security!

i've been collecting security envelopes recently to use in collages. the patterns are amazing. so i decided to google and try and find others who are doing the same thing....big shocker, there are a bunch. here are some examples:


jk keller collected the envelopes for a long time and is now making laser-cut envelopes with the patterns...called "insecurity envelopes"


a flickr set dedicated to the various patterns
heres a more fun way of looking at them


becky johnson on etsy makes buttons out of them!


cindy bernard documented security envelopes from 1987-1993 by photograph


sarah nicole philips makes collages


Gretchen makes beads things out of junk mail, including security envelopes


the curiosity shoppe's derek & lauren flipped the envelopes inside out to reuse


magnets by kirsten fering


recycled envelope journal by alexandre bettler via lena


this is the machine that makes them!!! i want one