books ~ zines ~ mail ~ crafts
This year I signed up for Dunne With Style’s Creative Exchange for the first time – which really was some of the inspiration for the Notebook & Pen Swap – and it’s been a lot of fun! You’re tasked with “stalking” a fellow crafter on Instagram to see what they like to make. Then you…
Both the 30 Days of Mail and the Postal Society featured challenges this month to make a mini-zine for your pen pals. I eagerly took up the task. I decided to use my pen pal scrapbook paper and ephemera for the background and blitz. I used my typewriter for most of the text, it was nice…
October is 31 Postcards in 31 Days Month! I love how autumn has been all about mail so far. The gist is simple: send 31 postcards in October. The best part is you don’t *have* to send them every day. You could, but if you’re a frazzled person like me, realistically you won’t. If you’re…
So it’s not the first day of September, whatever, but there are plenty of days left in the month to celebrate all things postal with my pal Winged Snail Mail‘s 30 Days of Mail challenge! And don’t forget to use #30Mail if you are posting on social media. Here are your tasks: 1 – Ready to hit send…
It’s been a long time since I’ve participated in a chain letter. So I want to do one again, but make it more interesting. I want to have a letter not only get all over the world to amazing different writers/snail mailers, but I want to be able to get it back in order to show off…
The internet is dangerous for this paper-lover fan. Scrolling Pinterest one day, I saw a picture of American Crafts‘ Pink Paislee “pen pals collection” and my eyes lit up with happy little dollar signs. Take all my money, scrapbook.com! I needed the entire collection, obviously. The collection is finally in my paws and I cannot wait…
Clearly this blog is a celebration of a bunch of things that are “dying.” Paper’s on its way out of many people’s lives, but not my heart! Snail mail is something I have been participating in actively for about a year now (besides the time when I was a kid). I adore it — having pen…