Pocket Letters

Janette Lane came up with an idea of putting letters in a trading card protector as a way of streamlining the storage of said letters. She started a group called Pocket Letter Pals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C551yphwG_o

I joined a swap to exchange one of these and this is what I came up with.

I decorated the outsides of the pockets with bling, Washi tape and rub ons.
 I thought the rub on asking the receiver to "Forget Me-Not" was appropriate for the letter.
 It seems there is only 2 constants. A pocket for a letter and a pocket for a Mail Tag.
(A Mail tag is a prompt; i.e. "What is your favorite vacation spot?" or
 "Who is your favorite author and why?" meant to inspire more conversation)

This is the front. I filled the pockets with little gifts that reflected the decorated outsides.

The back. This is a challenge because of the visibility of everything.


My one question is once you get your PL and use up the things in the pockets won't you end up with a lot of wasted space? I asked Janette what happens then but so far have not heard back I was hoping to have her answer before I posted this.

She did get back to me about a week later and her answer is about what I expected.

Janette Lane

 

That's a good question Suzi! It just depends on what you want your collection to look like.. For me, I'm going to take out most of the goodies and try to keep the rest of the letter in tact... Does that make sense? If it looks a little sparse, then I don't mind.. Or you could combine letters if you just have empty pockets. :)  It's up to you! :)