I never had heard of the word 'etegami' until I got involved in an etegami swap recently.
Etegami, or 'picture letter' or 'painted letter', origins from Japan and consists of a simple hand-painted drawing accompanied by apt words, mostly done in postcard size for a quick and easy mailing.
Etegami can be about daily objects. So I chose to draw/paint one of my favourite obkects: my morning coffee (with milk, no sugar).
Here you can see a picture of this very first etegami, next to the original object.
On the back side this etegami artistamp appeared.
And the stamp which I added to the envelope, invited me to make a longer green road:
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