44 - USA - Jacqueline Ruyak

Dear Joanne, love your paper boat project,

I wish you and Lynn great success with it.
I am a writer and photographer. I now live in rural Pennsylvania. My blogs:
www.littlemailbox.blogspot.com and www.diamondposte.blogspot.com
Since finding your blog, I’ve been making paper boats and sending them out with your address.

A - 5 boats and close-up on one.
5 paper boats made from 2 sheets of A4 from a newsletter sent to me by a friend in Tono, Japan where I used to live. I used one full page for the biggest boat. ½ page for the next/ ¼ page for the next etc. I had to stop at 1/16 th.
The boats are variously embellished with buttons, beads, and a blossom cut from an unsent letter. They are tied together with paper tie-dyed with indigo. Happy sails.

B
Flyer for Kyoto in spring. Silk thread, buttons

C

A friend sent a letter on a sheet from a calendar. I used part of it for the boat. Then stitched the ends with cotton threads. The blossoms and leaves are vintage crepe from a ‘surprise’ ball.

All packed with photos of the boats and a decorative letter in a boat covered envelope!