Chocolate Puppies, Butterfly Water and Athos.

Oh how I love my Sunday's.

I look forward to endermologie every single week.

Yep, I think I'm a lifer.

It feels so good and it gets my blood circulating.

I feel so invigorated when my treatment is finished, like I can take on the world.

Ha!

 

I received the cutest card from Postcrossing yesterday.

My husband wanted to keep it for himself because he fell in love with the image too.

 

Here's the incoming mail:

 

 

An official Postcrossing from Germany.

The sender writes:

Hi JarieLyn,

I'm 20 years old and from Germany.

I sent you a cute dog card :)

I hope you like it.

You also write that you like trains, so I take a stamps with a german trains :)

Have a nice day.

Marija

 

Did you fall in love with these pups too?

 

 

An official Postcrossing from the Netherlands.

The sender writes:

Hello JarieLyn!

It's almost Easter, but when I look outside I see no spring.

It's quite cold and the weather man pronounces snow :(

That will be (??) at home and play some games.

I also play songpop.

It's under the name of my son: (XXXXXX)

My fave music is 80's and 70's.

It's music from my childhood, that's why I like it so much.

You may invite me if you want :)

I wish you all the best in life and maybe I hear from you by songpop.

Martine.

P.S. I love sun so that's why I choose this card, because it gives me a feeling of summer and sunshine.

 

 

A letter from Becky.

 

 

A thank you card from Lisa with a photo of her dog Athos on the cover.

Isn't he beautiful?

I bet he's smart too.

A Postcard from Doreen who just started postcrossing.

She's also a blogging friend and the only blogger/pen pal I've ever met in person.

You can read her blog here.

It was a pleasant surprise to get a postcard from her.!

I was tickled pink.

 

 

A letter from John and an article about a postman in the late 1800's and early 1900's.

It was quite an interesting article and of course, so was the letter.

 

 

An upcyled vintage postcard from John.

The orginal postcard which is the image in the background is from 1906, Dublin, Ireland.

The little pieces of writing are also from vintage postcards.

I really like this one a lot.

Very creative.

Can you see what the one on the bottom left says?

"She had been out to the bath chair the day before. Going out does her a wonderful lot of good."

 

I have been getting such great mail lately.

I love it.

 

Here's what I sent out:

 

 

A Letter to Lisa.

 

 

A letter to another pen pal.

 

 

An official Postcrossing on its way to Taiwan.

 

 

An official Postcrossing on the way to Finland.

 

 

This is for one of my partners for quick notecard swap #4.

 

This is for the other partner for quick notecard swap #4.

 

And that concludes the mail for this fine week.

 

Last night I was making my own postcards for another swap.

I'll post those later today or tomorrow.

 

Enjoy the rest of this day my friends.

 

 

 

 



Vintage 1971

 

It only cost 8 cents to mail a letter in 1971.

 

Even back then, I enjoyed writing letters.

I was just six years old.

 

 

Dear Papaw,

I'm writing you this letter and hoping you get well I love you very much.

We are comeing to see you when you get out

 

of the hospital.

Love Jarielyn

 

P.S.

Lots of hugs and kisses

 

My papaw (grandfather on my mother's side) was almost killed by a hitchiker.

The hitchiker slit my papaw's throat.

It was very scary but he pulled through and I loved him like no other until his death in 1985.

Traveled in retro style from the Netherlands

Good morning my fellow snail mail lovers.

Yesterday was a postcrossing kind of day.

 

Here's what appeared in my box.

 

 

This Volkswagen Van took a road trip from the Netherlands all the way to Las Vegas, USA.

It's an official postcrossing card.

The sender writes:

Hi Jarie Lin

When you mentioned vintage cars I immediately found this card for you.

I think the picture brings back memoreies and is cute at the same time.

You just don't see this anymore today.

Pity.

Happy Postcrossing.

 

It certainly does bring back memories.

I went out with a guy who drove one of these, except when I dated him, he didn't have a car and I did all the driving. Yep, I've moved up in men since then.

 

 

An official postcrossing card from Germany.

The sender writes:

Hi there!

My name is Karen and I come from Germany.

In this card I tried to combine two of your fancies- shoes and vintage.

Hope you like it.

It's Friday and I am glaf the weekend is ahead of me.

I will relax and go to the zoo.

 

Yes, this certainly does fit my fancies.

I love this card and I love the quote too.

Thank you, Karen.

 

That was my only mail yesterday.

 

Here's what I sent out.

 

 

An official postcrossing card on its way to Finland.

 

 

An official postcrossing card on its way to Texas.

