52 Weeks of Mail

Hello lovely ones. I hope your weekend has been wonderful. Mine was filled with shopping, relaxing and being crafty. So it was fantastic. 

I'm thinking of participating in this project called 52 Weeks of Mail. Starting from today until October 7 2012, I will send at least one letter, card or postcard each week. I have a lot of mail to catch up on so I hope this motivates me to keep going. 

Mail makes me so happy and I do like to spread the love around. And to help me with this project I might send some postcards and other bits to those of you who read my blog :) 

Who knows you might receive a tiny letter from this kit....

I'm now the proud of owner of this and I can't wait to start sending out some teeny tiny letters (If I can bear to open the box, I'm strange like that).

If anyone else is participating let me know and we can encourage each other :)

Have a beautiful week.

Mail love

Hello lovelies! I hope you are having a wonderful weekend. I have another mail post for you but most of these photos are taken with my iPhone since I'm still without a camera. 

Incoming...

This is a belated birthday package (belated with my posting about it) from Kary :) It was full of so much goodness with a dress, bracelet, scarf, slipper socks, note cards, a journal, a reusable bag and a pretty ballet print found in a thrift shop! 

A postcard from Monica. We are going to be post card pals :)

A sweet postcard from Claire. 

A long letter, some tea, ribbon and a butterfly from Alicia! 

Outgoing...

A sneak peak at a letter for Jane. 

A sneak peak for Micaela :)

A few post cards that I've sent out. 

I'm trying to keep track of my mail better so I want to post about it more often. I seriously adore mail. It perks me up to see something in my post box. Plus I'm working on a button for the snail mail group. I am working on other details so there should be a post about this soon.

Have a fantastic week!

My 6 Word Memoir

Thanks for your beautiful comments from the previous post. You are so wonderful.

I participated in  Six Word Memoir Postcard swap on Swap-bot. It was fun and challenging and I enjoyed reading other people's six word memoirs. 

These are the postcards I sent. 

My memoir that I wrote on each one. This was my memoir for now. 

These were the postcards I received. It's funny because I sent out a Fearless one exactly like that on another swap. 

It was fascinating to read what their 6 word memoir would be. I was thinking about doing this as the next swap for the snail mail group (it appears that The Happy Mail Project could be it's name). What do you think about this? 

Tiny Mail

I have always loved teeny tiny things. And when I saw this little over at Letter Writers Alliance, I did a little squeal. Lea Redmond of World's Smallest Post has partnered with Chronicle Books to release this gorgeous stationery set to send your own tiny mail. When it's released I might have to gift this to myself :) I had actually sent Jason a tiny letter via World's Smallest Post and have loved it ever since.

Via Chronicle Books 

Seriously, who wouldn't want to receive this in the mail? 

Via Photojojo

Plus Lea Redmond also had a tutorial over at Photojojo to make teeny photo postcards. 

Via Photojojo

I know I will be making these so I'm sure some of you will be receiving some in the mail :) 

And on the topic of mail I'm trying to think of a name for the snail mail group. Here are a few ideas but I think they could be a little corny. Let me know what you think...

♥ Project Happy Mail

♥ Creative Correspondence 

♥ The Happy Mail Project

Have a great rest of week.

Quote Card Post cards

Hopefully everyone who participated in the Quote Card postcard swap has sent out their postcard with quote and received one back. If not just email me :)

So I had the lovely Erin as my swap partner (she had two because we had an uneven amount). 

I sent her postcards along with a letter. 

The postcards I sent her. The first two are from Belle and Boo Etsy and the bottom two are from The Littlest Fox Etsy. 

A part of the quote I sent. I realised I didn't take a photo of it. Here's the quote...

" If you want your children to be smart, read them fairy tales; if you want them to be even smarter, read them more fairy tales."

~ Albert Einstein

My postcards (I love them) and some notes from Erin. 

" A woman is like a tea bag. You never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water." 

~ Eleanor Roosevelt.

" A person's a person no matter how small."

~ Dr Seuss

" How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."

~ Anne Frank

I really enjoyed this swap and thinking of doing this particular swap more often. Sending a post card with a quote. And yes, I will have details on the snail mail group soon. 

I hope all that participated had fun :)

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.