The Folded Petal Mail Club
foldedpetalA folded letter
from the East,
every month.
One watercolor postcard, a handful of stickers, and a handwritten note — painted by hand and slipped into your mailbox the first week of every month. $14/mo or $140/yr — save 17%. Ships worldwide.
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What's inside
Three small things, slowly made.
Every envelope is sealed by hand. Inside, a postcard you'll want to keep, stickers you'll want to use, and a letter that doesn't ask anything of you.
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An original watercolor postcard
A 4 × 6 print of this month's painting, on warm cotton card stock. The reverse leaves room for you to write — or to keep blank, as a small page from a year of weather.
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Three or four stickers
Hand-cut motifs from the same painting. A bamboo. A pine cone. A roof tile. Small enough to live on a notebook, a laptop, the back of a phone.
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A folded handwritten letter
A short note from the studio about the place this month's painting came from — what was blooming, what the air felt like, why this scene was worth painting.
May 2026 — Issue 01
Spring drizzle, paper umbrella.
春水碧于天 · spring water bluer than the sky
A woman in pale red robe pauses on a stone bridge over a willow-fringed canal. The first issue of Folded Petal, painted in jiangnan-style ink wash on warm cotton paper. Limited to 30 single-issue copies.
30
Issues printed
$14
Monthly · or $140/yr
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Past issues
A small library of months.
Each issue is limited to 30 single-issue copies on top of subscriber prints. When they're gone, they're gone — but subscribers never miss one.
April 2026 · Issue 04
Distant mountains, fading.
March 2026 · Issue 03
Bamboo grove, falling leaves.
February 2026 · Issue 02
Plum branch, moon window.
January 2026 · Issue 01
A single sail, the river quiet.
Subscribe today and the next 12 months are yours, mailed before they ever reach the archive.
The artist
Painted slowly, mailed by hand.
Folded Petal is a small studio run by one painter and one envelope-folder — sometimes the same person. Each issue starts as a walk: a temple roof seen through rain, a pond with the first lotus opening, the way light falls on a pine.
The painting is made on warm cotton paper, then printed in a small batch and signed by hand. The letter that ships with it is written the same week the issue goes out, in fountain-pen ink on cream stationery.
It's not fast. It's not meant to be. It's something to look forward to on the third Tuesday of the month, when the envelope arrives at your door.
— with care, from the studio.
How it works
Four quiet steps.
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Subscribe
Join by the last day of the month. $14/mo or $140/yr (save 17%), billed on the same day each cycle, shipping included worldwide.
- 02
We paint
The first week of the month, we finish the painting, print the postcards, hand-cut the stickers, write the letters.
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We mail
Each envelope is sealed and mailed with a tracking number. You'll get a quiet email with the number the day it ships.
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You open it
10–14 business days for US, 14–21 for international. Open it slowly — it was made that way.
Our promise
Three small assurances.
Tracking on every issue
Every envelope ships with a tracking number, even international. You'll always know where your letter is.
14-day re-mail guarantee
Hasn't arrived after 14 business days (US) or 21 (international)? We re-mail a fresh copy at our cost — no questions.
Cancel or skip anytime
Manage your subscription through the Stripe portal. Skip a month, change your address, or stop entirely — no friction.
Questions
Slow questions, slow answers.
Still have a question? Write to hello@foldedpetal.com — we read every letter.
Begin a small monthly tradition.
$14/month or $140/year — save 17%. Worldwide shipping included. Cancel anytime.