tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69924286363719398792024-02-07T16:33:59.786-08:00All About MailVagirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498518711489697887noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6992428636371939879.post-7203598687726146972012-07-07T12:11:00.000-07:002012-07-07T12:11:15.058-07:00Chinese Happy New Year 2012<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Received this gorgeous Chinese New Year 2012 envelope this week from <b>gululu</b> for </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Postcrossing's CN-642096 .</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">I absolutely love the envelope and all the pretty cards that I found inside.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">I was so surprised.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">"The Forbidden City, Huguang Guild Hall, Baitashan, Geese and the two little small cards".</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">A big Thank You to <b>gululu!</b></span></div>
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<br /></div>Vagirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498518711489697887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6992428636371939879.post-62828775739007951302012-06-23T16:51:00.001-07:002012-06-23T16:51:29.183-07:00Mail Art<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #783f04;">This envelope was for a mail art swap. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04;">Since I knew, that the recipient likes lighthouses and owls,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04;">I tried to incorporate them. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04;">I'm still very new at this mail art thing.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04;">I'm really just having fun with it!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;">Here are two of the envelopes I made for the Sweet Tooth swap I joined a few months ago on Swap-bot. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;">I really had fun making these and even though I'm not very good at drawing, I gave it another try, lol.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;">Also, I cut out some sweet goodies from magazines and used a few stickers.</span></div>
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<br /></div>Vagirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498518711489697887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6992428636371939879.post-76052254068820463812012-03-31T15:33:00.000-07:002012-03-31T15:33:27.943-07:00St. Patrick's Day Envelope<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">This was a swap on swap-bot to decorate an </span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">envelope for St. Patrick's Day.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Here is the one I received from <b>Valerie520.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Isn't it great?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">That's the back of the envie and the cute stickers</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">she enclosed.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Thank you Valerie.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">I love it!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Here is the one I made for my partner.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Didn't turn out too well.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">I'm just not very good at drawing. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Maybe with lots of practice I'll</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">get better at it, lol!</span></div>
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<br /></div>Vagirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498518711489697887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6992428636371939879.post-26408356165848607862012-03-31T15:09:00.000-07:002012-03-31T15:09:28.445-07:00Envelope with hearts!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #741b47;">This was a swap I joined at Swap-bot. We were supposed to decorate an envelope with hearts.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;">This is the pretty envelope I received. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;">I love it!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">A big 'Thank You' goes out to <b>VioletFaye </b>for taking the time to make this envelope for me</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">and including all these awesome goodies.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Beautiful postcards and note cards. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">I was so happy to receive this.</span></div>
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</div>Vagirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498518711489697887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6992428636371939879.post-27313827883344768112012-03-05T16:27:00.001-08:002012-03-05T16:28:08.227-08:00Outgoing Mail<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Yeah, another attempt at drawing. It was for a swap, to someone, who loves </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Betty Boop.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">I really messed up the stars though lol.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">The recipient loved it and that was my goal.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">I was happy about it!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">This one was another swap. No drawing involved here, lol.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">My swap partner loves butterflies, so I made this envelope</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">and she loved it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">It makes me happy to know, that I was able to make someone smile</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">with my mail.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">I participated in a swap with <a href="http://www.swap-bot.com/" target="_blank">Swap-bot</a> to make a handmade postcard.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">This is my first try at this.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">The theme was the month of January and what it means to you.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Since that is my birthday month I made this card.