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By: Ikedi Ani-okoye.

Designing an Envelope

First you will need to find or make a template. Commercial envelopes are usually folded from paper shaped like a long diamond, but to make use of magazine pages you will need the kind that is closer to a rectangle with tabs on the sides. Look through your mail and see if you have received an envelope that you can use as a template. Carefully unfold it and see if it fits on a standard magazine page. You might be able to make minor adjustments to make it fit.

Custom made envelopes

Various shapes, sizes, colors, styles and materials are available for custom-made envelopes and bulk orders. Most manufacturers showcase their product via various marketing strategies, and through Internet, promising quality on deadline and in some cases, door-to-door delivery.

Specialty envelopes for holidays and special occasions are often handled for bulk buyers who request custom printing of logo, address etc on envelopes. Suppliers have to continuously enhance their services to keep ahead in the market and supply new and attractive envelopes to their clients. Many envelope suppliers can be found in the local directory or on the Internet.

Envelope printing

Professional envelope printing can be such an efficient way to print company envelopes. They use a variety of colors and offer custom printing too to accommodate your needs. With advance printing equipment, more high-quality envelopes can be printed at a lower print cost and shorter turn around times.

Envelope stuffing

Envelope stuffers simply insert contents into envelopes and sometimes address the envelope. Before envelop-stuffing machines were invented, people were employed especially to do this task in bulk quantities. The envelopes had to be stamped, verified for each address, stuffed with insertions and sealed. It is a mechanical job and has now been automated to a large extent.

CONCLUSION

Some envelope suppliers even hand-make their envelopes. These suppliers are usually small businesses or hobbyists. Their envelopes are seen as a work of art unto themselves. An entire culture of envelope art exists to this day, practiced by pen pals and other enthusiasts.