Thursday 5 September 2013

The Snailmail Collective

Last week my snailmail to Andi went on it's way. Hopefully it will arrive some time soon.
It's an initiative from the blog http://thenectarcollective.com/
You sign up at http://thenectarcollective.com/the-snail-mail-collective/ for a month and get assigned a partner which whom you have some email contact before making your package. Each month has a theme, in august it was "under the sea". Well, I've used a bit of creative freedom, but can't reveal yet what I've made......
I was signed up with Andi from http://andispeople.com/ She designs her own stationary, how cool is that! Well, she's also a yoga teacher, teacher and aquarobic teacher and mum of three kids! A busy lady!
Wow! My mail arrived! I've made Andi a sort of vintage beach theme snailmail. She likes the beach and vintagepostcards! She also let me read a personal story she wrote. With al that in mind and a lot if places I've been to this summer, this mail just sort of happened. I actually made her a sort of vintage summer story. Trouble is, I'm better at pictures than I am with words :-) Well anyhow, I've made a picturebook. So this is what I've sent! This is what was inside the book: quite a lot! Several postcards, vintage traintickets, stickers, a little garland of the dutch flag, seaweed and seashells I've collected with the kids, a shell on a necklace, a little notebook and tiny pencils, and a typical dutch souvenir! This is a page from the story I've written for Andi. All the stuff I've put in this mail I've mentioned in this story.

4 comments:

  1. Franka, what an absolute thrill it was to receive your colorful and creative snailmail! You really picked up correctly how much I LOVE the beach! I love the little red car which reminds me of my first car -- a red VW bug! I am enjoying popping in and reading your blog about your day-to-day adventures in the Netherlands! I hope you receive your package from me soon! xo

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  2. Thank you Andi for you nice comments!

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  3. Ik kan maar niet stoppen met lezen op jouw blog...!
    Wat een fantastische snailmailer ben jij!

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