Tomomi sent me this cute little package from Japan. I absolutely love the Disney stamps and how she decorated the front. And inside… this goody pack was filled with some roasted green tea, coffee, a lovely letter and sweet wedding card. Thank you, Tomomi!
Some recent incoming mail: Sarah from Philadelphia (an amazing wedding card – I love it!!), Renate from Germany, Tone from Norway and Thea from Australia! Thank you, everyone!~
Back from Guam! Here are some of my postcard finds. Amazing sunsets and white sand. So beautiful 🙂
Check out this amazing sample pack we received in the mail. Kiuk and I decided to order invitations from Korea since they are generally less expensive than in Canada. I found this website where they sell wedding invitations (or 웨딩카드) called THE CARD.
I searched for some cards that I liked and a few days later this came in the mail!
They were really good quality… I’m not surprised 🙂
Here are some of my favourites.
And who doesn’t love these cute food coupons? I didn’t even know what these were for until I attended a wedding last weekend. After giving your monetary gift and signing your name, a friend of the bride or groom who sits at a desk and collects the money will hand you a food coupon. After the short ceremony, you’ll redeem it for a meal (usually buffet).
We will need these for our Korean traditional ceremony and I really love the ones of the bride and groom wearing their hanboks! There are so many things to do before the big day!!
In my last post I uploaded pics of birthday cards from Emma and Sarah. Here are some others! Above is a handmade card from a swap-bot group that I am part of. So sweet of them to send a birthday greeting 🙂
And here are some more cards from lovely friends and family!
I got this uber kitchy Korean card from Samantha, who searched far and wide for it in Toronto. Wrapped in teeny shimmery paper was this “fighting” stamp. I can’t wait to use it on outgoing mail and postcards. It’s very small but oh-so-cute! It means good luck or you can do it!!
Dimitra surprised me with this Korean Girl charm and bracelet from Pandora! We are both expecting that this charm will bring good luck to me in the future!! haha!
Renate from Germany sent best wishes with this card, which reads “birthday”. I learned something new today. Thank you to everyone who sent well wishes. I love you all! 🙂
A gorgeous thank you card from Carol, Kara’s grandma.
I didn’t expect this at all. A while back, Kara’s grandmother went in for surgery and (even though I don’t know her personally) I was on board with sending her a get well card. Such a lovely idea for Kara to organize this for her grandma. I am so happy that my card (and all of the other cards that were sent) reached her safely and made her day. Glad to hear that Carol is doing well.
It was so sweet to receive her thankful words.
I also love how the card is laser cut. It is so delicate and classy!
Maria sent this vintage ad card from Russia.
Here is a card from J Kim, my new pen pal in Korea.
She got this card (below) while she was visiting Turkey.
I’m really glad that we’re swapping because now it’ll give me more opportunity to read and write in Korean. Tonight I am taking part in a Korean-English language exchange.
Hopefully that goes well.
Looking forward to more sending and receiving this week 🙂
I fell in love with Kyobo 교보문고 and YP Books 영풍문고 when I was an expat in Korea. Both stores sell books (of course), audio, video and stationery. Tons and tons of stationery!
I spent countless hours shopping through the isles, looking for fun new additions to my growing paper collection. No one quite measures up to Koreans when it comes to cute designs. They’ve got it down! Look at all this great stuff:
Notebooks, planners, stamps and calendars…
stickers of all shapes and sizes….
and happy labels to make you smile!
More stickers, stamps….
and teeny notebooks to jot down your thoughts.
Send a message in a bottle to a loved one. Or, 7 messages for the entire week.
Wow… 365 messages? Now that’s love!
Stock up on pretty lace tape to decorate.
Or… some new rabbit and kitty friends.
Seriously, these shops have every stationery gem you could imagine.
Missing you, Korea. xo
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