I'm back!!

I've neglected my blog for a while >.<;; I'm ashamed of myself....I made an instagram account for my snail mail and got completely distracted by it!!

So tonight I'll post some of the letters I've received recently and currently working on~

A letter from Jofiane in Indonesia~ I finished my reply to her today and have to stick in an envelope, address it then mail it out!

My reply~ I managed to write 5 pages! I'm hoping I can have it all enveloped and addressed to go out tomorrow afternoon or Saturday morning!

Incoming from Ashley in NYC! She's a fairly new penpal I met on Instagram~

My reply I also finished tonight~

Incoming letter from Kylie in Australia! I haven't started her reply yet...I'm not sure if I'll be able to tonight, but if not it will be done tomorrow, during school or after school!

She included the cutest owl stickers! That are also 3-D!! So adorable~

Incoming from Hanna who is also in Indonesia~ Her letter arrived yesterday! So I haven't had time yet to start my reply >.<

She included two gel pens, two candies and currency from her country along with her letter~

Incoming letter from Lotte in The Netherlands which also came yesterday as well! So I haven't had time to start my reply. 

She sent me a clog keychain!! I used to have a tiny pair of clogs when I was younger, for decoration- not wearing purposes- and I'm not sure where they are now :(

She included cute birds and butterflies confetti! I love them so much!!

Last but not least here is the stationery I've been using for my replies today!! I love them sooo much!! They are just  so adorable, I can't contain myself~~

They're from: penpaloftheweek.com

I'm hoping that I'll be able to update on here more frequently now~ But school is coming to an end, so maybe I won't be able to... I'm not really sure >.<''

Incoming 10/07/2014

Today I received my order from La Papierre~ 

The photo is sideways and I'm not sure how to fix it on my phone >.<; I apologize! But I was super excited to open it and find forty sheets of stationary!

There are two designs, 20 sheets of each design. The think the black one will make great stationary for this month cause of Halloween around the corner! Though there were supposed to be stickers as well-- I ordered air mail stickers too but they weren't in the envelope :(

Incoming 9/29/2014

Today I received two letters!~ The first letter was from Becky in the UK, but the envelope was torn at the top and something was lost :( I'll let her know that in my reply..

I also just received a postcard from Italy!~ Becky is in Italy now~ 

Then I received a gift from Anri! In my last reply to her I sent her a NY state shaped necklace, and after her letter she sent her gift separately, which is also a necklace, with an 'A' charm, a heart charm, and a stud charm which look so nice!! :D

 Could we also just take a moment to notice the hello kitty stamps!! I'm so jealous! They are so cute!! I love them so much!

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!

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.

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~

Catching Up Post #1

Here are some of the letters I received~ I'm thinking it'll be about 3~4 Catching Up Posts, though there will only about 4 letters in each post.

Okay, Lets begin!~

 This is Rena's letter!~ Her birthday was in August, so I'll be sending out a parcel to her this week! I have the parcel decorated and a few things together already so soon it'll be ready~

  This letter is from Daisy in NYC~ I loved her stationary and the color of her envelope~
I tried something different, by covering her address with a sticker on an editing app. I think it looks nice ^.^

 

 My letter from Chantel! :D  Which was a long letter! But it was nice to read :) I love getting long letters in the mail~

My second letter from Becky~ I just finished writing my reply, but it's sunday D: So I have to wait until tomorrow to send it out.

Late update!

I haven't been on here for over a month :O I received a lot of letters and 2 packages/parcels~
School started yesterday D: ohmygoodness I'm a senior and I just wanna sleep all day :( I'm pretty sure I finished all my homework for tonight :P So I can post pictures and update everything! :D Yay!~

So I'll go and sort through the letters I received the past month and a half to show~ Though I haven't had time to reply to all of them...I think i've replied to around 2-3 which I know isn't a lot, but i'm pretty sure that 2 of them were quite long letters. Currently I'm working on writing Becky's letter (from the UK) then I'll be replying to Chantel~ I'm hoping that this weekend I'll be able to send out a few more replies within that time! I'll be visiting college campuses though so I don't think there will be many other things in there except the letter >.<; but I think it's understandable right?

Okay! I'll stop now so I can post the pictures!

