills and lovely pins. I practice the fading art of letter writing. Thank you for helping keep it alive.
I love all kinds of paper. How fun it would be to have a fresh stack to play with!
I LOVE all the colors of the envelopes. HOW FUN!!
I visited their sites and love the products available in their shop!
Um, wow, and I mean WOW. I will definitely be checking out both those sites again the next time I am in need of inspiration.
I looked at all three sites, and I love the products. I am always looking for good sources for paper. etc. I really enjoyed the F&W Shop!
I love sending mail (mostly because I like receiving it, and figure it’s karma). Felt and Wire has some awesome stuff for the dying art of the letter.
Love pretty stationary. This giveaway is a great way to encourage this dwindling medium of communication.
So great that they have sustainable papers, too!
wow, this is a beautiful site. I love the paper yarn and rollercoaster notebook.
Wow,if I won, I could have so much fun just playing. I love that the Mohawk site has this thing where you can search based on needs. It really cuts down the extra time. The F&W site I could just spent HOURS on and the Felt & Wire shop is just bad for my pocket book!!!!
This is gorgeous, but it looks like a real ink hog.
Ooooh, I love paper and envelopes! Thanks for having the drawing!
i *heart* felt & wire! i’m inspired to make a little stationery set myself
Paper is one of my best friends!
What a lovely giveaway, and I love your personal stationery set.
Dawn
Would love a set of envelopes, thank you! would also love to know what printer you use … that much black ink would make my printer cry. Thanks!
Love their latest blog post on the relationship between chocolate and paper. Who would’ve thunk?
Great stuff….I am such a paper hoarder!
It’s always good to stroll through new websites–thanks for encouraging us to head over there. I’m waiting for the Apple a Day calendar to come back in–perfect for my husband who eats an Apple a Day (and sometimes leaves his stickers on the kitchen counter–this would corall them all, nicely). I’ve got Matthew Carter’s talk up on the web, ready to listen to it after I type this. And the Mohawk Store is a lovely online version of my local Kelly Paper–where I tend to buy mostly Mohawk papers (but didn’t know it!). Very informative–esp. loved the parent sheet prices.
Happy Valentine’s Day to you, too, Cathe! And thanks for our latest crafty project. I appreciate all your sharing of your talents–a good example for me to follow.
Ahhhhhh……notecards, paper, envelopes…..I am home!
AHA ! you just gave me a super idea for invitations to AIGA and CADC events / take a flap from some of the left over posters and glue it to the flap of the envelope !!! I love this idea
These are great Cathe – feeling the stationery love! Fine paper elevates these sorts of projects.
Felt & Wire is fantastic, makes me want a letterpress of my own. Even though (or maybe because) we just had Christmas I love the Santa tags by DeFrance Printing. The colours and design are so fresh and clean – classic. I love the idea of buying the envelopes in small lots from Mohawk – I used to have a source and miss it. Lots of love to share on Valentine’s Day!
Thanks for sharing yet another great collection of graphics with us. I appreciate how much time you spend scanning and cleaning up the files.
And, thanks to you and Mohawk for a chance to win!
Everything is just so…beautiful!
oh how i love the gorgeous selection! thank you for sharing! xo
I can never resist envelopes. Thanks for more great ideas and wonderful clip art.
Love your talent! Thanks for sharing, and for sending me to Felt & Wire. Where have they been all my life?
Thanks Cathe, I hope I win!!!
I love everything paper and envelopes etc- this is a great shop to discover and I hope it’s my lucky day!
I have a friend that is about to have a baby- how fun would personalized thank you stationery be? Lots! I love the rich colors of the paper and envelopes.
Hi there,
I believe in sharing my opinions openly. Sometimes companies are unaware of the customer experience. Thanks for the opportunity to play. 
Loved this project. I did visit the site and have a suggestion for Mohawk Papers… as a non-professional consumer, looking thru their site wasn’t as smooth as I expected. I would have preferred to have seen projects and ideas right away, so as to have a general idea of potential projects using their materials. I know that the choices are endless, but it would have made it a more welcoming experience and I would have lingered on their site longer. That’s my two cents.
Catherine Hopkins
catherinestevehopkins [at] msn [dot] com
I just found you via ihanna’s blog, and I am so glad. Everything is lovely! I would love to win.
Thank you!
I’ve got too many ideas in my head from looking over at F & W…now all I need is some beautiful paper from Mohawk to complete
Fun giveaway!
I really like this idea for a gift!!!
Love the liners!!!
Add me too!!!
What a wonderful resource…lots of great things to inspire creativity, and of course, fine quality products always are a plus!
One can never have enough paper! Love the colors of paper in your post. I visited all three sites – Great Stuff – I will have to go back and explore some more.
so much pretty! thanks for bringing F&W to light!
These are absolutely adorable and I love what you have done with them. Thanks, Mohawk! I was just searching for new notes!
I just found your site through the Bloggies award this year–good luck!!
I love paper!
these are the PERFECT mix of neutral shades with a pop of colour!
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What cool images! Thank you so much for sharing them.
Thank you from Newtown Crommelin
Hey and Thanks for the freebies and links – very resourceful site you have – I don’t know how you have time for everything!