Snailmail from Marja

This week I have received a snailmail from Marja. She has fab handwriting! Turns out she's a teacher, and she teaches Dutch! She also collects stamps, and I really like the stamps on the envelope she sent me.

The envelope was full of paperbeauty! A handmade postcard which I found really cool. Some craft paper, a little pink envelope with a baroque woman on a little card and a baroque sticker. Really cute! A piece of happy wrapping paper, a handmade card with a dutch poem, an envelope with some sticky notes, some nice pictures, a Russian saying and a crocheted red flower. I feel really spoiled! It felt like a surpise party to find all this in the envelope!

Feast package

Just because Mischa had great fun just unpacking my snailmail package with traditional clothing, she decided to make a feast package in return! And a feast it is! It's a crafted book, and really sturdy! She used good quality paper, which I always find great! My favourite page is the one with a white Holy Mary and the balloon! On every page a little present to compete the craft feast! A letter, a teabag, a little garland, a postcard from the city she lives in, a bookmark, a notebook, a sticker, a balloon and ofcourse confetti! What's a party without it! Love it, happy me :-)

Postcard and snailmail

When I thought that there was no mail on monday, surprise! A snailmail packet and a postcard from Taiwan! The postcard has a lovely old cardboard feel to it, it's not shiny or something, but the print stands out great on that paper. You have to feel it to get it I suppose. A definite favourite on my postcrossing profile!
The snailmail packet was a bit, well, how do I put it, ehh, allright. Seems that crafting is not everyone's talent, but it's from a good heart, that's the important bit.

No mail on Sunday!

Because it's the mailman's day off, no mail on sunday. I received a packet though on saturday (yesterday) from one of my favourite webshops. A webshop full of paper, stamps, envelopes, and everything that makes me smile! www.postpapierenzo.nl
I'm a paperlover, just can't help myself.

Embroidery on postcard

Sometimes I find myself pinching some holes in a postcard. I collect old pictures from magazines, cut them out and sometimes I find a nice pattern on a piece of paper. And after some glue and thread i'm embroidering those holes. Et voilá, a postcard.
I sent this one to someone in Edinburgh, but it hasn't arrived yet. Fingers crossed.