I’m a huge sucker for gingham, and I recently realized that with just a marker or two and plain writing paper (or envelopes), you can make your own gingham or plaid bordered stationery!
It’s fairly easy to do, especially if you are okay with the imperfect hand-drawn look. So I wanted to share a little guide on how to do it! See below the cut ⬇️
Step 1: Gather supplies. You just need whatever plain paper or envelopes you prefer, and any kind of marker, highlighter, or brush pen with a broad tip. Start with one color just to try it out! You can use rulers to draw your lines if you like, personally I find wobbly hand-drawn lines charming so I just wing it.
Step 2: Draw two vertical lines on each of the long sides of your paper, so you have two on the left border and two on the right border. Each line should go completely to the edge of the paper. Try to make your white space in between the two lines about the same as the thickness of your pen.
Step 3: Draw two horizontal lines on each of the short sides of your paper. Again, edge to edge, and trying to keep the white space about the same width as your pen. These lines will intersect with your vertical lines.
Step 4: Fill in the short horizontal lines on the long sides/left and right of the paper, keeping the spacing relatively even.
Step 5: And fill in the short vertical lines on the short sides/top and bottom of the paper.
And boom! You’re done! 💫
Now you can add stamps, stickers, or whatever you like to add to your letters! 🌸 I find that having a colorful border like this helps ground my stationery, so that I only need a couple stamps or stickers to bring the vibes together, instead of where I would previously be stressed trying to find enough stickers to balance the page.
And one other recommendation: Have a scratch piece of paper ready to try out different color combos.
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