Recycle Calendars - Make Envelopes

For the last 10 years I have been making my own envelopes from last year's calendar pages. I also use magazine pages to make envelopes. Over the years I have developed a variety of envelope templates.

last year's Maritime pictures calendar is now a dozen envelopes. The envelopes are for sale for $9.00 for the 12. Email me if you are interested.

The envelopes in the picture are made on the diagonal from a piece of paper that is 8.5 inches square. You can find the instructions here.

Sometimes magazine pages are not quite 8.5 inches wide after tearing them out and this diagonal template does not really work too well, so I created a straight down template. As both the top flap and the side flaps are wide, placing the template on a piece of paper that is shorter and narrower is no problem as long as the bottom is aligned with the paper. So even an 8x10.5 inch piece of paper works. You can get the template and instructions here.

Another version of envelope needs no glue. I based it on a folded CD cover I saw online. Once I understood the dynamics of the design, I made variations for different sizes and one of them is for an envelope.

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