 

 

An official postcrossing card on its way to Germany.

 

 

A pen pal letter.

 

 

A pen pal letter.

 

I apologize for the crappy photos.

I tend to be a little lazy when I take photos with my phone.

Monday, Monday, So Good To Me

No, it's not just another manic Monday.

 It's a good mail day Monday.

 

Here's my incoming for the day.

 

 

I received this package from a desk de-clutter swap that I joined.

Take a peek inside.

 

 

She sent lots of stuff I can use to creat mail art and collages as well as some things to add to my collection of vintage.

She sent me some vintage postmarked postcards, a vintage valentine card, a vintage photograph and some stickers, and odds and ends for smashing and decorating.

I enjoyed this package very much.

 

 

A handmade Christmas postcard from my penpal Lynn.

I think she did an awesome job on this.

Thanks, Lynn.

 

 

A letter from my penpal Rachel.

 

She always uses the prettiest stationery.

 

 

An incoming postcard for a swapI joined called the Little Things.

This couldn't be a more perfect card.

I feel like it's a message from my beloved Sasha from beyond.

Such a cute card and so meaningful to me.

 

So that's it for the incoming mail and I was happy to see these items in my mailbox.

 

Here's the outgoing:

 

 

A simple letter swap going to Pennsylvania.

 

 

This is on its way to Germany.

This is the first letter in a series for a swap I joined called six weeks of snail mail.

 

That's it for Monday Mail.

Oh Happy Days!

Hello my dear peeps.

Monday,  I celebrated my 18 yr. wedding anniversary.

 

Woo Hoo!

Sometimes it's hard to believe we've been married that long.

 

I know this is a mail blog, so I'll get right to it.

This is Saturday's mail and Monday's mail combined.

 

 This is an official postcrossing pc from Canada.
On the back she writes:
Greetings neighbor, thought you would like this sunset postcard from one of my favourite spots-
the sunshine coast.
I visit a number of times per year.
It's beautiful here.
Happy Postcrossing.

Such a lovely Sunset, Thank you.

I love vintage Christmas and I love Santa Claus.

 Another postcrossing card, this one from Christina in the U.S.
She writes, "Hello from NJ. I'm so excited about winter and the holidays.
I wish you good health, unlimited success and happiness in everything you do."
<3

I adore barns.
This is from a swapper through Swap-Bot.
This is a Gratitude pc swap.
In this swap we are assigned 3 partners with whom we share what we are grateful for on a postcard.

This is another card I received from the same swap, different person.

I always find it fascinating to read the thoughts of others.
It's inspiring and sometimes it shifts my paradigm.

A letter from Lucas in Georgia.
I love his envelope so much.
You can't ever go wrong with black and white.
It's pure elegance, class, and sophistication, much like the young man who wrote the letter.

My outgoing mail included two postcards and that's it.

This postcard is going to Angelika in Germany.
I wrote one of my favorite pie recipes on the back for her.

This one is going to Maria in Belarus.

I've written two letters in the past few days but have not sent them out yet.
I still have one more reply to write and then the letters should be on their way to their recipients.

One to Lynn, One to Lucas and still need to write a reply to Kurls.

That's all for now folks.
It's going to be a busy day prepping for Thanksgiving tomorrow.

I hope you all have a wonderful holiday with your families.

Eat, stay warm and be merry.



Oh Canada, You're My First

This weekend my mailbox delivered to me my very first postcrossing card.

 

 

It was sent by Joanna in Canada.

She wrote that she got this postcard in NYC when she was there earlier this year with her husband.

 

I'm really glad that my fist postcard isn't a typical touristy cityscape scene.

 

I also got another postcard that was a happy surprise from a fello blogger.

 

 

This beauty was sent by Becky who runs the blog, Leaving A Paper Trail and is known as The Snailmailer.

She sent me this postcard because she had seen a comment I made on her blog.

I love getting unexpected mail.

 

My outgoing mail consisted of two postcards and a swap.

 

 

First, a postcard to my nephew's wife thanking her for her notecard.

 

 

A postcrossing card going to China.

 

 

This card is traveling to Oklahoma.

It's for a swap I joined on Swap-Bot, "Just a Happy Notecard"

 

Over the weekend I went to a couple of thrift stores and found some amazing Gianni Versaci Postcards and some very unique Christmas Cards from the Phillipines. I think they might be vintage but I'm not sure and I've never seen Christmas Cards like these before. They are photo cards and they don't look like they have anything to do with Christmas until you read the inside of the card.

 

Maybe you'll receive one of these postcards or greeting cards from me.

You never know.

:)