Postal Service.

^awesome Elvis postcard from April! she picked this up at a funky hole-in-the-wall art gallery in Machester. 

^from my darling Sanja (my first pen pal when we were both 12) : gorgeous ruffled purse/clutch and a pretty scarf (purple is max's fave colour on me). virginia's autumn is perfect for wearing it! she even put her perfume on it. beautiful! inside the purse were teas she drinks when she's cold and Dexter energizing bon bons for when i work too hard. i love you Sanja! xo

^fun autumn letter from maria. 

^postcard of my heaven on earth from a postcrossing turned pen pal, Celenia

^pretty card from sweet Erin. Guess what!? today we had our first skype date- it was so much fun! and her little boy sawyer is JUST as cute as you think he is! in fact, he told mum he wanted to go to Starbucks today and i giggled that he was def. her son! i love it. we must do it again Erin!

^i lurved this record envie from Alyssa! Madonna & one of my favourite songs, no less.

she even included the vinyl. awesome!

^also awesome was this photograph tina in canada wrote on the back of and sent as a postcard. This is from a trip to St. Lucia. (i also like that me and tina met through postcrossing and that she said our correspondence made her excited about snail mail again! to me, that means a lot)

^another thing that came in the mail today was this pretty giveaway win! I couldn't believe when my name was picked for Annie Christina's Busy Bee Lauren giveaway. Thank you both ladies! i always feel like a million bucks if i should win a giveaway and am always so grateful. 

^a little thankyou to my Lindsey Birdy for the fabulous Mac/Chanel!/Estee makeup goodies she sent : because she loves flowers, print by Burnt Feather & vintage brooch, and a vintage Parisian photograph postcard packaged in The King & I record cover (see Alyssa? great minds think alike!)

^handmade postcard for my bestie Marisa

^and one for Lauren Nicole

^reply to maria

^postcrossing going to Sweden for someone who requested recipes

^postcards going to Phoenix and Carrie Marie, telling them i've been feeling like this lately

^thank you stamps to Faiza (a vanity fair envie with my girlfriend penelope cruz -- i made sure she was showing)

^the card i used for Erin... very Erin

speaking of love letters... i might have already bought my Christmas cards! don't worry, i'll wait til december 1st atleast to send them but i'm just saying. I might be one of those girls that secretly smiles when Christmas decorations go up in October and sings along to the radio station that plays nothing but Christmas songs!