Mailbox Happiness

Penpal letters on the way today!    Hopefully they travel safely and quickly. ;)

Yoohoo, do you make your own envelopes too?  Is it hard for you to resist picking up things here and there to decorate your envelopes with?  Do you tend to lean toward bright and happy, vintage or some other style of envelope?

It's a fact that I have enough paper to make a million envelopes but when I see new papers that I love, I can't keep from bringing them home and it's generally bright and happy colors.  How about you, what do you lean towards?

Mail time is such a fine time
opens my mind time
shows me what others
see, feel and think!

I don't know about you but I've been blessed by a lot of new friends and Hello's in the mailbox lately! The pics today don't do justice to what's arrived inside these envelopes but I've been so busy writng and sending that taking pics took a back seat...for now.

 
Mail arrival has been wonderful lately.  A lovely Valentine's card from my penpal in Singapore, handmade envelopes from Ria, a return letter from a new penpal/lettermo participant in the USA, letter from a penpal in Denmark, and a sweet card from a another lettermo participant that also lives here in Texas.


Mail arrival from my lovely penpal Mariska in the Netherlands, return letter from a new penpal through lettermo, penpal letter from Switzerland, letter from Australia through lettermo, letter from USA through lettermo.


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Happy Valentine's Day!
I wish you a day full of love, happiness, hugs, kisses and warm moments with your family!


Adorable Mickey & Minnie Mouse Valentine Card from Mariska, so cute!


Mmmmm...Valentine's Day Cupcakes!  I'll have 3 please. ;)


Isn't she cute, the sunflower is bigger than her little face!
Arrived from Germany


Germany Postage Stamps


This postcard is titled: If you go to sleep, I will sing.  I love everything about it, the blues, the way light is used, the cats, toys strewn about the floor...a perfectly detailed postcard!
Arrived from Netherlands


Netherlands Postage Stamps


Wisconsin Dairy Aire...too funny!  I love cow postcards.


Thank You Timdani (LetterMo) for the great card of Salem, Mass.-The Witch City


EMM shared a new Wyoming postcard and note, I'm in love with the stamp on the envelope!


Great letter from Missy (LetterMo), such a cute cat stamp (I love cats)!

Mailbox Happiness on the Way~



This is Popeye fold and mail stationery, I love the bright and happy yellow!


Does your cat stand on you like that?  Mine does...ouch!


Touristy Dallas & Texas Postcards


The Sweet Adeline card is a chain card that I've just started, it will travel the world and arrive home with the back covered with stamps of different countries.


More Texas touristy cards


Vanity Fair Covers


Nightmare Before Christmas, Bird and Illustration


Escher and Sandman

Yay! It's Monday,
the mail will run again!
Time to send more
letters and postcards
to my friends!

Mailbox Happiness Arrived~

Alex, I love the One Man Band from Pixar, thank you sweetheart, it's fantastic!
Arrived from USA


My friend Linda from Instagram sent me this cute Bug's Life card, thanks dahling...love it!
Arrived from USA


This card got an awwww as soon as it came out of the mailbox, we just don't get snowy view's like this in Texas (at least my part of Texas) and I love seeing the snow!  What's your favorite kind of postcard to see arrive in your mailbox? 
Arrived from USA


USA Emancipation Proclamation Postage Stamp


Wonderful Incoming LetterMo mail from the USA & England.  I'm having a blast making new friends, hoping you are too!

Mailbox Happiness on the Way~

LetterMo Day 8 Departing to a penpal in the USA.


LetterMo Day 9 Departing to various destinations which means as I write this post I don't remember...ha!

 Envelope Time~

It was time to make some new envelopes for sending letters and what-nots.  Variety is key, I like my options when picking one to decorate and send!


A lot of bright & happy envelopes to pick from for my penpals!


These are in the beginning stages of decorating, owls and hearts...purple and green  ;)


Yes...it's pink, a lot of pink and I love pink!  I hope whomever ends up with this envelope loves pink too! P.S. I think I'm done adding pink...hehe! 

Tell me, what are you sitting right now and 3 things around you?

Me:
I'm at my desk which is currently a total and complete wreck.
1. My little heater I can't live without in the mornings~
2. New pictures of the guinea pigs Meredith ordered from Shutterfly~
3. Burt's Bees Res-Q-Ointment, I love it and have used it for years~

Every day I write,
words come easier
my pen takes flight.

Some letters are shorter,
some are longer
the key is, my writing
is getting stronger.

LetterMo Day #5
Total Mailed Out=21


A letter staying here in the USA.


Postcards headed to Taiwan, Russia, Indonesia, Japan

It's just a few days into A Month of Letters and when I sit down to write a letter to a prospective penpal I feel a little like a new car (or maybe used) sitting in the lot just waiting for someone to take a look at me and decide whether they want a test drive...or not.

My mind says...am I shiny enough, interesting enough, clean enough, is my ride smooth or am I just a regular car that's very comfortable, cushy to ride in, already has the first dent and doesn’t mind if you bring your fries and drink inside.

Do people want the shiny, interesting, clean and smooth or are they ok with the comfortable, bring your fries, turn up the music, have a good time kind of car?

Is it necessary to have million hobbies or is my family, postcards, movies, animals, reading, letter writing and never a dull day life enough? I'm not a farmer (still wish I could have chickens), knitter, writer, fountain pen geek or any of those other cool things.  I'm just me. Sensitive, loving, caring, stubborn, likes to have options, happy, wife and mom.

Soooooo....if you receive a letter from me, I'll be the one pulling up in the comfy car, good music on...looking forward to having a good time with you!

Now to the mail~


A wonderful letter and postcards from Rose in Michigan!  Rose, I loved your letter and you are right I don't have many postcards of Michigan, these are perfect for my collection!


Caroline from France wrote her first letter to me on this adorable kitten Christmas card!  You know how much I love Christmas and I thought writing her first letter to me on one was a fantastic idea!


A letter off to the Netherlands.


Letter to USA


Isn't this the cutest kitten ever!  It's staying here in the USA.


Dallas and Johnson Space Center to China and Finland.