TGIF Mail

Friday is just another day for me but I still get happy when it arrives because it means time with my husband on the weekend. We don't always do much but the possibility is always there and that makes me smile. What do you like to do on the weekends?

I drive to my post office every single day to check my mail. Who thinks I'm crazy?  Am I obsessed with mail?  Yes, I am and I love it. I have received some lovely mail this week as always. Here's what filtered in and out the last couple of days not including today. I have not gone to the post office as of yet. I have written one letter so far today and plan to write at least one more.

 

This is week 2 from my partner for the Themed Messages RR postccard swap on Postcrossing.

This comes all the way from Russia.

 

 

This is an official Postcrossing from Canada.

The sender writes:

Hi JarieLyn, this lovely old building is a favourite of mine in downtown Belleville.

The birds love it too, often perching along the roof line.

Sadly, it is showing signs of decay & is currently blocked off for fear of collapse.

Happy Postcrossing!

Liz.

 

 

This is week 3 of the Themed Messages PC swap.

This one is from the same partner as week no. 2 above.

From Russia.

 

 

Sorry it's blurry. I have a shaky hand when using my phone.

I have the Galaxy Note and it is very wide and not the easiest to use but I love it.

This is an official Postcrossing from Poland.

The sender writes:

Hi!

I'm Sara, I'm 17 and I livwe in Poland.

I like traveling and horse riding.

I'm a scout.

I agree with you: writing letters are the loveliest way to communication.

I hope you like my postcard and my town.

Invite you to Augustow.

Take care :)

 

It looks like a very nice and fun place to visit.

 

 

This is from myh partner for 50 stickers swap on Swap-Bot.

 

 

A letter from a new pen pal who found me via the info I left in her postable account.

 

 

A letter from Rachel.

Yay!

I was very happy to receive this letter becuase her last one got lost on its way to me.

Maybe it will show up eventually.

I hope so.

 

 

A letter from the lovely Angie.

Angie, if you are reading this, it is not too much pink for me.

 

 

An official Postcrossing from the Netherlands.

The sender writes:

Hello JarieLyn!

I'm already that age that I recognize this cars.

My favorite music is from Blof (biof?), a Dutch band.

You can search them on youtube and enjoy their music!

I love the sea, beautiful clouds, coffee, books and cinnamon ice.

:) Desiree

 

Out my door and to the post office traveling all around, from my house to yours.

 

 

My envelope for the recipient of my 50 stickers.

 

An official Postcrossing on its way to Ukraine.

 

 

Week 4 going to my partner in Russia for the Themed Messages swap.

 

 

This is week 4 for themed messages swap going to my partner in Estonia.

(Nashville, my favorite city in the U.S.)

 

 

An official Postcrossing card on its way to Germany.

 

 

A birthday package for Rachel.

:)

I hope she likes what's inside.

 

 

That's all for now.

Have a wonderful weekend and if you take a road trip don't forget to pick up a postcard.

 

 



 



Smile, It's a great day!

Good morning my friends.

This week is going by so fast.

If I want to get more mail out I need to do it today.

My husband has a holiday tomorrow which means a four day weekend for him.

We don't have anything planned, but it's just hard to write when I'm not alone.

I swear it takes me practically all day to write one or two letters.

I guess I dawdle.

 

Here's my mail for the last two days and unfortunately, I didn't send anything out.

I will have a few items to mail later this afternoon though.

 

Incoming:

 

An official Postcrossing from the Netherlands.

The sender writes:

Hi!

My name is Chrristine and I live in Egmond aan Zee.

We have a book and office store near the beach, 3 kids (10, 15, 16) and a belgian shepard dog called Oeschi (6).

I paint acrylics, have lessons every Tuesday afternoon.

A great hobby.

And I jog on the beach with Oeschi and I make photos and try to paint them.

Bye!

Christine

 

This is my third card from Peggy, my postcard pal from The Netherlands.

This is a really beautiful sunset but because I took a photo with my phone instead of scanning it, you cannot see the gorgeous red and orange of the sky.

Same with the postcard above. My photo makes it look washed out.

I apologize.

 

I post all of my pictures from my phone because my computer photos are a hit and miss with blogger.

Sometimes I am able to upload and sometimes not.

It's just easier this way.

 

 

I don't know why I feel I have to explain, anyway...........................

 

My first card from Rita, my other postcard pal from the RR on Postcrossing.

This is week 2. (week 1 never arrived)

Rita lives in the country of Estonia.

 

 

Week no. 3 from Rita arrived same day as week no. 2.

This is such a cute card.

I love it.

