Stationery Starter Kits!!!

Well I am in a giving mood!!! I posted on Facebook earlier in the week offering FREE Stationery Letter Writing Starter Kits. Four lucky ladies messaged me their addresses so off to the post office tomorrow I go to send off their goodies!!!








Hopefully they like them. I know I do!!! And hopefully this means I'll get a few letters gracing my mail box in the weeks to come.

I wish people wrote more often. I mean I love the instant communication options of today but I long for the personal letters of passed days. I think that people wrote a lot more from their soul and with more passion since you couldn't pick up a phone or send off an email. I have been lacking in the letter writing department myself and need to get back to it!
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New Missive Supplies

Yippee! I have fun new postcards to craft with and write letters on. Very exciting. Sure. I needed more stationery like I need more cavities but what's the harm in something simple that brings you and others so much joy? That's right. Nothing!!!










On another note I have also (finally) started journaling. And this one is going to stick! I'm not making any rules about this journals content or form. What goes in goes in. And I'm trying to make sure that it's alot!!!

Tomorrow is officially move in day! I can't wait to be all settled in our new home. It's a bit bigger. Newer. And Winnie will have her own room. I've been shopping for housewarming bits in anticipation for months. It's taken so long to actually get to move in day that going through the things I have purchased will be like opening Christmas presents!!!


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A Lovely News Paper Clipping

I am having a lovely lazy morning. It started with hopping out of bed to steal a few quiet moments journaling before the Bubbykins awoke and turned into me taking some time to catch up on reading my Favourite Blogs whilst Fraggle Rock plays in the background. While perusing I came across a lovey article about taking the time to write letters. It outlines the simple but beautiful reasons why I love to write and receive post. Letters just make you happy, it doesn't matter their content. The intent and thought is what makes receiving mail a soul reviving experience. Letters are about sharing and sharing always helps one feel connected to others. I attempted to post it here but the image size wouldn't cooperate! So simply visit "Make Every Day a Good Mail Day" under my CLICK PLEASE! You wont regret it! Its a lovely Blog.

P.S. I have recently Acquired some lovely new postcards. Pictures to follow soon! And I also have some more on their way via the Post . Stay tuned!

It's Official!!!

Today I start blogging again. On a weekly (hopefully much more) basis! This is my summer commitment and according to the calendar it is officially summer. Even if Ventura, CA has been hit with some lovely June gloom.

To start I am finally... Mailing a letter off to my much missed coworker Kathy.


She deserves at least ten more!!! Which I plan on taking care of this weekend. I am going to flood her mailbox with art, poetry and loveliness.

I am also committing to daily journeying and journaling. Which I will share pictures of as part of my daily blogging. It's going to be a no rules or format anything goes journal. Stay tuned!

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A Summer Full Of Mail

As of tomorrow I am officially done with this semester of school!!! Which means that Blogging, Mail, Literature, Photography and Feathering My New Nest are on my new agenda. As a start I hope to be participating in...

Random Notes of Kindness

Lauren Fister's Random Notes of Kindness is a project to collect and distribute hand generated notes of kindness through the use of social media. There is a blog component where can view a few of the notes that she's received. The way it works is:
Step 1: Create a Note of Kindness. The note can be written, drawn, doodled, photographed etc. The note must be "kind," i.e. convey a message evoking a positive or uplifting sentiment.
The Note must be able to fit into an envelope which costs 44 cents or less to mail within the United States. If outside of the US please include proper postage.
Step 2: On a separate piece of paper include your name and address. Your name and address is kept strictly confidential and your identity shall remain anonymous. Mail this with your "Kindness Note" along with a 44 cent stamp to:
Random Notes of Kindness
Care of Lauren Fister
PO BOX 614
Norwalk, CT 06856 - 0614
Step 3: You will then receive a Random Note of Kindness from another kind, creative person! Average time to receive a Note is 2-4 weeks, although times may vary. You may also request to only send along your Note and not receive any Note in return. (We do hope you'll say yes, however and allow the kindness to circle back to you!)
Step 4: That's it, actually. No more steps. Easy as pie.
Write more *kind* letters,

This lovely ideas was posted today on the LWA website. I think it is a fantastic idea!!! You can read more about this and other fantastic mail related tidbits on their website. Just click their link under my *Click Please* section.

Which reminds me. I owe my pen-pal, my co worker and a long time family friend of my grandparents each a letter!!!




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Photos For The Fair

So. A few short months ago I greedily purchased a Sony DSLR camera. Which I am completely in love with and have just begun to actually use. So far I am really loving the photos I have captured with it and thanks to compliments and urgings I have decided to enter some in this years Ventura County Fair!

Here are two of my will be entries.



















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Hello Old Friend

I am going to be blogging again!!! School is almost over for the summer and all heavy duty class work is complete so now my non existent free time will be spent reviving my poor neglected Blog, Letter Writing, Photography and possibly reopening my Etsy Shop! Stay tuned.

