A Month of Letters Weeks 3 & 4

I did it!  I completed the Month of Letters challenge.

I sent out a total of 58 pieces of mail. 

Didn't do to well at photographing it though.  Here are a couple envelopes I made/decorated...

I connected with some great people and hopefully we will continue to correspond long after this challenge!  

A Month Of Letters: Week 2

I'm still in it.  Getting out at least one or two items a day.  But I still feel "behind".  I have a bunch of things I need to respond to and I always feel like I'm too slow getting back to people.  

I really need to be in the right mood to write a letter.  I always have good intentions of sitting and responding but then when it comes time I don't always feel like I'm in the right state of mind.

I only photographed my incoming this week.  I keep forgetting about the outgoing.  Well, I forget the incoming too but at least it's here and I can go back and do it the next day. 

A cool hand made envelope, Large letter Ohio postcard and I just love that heart.  It's the cardboard piece from a box of chocolates that the sender covered it cancelled love and heart stamps and sent as a postcard.

More postcards from a Round Robin.

A Few more from the same Round Robin.  I love that little doggie peeking out the door!

More postcards and a letter from a Month of Letters participant.

Here's the note card that was inside that envelope.  I just love the colors.

And a cute valentine's postcard.  The little folded paper hearts were tucked inside a small envelope attached to the back of the postcard.  So fun!

Now I'm staring into a fun weekend of scholarship applications and financial aid forms! 

A Month of Letters: Week 1

One week has gone by and I've been able to mail something every day!  So far so good.  Well, except for the fact that I didn't always take a photo of what I sent.  But here are the ones I remembered to photograph.

 

 

 

A Rick Springfield postcard to a friend & fellow fan and a birthday postcard to a Lettermo participant.

 

 



 

A couple pen pal letters and 2 postcards.  One to a girl doing a social studies project trying to collect a card from each state. 

 

Two more letters and yes I actually drew that hot air balloon on the envelope.  Not sure how that happened!  LOL 

Five postcards, all with photos taken by yours truly.

 

Here are a few items I received from other Lettermo participants:

Love the envelope!

 

 



 

 

I also received postcards from a Round Robin I'm in this month on the Postcrossing forum

 

 

 

 

Not much but still way more fun than bills and junk!!

Let the Games Begin

 

 

Today is the first day of A Month of Letters and so far so good.  I have two pieces of mail ready to go!  I don't think I'll be updating daily.  Maybe just once a week on Friday.  And for today I don't plan on posting a pic of what I'm sending yet as I don't want the receivers to see before they arrive!

 

In the meantime......

 

I tried my hand at making a few of my own envelopes!  I used a map that was inside a travel guide book I had requested long ago and we never ended up going to that destination.

I also carefully turned a "junk mail" return envelope inside out so the design is on the outside.  I got the idea from the forums on Lettermo.  Very cool.

 



One month, 23 Letters

 

I've decided to join the Month of Letters

 

 

It's a challenge for the month of February to mail at least one item for every day the mail runs.  A letter, a postcard, an article...whatever.

 

 

Let me know if you'd like to receive something from me. 

You can find my email on my blogger profile, connect with me on lettermo or input your info on my postable account 

Going Postal

I know I've mentioned this before but I haven't blogged in so long it bears repeating......I love snail mail!!!

In the past couple of months my love for it has been rekindled.  I'm a member of Postcrossing and have been increasing my activity there, exchanging more postcards, especially in the forum. 

Here are a few I've recently sent out:

And a few I've recently received:

 

I've also found a renewed interest in pen paling.  I've been writing a few women that I found through Postcrossing.  There's also a few other sites I'm thinking about joining. 

Months ago I wrote to someone whose blog about mail I found and I received a letter from her this past week!

My daughter had gotten me a gift card to a local bookstore for my birthday in November and I finally got around to spending it.  I bought this cool book about mail art.

My mail is a bit boring compared to some stuff I've been seeing so I wanted to try my hand at sprucing it up a little.

Purple Package!!

Yay!  My package from my partner Mary for Mamarazzi's Favorite Color swap came today.  I love it!  

We both love PURPLE!!  So while it made it easy to shop because it was my favorite color also, it was hard to because everything I saw I wanted for myself too!  

Everything was wrapped in cool purple Tinkerbell (I think it's Tinkerbell!) tissue paper.  Each one was numbered and she had a list commenting on each present.  

Here's what I got (with my comments added):
1. HOME letter blocks:  I abso-freakin-lutley love these!  I alternated them in the pic so you could see both sides.  One side is purple and the other has a white crackled paint over it.  My kids have already decided where they should go.


Oh, and she painted them herself.  How cool is that!?


2. Grape Crystal Light: I need this because I drink way to much soda!


3. Dove Chocolates:  Seriously who doesn't love chocolate?!


4. Juicy Fruit Gum:  Sweet Berry flavor, I always need gum with me!


5. Nail Polish:  Pronto Purple, I sent her purple nail polish too!  Glad she sent me some because my kids stole mine.


6. Bath & Body Works Secret Wonderland:  Gotta have purple lotion and shower gel.  Love the smell!


7. Hand sanitizer: I use this all time when we eat out.  My kids just roll their eyes at me!  It's in a cute little purple holder that you can hang on your bag.  


8. Slippers:  Cute Halloween ones with a pumpkin and BOO on the bottom.  I will definitely wear these!  My feet are always cold in the fall and winter months.  I always need something on them.  These are much better than the hospital socks I was wearing last winter.  Ha!  Funny I sent her socks too!


9. Notebook and Postcard:  I've always been a sucker for a fun notebook.  And of course I love collecting postcards!


Thanks to Mary for an awesome package.  You can head on over to her blog to see what I sent her (hopefully she enjoyed it).  


Also a big thank you to Mamarazzi for organizing another fun swap! Check out her blog to see all the other favorite color packages arriving around the country. 


I'm so glad I decided to join.