I'm a Winner!!!!!

I'm sure you've heard the phrase, "you can't win if you don't play". Most people think of the lottery when they hear that phrase, but it holds true for any contest or give-away.  One of the blogs I follow, Rite While U Can  was conducting a week long give-away on the blog awhile back so I entered every day. Each day had a different prize. Well, lo and behold, I won one of the prizes. Woo Hoo, Yipee, Hooray! I received my package and this is what was inside.

A tote bag with goodies inside.

2 packs of paper pens, and 6 colorful handmade notecards.

Beautiful!  Thanks Barb.

The Winners

Good morning my friends. I want to thank all of you who took the time to enter my contest. I'm grateful that I have you to share my mail with and this is my way of saying thank you for taking the time to read my blog and gawk at the images I post.  And now, on to the winners of my give-away.

Winner number 1 is: 

Jackie Parkins congratulations!!!!


Winner # 2

 



 

Derrick congratulations.  I apologize for the crappy photo.

 

 

 

Winner # 3

 



Lynn Bishop contatulations!!!


I wish I could send all of you a postcard lot. I would like to send you something for entering..... maybe a lot of 5 postcards so please message me with your address if you don't have it posted on your blog somewhere.  Thank you all again. It's a pleasure to connect with you.

One more thing before I sign off for the day.  The USPS is doing a series of stories called love letters.  The are audio conversations with people who have sent letters to one another.  I think it's pretty cool.   Here is the first conversation if you are interested in checking it out.

Dear pen pals......making progress

Good afternoon. I have spent my morning writing, which means I am making progress on my replies to outstanding letters. Out the door, are three more. Pen pal letters, that is.

 

A envelope decorated with washi tape. Obviously this is an international pen pal but I don't want to spoil the surprise so I'll keep my mouth shut on which country it is traveling to. I have several international pen pals.

 

 

This one is traveling to California to a potentially new pen pal. If she reads this blog and she's psychic, she may just figure out that it's for her.

 

 

This letter is traveling to the south and it is long overdue. I mean months and months overdue. I hope I made up for the late reply by writing a long enough letter, and brightening the envelope with some colorful artsy doodles.

 

Incoming Mail:

 

Yesterday I received the most lovely decorate envelope from a swap I joined.

 

 

You can not tell from the photograph, but everything is collaged, including the coffee cup.

Inside the envelope were three unwanted postcards (swap-bot) and an extra something to make me smile.

 

 

The three unwanted postcards.

 

 

The extra something included little drink umbrellas.

 

 

This lovely origami envelope that is only about 2"x 2". Inside were some stickers and I loved it for the creativity. It's awesome.

 

 

I also received this vintage postcard from another swap on swap-bot. (an interesting fact on a postcard)  I haven't googled the translation yet but It looks like Christmas greetings, etc.

 

There is still time to enter my give-away. Just leave a comment HERE.

 

Make sure you read the instructions before commenting to win.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Two Postcards and a Give-Away

Good afternoon. I'm excited to finally announce the first ever give-away on my blog, but before I get to the prize let me share with you my outgoing and incoming mail.

This is an incoming postcard for a swap I joined. I love city scenes like this one.

 

 

This is a Postcrossing that I am sending to Canada.

I write: Hello Daniele, you have an interesting profile. I live in the city of Las Vegas but I'm a country girl at heart. I want the best of both worlds; country living with city amenities. Before moving to Vegas my husband and I lived on an acre and a half surrounded by neighbors with farm animals. There were horses, cows, pigs, goats, sheep, chickens, dogs, cats and probably a few I'm forgetting. I loved it. I wish you much happiness. <3 JarieLyn

 

I hope you all are as excited as I am about my give-away. This one is geared towards all of you Postcrossers, Postcard Collectors, Vintage Lovers, Mail Enthusiasts and Mail Art/Scrappers.  I am giving away 3 lots of postcards, each lot contains 50 postcards. There will be 10 used vintage postcards, and various unused postcards from the early 1900's all the way up today.  Each lot is different, however, there are a few of the same cards in every lot.

 

 

This is Lot #1. These are the actual postcards. You cannot see all of them because I want it to be a surprise.

 

 

This is lot #2

 

 

This is lot #3

 

I thought about running the contest by having you do something unique, kind of like how Derrick over at I still write runs his contests, but since this is my first give-away I want to make it easy for you. Also, before I complicate things I need to know if people are going to enter my give-away.

 

So what do you need to do to enter my contest?  Just leave me a comment that has the word postcard somewhere in your sentence.  This is going to be a fast give-away. I will be using a random number generator and drawing the prize winners Thursday evening after 8:00 p.m. pacific standard time, and I will ship it out on Friday.