The Christmas Post: Victorian Postal Ephemera for Junk Journals & Paper Crafts
A Christmas letter can travel hundreds of miles. It can cross borders, change trains, arrive covered in postmarks, be tucked away for decades… or never arrive at all.
The Christmas Post is a richly illustrated collection of Victorian-inspired postal ephemera created for junk journals, collage and paper crafts.
Inspired by Christmas correspondence of the late nineteenth century, the collection follows letters and parcels on their journeys between homes, post offices, railway stations and distant cities. There are letters from home, Night Mail pieces, travelled envelopes, Christmas parcels, telegrams, postage stamps, postmarks, railway maps, tickets, labels and handwritten fragments.
You will also find some less expected treasures: contents discovered inside old letters, overseas correspondence, forwarding marks, Dead Letter Office papers, correspondence pockets, journal cards and interactive pieces to cut, fold, tuck away and make your own.
The artwork combines luminous aged ivory, faded French and Prussian blues, oxblood red, muted greens and beautifully worn paper textures, with a painterly character inspired by Victorian printing, stationery and illustration.
Inside are both cut-out ephemera and coordinating background papers, giving you pieces for focal points as well as quieter materials for layering, journaling and collage.
Perfect for:
Junk journals and altered books
Collage and mixed media
Christmas and winter journals
Scrapbooking and paper crafts
Tags, pockets, journal cards and handmade correspondence
Anyone who loves old letters, postal history and beautiful paper
This is Christmas told through ink, paper, postmarks and journeys: letters hurried onto the last train, parcels sent from far away, messages carried through winter nights, and forgotten correspondence waiting to be found.
Cut, keep, collage and create. Some letters have more than one story to tell.
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