Postal Service.

^gorgeous Audrey postcard from my gorgeous bestie Marisa

^i love the Van Gogh card from Phoenix & the "ooh!" quote on her collage envelope. too cute. 

^i adore love letters from Gracie. Our letters feel like we're staying up late whispering secrets like sisters do. i also ADORE the lovely locket bow brooch by Tabitha Emma. i'm going to wear it on every cardi this winter, it's so pretty! xo

^missives from Lauren Nicole. "Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love." -Jane Austen, one of my favorites. The second one is a postcard she made of a photograph of a parcel i sent to her. how cool is that? 

^i love this postcard my twinkie's bff steph made me. i esp. loved it because she told me her new address because she got the home she was wanting! yay!

^i forgot to show you the Elvis pin Kary included in our swap! I have this tv special on VHS. A little trivia: this tv special that aired live via satellite in jan of 1973 was the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer in television history. amazing!

^sweet parcel from Rhianne : vintage Paris photo postcards & my new going-to-the-post office-tote. I lurve it! the details are so pretty! i love that there's an "M" on the postage stamp. 

^reply to Nicola using a handmade envie/stationary purchased from Robyn's shop

^reply to Hosanna with heart cards & stickers

^postcard for Carrie Marie where i confessed i miss real girl talk with my close friends back home so i was even more thankful for our friendship.

^thank you to Soph in Australia for sending me their country's version of Robbie's wedding coverage! heart knee socks (my autumn/winter essential!) + a pack of cards

^postcard for Lauren Nicole

^card for Lauren too & one for Phoenix

^replies to Ria & Maria using the CUTE stationary set Hosanna sent me

^hand made postcrossing going to Lithuania; she liked vintage & burlesque 

Sharing Sundays... GROUNDWORK.

i'm loving this artist's work.

all prints are made on museum quality paper that is eco-friendly (sugar cane fiber and recycled cotton fiber) and all are just gorgeous. 

i fell in love with that last one, "The Weather was Nice, We slept in the Grass" when i first discovered etsy and forgot where i saw it {don't you hate when that happens?} and rediscovered it through etsy's suggested shops button.

(don't you love re-discovering something?)

The artist, Danna Ray grew up in a log cabin built by her father in the woods of rural South Carolina. And she also loves anything by David Sedaris, which makes her even cooler in my book. 

to see more art : Danna Ray 

to the one that got away:

Colours of the Rainbow Swap : Sent & Received.

i thought jess' swap, "colours of the rainbow swap" was a brilliant idea! pick a colour and whoever gets you, puts together a package with that color as the theme + vice versa. I actually missed the deadline but jess emailed me and said there was someone else who wanted to play along (and missed the deadline... us slackers!) and when she told me it was Karina, i was even more excited! 

we're already dear friends and have sent things to each other in the post before. this was going to be fun!

Kary chose the colour RED. Here's what i sent off to her & her 7 year old Miguelito:

 ^hand made card. I immediately thought of this quote from the classic Breakfast at Tiffanys when she said red.

^i was so happy when they had Starburst with just the reds + pink, rose stickers, red frame for a family photograph, pink argyle socks (i also found a pair of spider man grippies for Miguelito that's not pictured), red nail polish, strawberry cheesecake lip gloss, a rose ring, keep calm and carry on card, and a Frida tea towel i fell in love with when i saw it on Loud Mouse.

my color was PINK.  i just knew Kary and her sweet little boy Miguelito were going to spoil me, and spoil me they did: 

i already fell in love with the packaging / outside and inside:

leaves her papi picked up for me in Central Park

i love handmade cards & the pretty in pink reference! 

the one Miguel made me:

delicious autumn! leaves from Central Park.

pink ballet flats to dance around in

^flower stationary, electric guitar wallet, water bottle, apple lotion, nail polish, lipgloss all in the pretty butterfly makeup bag. i opened the little wallet to an a sweet surprise! oh how i love elvis. 

 ^sweet teddy bear, cheshire cat socks, and some cute shorts with sheep to lounge in

check out this awesome top! Kary said it was love at first sight and she thought of me. I love it!!!

i LOVED everything! it was such a fun idea for a swap. We laughed because we both sent each other nail polish, lip gloss, and socks. i love it!

thank-you so much for the rainbow fun Kary & my sweet sweet Miguelito xoxo & thank-you Jess for fitting us in *wink