Snailmail

I just love making some mail out of old pictures, scraps and whatever I can think of. As long as it fits through the mailbox. This snailmail was inspired from a book I got from a secondhand shop. A book about traditional clothing. Together with some scraps from old babyclothes, some lace, nice paper, glue and a sewing machine, it all came together, it turned out like a little folded museum. I made a stamp from a foam sheet, such a easy way to make stamps! And to finish it all, a handwritten letter to go with it.

Fountainpen

Years ago when I was a student, I had my eyes set on a beautiful fountainpen. With little collegefunds I started saving up a few pounds a week. A matt black Waterman fountainpen. For me, a huge amount of money, just for a pen. Just before writing my thesis I finally had enough money. It was at the time when an essay or thesis was still handwritten. And I had to pay someone to type it over, on a typewriter. But it was all written with this fountainpen. I thought I lost it, untill it suddenly reappeared a few months ago. Twenty years old, and in need of some repair. After some research on the internet I discovered that I owned a Waterman Maestro which was out of production a long time ago. But a little Penshop in Nijmegen in the Netherlands had just the part I needed. It's just a treat to write with this pen, it's nothing like a ballpoint, nothing like it at all!