Postal Service.

incoming:

^this LOVELY made envelope of a red lipped Marilyn is from Lauren Nicole (you can see the rest of her series on her mail blog). As if her envelope + letter wasn't enough, L. Nicole sent along 3 film postcards including the one above of my girlfriend Penelope Cruz. love!

^this one from Sophie in Australia came in today and I might have done a Robbie Williams-esque dance when I saw him on the envelope. Yes, I will ALWAYS be teeny bopper when it comes to him. No shame. This envelope reminded me of the pen pal letters of my youth... i got into pen palling when i was 12 and moved to Texas from Germany. Robbie Williams was HUGE everywhere else in the world but sadly, not in the U.S. I would swap for magazine clippings and posters of Robbie for the Backstreet Boys or whatever American celeb they wanted. ha. Dear friendships were started from these exchanges, and I'm happy I'm back to pen palling again.

^Passion is such a sweet girl. She sent me Domo envelopes i could send my brother in Iraq. Marco has a little stuffed Domo that belonged to my niece sophia that he would take pictures of in different places. It started when he was on a euro trip so there was Domo in Pisa, Domo in front of the Eiffel Tower, etc and now Domo is in Iraq (below).

i can't wait to send a Domo letter to my brother (of course I'll address it to Marco & Domo) THANK YOU Passion!!!


^this sweet bit of unexpected sunshine came today from Cole. I love the star garland! Cole, i won't forget to turn up the radio and dance. (dance with one hand up- "Elizabethtown")


^i got another little parcel from Lauren Nicole (she spoils her friends, i can just tell). Inside was a neat little notepad to keep track of the various wines me & Max share (i am known to buy my wine according to how fun the label is). This will come in handy! She also sent a notebook to use as a traveling journal between us. I giggled at the sticker inside - yes i do!


^From Gracie in Australia. She sent along notecards from her etsy that she hopes to start up again (please do Gracienne!) and two beautiful cards she said made her think of me (i love it's because it has to do with italia, my heaven on earth). I loved getting to know her through her letter cos it seems we have a lot in common (besides being filipino - cheers!).


^this postcard came in today from my Elaine in Canada. I LOVE the old telephone image and may have to frame it to put by our collection of vintage phones. Elaine it was SO good to hear from you again! give my hugs to precious Dylan.


^Steph sent along spring wishes on the back of this cute postcard. I want to get little peg dolls of my little family (yes our 2 dogs included!) for our wedding.

^a Postcrossing from Germany with a book recommendation & vintage looking easter stickers on the back.




Outgoing:

^my reply to Passion. A bit of a paper collage on the envelope? something like that. *wink


^this is one i was happy to send because it's to a soldier who was in Iraq (who's address I got from a Veteran's Christmas party I went to with my pappa) and she came home earlier this month!


^a thank-you to Angie for the card catalog tags she sent me. P.S. lovies, she's hosting her first ever giveaway! check it out here (i love the owl pillow!)


^a reply to Lauren Nicole made out of French scrapbook paper.


^from left to right: a long over due letter to my Sanja. She's my first pen pal and we've kept in touch ever since we were 13 (if not younger). I love her! You can imagine how much we've shared over the years... first kisses, first periods, first heartache... first everything. / a postcard to a postcrosser who wanted black & white images and said she liked music. This one is made from a recycled album cover and is on it's way to Lithuania. / a reply to Gracie with a small housewarming gift / and a spring postcard for Steph.

^a postcrossing going to an Andy in Tawaiin. (another album cover made postcard). I told him about an old coworker with the same name and how we used to take smoke breaks & discuss movies.




Cheers to Happy Mail!!!


*i got the sweetest surpise package in the mail this week that I can't wait to share with you soon (it has to do with postcrossing). i just adore random acts of kindness & this was really unexpected. It shall get a post all on it's own. xo