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brown envelopes

August 10, 2010

I ordered some seeds online in anticipation of spring gardening, and some extras to send to friends around the country who enjoy growing things. The seeds arrived in bulk quantities, and I wanted to divide them into individual packets, so I made my own seed envelopes. They are just kraft-paper 'wage envelopes', with small watercolour paintings on each: shirley poppies, native flowering manuka and wildflower mixes. I'm looking forward to sending these off to faraway gardens, and getting some planted in our garden, too!

Hope you're having a good Tuesday afternoon.

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50 responses to “brown envelopes”

Holly C.

August 10, 2010

Oh-I love seed packets and these are beautiful! What a lovely idea. 🙂

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annri

August 10, 2010

oh, they are gorgeous!

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Clare

August 10, 2010

I’m participating in a bit of a seed swap too, and was just thinking of how to decorate my envelopes! Yours are beautiful x

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Nancy

August 10, 2010

melissa – they are beautiful. i love the art on seed packets and the flower specimens are really pretty

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Lovely World

August 10, 2010

This is a good idea! I would enjoy drawing all the plants and flowers!

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Lori

August 10, 2010

such a lovely idea. i like to paint on brown paper bags and make book covers for certain special ones.
i would love to try growing manuka in my garden.

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Alice

August 10, 2010

Happy gardening!

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joyce

August 10, 2010

These envelopes are just so pretty. What a lovely idea to bring some joy to gardening friends.

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Tracy

August 10, 2010

These are so cute! and so coincidental, as I was on my way home today and walked past a beautiful flowering Manuka bush and couldn’t help but take a piece with me to sit on my kitchen table 🙂

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Ingrid

August 10, 2010

You are great !You always have a solution.The envelopes are beautiful!!
I’ll put you lovely blog on to mine.I hope it’s allright?
Warm greetings, Ingrid

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Sarah S

August 10, 2010

Kings Seeds have the coolest seeds out – I have just done a order for myself & a friend for our summer flowers and vegies. They have such a great range. I’ve ordered some cool heirloom pumpkin seeds this year, with the vines decribed as “rampant”…..hmm, I can see lots of pruning happening!

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August 10, 2010

Brown envelopes looks so nice and I like this idea with brown envelopes.We can also use some more attractive colors with it.I think that it looks more better with it.

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Jo

August 10, 2010

What a lovely personal touch. I love seeing ordinary things made beautiful.

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Stella

August 10, 2010

Oh so cute!

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Heather

August 10, 2010

These are so pretty! When I harvest my seeds this fall, I’m going to have to make some of these for keeping my seeds for next year.

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Eva

August 10, 2010

So pretty. What lucky friends. Hope you are well and enjoying sunny weather, we seem to be having your winter in England!

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louana

August 10, 2010

what a great idea, beautiful watercolours too.

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Lindsay Jewell

August 10, 2010

They’re so cute!

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nath

August 10, 2010

how simply lovely! do you want to swap some seeds with me?

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Marina

August 11, 2010

What a good idea and these are gorgeous! You always have such fine sensibilities.

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Lisa

August 11, 2010

you are just too clever! what a lovely friend you are!

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Googlover

August 11, 2010

There so cute. What a great idea!

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Jacqui Dodds

August 11, 2010

What gorgeous envelopes and drawings such a lovely idea, I bet your friends will be really pleased to receive them.

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Redbootsdesign

August 11, 2010

Such a pretty idea! I love the simplicity of the brown paper, I would like to make some out of old bags, pretty drawings too!

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Denise | Chez Danisse

August 11, 2010

These are the best seed packets I’ve ever seen.

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Jo

August 11, 2010

Cute Melissa, lovely idea.

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Carol

August 11, 2010

They look so pretty. I wish I could draw/paint, I just have to write on the names of the plants.
I’ve recently found Poundland (in UK) sell packs of the little brown envelopes.

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Susie

August 11, 2010

I love these 🙂

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Margaret Oomen

August 11, 2010

what an absolutely gorgeous idea

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Stacey

August 12, 2010

I use the same envelopes for my seed saving, although they are never so prettily illustrated as yours.

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tinyhappy

August 12, 2010

hi nath- yes! please email me your address and what you would like. 🙂

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October 21, 2010

These are so pretty When he harvest his seeds this fall, he was going to have to make some of these for keeping my seeds for next year.

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October 21, 2010

They are only wages Craft paper envelopes with the little watercolour paintings each: Shirley poppies, native manuka flowers and wildflower mixtures.

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October 27, 2010

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November 5, 2010

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November 12, 2010

This are just kraft-paper wage envelopes,with small watercolour paintings on each: Shirley poppies, native flowering and wildflower mixes.

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November 16, 2010

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November 16, 2010

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November 20, 2010

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December 11, 2010

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December 24, 2010

The idea spring gardening is very creative as we all enjoy to colors over plants and flowers.Your idea of brown envelopes is very creative and hope you have very good time with your gardening friends. Even I plan to do something like this

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December 24, 2010

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January 5, 2011

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February 7, 2011

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April 19, 2011

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