Incoming 10/03/2014

I received a letter from Lydia in the states, and I also was able to write and finish her reply within the hour! Whooo~

 

My reply

I got some return address labels printed up! They also came into today so I was able to use them for the first time! Yayy!~ They're Japanese Cherry Blossoms~ 

My letter opener also makes an appearance cover my address and Lydia's address.

I bought a kawaii bundle/pack on etsy too which also came in today! But I've taken it all out and organized it within my boxes :/ so I can't really take pictures now, but I ordered another one from a different shop, it's a random pack of large letter set sheets. So I'm super excited for when those come in! I also made two more orders from penpaloftheweek's la papierre~ 

The first order was two letter sets, SOTW 13 and 14 then I used the 30% coupon which ends TODAY, and for my second order I got 40 sheets for $16 and via air mail stickers! I can't wait for these all to come in!

Outgoing~

I finished two letters today!~

First was my reply to Justyna, which was also the first time I've painted an envelope, and I used watercolor for her envelope which I think looks cool~

Then I finished my reply to Paige in Indiana!~ I used a clear envelope and wrapped the letter in tissue paper so you can't read it, then taped the edges~

What do you guys think? I think these are pretty awesome! I'm trying to find new ways to make my letters look fun ^.^

I also have the clear postcard that's going out tomorrow too~

I have to finish Rena's birthday package and finish my reply to Kyuhyun as well!

Trial #1: Clear Postcard attempt

Here is my attempt at creating a clear postcard. I'm quite proud of this one ^.^ I think it turned out much better than I had imagined. I didn't have many scraps to use though which is mostly what you're supposed to use but instead I used magazine clipings~

I aldready have it addressed, and it's going to someone whom I'm currently writing my reply for. 

Ta-da~~

Almost There!!

So to follow up with my catching up post~ I've almost completely finished writing my replies :D
Currently I'm working on my reply to Justyna, then I have a new penpal in Turkey that I have to respond to~

From the top of my head I can remember that I wrote back to:
-Chantel (U.S.A)
-Lydia (U.S.A)
-Joey (Hong Kong)
-Elizabeth (U.S.A)
-Paige (U.S.A)
-Becky (UK)

Are my pen pals in the states outnumbering my international pen pals?? *gasp* hehehe just in this post they are :P I love all my pen pals equally <3

I received a package from Jae two days ago which I will post this week also. I sent her package out for her birthday and she also sent an early birthday package!

I have a package for Jeong-a ready to send out but I have to print her address in Korean also because she didn't know the english translation for her college address so I went to google translate, and translated it to english....so who knows how accurate it is! But I'm also printing out a Korean version so *hopefully* that goes really well!

I'm putting together a package to send out to Kyuhun soon, but I'm having some trouble finding Marvel things which is stressful, but I'll find them then I can send it!~


Senior year is really stressful >.<;; and it's only the 4th week!!! :O I don't know what to doooo and we're getting ready for college applications :( I don't wanna leave...but at the same time I can't wait to leave...oh man this is stressful.

Quick Update

Since school started there's barely any time for letter writing *GASP* but I'm finding some extra time to reply to the pile of letters I have!~
But for my pen pals in the states....I seem to have no stamps D: HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN?? I have stamps for my international pen pals though~
My mom and I tried something a little different and ordered stamps online through the post office....last week and they haven't gotten to us yet :/ such stress.

Also I just ordered some winter stationary from Julie at penpaloftheweek.com
I'm so excited!! It's my first time ordering from her and I honestly can not contain my happiness right now! There's a 48- hour discount going on now for the winter stationary in the post so you guys should check it out!

I sent packages to China and Korea and it's been a while since I had heard about them and was getting quite worried, but I heard from them (on the same day! weird right?) that the packages were received safely!~ :)

I also just sent out a swap to the Netherlands!~ So I'm hoping that gets there quickly, I've never sent anything to the Netherlands before so I have no idea how long it will take. :O

Catching Up Post #2

 From Joey in China!~ She's so cute in her letters! :D The white paper that  didn't block out the writing, was to help her with an essay topic >.<: oh gosh... essays

 Letter from Lydia in Ohio~
I loved the paper and envelope she used, the color was so pretty! :)
Here again I used stickers but this time to cover up the letter contents~

 Reply from Elizabeth in NYC~ Though when she sent it she was in Korea!!

 My second letter from Justyna in Poland, who sent a beautiful drawing, and painting of an eye!

