From the Daisy Patch

I recently learned from a Swedish gardening magazine how to fold cute envelopes to hold seeds that you collect. It was said in the article that Carl von Linné himself (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus)  folded envelopes like these once upon a time. I don’t know if that is true, but they sure are cute.

Maybe you collect seeds from your own garden, or maybe you know someone who would appreciate a gift that is able to grow into something beautiful, wrapped up in a cute envelope? Or perhaps you can think of something else to be held by one of these little envelopes?

It’s really simple to fold an envelope and you don’t need any adhesive to keep it closed.

Start out with a piece of patterned paper. The exact size is not important, but mine were about 12 x 17 cm. Fold the piece over, leaving an edge that is approximately 1 cm.

Fold the edge over once and then fold again, approximately 1 cm again.

Flip the piece of paper over, making sure your folded edge is facing the table. Then fold one of the corners, like in the image below.

 To close the envelope, fold again, slipping the nib in under your folded edge.

 Embellish as desired and make the same fold at the other end of the envelope to close it once you’ve filled it.

Have a great week…!

Anna