At last, here’s some “eye candy”- the 2019 Graceful Envelope Contest Winners with their Put Your Stamp On It masterpieces. There is no question, The Graceful Envelope Contest elevates “mail art” to museum quality levels. Every year, since 1994, the Washington Calligraphers’ Guild and the National Association of Letter Carriers team up to sponsor the […]
Another Graceful Envelope
October 12, 2017 Take a look at this one. In my opinion, it should have been a winner, not just given honorable mention. Imagine if you opened your mailbox and found this letter…It’s frame-worthy.
The 2016 Graceful Envelope Contest Winners
September 25, 2016… “The best communication comes by mail.” _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Reprinted courtesy of The Postal Record July 2016
The Graceful Envelope Contest Winners 2015
August 17,2015 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ To view all the recent contestants’ entries from all the categories go to https://www.flickr.com/photos/washcalligraphersguild/sets/72157653360937870/ click at top “back to albums list” The Washington D.C. Calligraphers Guild has a listing of the winners and those with honorable mention. http://calligraphersguild.org/envwinners2015.html
The 2014 Graceful Envelope Contest Winners
February 16, 2015… In honor of Presidents’ Day, I want to offer something elegant and letter-related: The 2014 Winners of The Graceful Envelope Contest. The theme was “The Superlative Letter ‘S’.” As always, the winners are outstanding. See for yourself. Also, check out the 2015 Contest Theme, at the end of this post. Below top: […]
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Below top : Best in Show by Julie Gray of Sandia Park, NM Middle left: Janet Kasper of Friendsville,TN Lower right: Paul Terry Lynn of Casplan, MI
The Graceful Envelope 2015
February 16, 2015… The 2015 Graceful Envelope Contest CALL FOR ENTRIES. For more information go to www.calligraphersguild.org
Call For Entries
September 16, 2013 Weren’t those winning envelopes awesome? And it all begins with just an ordinary envelope, add your imagination and skill, and who knows what work of art will develop… For those of you interested, the 2014 theme for The Graceful Envelope Contest is- The Superlative Letter “S“ “Create a Graceful Envelope by symbolizing […]
The 19th Annual Graceful Envelope Winners
August 12, 2013 I was considering a post on “The Art of Letter Writing” and then I received my latest issue of The Postal Record. Voila! Speaking of artistic letters, The Graceful Envelope Contest takes Mail Art to museum heights. This contest is sponsored by The National Association of Letter Carriers in conjunction with The […]
The 17th Annual Graceful Envelope Contest
April 8, 2011 The Graceful Envelope Contest is “High Mail Art.” Calligraphers and artists from around the world rally to produce some of the most beautiful Mail Art I have ever seen. There is no entry fee and there are 3 judging categories- Adult, Junior (Grade 6-12) Child (Grade 1-5) All art must be hand […]