Can’t wait to decorate some new envelopes with this tape.
To all the washi-tape lovers out there…
How do you use washi?? Any DIY ideas?
postage
Outgoing mail
Today’s outgoing mail! Some letters going out to Tamara, Marlene and Carmen… a postcard to Melissa and little packages to Tomomi and Jessica. 
Tea from The Netherlands!
Who doesn’t love getting individually packaged tea bags from half way across the world? Kelly sent these to me all the way from The Netherlands. I can’t wait to steep a cup for myself this morning. Thank you Kelly!
Incoming Letters from some fabulous Ladies
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 😀
A Stack of Outgoing Mail
A big stack of letters that went out today!
It’s a holiday tomorrow so they won’t be picked up until Tuesday.
Going to the UK, USA, Canada and Australia.
Safe travels little envelopes! hehe
Incoming Mail this Week
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.
Postage prices
Wondering if my British pen pals will send less since the price of postage will increase by the end of the month. Found this info from the article “Which country has the most expensive postal charges?“
They say that “In the BBC’s survey of 65 countries around the world, Norway’s $1.67 (£1.05) postage still comes out on top.” I wonder if this is for domestic postage or international. Canadian prices are $0.85 domestic and $2.50 international.
For Peruvians to send a letter the cost is just as much as travelling “across the Peruvian capital, Lima, three times in a bus.” Yes, that’s a lot of money for Peruvians.
It would be nice to have the same postage prices as in Bangladesh. Only $0.05 to mail a letter. Incredible! I wish the prices were similar (and affordable) worldwide. Sigh.
Incoming & Outgoing – May 11
Incoming Mail:
Sarah sent me this beautiful card with three postcards.
It was a long long letter! Everything was so pretty — the envelope, cards and even the stamps she chose. Simply a pleasure to have received this. Thank you!
Here is her reply. Going out tomorrow!
More outgoing mail:
A small note to Rachel and three postcards to swap partners in the US.
The cards are from Mexico, Cambodia and Egypt.
I’ve gathered a lot of postcards during my travels. Excited to send them all away!
Incoming Mail – May 6
Today’s incoming mail included 6 postcards.
3 from the US, 1 from Elena in Ukraine, 1 from Siying in Singapore and 1 from Nataly in Belarus.
The card from Nataly in Belarus (bottom right) features the day of Victory in the Great Patriot War (WWII) in 1941-1945 against the German Nazis. She wrote that there are very large celebrations for this and the stamp shows the national Belarusian embroidery. She used a stamp that says “Welcome to Belarus” with the white stork which is a national symbol.
I am also very grateful for the Art/AD card that I received (the card with the white flowers). The artwork was done by a little boy who is part of the “Children’s Art Project” which funds programs for children with cancer. The sender’s family donates to this cause and collects the art postcards. This just warmed my heart.
Question: what do you think the image is on the Singaporean stamp above?
I have absolutely no idea!
Always fun to receive interesting stamps and mail.
Incoming from Emma
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.
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