A *first letter* from Paige in Indiana~ I also just finished my reply but I have to wait to send it out tomorrow~

Mini Update 12~

I've gotten some emails and messages about replies that have been sent out to me and replies that have been received!~

> nancy in london 

> jillian (first letter)

> an order from the idea owl

> cindy in Washington (package)

> dia in Hawaii (package)

> rena in japan 

> kyuhyun in korea

> a first letter from korea (she didn't write her name in english..only korean so I'm not sure how to type it)


I will also be writing a first letter to Jofiane in Indonesia~

~~~~Birthdays in August/ September~~~~

rena in japan~ August
joey in china~ September ( i need to send her's early cause she'll be in college)
jae in china~ September
fern in thailand~ September <<  I never got a reply back from Fern :(


Usually for birthdays once we have been writing back and forth for a year, after that year I'll send something special for your birthday, because some people don't write back after I send them things :(

Mini Update 11~

>>I sent out my reply to Chantel!~ Yayy, though I didn't take a picture of it before I put it in the mail box >.<; I also sent a first letter to Merve in Turkey. So hopefully soon my mailbox should have some happy snail mail! Since I got back home I haven't received any new mail D: Which makes me sad, especially because tomorrow afternoon I'll be leaving for NYC/New Jersey for the weekend! But I'll be home to get the mail tomorrow :3 soooo hopefully there will be at least one letter waiting for me! Unless all the mail comes on Saturday when I won't be home -.-

>>I have a few washi tape rolls, but as I was finishing letters yesterday, I finished 3 rolls completely!! So now I have to find a time to go to the store for envelopes, paper and washi tape!

>>I ordered a sticker bag from a shop on Instagram, which will be sent out on Saturday so I'll get it later next week! :D I'm so excited!

>>A little off topic, but I ordered a few albums recently and those should be coming in the mail soon as well, next week I believe~

>>Some of my pen pals have their birthdays coming up soon, I'm thinking of ideas to send special mail to them, any ideas?

Outgoing mail 29 July 2014

The two parcels I sent out on the 28th~ But since it's 2am now and all the letters I have will be going out on the 29th, the name has the date of the 29th on it!

This letter is going to Justyna, I had her letter last to finish from the last post when I got 5 letters when I was away from home~
I finished it and it's all ready to go in the mailbox in the morning!

My reply to Joey, I'm sorry the lighting is terrible in these photos >.<; I've been using the vellum envelopes more and more now and I really like them,
or also because I don't have any regular ones...

And in this photo there is a letter to Jae, who I am replying late to >.<; But also her birthday is coming up in September along with Rena's so I'll be sending them something special! Also there are 3 letters addressed to someone in the States, I'm sending her my excess FB's and i had to use envelopes to send them to her, she's supposed to send me some cute stationary in return, but we'll see! 

This is my last update of the night!~ It's almost 3am now so if I want to make it to the mailbox in time, I'll be sleeping now!~

Outgoing Mail to Becky~

I'll start posting outgoing mail...well if I can remember to, I've been failing to recently so hopefully after this time I can continue!

 I like to add little bits of confetti to my letters so hopefully when my pen pals open them it makes them happy ^.^

Sometimes I like to use clear envelopes, but other times I get worried when I use them cause you can see everything inside >.<;

The bigger blue postcard is the one I was talking about in the post earlier~

Mini Update #3

So my mailbox is still sad but so far two pen pals have told me that they received the parcels I sent them, the two I sent to Korea! But I haven't heard from the Rena in Japan :( I hope she's received it!

So Messy!

My sister and I have a pen pal in Korea, and she writes to both us. So my sister was in my room with me the other day and we were writing our letters and making are cards. It was sooooo messy! And I just cleaned it up today, but there's still such a mess EVERYWHERE! Cause it's my tiny desk in a corner with a little standing organizer with three drawers and half the stuff on my desk is like, 'Why is this here? When did I need this?'

I just found a cute little box to put all the new letters I receive in so I know to write back quickly! :) I put on top of the standing organizer which I cleaned out, finally!!

Now on to my desk >.<; so messy!! I don't want to clean it :( but I must!

Three down!

I got a big package sent today :DDD Yay!! I'm super excited, it's going to my first pen pal ever, and she's in China. I hope she's excited when she gets it.
I also sent out two letters, one to Sweden and one to my first pen pal in the states (I was looking for one in a state nearby cause it's not nearly as expensive as having international pen pals, and hopefully we can meet many times!) She lives in Arkansas!
That's my update for today!~