Love Letters – More Than Words February Challenge

Hello friends, Happy February!

Since it is the very first day of the month, I am excited to share my DT inspiration project for February at More Than Words with you.  In this photo you can see my page, plus my dip pen and ink and also my kitty letter opener.

The challenge this month is as follows:

There is something very romantic about the idea of love letters or perhaps more accurately, receiving love letters.  It makes me think of Jane Austen or romantic poetry from a bygone age.  Does anyone even write regular letters anymore, let alone letters of love?

I started with a base of some TH paper stash that had a lot of correspondence type images, including the one above that says “to my dearest” on the telegram.

I found another telegram of a full letter “hello sweetheart” that seemed appropriate.  I have some blue airmail envelopes so I sacrificed one of them for this page, cut the flap off and used it on the side of the page, and then used the rest of the envelope as a pocket on the page, where I tucked the telegram and some postcards inside.

I added some stamps and some stamp stickers, and some tissue paper with writing on it, then added a lot of ink splatters, since writing with old fashioned pens, fountain pens, or dip pens can get a little messy!

I wrote a fictitious address on the blue envelope using a dip pen and then added some blue ink blots to finish off the page.

As always, thanks for reading!Ingredients
my handmade journal,

Challenges

More Than Words – February Challenge – LOVE LETTERS

Art Journal Journey – February Challenge – Seeing Red – I have quite a lot of red on this page, which was not intentional lol. The red on the robin’s breast, the orangey-red of the stamps, the red on the airmail borders, and the “my dearest” writing on the bottom telegram.  Erika is hosting this month, red is a challenge for me, as I tend to steer clear of it but for reasons that will become clear on other posts, I will be using it more this year!