A snail mail to Celine

Preparing a snail mail for Celine was so much fun! :) I'm a big fan of her lovely blog and the wonderful inspiring pictures she's always posting. :) :)

She surprised me with a wonderful christmas mail in the end of last year! I blogged about it here. So I wanted to send her a snail mail full of hopefully inspiring and creative pieces too.

I tried to stay with soft pink and purple colors and embellished pretty paper with golden stamps. I also folded her a mini origami book made out of one paper. :)

I also made her some tags and added some stickers.

She already blogged about my mail on her blog. Thanks Celine for the wonderful post and the beautiful pictures of my mail! Please don't compare my pictures to hers, I really have to improve my photography skills...;) Celine has such a gift in capturing the details.

This is my last post about the swaps I prepared in February. :) Soon I'll be back to Germany and I'm very much looking forward to the next month and the things to come. :)

A Korea inspired snail mail

When Ishtar asked me to swap with her, I felt very honored and lucky. :) I've loved her blog for such a long time now and I was so happy to receive her wonderful mail (see here).

I tried to make her a Korea inspired snail mail, as I know she likes Korea. :)
I included some korean letter paper, stickers, star folding paper and tea.

And a lovely korean stamp. :) I also made her some origami crane tags and carved a stamp with her name in Korean and a little bird. :)

This was the second swap I prepared in January. :)

A swap to Belgium

Elise asked me if I would like to swap mails with her and I was happy that she asked. :) She started a new letter writing project on her blog, so check it out, if you want to write Elise. :) I'm sure, she's looking for new pen pals. :)

This was the mail, she's sent me:

The cute chocolate broke during its journey, but we enjoyed it anyway. ;)

And this was my response letter.

As she just started her project (and I was the first person she did write to, which made me feel very honored), I tried to include things she might like to use for her next mails. Like the small self-made stationery, the mail stickers and some yarn. :) I also included korean stationery. :)

The mail has already arrived safely at its destination in Belgium. :) I hope it brought some joy to Elise. :)

Last swaps and next month

The last days I was working on three last swaps for January, which has been waiting for some time now. Sorry for those, who had to wait to receive their swap mail!

Those are the mails I've prepared. :)

I'm going to be away a lot in February. Sadly no (real) vacation, mainly work. :( A lot of work! :( But still, I'll enjoy this month anyway! :)

So in February I won't have the time for a project, but since I don't want to stop blogging for an entire month, I thought about showing you the three swap mails during the next weeks. :) One by one. :)

Wish you a wonderful new month and hope you'll stop by! ♥

Two swaps are on their way :)

I finally finished the textile letters swap for dear Karina, who had to be so patient with me. I hope she likes the little things I prepared for her.

I added some things of the nature: pretty stones and shells I've found during different vacations and a pretty leaf. :)

I also included a couple of selfmade things, like the buttons I've already shown you, a macrame pattern with different reddish yarns (DIY for this pattern coming soon!) and a crocheted doily with a mini hook! When I showed it to my boyfriend, he asked me, if I could iron it, because it wasn't flat. ;)

I also included two pieces of fabric I bought on a trip to Kenya two years ago, a letter, a little origami box with a crane and some mini tags. :)

This is the entire content of the package:

While the first letter included little things to inspire its recipient, the second swap was more "conventional". :) I prepared this one for dear Whitney, who writes a lovely blog!

As she told me her favourite colour was mustard yellow, I bought yarn in this colour and knitted her wrist warmers. :) For this, I tried out knitting braids for the first time and it was quite easy and a lot of fun to make!

I also included some German sweets, some tags and stickers with self-carved stamps, a pretty shell from one of our vacations and a little gingerbread cutter for cute cookies. :)

I hope my swap partners like the swap packages I've prepared for them! :)

A snail mail surprise

I'm so sorry, I've neglected my blog so much in the last weeks. But I'm just so busy in personal life AND work! The worst combination. ;)

I got a wonderful snail mail surprise from dear Isthar at the end of last week, which I would love to show you! :D If you don't know her blog, you have to check it out! It's one of my favourites!

I didn't expect the snail mail, because she didn't inform me that she dropped it in the mail. So the surprise was even bigger. :)

Look at all the wonderful little treasures she's sent me! I love the pretty envelope by the way! :)

I'm a huge fan of her beautiful illustrations and was so happy to receive those cards!!! In the corner you see a small little red book she made for me! Isn't it cute? :D

If you open the book, the first page shows a little girl saying "Hello!". Haha, I just love that! :D So cute! She's also sent me tags with wonderful stamps she's made this year! Look at the beautiful china inspired carvings!

Thanks so much, Ishtar! I enjoyed your mail so much! I already have some ideas, what to send you!

So, it's already the end of the month (it's kind of scary how fast the time has flown again)! I still have a lot of snail mail to do this month! But I've prepared two swaps during the last weeks and I'm looking forward to showing them to you! :) :)
Wish you all a wonderful start into the week! :) :)

Happy new year everyone! :) :)

At the end of every year I'm amazed at how fast the time has flown, but also very excited what the next year is going to bring. :D

I normally like to make resolutions in the beginning of a new year. You just get into the feeling of "being reborn". ;) It's like a new chance to change your life in some kind of way....

But this year I won't make any resolutions! I just want to take everything as it comes. Make the best of everything, do what I love and enjoy every day! :) :)

The new year's first project is going to be something I really love but have neglected for the last months: Taking care of my correspondences. :)

There are couple of swaps waiting to be sent out and I'm looking forward to prepare them and also excited to blog about it.

Hope you had wonderful holidays and wish you all a wonderful start into the new year 2013!