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">It made it alright through the mail</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">and the recipient liked it.:) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">This is the card I received for this swap. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">It's made of fabric and sewn all the way around the edges.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">It's kind of hard to see, but it also has stars and January </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">sewn on it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Pretty neat, huh!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47;">This is my attempt at drawing on some envelopes. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47;">I'm not much of an artist as you can see, but the receivers seemed to like them</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47;">and that's all that matters!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47;">Hopefully I'll get a little better at this in time, lol?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Wow, I'm sooo behind with my blogging. It's been a bit crazy here. Wanted to show some of the Valentine's card I received these last few days. They all come from participants from the North American February Round Robin. A big 'Thank you' goes out to <b>Lori, Cardiffgal </b>and <b>Emotis.</b> Love the cards!</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Happy Valentine's Day to all! Hope you're having a wonderful day!</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">After making my first ATC, I felt a little bit more sure and joined the 'Christmas ATC' swap on Swap-bot. This time I had 2 partners. I think they turned out ok, but I still feel like such a beginner. Since, I can't draw at all (just stick people lol), I have been just cutting, gluing and embellishing.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">Somehow, after all these years, I'm trying to bring my creative side out, if I have one, lol.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSf5yraW4rBVPxasxZUWkoYfM4Te_xV7IlOhmf3uypikoJDDZl4QkQQuuIxnmkPY5Qw-RIiQ5eUpoSidLwC4CMle45PxL5GaOQbvyKDK3E-oU9NYKaa5tfYHD7RD-P9ZagtxVVkgyh4O4/s1600/1114012255a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSf5yraW4rBVPxasxZUWkoYfM4Te_xV7IlOhmf3uypikoJDDZl4QkQQuuIxnmkPY5Qw-RIiQ5eUpoSidLwC4CMle45PxL5GaOQbvyKDK3E-oU9NYKaa5tfYHD7RD-P9ZagtxVVkgyh4O4/s400/1114012255a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
</div>Vagirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498518711489697887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6992428636371939879.post-13813024684945148902011-11-27T17:25:00.000-08:002011-11-27T17:27:14.599-08:00My very first ATC<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">After a long time looking at and admiring the ATC's (Artist Trading Cards), that I've seen all over the internet, I finally decided to give it a try, even though I'm not very creative. I joined a swap on Swap-bot, called 'Embellish those ATC's. I really had fun making it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Here is my very first ATC. I made a butterfly theme, since my swap partner likes them.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">The title is "Carefree"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">What do you think of it?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><br />
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</div>Vagirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498518711489697887noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6992428636371939879.post-82658890749724550472011-11-27T17:16:00.000-08:002011-11-27T17:16:58.563-08:00Letter Writers Alliance<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">Yeah, I received my membership for the Letter Writers Alliance.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">The official membership card and a button with the 'Welcome' letter</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div></div>Vagirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498518711489697887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6992428636371939879.post-70692741766720229282011-10-18T11:30:00.000-07:002011-10-28T12:31:22.002-07:00Outgoing Mail Art<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><b>Here is a piece of mail art I made for a Beginner's Mail Art swap at Swap-bot.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><b>My swap partner likes giraffes and plays music.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><b>It didn't quite turn out like I wanted, but I hope the receiver will like it! </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><b><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">This is an envelope from recycled material. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Some of my very faves.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Diet Dr Pepper Cherry Vanilla </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">and a Cookies & Cream Hershey candy bar!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I didn't align the back paper right.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Need more practice at this mail art thing, lol!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8rXx-1NFTZMQ1YuF56Xjf0CQmm3KEvvAuIijrc5BXU6J1HDNRFT4EfZM9AjDPWMjNYVy4T2vSE-gMamir6G-IgLP40Im2DAbD056FYYkWR899kWZifEbcGoDNm9dZNreWBhufLPUz0sk/s1600/1006011235.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8rXx-1NFTZMQ1YuF56Xjf0CQmm3KEvvAuIijrc5BXU6J1HDNRFT4EfZM9AjDPWMjNYVy4T2vSE-gMamir6G-IgLP40Im2DAbD056FYYkWR899kWZifEbcGoDNm9dZNreWBhufLPUz0sk/s400/1006011235.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
