Friday, July 20, 2012

Edward Scissorclaws

Oh no! I've been turned into an envelope making machine again! I must have made hundreds of envelopes over the last few weeks. I can't even use this many envelopes, but yet I can't stop making them. I find the repetition and monotony of it strangely comforting. Comforting, yes; comfortable, hell no. In addition to my back now being the president of the I-hate-Laura club, I'm now suffering from scissor claws. What's scissor claws you ask? Well, let's turn to my handy dictionary for a definition:

scis-sor claws (szr klĂ´)
n.
1. An affliction that affects people too stupid to put down their scissors and stop making envelopes [this is where a picture of me would go]. It is characterized by the semi-permanent (or for 4 days, whichever comes first) hardening of the fingers of the scissors-holding hand into a scissors holding position;
2. A condition that occurs when a person actually replaces his/her hand with a pair of scissors and threatens to claw others with it.

Please know that I'm suffering from the former, not the latter. I'm not Laura-olverine quite yet. I may be obsessive, but I'm still adamantium-free. A reasonable, logical person would stop cutting paper immediately. But let no one ever accuse me of being reasonable! And if you did recently: TAKE IT BACK! TAKE IT BACK RIGHT NOW! And you! Give me the scissors!!

Before I dive into the mail, envelope-palooza officially ended yesterday! I'll be announcing the winner early next week. Stay tuned snailmail lovers: same bat channel, random bat time. [Yes, I have both a wolverine and a batman reference in the same blog post. Just go with it.]

Incoming:





This letter from Emilie was velociraptor-iffic!!
 No, really, it even says so!
 
It also had one of my favourite stamps ever! It's going to go really well with Captain Canuck! Everyone, meet Dmitri, the Stego! He seems more fixated on eating my shoes at the moment than wanting to play my version of dinosaur fetch, but give him time. And don't go anywhere near him with marshmallows (something I learned the hard way....).



Postcard swap with Gladys. BLISTERING BARNACLES!!!


Outgoing:









I leave you with the best thing I saw this week:

It's from a site called Super Dickery, which is dedicated to using out-of-context panels from Superman comic books to prove that Superman is a dick. I may or may not be using it as arsenal in my argument that Marvel is supreme to DC. Muahahahahaha! The Hulk would never do any of that! He's a good superhero! Either way, I'm more amused than I should be by it.

Man alive! First Wolverine, then Batman, now Superman, and then Hulk for good measure. I need to get a grip! And I'm out! Happy weekend everyone.

14 comments:

  1. Wow every thing looked so old net looking for sure, I am happy you got so much good for you.

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  2. Wow lots of mail...mail box envy :)
    I am hoping to make some envelopes this weekend (winter here with a cold front - so good weather for crafting). Your envie with the stars - what do you use to get the speckled effect. I have a colour wash which has to be used on damp paper so was told was not suitable for envelopes.
    Enjoy the weekend.

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    1. Hi Alison, I used ink and spray bottles. You can find out more here: http://sketchcuts.wordpress.com/2012/07/16/mail-art/

      I hope you also had a good weekend! :)

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    2. Thanks Laura for the link. We have to find out most of the stuff on-line as here in South Africa not all the stuff is easily available in the shops.

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  3. Heh heh, I've been making envies lately as well ;) Mine aren't quite as stylish as yours though :(

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    1. I'm sure they're beautiful. I can't wait to get one in the mail. Envies, I like that word.

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  4. Oh my GOD you sent an envelope with the ENTERPRISE on it!!! (I have classic fold and mail Star Trek stationery!) I think I'm in love. Haha. Huge Trekkie fan here. And super hero fan. Hey I wanted to see pictures of all the envelopes that caused scissor claws! Whatcha making them out of?

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    1. Nothing too glamourous! Just cardstock and an old Seek & Find book that I had lying around. And vellum! I love vellum. I don't have a picture of the Seek & Find envelopes right now, but here's one of the cardstock ones: https://twitter.com/pleasedeliverto/status/219089022822260738/photo/1/large

      You get a gold geek star for recognizing the Enterprise! :)

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  5. I like your comic hero references. Marvel is totally better than DC!

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    1. Agreed! Even if Marvel has a "puny god." Hee!

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  6. Awesome, awesome mail! So much inspiration! ;)

    Have a wonderful week, Laura! ;D

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  7. I must say that I am SUPER ENVY of the person who got that Enterprise. *___*

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  8. Ah crap. No sign from my snailmail yet i guess? Waaaah! Hope it arrives soon.Love your mail and yep, when your pile of letters is getting too big, you should have a stop (and spend extra time with your beloved penpals, hahahahahahaha)Have a great weekend and if the mailman doesn't have my letter with him next time, you should search his pockets....

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    1. Oh, I'll shake him upside down until that letter appears....

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