 

In person this looks like a vintage card from the 1970's. (just guessing)

This is from one of my swap partners for 2013 pc swap #12.

 

 

A pen pal letter from Margie.

 

 

A brief note from Mendy.

 

That conclude's the mail for the past day or two.

 

I hope everyone has a lovely day.

 

Pen Pal Letters

Good Evening.

I really need to get into the habit of posting my blog entries early in the morning.

I'm a procrastinator though, so we'll see what happens.

 

Monday and Tuesday's mail incoming and outgoing is all about pen pals.

 

Here's what came in for both days.

 

 

A nice long letter from my pen pal John, and a great postcard.

His handmade envelope was awesome.

He has a couple of blogs that I read regularly.

One showcases his postcards and mail and the other one is random stuff.

I enjoy both very much.

Maybe you will too if you click here and here to check them out.

 

 

I also received a really nice first letter from Jacqueline and a postcard. She's also a blogger.

 

 

Another great letter from Mariska, and she enclosed a postcard too.

I love her handmade vintage envelope.

It suits my style perfectly.

 

 

An official Postcrossing card from Germany.

The sender writes:

With best regards from the small town (???) in Germany, your postcrossing fan Mario.

I am a really passionate collector of postal documents and stamps from all over teh world.

I hope this post card will brighten your day and collection.

 

Here's what left my house to take a road trip:

 

 

Four different postcards, 3 going to my March PC Pals, and one going to Mariska.

Hmm......... I wonder whic one she will get.

Anyway, two are going to the Netherlands, one to Estonia, and one to Russia.

 

 

A Pen Pal letter. (CT)

 

 

Another Pen Pal letter. (PA)

 

 

This box contains a super hero kit for my LEP partner.

I hope she likes it.

 

That's it for today folks.

 

Tune in tomorrow for the Days of Our Lives for more mail making its way out.

 

 

 

Smart Women are Hot, and End of the Week Mail.

Hello and happy Sunday.

Today is one of my favorite days of the week because I have endermologie.

It's been one crazy week for me.

I have been on the go all week long, including yesterday.

 I was clearing out more clutter and trying to get my home office organized.

I came across this, which has been hidden away since 2009.

This used to hang in my REAL office when I had my business.

 

 

Also in my office hung original artwork by all of my employees.

More on that in another post.

It deserves more attention than I have time for at the moment.

 

I have received quite a few postcards, but still for a whole week and a half it's not a lot.

There were two days when my mailbox was completely empty.

Three people have said they sent me letters and I still have not received any of those.

I hope my post office isn't dicking me around.

I've been getting quite annoyed with them lately.

I think one of the postal workers is stealing the vintage stamps off of my envelopes because there have been several times now when I've gotten a slip in my postal box saying I owe postage.

Yesterday, the same thing happened and I showed the clerk a picture of the same piece of mail with the postage on it. But I still had to pay .46 cents.

It's really starting to piss me off.

 

Here's my outgoing for the week, also not much sent.

 

 

A letter to a pen pal.

 

 

Postcards for the Round Robin on Postcrossing.

These are going to Estonia, Russia, and the Netherlands.

 

 

A Postcrossing card going to Czech Republic.

 

 

A Postcrossing going to Maryland, USA.

 

 

A Postcrossing traveling to Germany.

 

 

This is for a swap I joined, Ephemera, Ephemera, Ephemera.

It was supposed to be sent in a 6 x 9 envelope, but as usual I got carried away.

 

That is all for now.

Tomorrow I shall be sending out my LEP Super Hero Kit.

 

Here's what I received this week.

 

 

A postcard from my pen pal Rachael.

 

 

An official Postcrossing card from southern California.

The sender writes:

Greetings and salutations from sunny Southern California, home to Disneyland, Hollywood and beautiful beaches.

I have lived here most of my life but I love to travel and see what else the world has to offer.

Next time I am in your area what should I see?

When I am not traveling I like to read in my free time.

I pray that this card finds you in good health.

May your year be full of many blessings!

Proverbs 3:5-6

Jason.

 

 

This is from another swap, Who Said That?

The swap required us to send a favortie quote.

This pc definitely met the requirements, however, not even a hello on the back of the card.

I do appreciate the creativity but I appreciate notes more.

 

 

An official Postcrossing card from Hong Kong.

(one of my new favorites)

The sender writes:

Hello JarieLyn,

It's Joyce from Hong Kong.

Is it always so busy in U.S?

"No one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone."

Best wishes,

Joyce.

 

 

Such cuteness in this postcard.

I'm a sucker for animals, especially dogs.

This is from one of my swap partners in the Round Robin, March Postcard Pals.

This one was sent from the Netherlands.