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 :(

How do you store your pen pal letters?

Since the mail hasn't come yet and I'll be gone over the weekend I thought that I would share how I store my pen pal letters and see if anyone stores their's the same way or differently~

First off, I save the envelope and the letter, when I told my mom this she asked me why I saved the envelope D: Many of them are cute :3 to be honest, some have landscape pictures of their country, some of my pen pals decorate their envelopes, so why would I not want to save them??

I store my pen pal letters in a 3 drawer storage file, with clear inserts. Though I only use the middle level for my letters, the other 2 store supplies~

I've started to write when I receive my letters and when I send them out which is what the white pieces of paper are that are folded over. But for now they are only being used for pen pals in which i have 3 or more letters with. 

I keep this at my desk :3 so I always see it when I walk into my room, and sometimes when I feel down, I'll read through them :)

If anyone is interested in the incoming/outgoing date trackers I can put them up in another post!

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!~

Mini Update #10~

I'm not home....again, and during  the time I haven't been home I have received 3 letters! ._. does that only happen to me??
Anyway, I'll be posting them soon! I received letters from Jeong-a in South Korea, Joey in Hong Kong and Chantel in Kansas!~
This is a super short update cause it's late now >.<;

Mini Update #8

I sent out replies to all but one letter! I'm hoping to finish it later today, but I'll have to send it out tomorrow because the mail already came today! I got a postcard from Anri in Japan, but now she is in Canada studying so she sent me a postcard from where she is staying!

 This is the letter I received from Anri while I was on vacation, I sent her reply yesterday so hopefully when she gets back home she will get it! :)

  

 This is a letter from Elizabeth in NYC, the second letter I've received from her~

My first letter from Daisy!~ Who also lives in NYC :D
I love the envelope she used, it looks so cool!~

 My first letter from Justyna in Poland!~ Which I also received when I was on vacation. My first pen pal from Poland!~ :D

This is a postcard Justyna sent me before her letter :)

Mini Update #7- Almost Home

I'm almost home! I'm in Florida now for my connection flight back home!~ Though I won't be going straight back home... I'll be going to my grandparents in New York and my dad will bring all the letters I received when he picks me up! So I'm super excited!! :D
I haven't been told I received any other letters, so as far as I know it's the same 5 letters and Postcard I posted about the other day~

I'm so so so excited!!  Though I'm not sure how quickly I'll be able to update everything >.<;

Mini Update #6 -- Letter Haul

I'm still on vacation at the beach, but I'll be going back home this Friday! Which I'm sad about, but also excited about because my mom sent me a photo of five letters and a postcard that have come in the mail since I've been gone! :D Which makes me super happy!

The first two letters on the top row are from within NY state~ The brown letter in the top row is from Rena in Japan!~ The postcard is from Justina in Poland, who also just received my letter! :D Yippie!~

The yellow envelope, I'm not sure who sent it because their name is on the other side, which I don't have a photo of D: but I do know it's from within the US, (does that make me a bad snail mailer? Not being able to tell by envelope and handwriting >.<; I'm sorry) 

The last envelope, the pink one, is from Anri who also lives in Japan~ 

I'm also expecting a parcel from someone in NYC, I bought some albums from them and hopefully they'll get home before I do, so that I have more mail to open and spazz about!

    

for this photo instead of pixelating the addresses I **swirled** them~ Ooh~ Aah~ hehe I'm not sure which one I like better though :/

UPDATE- I've sent out a few letters recently, one to Kansas, Poland, New York.... and one or two other places that I'm unable to think of now ._.

QUESTION--Should I do posts of outgoing mail I and as well?

Vacation + Mini Update #5~

Now I'm in North Carolina for vacation :) I'm not sure exactly when I'll be back home though >.<; I sent a few letters before I left and received letters from Elizabeth and Kyu-hyun. Our mail was put on hold for a week which after then my parents will be home. Though I'll be home after them. So I won't be able to respond to letters right away >.<;
I'm sorry!

