books ~ zines ~ mail ~ crafts
Three of my favourite Canadian snail mail goddesses – @dreyray, @omiyage_ca and @ash_is_magical – have teamed up to create the site Pretty Postal and their first project is running a floral mail swap! This is totally my jam. I love seeing creative new snail mail swaps pop up, so you bet I’ve signed up for this! The…
Happy birthday to The Paper Trail Diary! It’s been two years since I’ve been writing about books, zines, snail mail and paper crafts, and I’ve loved every minute of it. I so enjoy being able to review books and write about mail projects. I’ve met so many amazing people through blog and social media connections too, which has…
I am a fan of cute things, especially stationery. (No, really?) I don’t tend to veer toooooo kawaii, but this is about a good estimate of where I’ll get to. My new favourite cuties are Sumikko Gurashi, shy little Japanese characters that tuck in corners and stick with each other. Check out this great chart…
To celebrate National Poetry Month and National Letter Writing Month, I am thrilled to offer this amazing giveaway of activity books courtesy of author Karen Benke! *Three people each copies of Write Back Soon!, which is full of letter writing prompts *One person will get a copy of Rip the Page!, inspiration for creative writing…
It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of Flow magazine and all of the products they create. But I have to say, my favourites are the Books for Paper Lovers. (Hm, wonder why.) I’ve used the first two books pretty well so far, so I was hungry for a new one. This edition…
For the second year in a row, I took part in my awesome pen pal Fabrizia‘s Secret Penpal Scavenger Hunt. It’s so fun! You’re matched with someone and you are to pick a few things off a list to send to them. Turns out I got lucky in that I know both who I sent…
As you know, I’m a fan of books and a fan of mail, so I am automatically hungry for any books about mail. There are actually quite a few of them out there, such as Snail Mail and Write Back Soon! So imagine my glee when I recently found three more books whilst clicking around the interwebs. Two of…