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Showing posts with label swap-bot. Show all posts

17 January 2013

Happy Mail Day!

My mailbox is fat & happy with new mail coming in every day! And it's about time I posted my outgoing mail as well... I keep forgetting to take pictures. Anyway, here are a ton of pictures of MAIL!! ♥

Incoming Mail

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From Kelsey in New York
A zine from Viviana (swap-bot.com) 
A neat puzzle of sorts from Melissa (sendsomething.net) 
(Above & below) From Kay in Mississippi - awesome handmade envie and a super cool zine!

Letter from a very old & dear friend!
Package of goodies & a letter from The Snail Mailer!
(Above & Below) Mini-zine swap from Christina (swap-bot.com)

Letter from Brittany in Indiana!
(Above & below) Another little note in an awesome handmade envie from Brittany!

Jamie's niece sent us a beautiful card she colored! That kid deserves some mail for sure!!
(Above & below) A delightful package from Laura of the LEP as a thank you for being their official illustrator! This totally blew me away & made my day!

And now for some...

Outgoing Mail

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Lovely piles of outgoing mail!

Inside out security envelopes (from the Snail Mailer!)
A bit of an experiment... has anyone tried to send stickers like this?

Another experiment... a tracing paper letter! It worked out better than I hoped! I just hope it's not too frustrating to read...
A dip-pen letter swap (swap-bot)
Letter to my cousin just for fun!
Letter to a new-ish penpal using my cool new stamp-printed envies!
Card to a faithful penpal!
In other news... I got my first roller derby wound!! I'll spare you the photograph, but the bruise just keeps getting more and more beautiful! It's the size of my fist, and I got it by falling flat on my hip. I'm so proud of it... but I am a bit anxious about practice tonight because if someone hits it or I fall again I will probably cry. Such is Derby.

I do have a few fun things coming up! Special post on Monday, and I have a little surprise on National Handwriting Day (Jan 23). Stay tuned!

♥ Ciara Kay

27 December 2012

New Year's Penpal Swap & Outgoing Mail

Woo, two posts in a row!
Fun Thing: I'm hosting a penpal swap over at Swap-Bot! The theme is goals for the New Year... if you like to set goals and New Year's Resolutions, and would like a new penpal who will help motivate & encourage you to accomplish those goals, go sign up!

Tomorrow is the deadline to sign up and there are quite a few already on the list. It should be fun! I've been thinking a lot about my goals for the last few weeks... I even made a zine of them, which I'll be sending along to my swap partner and sharing here on New Year's Day! Hopefully I'll spend as much time accomplishing my goals as I've spent planning my goals...

Good news! I got a job interview! It's next Thursday... I'm nervous. I haven't had to interview for a job in like three years. I'm a bit rusty. Anyway, the sooner I get a job, the sooner I can get Scoutaroo Paper Co. officially off the ground! I can't wait!!

Some housekeeping: I now have a Flickr and a Twitter and a Facebook for Scoutaroo... So, pick your poison.


Outgoing Mail

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As promised, some outgoing mail from December 11! As you can see, washi tape & experiments with lettering are my current choice in trends...

Old Beer carrier turned postcard to Derrick of I Still Write.
To a faithful penpal! That woman writes SO much... I don't know how she keeps up!
To a friend from home.
To a shut-in from our church who I like to send holiday cards to.
To another friend from home!
An intro letter to a new penpal (hopefully!)
Up Next: Some upcycled envies and another stationery preview!

-- Ciara Kay