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It's Been So Long!

Well, thanks in part to insane work stress, the ending of my first semester at CSUCI and malaria (or a severe throat infection). Sadly my blog and daily mailings have suffered!!! But. I have a four day weekend including turkey day and school is over for a bit soon! Alas I shall have more time for me. Here are a few emergency postcards I put together to send out!














I just had a great idea for the next Twilight Moms exchange. It's a gift exchange and I am going to combine my love for making gifts and my love for stationery. I am going to make Twilight post cards!!! And jewelry. Isn't that fantastic? I'm excited.

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Anxiety and Mail

Strange. For some reason as my left thumb hits my iphone keys it tingles... Anywho. So I am anxious! It's already dark and I am home alone and it feels much later than it actually is. I feel my day slipping away. I am also anxious for the uploading of Hillywoods new Eclipse Parody!!! I keep checking and being disappointed. Yes, I am aware that I am a dork. As for mail I am on track for my Letter a Day attempt. This is day three and fours missives.

This is the pretty little piece I sent my friend Unchie. It is part of the stationery kit I bought from Paper Cuts Etsy shop!!!








On a very happy note another one of my paper parcels delivery has been confirmed!!! Samara from Letter Lover posted a lovely thank you on her blog to me! I was so excited when I did my weekly check on her blog to find it!!!

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Just a quickie!!!

Haha. So day one for my mail challenge went off without a hitch. I was in Trader Joes the other evening and saw my bestie Fancy Nancy's favorite candy, Gummy Tummies. They are gummy penguins with tummies filled with juicy, fruity goo. So I slapped a label and some stamps and sent them on their way.


The second letter is to a Twimom who was forgotten in Octobers' exchange and I am valiantly stepping in and sending her a late one. I love doing stuff like this!!! I hope it makes them feel as warm and fuzzy as it does me.






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Tomorrow is Tomorrow

I am going to start my daily letter experiment first thing tomorrow. I have already compiled a list of about forty recipients! This should be fun. I think it will also be a lot of work but I look forward to the challenge and the distraction.



On another mail note I received an amazing homemade postcard from my bestie Michelle who never writes me back. But I forgive her because it is the best postcard I have yet to receive!!!



Finally, on my drive home this evening I managed to take a pretty picture of the sunset and after a little photo magic I think I want to print a few for postcards! Hmmm...





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A New Project

So. I have a new project. Which will hopefully not only bring joy to others but also bring interesting mail to my mailbox!



The premise is pretty self explanatory but I will attempt to write and mail a letter a day to any and all recipients I can think of!!! If anyone is interested on receiving one just email me your address.

Puccagaru3@yahoo.com

I don't have an end date or time frame so we shall see. I think I want to do it until I complete my personal task of downsizing the amount of space I take up on this planet. So, at least through the new year.



I will post pictures of letters sent and received. Maybe I'll even make a zine after I'm done that people can have. Super exciting!!!

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Ramblings of A Bored Student

I am currently sitting in my Major British Authors English Lit Class deciding whether or not I feel like paying attention... How amazing is it that I can blog from my phone, in class!!! (sigh) technology. I am thoroughly disappointed in the fact that my new day planner doesn't begin until the first of January... I still have to decide if I want to use the Wizard of Oz one or the 50's housewife one. Decisions, decisions. Blah. Ok it's time to
join the class discussion!

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Where has all the Time Gone?!

I don't have any time for anything!!! My blog which I would absolutely love to be extremely popular and actually have some followers has been sadly neglected... Which is detrimental because my favorite blogs are the ones that are updated almost on a daily basis. Ps. Check out my Click Here links. I've added new blogs that I stalk.

So. I was convinced by my dear husband that it was time to downsize some of my large stationery and paper collection. I couldn't bear to see any of it in the bin as it would have been a terrible waste so I put together ten parcels worth and mailed them off! So far I have two confirmations of delivery. My friend Michelle who is local and my favorite blogger Bianca who is in Australia. I figure that means all of my other packages have also been received!!! My mailbox has been sadly empty these last two months since my life has gotten increasingly hectic since school started and I haven't had any time for mail fun... I did order this great little mail zine from Bianca over at Goodnight Little Spoon and it is the neatest thing!!! If you ever stop by and read this Bianca A big THANKS!


Now for some Stationery obsession news. I have fallen in love with a new shop I recently discovered whilst my little brother Danny was in town last month. It is called the Paper Source and it has so much fun papery goodies that I could peruse its shelves for hours. I snatched up a cupcake shop themed stationery set and some brilliant paper doll note cards!!! Recently I have also acquired a couple of interesting little postcard sets one being reprinted vintage ads as well as some glossy paged comic books that I can not wait to find the time to make something with. One happens to be a Pride and Prejudice comic. How amazing is that?

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