</div>Vagirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498518711489697887noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6992428636371939879.post-85536095464446964562011-10-11T11:45:00.000-07:002011-10-11T11:49:39.468-07:00Incoming mail from last week<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">Had a really good mail week last week. It was fun finding all this great mail in my mail box, besides just bills.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">These are postcards I received for the North America Round Robin for October on Postcrossing.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">Love those cards!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhJ1lmTrCcjum4bbN9JWj-mRDaO8mIIPx1nh1eeXxwtdj9wTEGpZP3vzfhOS4hOni-jMS5bKxyBTbsJo7VlrzoF8AyzkY6YvgYzo49t5qhMS2upEOLZCQGr6kdaZHwRQdmjUiX2gfjZlw/s1600/1011011401.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhJ1lmTrCcjum4bbN9JWj-mRDaO8mIIPx1nh1eeXxwtdj9wTEGpZP3vzfhOS4hOni-jMS5bKxyBTbsJo7VlrzoF8AyzkY6YvgYzo49t5qhMS2upEOLZCQGr6kdaZHwRQdmjUiX2gfjZlw/s400/1011011401.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">This awesome envelope came with these 6 awesome postcards from the Quick Post Card swap on Swap-bot.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">My swap partner picked all the cards I really love.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Thank you so much for all the lovely cards.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmlBlPxzpNVy54dWDIUVIvN_mSQgE8k3zU6X9Cpek6MR4V3vB3fzf9aY1W_FxItRxslhCUBBfDVVWXokyiTWuQlBiXHj1tep4Q4RQ1dfVlkwHvoa3kiIDb67cb1L0uNexWaQRQE2XnNxI/s1600/1011011359.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmlBlPxzpNVy54dWDIUVIvN_mSQgE8k3zU6X9Cpek6MR4V3vB3fzf9aY1W_FxItRxslhCUBBfDVVWXokyiTWuQlBiXHj1tep4Q4RQ1dfVlkwHvoa3kiIDb67cb1L0uNexWaQRQE2XnNxI/s400/1011011359.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">A lovely pen pal letter from South Africa.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">She included an awesome key chain with the South African Flag and Currency. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">I love the bills, they each feature a different animal.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">She also enclosed 2 beautiful postcards for me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Thank you so much Antoinette for all the goodies and your lovely letter.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGDB9bNCsKZSr1HZNw7UrG-wAkW36hiVxQoI3m48G1CWK9YhDUeoFg9Q5Y3iOAlI179oYj4cpXAuyuNEjJKypE4KuOp1AH9D6XXcyWLUbaNFMlmgLeUyj132GifShTNGXdajVSI49f_4E/s1600/1011011353a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGDB9bNCsKZSr1HZNw7UrG-wAkW36hiVxQoI3m48G1CWK9YhDUeoFg9Q5Y3iOAlI179oYj4cpXAuyuNEjJKypE4KuOp1AH9D6XXcyWLUbaNFMlmgLeUyj132GifShTNGXdajVSI49f_4E/s400/1011011353a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Two more great pen pal letters. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">It's my first letter from both of them.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">One is from Heidi in Atlanta. You can find her blog <a href="http://adventuresofamailjunkie.blogspot.com/">here</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">And the other with the beautiful Australia map card is from a pen pal </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">I met through Postcrossing.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Thank you both for the lovely letters.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Vagirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498518711489697887noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6992428636371939879.post-65143168507244635912011-10-11T11:22:00.000-07:002011-10-11T11:51:15.095-07:00Mail Art Received<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">Received these 2 awesome mail art letters from a pen pal in Virginia and a pen pal swap at Swap-bot, from California. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">Love them!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Vagirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498518711489697887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6992428636371939879.post-51554478501519997722011-09-24T10:56:00.000-07:002011-09-24T10:56:52.990-07:00The Mail Art I Made<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><b>Outgoing</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b>This is the envelope I made for the 'Beginner Mail Art' swap at Swap-bot.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b>It took me quite a bit of time, but I thought it turned out alright for my first try.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b>What do you think?</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b>I was a bit worried about it maybe coming apart in transit, but I'm happy to say, that it was well received.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b>Already signed up for the 'Beginner Mail Art 2' swap, since I had so much fun making this one.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Front of envelope.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Back of envelope.</div></div>Vagirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498518711489697887noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6992428636371939879.post-22209190157340720602011-09-23T20:49:00.000-07:002011-09-23T21:01:48.805-07:00My first received mail art<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"><b>This is my first mail art I have received. I was so excited to find these in my mail box.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"><b>I think decorated envelopes like these make it even more special to receive, since I know how much more time and creativity was put into them, besides the written letter, which of course is always special. </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"><b><br />
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</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"><b>This was one came from a participant from Swap-bot for the Beginning Mail Art swap. I really love it and I was so happy to receive it.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"><b>I love the stamps too and it's my first Owney stamp. So cuuute!!!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"><b><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"><b>That's the back of the envelope. I really like the notes and butterfly.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"><b><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">And inside I found a nice note and this very cool magnet, which I love, since I'm a big fan of the classic movies like this one showing Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><b>This cool envelope came from a nice lady right here in Virginia, who contacted me to be pen pals.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><b>It's great isn't it? Her stationery was really neat too, with a typewriter on the writing paper. (Sorry, I forgot to take a picture of it.)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><b>And as a bonus she included a bunch of little goodies, like tags, tickets, stamps etc. I can use for mail art projects.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><b>Thank you again to both ladies for sending such great mail!</b></span></div><br />
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