The Pink Jasmin

Magic mail! How pretty is this Disneyland Mailbox inspired craft? Maybe my bills won’t bother me as much if they’re waiting for me in this ADORABLE envelope?

I found this metal envelope at the Target Dollar spot. I instantly knew this had to become a version of the famous Disneyland mailbox. HOWEVER, I kept passing it up because I didn’t want to be the person to do it. I really thought this was going to be a difficult craft and I am more of an easy peasy craft kinda person. If it involves more than a couple of steps, I don’t want to do it. A month later, I still hadn’t seen anyone make this craft, so I gave in and bought the envelope. I still. procrastinated a bit once I got it home but after getting started on it, I realized it was actually much easier than I had expected. I definitely. should have done it sooner.

Materials

• Target Dollar Spot Envelope
• Vinyl and Vinyl cutting machine
• Template (attached at the bottom of the blog post)
• Spray Paint- I used Rustoleum Candy Pink in Gloss
• Sand paper

1. Using a small screwdriver remove the screws to separate the envelope front and back.
2. Lightly sand and clean everything to ensure the paint sticks and also so that any texture or writing doesn’t show through the paint.
3. Spray paint the envelope with your favorite color and spray paint. 2-3 coats should be good, but you’ll also need a top coat to seal it. I waited a day to ensure it was completely dry before moving on to adhering the vinyl.
4. Using the template and vinyl of choice cut out the design in your cutting machine. Making sure that you cut to the correct size. Make sure that the Text and the border are cut separately. I used Oracle vinyl and a Silhouette machine. Weed your design.
5. Measuring the. center of the envelope and stencil, adhere your vinyl to the flat (back) portion of the envelope.
6. Screw the envelope back together and then adhere the border. You’ll only be using a part of the top part of the border. I cut about 1/4 inch extra and tucked it into the inside of the envelope. That’s it!

* I used the template for the border but I used fonts Orange Grove and Rockwell for the writing.

** Orange Grove font is the one that looks like “Disneyland” font and can be downloaded for free online. I’ve had it for years, so I can’t recall where I downloaded it from but if you look it up on Pinterest you can find it.