Thanks to my doodle book, I added an owl to a letter to my Grandma.

We're about to finish out this last year of school with sunny spring break trip. While I am looking forward to relaxation and warmth, I will miss one little piece of my daily routine: snail mail.

Letters come and go from this little corner of Virginia almost daily. And before I disappear from my blog for a while, I thought I would share some of my latest mail creations. I've really been enjoying my Craft-a-Doodle book. It has tons of great ideas that I can implement while addressing envelopes. It's the same book I mentioned in my blog about the doodle-filled heart I made for my Mom's birthday.

The envelopes allow me to practice my doodles and then add colored-pencil letters and iridescent-ink modern calligraphy. In the end, I get lots of practice and my family and friends get fun mail.

Be on the watch for jealousy-inducing spring break photos when upon my return to Virginia. :)

With step-by-step instructions, I drew this owl with colored pencils.

I was surprised how easy this was.

I made my own pizza doodle because pizza is delicious.

My doodle book also taught me about cute cupcakes ...

and that they have feelings.

One page of my doodle book teaches you how to draw faces.

They give you examples of eyes, noses, ears and hair. You piece together what you like, and you create a complete face.

I haven't given up on calligraphy though.

This is one of my newest iridescent inks.

I can't wait to come home to a mailbox full of mail.