Incomings & Outgoings

I was a very lucky girl today. I got TWO more letters in the post, both with handmade envies *squee* Amongst other things which I will take great joy in showing you...

Incomings


A lovely letter from Darcy. I love how she used tracing paper for the add labels. She also wrote on tracing paper which looked amazing :) Thank you ♥


My second letter of the day from the lovely Nicola. she included a bag of calming tea, which is just what I need right now, stressing about this job ♥


I got this pretty postie from Germany via postcrossing


And I got this awesome postie for a non-touristy swap. This is going on my wall :)


I also got all these goodies from a random envie swap. The ribbons are adorable and I love those push up pencils :)

I also got two packages, but they were things I'd ordered, so don't count. Although they were mega cute and also helped to make my day :D

Outgoings





These two were both going to the US for a 'Not from your Home' Postie swap. These are both from my lovely Caiti stash (As I call it) I hope they are well received.


This is a reply to the lovely Caiti herself. She's a cat lover, like me :)


This is my 'Getting Gummy' gummy package going to the states. There was also a pack of juicy fruit that didn't make it into the pic. This guy was so heavy it cost me over £5 to ship. Ouchie!






These three were all going to the UK as part of a UK postie swap. I adore those vintage style London postcards. It's so hard to part with them!


This is a postcrossing card to Finland


A postcrossing card to the US


A postcrossing card to China


A postcrossing card to the Netherlands


The back of the postie. I had to actually sit on the grass to try and draw those bluebells. The grass had just been cut and now I have a green bum! This postcrosser set a challenge to draw on the back of the card and the bluebells have been taunting me with their beauty for a while now, so I picked those to depict.

I say taunting because I've waited ages for them to blossom and they've been in bloom for a while but it's been so cloudy I can't take any pictures with my 35mm camera, but I got some today, so I hope they come out nicely!

I have three letters to reply to now and some envies to make for a swap. If I've been promising to write to you and you haven't received anything, I'm really sorry, but I'm so disorganised I keep leaving everything to the last minute and have no time to start anything new. SO... when I go to Italy (and after my interview) I'll have plenty of spare time to write to you ♥

1 letter

9 postcards
1 package

5 NA
5 EU
1 AS

Incoming

The combination of not posting anything while the planes weren't running and being away from home last weekend has really thrown me out of synch. I haven't posted about any incoming mail for a while and I'm totally behind with letter writing. First things first... incoming :)

Friday's Post - I was lucky enough to get two letters in one day! :D

A lovely letter fron Ashley in Maine, I love the little flowers she stuck on the envie :)


A letter from Sam for an intro letter swap, the stamps are really pretty.

Saturday's Post (I had loads of it!)

A really fun Postcrossing card from the States


A beautiful and informative Postcrossing card from Poland


A Quartered postie for a swap (I got this one because of the reptile/dragon - YAY!)


Swapbot name Postie


10 things to be happy about swap with a really cool envie and writing


A really cool postie for the Nude postie swap

Tuesday's Post (FIVE postcards :D )

A postcrossing card from China with awesome stamp usage... see below too




A non-touristy postie for a swap. This character kinda creeps me out... but I like that weird factor :)


A Quartered postcard for a swap


Another quartered postie


And the only quartered postie that didn't make it here complete. The other 3 recipients got theirs ok and I'm really sad because she cut the cards diagonally which would have been really cool. The base postie is pretty strange and interesting though. It's such a shame it didn't reach me here in one piece... I think the royal mail employees picked it to pieces :''(

Today's Post

An awesome postie from Taiwan (Private Swap)


Complete with really cool stamp :D


A Random Envie for a swap complete with several 1p stamps, heh


The stationery inside the envie


Part 2 of stationery inside random envie

And that is the huge amount of incoming I received in the past week!! To be honest, I think I've missed some... I'll have to double check. I need to come up with a filing system for incoming post. I may just have to buy some more storage boxes, heheh

Glorious Spring!

I am (once more) sitting in the garden as I update this. The temperature is warm, I'm sheltered from the wind, there are only a handful of small clouds in the sky and it's gloriously sunny :D

I've already been to the shop and posted my swap bot name postcards and a postcrossing postcard going to China. I had to buy a pritt stick to complete my ransom note swap, because I have a tonne of crafting materials in my house, but apparently, no paper glue. Strange!

This means I'll be making a second trip to the post office tomorrow, because I don't have a letter stamp to the states :( But on the upside, it means another picture post for tomorrow! :D

Here are my lovely posties mailed today (including decorations, yes, I love decorating the posties)

This is a postcrossing foldable post card going to China

The following are all my swap bot cards, front and back respectively:

I also heard from a few more people who would like to be my penpals, so I have even more reason to be excited every morning/afternoon/whenever the post man decides to turn up.

oooh, I got my ArtBox parcel this morning full of stationery goodies. As if I really needed more ;)