And I love the letter she wrote on the back.

 

 

An official Postcrossing card from the Netherlands.

The sender writes:

Hello!

A postcard from Gouda, the town where I live.

Gouda is world wide famous for the chees: Gouda cheese!

Hope you like our cheese!!

The city has several historic buildings, like the city hall which shows the picture.

In summer we have a tourst cheese market.

That's the reason, you have now a colourfull card with historic buildings!

Greetings from Cobi.

 

 

Received from my swap partner for the envelope swap.

Very cute envies and a little extra vintage recipe book.

Very cute.

 

That's all this week.

 

 

I guess I got a little distracted last week and forgot to publish my post on Friday until earlier today.

:)

I've been getting a lot of postcards from postcrossing and swap-bot but I haven't received any letters

from any of the persons I wrote to for LetterMo except the ones I've already showed you, which really was about a 15th of what I sent out.

Do I sound ungrateful for saying I'm a bit disappointed? I hope not. I'm just mentioning it because I'm wondering if you all had the same experience or did all or most of your letters get reciprocated? I'm just curious.

I enjoyed writing the letters nonetheless and it was a fun challenge.

Original artwork and poem by me! (2009)

Now on to the mail!

Here's what has been delivered to me the past few days including today.

A Postcard from Bulgaria.

This is for a swap I joined awhile back called I Love Postcards #3.



A Postcrossing from good ol' US of A.

This is personally one of my favorites that I've received so far.

The sender writes:

Here is a vintage funny postcard for you that I found @ the local Raleigh, NC farigrounds/flea market.

:)

Crystal.

This is from a Group Swap on Swap-Bot, Quick Notecard Swap #3

The cards are really cute in person.

I do like them a lot.

This amazing mini journal for another swap, One Sentence A Day February.

I was blown away by the creativity of the person who made this.

I have to share some of the inside with you as well.

This precedes the actual journal writing.

So cute, don't you think?

At the end of the journaling, this little surprise was sewn into the pages.

Lift it up............

To reveal a secret compartment with a treasure hidden inside.

A very nice bottle and key pendant and I love it.

The creativity of the maker of this journal has me in awe and I am so appreciative of this gift, not just the pendant tucked inside, but the love that went into making this journal.

So nice.

I love postcards with images of dogs.

This one is so sweet.

This is a postcrossing from the Netherlands.

The sender writes:

Hi JarieLyn,

Do you have examples of your mail art and snail mail.

I don't know what it means.

I try to do some scrapbooking besides being wife and mother of 2 sons.

My sons are 5 and 3 years old.

It's busy but fun most of the time.

Wish you the best.

Regards,

Grietje

Another Postcrossing from USA

(it is a resend because his first one never arrived)

The sender writes:

Hi JarieLyn,

I scanned the card begore I sent it to you so I printed it and hope yo liike it.

Best wishes from your Postcrossing friend-David.

(Lost Card)

I love the stamps too.

Notice that the postoffice didn't cancel the stamps.

Oh no, they had to put their little cancellation mark on the front of the card.

Ugh!

These lovely postcards came from another swap, Postcard Scavenger Hunt.

My favorite one is the black and white gallows and the other sepia toned one.

A PC A Day Swap.

My husband and I actually went here two years ago while on vacation so I was glad to receive this postcard because I don't have any from that vacation.

I received one of Julie's (La Papiere) postcards from a swapper for PC A Day Swap.

It's pretty cool because I ordered some envelopes from La Papier not too long ago and this was the sstyle that I ordered.

I have several more postcards, at least five but I'm not going to photograph them because you might get impatient scrolling through my blog post.

But I will post my outgoing now:

I finallly joined a Round Robin on the Postcrossing forum.

This is a march postcard pals.

I send one pc to 3 different people once a week in March.

I thought it would be easier to send them all the same card.

These are headed to Russia, The Netherlands, and Estonia.

These are for the Quick Note Card Swap, two partners.

I believe this is for the 3 card swap USA.

I forgot to take a photo of the cards inside.

The mini journal swap.

Again, I forgot to photograph my handy artwork.

But compared to the one I received mine pales in comparison.

A Postcrossing on its way to Russia.

A Postcrossing on its way to New Jersey.

A Postcrossing on its way to Germany.

A Postcrossing on its way to South Africa.

Fast & Easy Notecard Swap.

Also the front of the envelope of my original artwork and poem.

A Postcrossing card on its way to Turkey.

One of my pen pals had a birthday recently, (I guess it's been a month already) so I will be wrapping up a small gift and writing a long letter to her tonight.

And tomorrow............

more pen pal letters to write.

Oh, happy days are here again.