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 nice new stationery from Korea. Thank you Ashley!
I love this quote:
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched.”
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 stack of letters has accumulated over the last week. These lovely ladies sent amazing cards, as usual! So grateful to have such amazing pen pals.
A victorian style stationery set with a Hello Kitty envelope: From Anne in Canada
A super cute birthday letter: From Emma in the UK!! 🙂
I haven’t heard from Tanja in Slovenia for a really long time, but I was happy to get this letter from her! A reply is on its way!
A letter with an”Old Town Alexandria” Postcard and a beautiful birthday card: From Sarah
A handwritten note and some fun stamps from Rachel in South Korea
and finally… From Debbie in the UK. She makes her own envelopes and has some incredible mail art. A very talented lady 🙂
I love each and every one of these! Thank you 😀
I am afraid I can’t keep up with all the incoming mail I’ve received this last week. I shouldn’t complain (I’m so overwhelmed by how awesome people are). Slowly I’m responding to everyone! Here is a preview of some stuff that made my mailbox very happy 🙂
Sarah (USA) sent her letter with two vintage postcards from the National Postal Museum. I also liked the Harry Potter forever stamp attached.
Another awesome stamp is this one from Kara (UK) which features a scene from “Bend it Like Beckham”. I love extra large stamps and this one is bigger than usual 🙂 woo hoo!
Sorry for the blurry-ness of these two photos (above and below)
Above: From Thea (Australia). I sent her a few blank postcards for a swap and one of them was an old library index card from my university. It just so happened that the book information on the card was related to her field (marine science). Who would have thought? Total fluke! So, she responded with a lengthy letter and three fantastic postcards.
Above: Dee sent me a letter from British Colombia with pretty stationery (that I have already used. It’s pretty!!) and a vogue postcard (starting to collect those).
Debbie made this envelope out of recycled paper. She’s so talented, really! I think her work is fantastic and I’m so happy that she’s one of my pen pals. Thanks Debbie!
Finally, my cousin out in Whistler, BC sent this local artist ad postcard. I am very excited to be moving out west at the end of the year.
I also received a letter from a fellow Torontonian (currently living in the same city as I am). She used some very pretty stamps to spice up her stationery. I have got to start doing that. It’s nice to have pen pals in Canada (as well as abroad). I’ve limited my sending to pen pal swaps instead of postcrossing. Although I do love postcrossing I’d rather send and receive from people who are interested in an ongoing correspondence.
I’ve received lots of lovely letters this week!
I’m a little behind on some replies because it’s been a pretty busy summer.
I’ve had to pick lots of cherries off my tree (not complaining – but it does take time).
Hope I can bake a cherry pie soon. Mmmm!
I’ve also been doing more yoga and on Sunday I’ll run a charity 5km race. Gahhh!!
Anyway, on to the snail mail.
Here is my first letter from Debbie.
She included nice stationery with her own design and a lovely bookmark! 
This letter is from Sarah. The postcard is from an aquarium that she went to on a field trip.
The stationery she used was also self-printed. What creative pen pals I have! 🙂
Here is a pretty letter from Kara in the UK.
I really love this “Bend it like Beckham” stamp.
Just in time for world cup? 😉
Below is a postcrossing letter from Elena in Belarus.
Funny, this is what I always say: “My diet starts tomorrow” haha!
Do you think this card is bizarre?? It was sent as part of a “bizarre/ugly/tacky” card swap…
but honestly, I really like it! It reminds me of being a child and going to the dentist.
I never minded the dentist much. I think it’s because I always got a prize from the treasure chest before leaving. I could see how this might be disturbing to some people though.
Finally, Liza sent me this spring card from Russia.
Goodbye Spring! Today is the first day of Summer 🙂
I enjoyed dinner out on the patio. Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend!
Yahooo!!! Incoming mail from Emma!
I loved this so much! First off, the design on this envelope is brilliant!
Then, after opening it I found that she had sent some goodies.
She included three sticker pages with her letter – all super cute, 100% my style 😉
Thank you Emma. A response coming your way soon.
Why hello there smiling bear! I initially bought this stationery set to send to my friend in Ottawa who is just obsessed with cute polar bears… (I sent it to her a long time ago and I have one set left now!!) I wouldn’t say that bears are my favourite animal but I think that this little guy would make anyone happy, don’t you?
Mes cher amis, keep on snail mailing!
How could you not love these plush pals?
I am ready to name them and bring them home.
Three cheers for Artbox!
Just browsing and found these sweet glass sets, slim pocket planners and mini bags for a picnic. Gosh how I wish I was still in Korea so that I could get these cute gifts from Artbox. Want. Want. Want!
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