Saturday, May 5, 2012

It's showandmail and tell day!

Hi everyone! Well, it wasn't a gazelle mail week, but it was a tortoise one so no complaints from me! Tons of incoming postcards this week, which seems apt (albeit a little early) considering next week is National Postcard Week.

Incoming:


Below is my first handmade postcard! Isn't it great?!

It occurred to me that my sloppy writing on my penpal ad at PenPal of the Week may have confused some people, because I've been recieving letters with the last part of my postal code as "2WB." I apologize; it should be "2W8." Luckily I've recieved the letters anyhow—Thank you Canada Post!! It appears that I not only flunked the lesson where you're taught the "i before e, except after c" rule, I totally slept through the "Learn how to write a 8, not a B!" class. Me bad student. Me so edumacated.




I may have gone a bit overboard on Julie's recent La Papierre sale....

The bottom two postcards in the below image were my incoming for the weird as hell swap!


An unexpected postcard from my penpal Lisa who is visiting her penpal in Oklaholma

Below is a lovely first letter from Cheryl from Edinburgh (how CUTE is that Robin Hood address label? I just hope he's not going to steal from the rich (ie: me) and give to the poor because dude, you're barking up the wrong tree. I AM THE POOR. )

Now, not only did Cheryl include this absolute fantastic fortune telling fish in her letter, she signed off by declaring that she's "off to fight some cylons." Holy mother of penpal destiny...!!! I already know that we're going to be great pen friends. But I think I might need to convince her that sometimes, cylons are our friends too....because throwing people out the airlock occasionally is just good-old, harmless fun!

According to the fortune telling fish (that I've named Fred), I'm fickle! I resent what you're insinuating, Fred! I am not fickle! I'm just...oh, look at the pretty colours...can someone get me some sushi?

Outgoing:




Natasha asked me whether the vertical envelopes that typically come in Asian stationery sets would be fine going through the mail. I didn't know the answer because I typically use my own envelopes so that I can decorate them. Since Natasha asked, I decided to use her letter as a guinea pig for vertical envelopes! I call it the Great Vertical Envelope Experiment of 2012! Oy you! Pipe down! I know it's not the most clever of names, but there's a reason why I'm a writer, not a scientist! However, I do hope Natasha gets the letter. Or that will really screw with the data on my first experiment...






The last of my orphaned postcard children (at least until I recieve the ones from England). Goodbye Jasper and alternate histories California. I barely knew ya.


And that's all folks! Next week, my best friend is having a Doctor Who-themed week on her blog in honour of my birthday (crikey, I feel so, so, so old. I'm thisclose from telling you young people to get off my [blog] lawn).  Here's a sneak peek (well, not really a sneak peek because sneak implies just a small look, but really this is me blowing the lid off the whole week's worth of surprises—sorry Jinnee, please continue to love me):

Vinyl decals

The best cards in the whole entire world

So don't forget to visit her blog all of next week because she'll be posting about how she managed to harness the awesome power of the TARDIS and put it into vinyl/card form (all without creating a time paradox! Round of applause for my best friend who didn't mess up time! *applause*).

14 comments:

  1. Ha! did you know we share one or two pen pals? :) I've only ever sent 3 vertical letters in the mail and 2 arrived, the other seemed to have been lost in space.

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  2. Can't recall ever sending vertical letters.... but did send square & cross stitched envelopes

    Oooh I love the Tardis cards ♥

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    1. Cross stitched envelopes? So neat! Does that take a lot of time?

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  3. Ahh I love the TARDIS cards! Can't wait to get your letter! Oooh you write with Sukie too? I absolutely adore her, she's the best!

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    1. I've only started my pen friendship with Sukie, but I can tell she's awesome already! :) As are you! I feel foolish because I didn't realize that you were the same penpal Holly. Doh.....

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    2. Aw you're too kind! I got your letter today, yay! I'm sure I could have been clearer, and to avoid further confusion I'm the same Holly that Jennifer writes with, since you write with her as well and all :)

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  4. The post office will deliver the vertical envelope. In fact, the post office will deliver anything, regardless of shape. They do have their preferred envelopes, but this is for faster processing in the machines. That's all.
    ~S.

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  5. Oh oh oh, I see something for meeeeee! Yay! And it's wonderful to see all 14 of my letter sets together like that... like one big happy family! Please take good care of them.

    Something for you will be mailed this afternoon. Be afraid... be very afraid!

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    1. Ooooohhh, I'm am trembling.... WITH EXCITEMENT!! [sidenote: that sounded way more clever and funny in my head. Sometimes you just shouldn't give thoughts a voice....]

      Definitely one big happy family. I'm already reluctant to part them, they get along splendidly!

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  6. Although it was only a tortoise week it still looks like it was a great one. I think the fortune telling fish was incredible but I didn't need it to know you are flaky. It goes without saying.

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  7. Awesome incoming and outgoing mail! You're just so creative with your mail! :) Julie's stationery sets are really great! If I were you, I wouldn't be able to resist but to keep buying more and more! Happy Mailing! :D

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    1. Aw, thanks! I finally used one of Julie's stationery sets earlier this week, it was strangely hard! :) I haven't decided whether it's better getting letters on awesome stationery sets, or writing on awesome stationery sets....

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  8. Hi! I just wanted to let you know I received your vertical envelope today! haha I was so happy to see it in the mailbox among the grocery store ads I didn't care about! Thank you very much!

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    1. YAYAYAY! I realize that one envelope does not an experiment make, but I think I can declare this experiment a success! :)

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