Mini Update #4

So it seems my mailbox is becoming happier! :D  Receiving a few things this week, and I'm so happy! I've also been sending out a few things which means my mailbox will be expecting some more letters~
My penal ad was on Penpal of the Week as well, and I've made some new pen friends who I'll start exchanging snail mail with after my final exams next week :) And then it will be summer and I'll have so much time to write back to all of my pen pals unlike during school time ^.^

My Collection

I have a bowl that I put the different things my pen pals will send me to keep in~

This is the bowl I keep everything in~ It's not that much but being from my pen pals everything in here is so important to me :)

This is a fan from Rena in Japan. It was a gift for my birthday!

A fan from South Korea from Kyuhyun~~ I love the art on here!

The cute bear socks you might remember from Rose's letter~

The Keychain is from Katherine, the candy is from Nancy, which actually she sent many of them! But I only put one in the picture :P  The tea with the koala bear note on it is from my swap with Vanessa in Spain. 

Anri sent me the tea in the red bag, and there are two green tea bags from Subin~

The Jelly Tots are from Nancy~
Rose sent me the pink mechanical pencil and the pink circle clip.
The eiffel tower clip is also from my swap with Vanessa!

Vanessa sent me a postcard from Spain.
A cute ChooChoo Cat postcard with the note from Kyuhyun~
And the bear stickers are from Rose!

These are all little stationery papers, little notepads.
The pink flower one is from Rose, the right under that, with the couch on it is from Anri.
All of the Rilakuma pads are from Seongmi, a friend from Korea that I swap with~

The face mask is from Rose, and is rose scented, I'm pretty sure she did that on purpose :P The cute stickers and necklace are both also from Rose as well. I couldn't show the whole necklace because it was too long >.<






I hope you enjoyed my little collection I treasure!~

Letter Count!~

So since I haven't been updating for a while I thought I would show all the letters I have now from the different countries I've received them from :D
**I have a feeling this is going to be very long, I apologize in advance >.<;**

^^ Here are nine (9) letters from Japan!~ I have two (2) pen pals from Japan, Rena and Anri

and they are both so sweet! :D

 Two (2) letters from the Czech Republic from Adele. She is my only penal from the Czech Republic. I actually have another letter from her but I haven't responded back yet D: So it's not in my letter box :P I hopefully will finish it soon!

One (1) letter from Belarus, from Casey who I haven't gotten a reply back from >.<; so hopefully everything is alright with her!

One (1) letter from Turkey, from Secil and I also haven't gotten a reply back from her either :( 

One (1) letter from Russia. My penal from Russia is Julia, and I have another letter from her as well but I haven't finished the reply yet so it's still upstairs :P

Two (2) letters from the UK both from Nancy! I love Nancy she's so sweet and adorable!! I just sent out my reply to her so hopefully soon I'll be getting another letter~

Five (5) letters from South Korea, there are bigger envelopes that two letters came in that I included in the photo. My pen pals in Korea are: Rose, Subin, and Kyuhyun.

I have sent my replies to all their recent letters a while ago so, soon I am expecting replies :D

One (1) Letter from the USA :P From Kat in Nevada. I sent my reply to her but haven't received one back yet :/ I met her on a pen pal website and messaged her yesterday asking if she had received my letter, but she hasn't been online yet >.<; 

This is actually from a swap, from Spain. I just sent my side of the swap, which actually took a while because I couldn't read her address D: so it took a couple of emails to get it correct :P I'm not sure if we'll continue or not, I guess it's up to her if she sends another swap again :P

Six (6) letters and One (1) postcard from China. The bright orange and yellow letter in the back was actually my very first letter I had ever received, from my pen pal Rachel!  My pen pals from China are: Rachel, Jae, Joey, and August

Though I haven't received a reply from August from my last letter I sent out :/

These are two (2) letters from Thailand.

The big one in the back is from Fern, though I never got a reply back :( I also met Fern online and messaged her but she hasn't been on for a very long time :/

The white envelope is a holiday card from Ormmy <3 who I talk to on a messaging app almost daily <3

Four (4) from Taiwan. These are all from Chen, my only pen pal in Taiwan~

Her paper is always so cute!! Though I have to mail her a package of food she asked for and I am very late on sending because of exams >.<;

These are three (3) notes. The first one was from a food swap with a friend of mine in Korea, Miyoung <3 

and the other two (2) are from swaps. I think they're so sweet and I love to keep them :)