Letter Writing Social

Hey lovelies. Thanks for your comments on my travel journal and any suggestions you left. If you have anymore let me know.

Lately, I've been thinking about holding a letter writing social. Basically a group of people get together and write whatever letters you have in your pile. I got the idea from Letter Writers Alliance. You can share stationery and other writing implements. I see they sometimes have a few typewriters available too. 

My other idea is, letters could be written to people who need a little smile brought to their face. The World Needs more Love Letters is a community of people who write positive letters to strangers. Either by writing letters and leaving them in places for people to pick up or to send a bundle to someone who needs to be uplifted. It's such a great idea. I'm thinking of signing up to receive requests to write a love letter. 

So I was thinking I could combine this with a letter writing social. We could write letters to our own pen pals, friends and family but also write a few for those strangers that need a little happiness. 

I'm thinking of holding one in Brisbane sometime in future. Any Brisbanites that would be interested? What I love about handwritten letters is the time, effort and heart that goes into it. It's amazing how good it feels to see a letter in the postbox after a long day, knowing that this person took time to write about their lives, or to answer questions or to lift your spirits.

Has anyone ever attended a letter writing social? Remember any Brisbane peeps to let me know if you are interested at all.

Have a lovely weekend.

Mail mail mail

Hey sweet people. I have some mail to share, but I'm going to be dividing them into a few posts to focus on certain things. I'm doing pretty well with my mail lately, which makes me happy. 

Incoming...

A few extra lovely bits from Jasmine. 

Little bits for journalling and a letter from a penpal Jane. 

A sweet hand painted post card from lovely April.

Two lovely letters from sweet Erin. 

A Swap-bot swap. It was a Scavenger Hunt postcard swap. 

Another Swap-bot swap called My Life in Lists. 

A beautiful Paris postcard from Jasmine. 

A beautiful letter from Micaela. It's a shame it got a little wet in the rain (Definitely raining when I got the mail that day)

And the gorgeous postcard from Micaela that I will be framing. 

A cute handmade Easter card from Jacqueline. 

Another Easter greeting and adorable bookmark from a pen pal Rachel. 

A few incoming Postcrossing postcards. 

More Incoming Postcrossing. 

Outgoing...

This was a birthday gift for Erin. A ceramic tag from Paper Boat Press and a Mr Darcy Proposal tea towel from Brookish etsy shop. 

The Hunger Games book for Claire. 

I do like writing a little dedication when I give books. 

The postcards I sent for the Swap-bot scavenger hunt postcard swap. 

What I sent for the My life in Lists Swap-bot swap. 

A few outgoing Postcrossing postcards.

Outgoing Postcards that I won't mention who for :) 

Another outgoing postcard for someone I won't mention :) 

I've been sending heaps of postcards lately because it's cheap but still a nice little surprise. I will post about the Quote postcard swap soon. I hope everyone has gotten their postcards. And I promise I will work more on the Snail mail group. 

Have a beautiful week.

Letter love

Wow I never blog more than once a week but I would love to from now one. I'm leaving for a small trip down to Bathurst on Friday morning (early). So I have to start packing as I'm working tomorrow and leaving at 6am Friday morning for a lovely 12 hour car ride. Jason and I are going down to see his family.

Anyway, if you know me I love to receive mail and write letters. I like to receive letters that I know people put the effort in. As I do that and always try and put little extras. It's such a wonderful surprise to receive a pretty package in the mail. So I thought I would make a little flickr mosaic of some letter love.

1. Love Letters I, 2. Day 72 - wading through a sea of letters, 3. Circulation: Letters & Lives, 4. letters flying.., 5. Da série: Cartas, 6. obrigada, paula!, 7. December Flying Letters, 8. a letter begins, 9. Fragile Mail, 10. Private Eye ID & Such, 11. Shackled & Addicted, 12. to be mailed

I'm such a sucker for mail. I have kept all my letter since I was 9. They are kept in a box and I like to go through them and read and see what little things I was on about =)

But now I have tons of things to catch up on. I must send out the packages to the winners. Thanks for giving me your details everyone. I hope to have them sent by tomorrow. Thanks again for all your support.

Letter Love

I love receiving letters. I have around 10 penpals maybe more in time. So I thought I would share a few pictures of my letters and things.

This is all the mail I have received this year. I covered one of the letters in butterflies as I don't really want my address in full view =)

Just a little artistic shot of my letters in their box.

A lovely letter from one of my penpals. I'm just showing a few of the ones that added a few things to their letters.

This one made me a little bracelet pictured on the top of the letters. Very sweet.
And this one always write long letters and such. This is just a sampling of my lovely letters. As you can see I love to receive mail and like to write letters. Which goes hand in hand with my obsession with stationary and paper.

I got these from my mum and dad when they went up to Montville for my mum's birthday last month. I love these little vintage advertisements. And the pictures are just so cute.

Also I wanted to make a little post about the store Kikki.K. It is a Swedish design stationary and office products store here in Australia. I love it! The website has many things to look at. And I made a little collage of some of the items available.


A. Standard Ring Binder ~ $14.95
B. Butterflies Notebook A6 ~ $14.95
C. Felt Pouch ~ $9.95
D. Leather Memo Pad Holder ~ $19.95
E. Sticky Notes: Hearts ~ $3.95
F. Fine Letter Writing Set ~ $39.95
G. Cloth Photo Album - Small ~ $39.95
H. kikki.K Gel Pen ~ $3.95
I. Mini stapler ~ $4.95
J. 3 Small Journals ~ $24.95
K. Thank You Cards Flower (10 pk) ~ $19.95
L. Pencil Sets - 4 pack ~ $4.95
M. A6 Cloth Soft Pink ~ $19.95
N. A4 Storage Box Choc. Cloth ~ $39.95
O. Wrapping Paper: Animal (5 pk) ~ $19.75

And I think that's it for this week. xox