Anticipation!

Hello out there!  I don't know if you all heard, but Postcrossing is about to celebrate its 20 millionth postcard sent!  Literally, it will happen tonight.  I was just over there and saw we were approaching the thousands left and at 600 cards per minute it should be very soon!  I was hoping I would have a card to register but alas, I did not check my post office box this morning - doh!
Postcrossing was running a "bet" on when the winning card would come in, but my guess is in Nov and way, way off. 

Now for anybody who does not know about postcrossing, it is a great site where a pool of senders are randomly matched and each card has a country code and its number that identify it.  Once your card is received, you are able to get sent a postcard from a random person.  I personally crossed the 500 sent and received mark earlier this year and I continue to learn so much about the world around me.

With that, I hope your mailbox is full and that you know you are not alone, because it takes a lot of crazy postcard users to reach 20 million!
 

The Catch Up Continues!

Here is my part 2 of the catch up series!

CKB - I always look forward to our letter exchanges!

I love Malyss's ribbon tree! So cute!

A public apology to Tara - I lost her letter and found it a month later!  Well a reply late is usually better than none at all!

A nice letter from Adventures of a Mail Junkie

A hand made card for postcrossing - I fear the impression is not visible

An envelope booklet from Just Letter Rip

The Pen Thief always finds interesting materials to repurpose

Taylor sent me mail and a hand made envelope!

A really nice package from LV - she used a Kleenex tissue small pack as the letter holder.

A Christmas card and a postcard from the Pan Thief

A Taiwan postcard and my favorite Bunny Suicides postcard!

A wonderful art postcard (postcrossing) from the USA

2 postcrossings - 1 from France and 1 is a Dove Bar from Russia!

I hope that in the next day or 2 I can put up the final pics.  Blogger is limiting how many it will allow today.
My Best,
-b

So Many Letters

Over the holidays, I got so many letters that I could not possibly keep up.  I have made a huge effort to catch up since New Years and I am proud to report that most of the letters I have yet to respond to were all received this year! 
This is the first of 2 posts on all the mail I have responded to, and remember, if you see it mail has been sent your way.

An amazing package from Rin at Papered Thoughts

KC's first attempts at cardmaking!  It looks good.

KH sent me a lovely note!

Kate and Sara from the 365 letters blog

Sendsomething - a sweet package of Misc!

Katherine made this postcard - she makes some lovely mail art!

This was the most unexpected piece I got.  An amazing package from a Dutch postcrosser.  She sent a small zine that she made especially for me so I could take a glimpse at her life.  I was astounded and very happy to be the recipient of this thoughtful package!

From another postcrosser- Potato and I have recently started a private exchange.

The Impeccable M

From WD - I hope her trip went well!

How exciting!  I hope I can get the rest posted tomorrow, so stay tuned!  And now I will finish watching the Golden Globes. I have several movies to add to my Netflix queue!
Happy mailboxes,
-b

More Incoming Surprises!

Hello folks,
I have gotten way behind in my letter writing and will be off for my final adventure of this year in a few hours.  Another friend to visit, another way to celebrate the New Year!  But I wanted to get up the pics of some mail I have recieved and responded to before I went.  The stack of to be responded too is larger than I would like at this time, but I'll get there in the new year : )

A Egyptogram from Nancy

From Kimi - I like the trees throughout

From Matthew - plain doesn't matter as long as its a letter!

C. K. B - a cherished pen friend

My good bud Carrie sent me a Christmas pack filled with Vintage Fold-Overs! 

Carrie's present last year was my much loved craft organizer bag.  She and I have been friends for a long time and are probably going to Washington D.C. together this Spring!

An old letter I found from Misty, fell behind the stand were responded to mail lands!

Postcrossing and a thank you from my everyday life

A nice Christmas stash from D.F.

A terrific handmade postcrossing! 

It's funny that you start something like this blog, only to find that others have a similar interests.  Suus made this and was excited it was for me as she already found the blog due to our similar paper interests.  She has a fun mail blog as well -link



Juli has moved to warmer weather!

Well my fellow mail hounds, I need to shift this day into a higher gear, if I am to accomplish much before I head West!
My Best!
-b

Let's Here it for Mail

It's been awhile since I have had the time and (I'll admit it) the desire to post some of my incoming.  The holiday season continues to swirl as I settle in from a long trip to "home"  (aka Ohio).  I actually have received and responded to much more than what I am about to show you, but I wanted to break this up a bit to let each letter shine.
First off, the wall of holiday cards.  I have added a few more, but I did a group picture just to allow some privacy since the majority are photo cards.

On to other fun

Awhile ago I won a fun contest for creative mail.  The pillow finally arrived just in time for the holidays.  And no worries, I was a student once and understand the limitations of coinage when applied to mail!  All the other note cards were bonus gifts!

The top card is from Juanita at There's Only Juan blog.  She sent me a way cool stamp - below that is a scratch off to reveal the answer.  I decided to leave mine intact for posterity!

One is postcrossing and the second is a private exchange from Annie.  You'll probably be seeing a lot more from her as time goes on.

Some lovely Postcrossing cards!

2 postcrossings.  The top is from Brazil and has a terrific bat stamp!

Malyss knows how to package some sunshine and send it my way!

A lovely packed envie from my dear friend Carrie

Well that is a wrap for now!  I hope to get more up soon!
My Best,
-b

Catching up slowly

Hello all,
Here are some more of the incoming I have recieved recently.  A real attempt was made this weekend to catch up and even work on getting ahead!
In no particular order,

A package from Louise at Lou La La Crafts.  And the holiday season starts . . .
Also a zine she contributed to.

A note from a friend.  I'm sure the next will carry tidings of snow. (just check out the postmark for some insight)

From the 365 sisters  and they are always happy for more mail!

Not one but 2 letters from Wolfey! 

2 postcrossings - Happy Sinterklaas Day (12-5)

A sendsomething and a postcrossing

Nora's note.  Still one of the best things to come from Postcrossing

From darling KC, Has it been a year already?

Girl on a Glide moved!  Back to the South and just in time to evade a WY winter!

Fun ads and bits from Patty at Just Letter Rip (blogroll)

A nice note from EF I like the paper bits.

A great image and letter from RN!  I forgot to ask where the image came from, but it's stunning.

A nice letter from L.V.  She was a contributor to the recycle challenge!

I will try to put up some more of my outgoing mail up soon. 
Till then, I hope this tides you all over!
Keep writing!
-Becky