Postal Service.

today at the post office, the pretty mail clerk finally asked if i sold things on ebay. ha. I had told Max before that i bet that's what they thought i did. Nope, i just have lovely friends around the world! (and you are indeed lovely!)

incoming:

^my girlfriend Carrie sent me a copy of her swap CDs (don't you just love the record look?), along with amazing teas, and cute disco beads & lights to go with the theme of her second mix. A mix that included greats like Elvis, Dylan, Elton John, Janis Joplin thrown in with She&Him, Jack Johnson, and Beck. love! Carrie, i hope you're having a WONDERFUL time in my Texas, in the city i love, dallas. If you see Dirk, kidnap him for me? ha

^speaking of trips, Shelly sent me this gorgeous postcard from her trip to Puerto Rico.

^notecards made from fabulous tillie of my favorite quote. She is SUUUCH a doll. I'll brag on her in a post later this week! xoxo

^truly spoiled with great new music thanks to Tiffany's CD swap. (i'll talk about my exchange with my partner later in the week too) Claire is probably closest to me when it comes to music taste. As soon as i saw "9 Crimes" by Damien Rice & "She's always a woman to me" by Billy Joel AND "colorblind" by counting grows AND "this year's love" by David Grey, i knew i would love the rest of her cds and i do! another cutely decorated CD cover. thanks claire! can't wait to talk idol with you this week.

^sweet little hello from Lindsey in NYC & a postcard from Sanja who was visiting her boyfriend in my heaven on earth, italia

^and then this didn't come in the mail but better, we met up in person. This is from Danielle who is just as sweet & as cute as you all imagine her to be. I also got two FABULOUS cd's (don't you love the way she sewed the album covers?) & a bow headband i had been coveting from her etsy shop for like ever. We did a semi-swap and clearly i won out *wink

^my favorite postcrossing of the week came from Holland from a boy called Mickael. He pointed out how similar our names were & that if i loved Art, i would love this Rembrandt. Mickael, you are absolutely right! thank-you.

outgoing:

^i'm a huge fan of birthdays. Jenni's is May 11th so I'm crossing my fingers my little birthday parcel arrives to her in time.

^and also celebrating a birthday this month is Farah (May 28th).

^to sweet L. Nicole & the outside of Farah's birthday gift.

^to tiffany & a CDs for Claire. i hope she loves them as much as i loved hers! below is the decoration for one of the cds i made her. It says "songs for any mood."

^for my twinkie. Her closest pen pal loves cats so i sent her these to send to her postcrossing bestie. Sea horses always make me think of Marianne, so i had to get her this little pocket notebook-it's outside looks like an envelope. Isn't that darling?!

^marianne loves the beach and the sea. Perfectly her!

^and since Passion got my little package of thank-yous for her kindness (that completely blew me away!) i can show you le contents: hand made star wars cards purchased off etsy, liberty for london minnie journal set, fun knee high socks (her favorite), cherry blossom (also her favorite) stickers, art stamps (they had run out at her post office and no letter writer should be without these beauties!!!), and inside the brown box is this ring below. There's a funny story about this pretty ring.

^Passion had posted a etsy wish list that included this ring. When she said she was sending me a Domo doll her mom was crocheting to send to my brother in Iraq, i wanted to get her something i knew she would like. You can imagine how crazy it was when i got the package with the Domo doll AND a bunch of other lovely goodies from Passion that included this ring in purple. Here i was hoping to surprise her and this sweet friend of mine sent me a ring when she bought one in sea green for her. She thought it would cool if we had "matching rings." Isn't that seriously sweet? (passion, i wore it to work today and got SO many compliments! thank-you xoxo)

seriously, i have the most amazing blog friends ever!!! ever, ever, ever!