I am attempting to revive the lost art of the hand written letter by writing one each day through 2013. Not just words though; each one will contain a unique original Ziggy Elf. What was I thinking? But here we are at number 20 and it’s the first one where I have made a mistake. “But Ziggy, you never make mistakes” I hear you cry. Well, my confession is coming up……
I want to document the letters and post them up on the blog, but I can’t show the contents of the letter as it will spoil the surprise for the recipient. So, in order to make each post vaguely interesting I am illustrating the envelope. This particular letter is for Laura Frantz an author and blogger. Laura mentions that her earliest memories of the local libraries were shelves filled with biographies of historical figures like Daniel Boone. Great I thought, a Daniel Boone elf it is. I got doodling only to discover I’d drawn a trapper hat NOT a Daniel Boone hat. Sorry Laura and all Americans everywhere :(
Well this letter is off to Port Angeles, Washington. Where in the world will tomorrows illustrated letter be going? Check in and find out. If you would like to receive your very own original Ziggy Letter Elf check out the details here.
January 20th, 2013 at 11:24 pm
Not usre you should be putting up your address for all to see Ziggy !
January 20th, 2013 at 11:37 pm
I have been carefully obscuring it with pens. Forgot this time. Edited out now. Thank you for looking after me
January 20th, 2013 at 11:44 pm
January 21st, 2013 at 9:09 pm
What a marvellous idea – need a lot of dedication though
January 21st, 2013 at 9:46 pm
To paraphrase Roy Castle “Dedication’s what you need if you’re gonna be a letter writer” paricularly 365 of them
January 21st, 2013 at 10:11 pm
[...] favourite so far, followed very closely by the yellow butterfly. Ziggy has already written TWENTY letters with elves on them, and they have been flying all over the world. Ginna even went and ran a [...]
January 22nd, 2013 at 6:31 am
I’m running out to check my post box everyday, I can’t wait for my letter to arrive!
January 22nd, 2013 at 7:05 am
They see to be anything from 5 to 10 days to get to Australia!
January 24th, 2013 at 11:59 am
Oh, I like this one!
January 26th, 2013 at 9:41 am
Thank you