by Linda | Dec 22, 2016 | DIY printables
The holiday season is always busy, but this week is certainly flying by way too fast for my taste! It finally occurred to me that after Christmas, it won’t make a whole lot of sense to post holiday related designs here on the blog… so I better do it now, or I’ll have to wait a whole year!
From my design drive, I have a lot of holiday designs, so will be sharing free printables and downloads as much as possible. Here are three simple and clean holiday journaling cards that you can download and print. They can also be used digitally, but I quite like them printed out to use as gift tags, to include in my holiday art journal and for general holiday papercrafting.
Download Holiday Journaling Cards ZIP
You can download the ZIP file of high quality JPG files via the link above and don’t hesitate to tag me on social media @tortagialla if you want to share how you use these cards. Also, if you like printable designs, be sure to sign up for my weekly newsletter for updates. Enjoy!
by Linda | Dec 20, 2016 | DIY printables
Here’s a vintage style free printable telegram template for some fun papercrafting DIY projects.
By the request of a lovely tortagialla newsletter subscriber, I’ve taken my telegram printable design from years ago and transformed it into a full set of stationery printables to share here on the blog!
It was actually easy to do since the design already existed. I simply formatted it into a printable set of stationery including both lined and blank telegram paper designs. There’s also a matching envelope so you can stick with the whole theme.
I’ve also created both black and white as well as the full color vintage aged versions. I thought perhaps some people might like to print the full color design, but others might try to age it themselves. Have you ever tried tea staining? It’s super fun! Or try coffee and get the kids to help out, too.
To get the telegram printables just choose the color and paper size of your choice below and download the printable PDF file. You can print whichever pages you would like to use.
Telegram Stationery Set LETTER WHITE
Telegram Stationery Set LETTER AGED
Telegram Stationery Set A4 WHITE
Telegram Stationery Set A4 AGED
I hope you enjoy and please let me know or tag me @tortagialla on social media if you like the design.
As I was editing and working in Illustrator, looking at my telegram design from many many years ago, I realize that it is super simple. If I created the design today, I would definitely use different font and add more details. Maybe I’ll have to create another updated version?
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by Linda | Oct 11, 2016 | DIY printables
I never thought that I would need to record a history of the snail mail cards and letters I send to family and friends. I mean, wouldn’t I surely remember the heartfelt words I have written and the times I’ve dropped off the post or stood in line at the post office? How complicated can it be, right?
Umm, enter life. Parenting, school, work, laundry, groceries, dinner, errands… it all gets mashed up from day to day and suddenly I found myself not really remembering my postal activity. It’s not that I go to the post office every day, but even weekly trips are often enough to warrant confusion in my brain. Did I send out that birthday card already or did I dream about sending it? Did I reply to that letter already or was I just thinking out my response in my head. Everything turns into a blur. Maybe I’m getting old? Uh oh. It’s embarrassing to resend greetings, but even worse to forget or skip on sending something out.
I know there are plenty of people who send out WAY more snail mail than me, so they must have a system to keep track of things. Then I learned it’s as simple as an outgoing mail log.
Keeping track of snail mail activity will ensure that you send your greetings and reply promptly to incoming mail. No more mix-ups or trying to remember… not to mention the anxiety of wondering if you actually sent something or dreamt it up. It really only takes a few minutes, either before you head to the post office or immediately after so you don’t forget.
I decided to create myself a snail mail printable log to record my outgoing mail – a simple record of my mailing activity. This snail mail log is a printable PDF but also editable electronically. Either way works and of course, you decide if you want to include all the detailed information or shorten things up a bit.
snail-mail-log-letter-log-form | snail-mail-log-a4-log-form
While I was at it, I decided to also make the design as printable blank pages or lined pages, so you can use it as stationery as well – double uses! You can also customize your own mail log if you prefer other fields, rather than what I use specifically. The PDF files have no watermark btw!
snail-mail-log-letter-blank | snail-mail-log-a4-blank
snail-mail-log-letter-lined | snail-mail-log-a4-lined
For my personal use, I just put in the recipient name, quick description and date I actually send it. For now that’s all the information I’m looking for, but you certainly can also log more information or even include a snapshot of the mail itself, if you like to scrapbook or journal your snail mailing hobby. There are those who also log incoming mail, postmark dates, etc. It’s up to you!
BTW, if you like this design you can also download the FREE coordinating snail mail printable stationery set here.
I hope you find this snail mail log useful and please share how you log your own snail mail activity. Would love to know!
by Linda | Oct 4, 2016 | DIY printables
I’m not sure what it is, but everyone seems to love the look and feel of vintage maps. I’m definitely no exception and one day would love to have a variety of vintage maps framed in my house. Besides the fun of learning a bit of geography when we look at maps, it’s also fun to discover what has changed since the map had been created. There are so many party games that can come out of having a few maps on your wall too! Anyway, I thought it would be cool to use a vintage world map as part of an airmail design that you can print and fold to become a postcard. I found this cool map that has different routes drawn out – like you are sending your postcard across the world.
I realize that a postcard needs to be of a certain thickness, so make sure you print this on thick cardstock that can be sent by post. Otherwise, you can even wrap this around an existing postcard to be sure it is sendable. Just download the file below in the paper format your prefer.
vintage-map-airmail-postcard-letter | vintage-map-airmail-postcard-a4
I would love to know what you think about printable postcard designs. Is it feasible for actual snail mail? Or will you use the design inside other packages? To decorate your planners, pocket letters and other correspondence? As always, would love to hear any design requests you might have as well.
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by Linda | Jul 4, 2016 | DIY printables
A happy independence day to my fellow Americans and happy 4th to everyone, because each new day is a new opportunity to do good, right?
I’ve been blogging for quite some time, but never stuck to a schedule as it’s always been a side hustle (even now) – but in after combining my blogs I’m know a lot of cleanup is required to clear out old links and old useless content. I’m taking the opportunity to do so with a super old post that I am rewriting here and including an old design I have as a FREE printable.
A while back, I fell in love with printable graphics, because little mini embellishments were perfect for me to print at home and use in my papercrafting. I didn’t need a huge kit of supplies, just a little something. I made a lot of scrapbook pages with printable supplies back in the day.
For this 4th of July holiday I wanted to share a page of printable designs called Let Freedom Ring. It’s a mix of printable designs from journaling cards to little embellishments that is great for scrapbooking, art journaling, decoration of your planner and paper crafting projects. You can certainly include a little tidbit in your snail mail packages and letters, too!
LetFreedomRing-LETTER
LetFreedomRing-A4
Download your paper size and print away. I hope you enjoy for your personal use only use.
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