New Items Already In The Shop!

So I have been very busy today playing with GLITTER! I have designed some super fun Tags to put in my Shop for sale. I almost don't want to part with them because once they're gone that's it! I have a Halloween themed sat, an Autumn themed set, an I Love Lucy Set (which I really love) and a Candy Land set. They are so fun looking and the glitter is sooo sparkly. Super Girly yes but super pretty. I think I am obsessed with the word super right now... Anyways I am having a ton of fun and hopefully will have even more sets to load up in just a bit!

The Day Has Finally Arrived!

My Etsy Shop had officially Opened! Now to get busy trying to make it really work this time. Ta Ta for now!

The Time has Almost Arrived!

Yesterday was a very busy and productive day! I was able to finish sprucing the Journals for my Etsy shop and got them photographed, loaded and listed! Now all I have to do is officially open up shop. I have a little networking to do before I am officially in business. I follow so many lovely Blogs and these great creative quirky women almost all have really successful amazing Blogs and Etsy shops or the like. I am going to reach out to them for a little tidbit of friendly advice about how they have become so gosh darn successful! Hopefully I wont be annoying them. I would feel terrible. We shall see! Phase one is almost complete! Phase two will be launching soon... Here is a little preview of whats in the Shop!

All of the Journals are hand decorated by me! Every few pages have ephemera or rubber stamping added. Most of the themes are nature related and one is filled with added pages of stationery from my personal collection! They are all leather (one recycled) and all high quality. I hope people order them to fill their pages with tales of their adventures!

A Busy Exciting Week!!!

Where or where to begin. First this week was my 28th Birthday!!! I had such a lovely time out with my husband. We went to Solvang and to Chumash for a little innocent gambling. Didn't bring any money home but it was a grand time. I received an
Amazing Papasan Chair with a big Red Cushion from the hubby and In laws and while in Solvang I purchased my very first Cuckoo Clock! The picture makes it look huge but it's a bit small. About eight by six. I love it!!! I can set it to Cuckoo or to chime Westminster Bells. I think I'll have a whole collection eventually!









I also got some fun stuff in the mail this week. Some amazing Washi Tape which is Japanese style decorated masking tape and a great and unexpected thank you letter from the gals at the LWA for ordering my member bag a few weeks ago. So nice to receive a handwritten message versus an email!

















Thirdly I am officially (hopefully) reopening my Etsy Shop tomorrow!!! In it will go about eight of my upcycled hand decorated journals. I can't wait to get everything set up and launched!!! I need to get to networking pronto!









And finally, I will be posting pics of my completed Twilight Mom Card Exchange submissions. I hope the three lucky recipients like them. I haven't quite figured out what I'll be making but I know it will be fun. The theme is an International Vampire Coven Picnic. Gotta get the old creative juices flowing. To Be Continued!

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A Quick Trip

To the Post Office!



Where I mailed off my iPhone 3G to it's lucky new owner. And where I also discovered the APC! Which stands for Automated Postal Center. It is an electronic ATM of sorts for mail! You weigh your package. Choose your shipping method and off it goes. You can even buy stamps! I am definitely using it from now on. It's available 24 hours a day! Perfect for us crazy mail lovers who have busy day time schedules.
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Journaling & A Little Mail

Today I started a new journal! After conquering my expensive journal habit I found an amazing leafy green leather journal cover! And I happen to love Barnes and Nobles refills. They come with the cream colored paper that I love. The pages are the perfect weight and have great line spacing. Plus the outsides are simple craft brown with journal scribed in the middle.
I love using my Polaroid insta camera to take pics that I can add right in on the fly!!! Such wonderful touches to help describe a moment in time.





I mailed off these awesome oversized postcards. I hope the recipients received them! They are from a super cool old set that are reprints of old book
covers from the 1920's. Some are pretty racy. I purchased them from a used book store. The inside front jacket had a note to a girl on the day of her graduation. It was dated 1996, so neat! I love that they have a history and a previous life.





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Zooooom!

That's the sound of my Stationery Addiction Starter Kits racing to their destinations! Gosh I'm excited for the recipients.



On another note I stumbled by way of a favorite blogger of mine Bianca of Good Night Little Spoon onto another wonderful Blog Color Me Katie. I am in love!!! I spent quite a chunk of time this afternoon reading two years of her Blog. She is colorful and crafty and a photographer!!! If your interested in enjoying the wonder just go to my Click Please! Section. She is also a part of Improv Everywhere which is exactly what it sounds like. You can watch the videos of their shenanigans on YouTube!

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Mail!

Sadly I haven't received any mail in quite some time but I was pleasantly surprised to find a hand designed thank-you note from one of my coworkers! Thanks again Aaron.



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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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