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 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!

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!

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.

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 :(

Letter from Jeong-a in Korea~

The last of the 3 letters is from Jeong-a in South Korea! :D
Jeong-a writes to both, my sister and I. She sent her replies in one parcel, I received face masks and my sister received candy. So since I only received the masks that's all I'll post with her letter she wrote.

 This is what both replies came in!~

My envelope :3 with my letter in it! In the envelope there was also some stickers, and two photos of Jeong-a too!

Here you can see the face masks she sent me, I used one earlier tonight!~ They felt nice and  cold!

Letter from Joey in Hong Kong~

I also received a letter from Joey in Hong Kong as a part of my 3 letters I received!

 I was really surprised when I got Joey's reply because it came a lot quicker than her usual replies, and she said that now she has vacation she can reply faster! So I was really happy to get my quick reply from Joey~

She sent me a her letter, which seems to get longer with each reply and I'm really happy about! :)
A bookmark, a ticket from a water park she went to with her school, a little booklet cover I believe, and a note asking if I could send her leaves....which I forgot to put in the envelope >.<; I feel bad, I'll find some leaves and put them in a separate envelope to mail! It's all good!

Letter from Chantel in Kansas!~

When I was away I received 3 letters~ One of them was from Chantel! :)

I love how she decorated the envelope! It looks so nice, I want to be able to do this soon to envelopes so they look nice and make the receiver happy when they see it in their mailbox~

I didn't take photos of everything in the envelope, but just the main components. Her letter has the floral tape on it, and she included some photos on the other paper to the left of the letter, and inside the My Melody envelope are 2 B2ST photo cards :3 a photo of her hamster, and a sticker from a LINK event she just went to!








I haven't replied to Chantel yet, I'm hoping to finish her letter by tomorrow, but I don't think I'll be able to mail it out tomorrow as well because the mail woman comes around 11:00am and sometimes I sleep to 10:00am >.<; so it will most likely be in the mail Wednesday morning!~

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 >.<;

Letter from Becky in England~

Today I received a letter from Becky in England~
She's 18 and emailed me after she saw my pen pal ad on penpaloftheweek.com

Her letter she sent me ^.^ she made her stationery which was really cool, cause if I don't have any stationery available usually I use graph paper >.<;

She sent 2 postcards though only one is in the picture. The other one we're supposed to see how many times we can send it back and forth to each other while still being able to write something on it each time!
She sent a British coin and a Swiss coin! :D  A stamp from when she went to Nepal and a cute bracelet~

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!

Letter from Elizabeth~

This one is a little late, I got it the day before I had to leave to go to Boston for a Barbizon Competition.
This is the first letter from Elizabeth in New York City!~

and my laptop is being a butt and won't load the pictures of her letter for me to show D:

Postcard from Japan~

Today I received a postcard from Anri in Japan! I just sent her my reply to her letter the past week or a little before then and she asked if I could send her a shirt, which I mailed out this week cause I had some issues with the packaging it at first >.<; but hopefully she'll receive it in perfect condition! :)

The front is a really pretty view of Tokyo, and has like almost sparkles....but not sparkles on it so when you move it they reflect the light and looks like lights on the buildings! It's so pretty!~

This is a the back, it's not personal or

private so the note is visible~

Letter from Joey~

I got a letter today from Joey in Hong Kong, she was on a trip for a while so this is her reply beck to me from my last letter I sent a while ago!

This is the front of the envelope!~ With a cute Precious Moments design on it :)

The back of the envelope :P

The letter, but as always I blurred the content even though it always looks so awkward when I do...I'm trying to figure out a different way to do so!
The paper matches the envelope :3 It's so cute!!

She also sent cute little memo pads with a Chinese women in a traditional outfit.

A fifty cent coin from Hong Kong~~
This is also the second coin she's sent me from Hong Kong ^.^