The envelope is usually associated with mailing letters. Although now communication has mostly moved to electronic form, envelopes are still in demand. They are needed in organizations that distribute advertising, notifications, documents. In order not to turn to the services of printing houses, it is easy to arrange the production of envelopes that meet postal standards right in your office. The same applies to the manufacture of exclusive options (not postal). They are easy to make yourself.
Making an envelope with your own hands
Create at home with the following options:
- Envelopes of any size according to postal standards.
- Branded with logo for both mailing and personal delivery (custom).
- Exclusive handmade envelopes in various techniques for wrapping gift certificates, discount cards, money.
So, the manufacture of envelopes is the creation of packaging products for letterhead, information, promotional materials.
Waysfolding envelopes
You can make different shapes of envelopes from plain paper: from standard rectangular ones to exclusive ones. The simplest option is easy to make from a square sheet. To do this, do the following:
- Fold opposite corners to the center of the workpiece.
- Bend the lower part towards the center so that you can glue it together.
- Also point the top corner towards the middle so that the envelope is sealed or closed with a resealable fastener.
A similar technology is used to make envelopes from rectangular blanks, or you can even use the source in the shape of a heart.
Design paper souvenir envelopes
Making envelopes in this way will allow you to create an exclusive handmade item at home. You will need the following:
- decorative paper or cardboard with printed, embossed, mother-of-pearl, metallic, lacquered surfaces;
- template, scheme of standard or unusual form;
- pencil, ruler, eraser or printer if the selected template is printable;
- scissors, knife or office cutter;
- glue;
- decor (satin ribbons, lace, voluminous stickers);
- Punchers with shaped clichés for decorating corners, edges and punching holes;
- curly scissors (optional).
The technology of work is as follows:
- On prepared paperdraw or print the outline of the envelope using the printer. If the paper is intended for printing, you can find a template with a photo print and complete the envelope design or partial design.
- Cut out the blank.
- If the paper is thick, it is worth making grooves along the fold lines by drawing guides with a corner of the ruler, a knitting needle or a non-writing rod from the pen. This will allow you to fold the envelope neatly and evenly.
- Fold the folds.
- Glue the elements together.
- Make a suitable decor from narrow ribbons, decorate the edges of the envelope parts with a hole punch or cut the edges with curly scissors in the form of a wave, stick a label with the inscription (to whom and on what occasion the envelope will be given).
You're done!
There can be a lot of design options. It is good to combine different types of paper, choose interesting shapes of envelopes. The main thing is that the size of the received product should match the gift included.
Decorative cloth envelopes
Unusual and very beautiful envelopes are easy to make not only from paper and cardboard. For these purposes, felt is perfect. This material is soft to the touch, easy to cut and does not require edge finishing. For crafting you will need the following:
- felt of different colors corresponding to the theme of the envelope (New Year, spring);
- ruler;
- chalk;
- scissors;
- threads of a contrasting color to the base;
- needle;
- glue or thermal gun (not to sew the decor, but to stick);
- decorations(beads, sequins, buttons, ribbons, braid).
The execution technology is as follows:
- Spread the felt for the base in front of you.
- Draw a pattern with chalk according to the template of a gift, for example, a discount card. Don't forget the seam allowances. The pieces will be stitched on the right side.
- Cut out the blank.
- Fold the part into an envelope.
- Sew desired sides to right side, sewing decorative stitches evenly spaced.
- Glue the felt decor in colors that contrast with the background to match the theme of the envelope.
- Make a fastener to close the envelope (a button with an eyelet, Velcro, ties with ribbons, braid or decorative cord;
- Glue beads, beads, beautiful patterned buttons and other elements.
You're done!
Printing mail envelopes
If you need a lot of mailing envelopes, you can easily make them right in the office. All that is required is a computer with a printer and a specialized program. Making envelopes with it becomes very easy, convenient and fast even for non-professionals.
Work goes like this:
- Choose the size of the envelope from the standard.
- Choose a text block layout template.
- Upload the information you need to fill in the appropriate fields.
- Save your template.
- Send to print.
The advantage of such programs is the ability towork with databases of recipients, as well as full compliance of the received products with all postal standards.
Making Envelopes with Logo
If you have your own brand, an organization that has a developed corporate identity, colors, then all elements of printed products should be done in the same design and colors.
You can order the production of postal envelopes at the printing house, while professional designers will develop the appearance of the envelope for you. Printing and labor services will cost a lot, so you can do the layout yourself.
The program for designing envelopes allows you to choose not only text blocks, but also design templates: both standard, included in the library of blanks, and individual options. Therefore, you do not have to use printing equipment to make envelopes, just office equipment is enough. In this case, the result will be no worse than professional performance.
As you can see, the production of envelopes, both postal for mass mailing and exclusive souvenirs, is not such a difficult task if you use the possibilities of modern technologies and materials.
