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 10/03/2014

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!

Mini Update 14~

Today I got a letter in the mail from Paige in Indiana~ Though when I went to open the envelope with my letter opener, I kinda cut some of the paper >.<;; But it's okay!! It's not bad. Also from that I've learned a new way to open letters with a letter opener so that won't happen again! Phew~

My order from penpaloftheweek.com came in today!~ If you go to the website for this whole month there is a giveaway everyday!! Also some of the stationary that will be sale at the time might be on sale or buy a pack of two for a discounted price! But you'll have to check it out to see which stationary is up now~
This is my first time ordering stationary and even though it's winter/ Christmas theme and I have a while to use, I'm still so super excited!! :DDD
I'm hoping to get another set of stationary but I'll have to see if I have enough money >.<;

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 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!~

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 >.<;

Sad Mailbox

I didn't get any mail recently which is quiet sad :( And today is Sunday so it was just another long day with no mail :/
I have a first letter to write to a girl in Las Vegas, which I'm very late on writing! >.< my bad

I'lll also be getting some FB's and goodie bags, like sticker bags, label bags, envelope bags, and etc... But I don't know what she'll be sending :P her name is Liz and we've been talking over email about them. She lives in the US so hopefully they'll get here quickly! :3

I've also made a new snail mail pen pal in the UK! Her name is Nancy and she said she was okay with sending the first letter! Cause I really don't like writing first letters >.<

I actually had to save the first part of this post as a draft and during the time between then and now I actually wrote Katherine's letter, the girl from Las Vegas. And it was a first letter >.< I feel like I'm so bad at first letters but hopefully she'll write back!

I haven't started Rose's reply yet either :/ actually I'm looking for stuff to send to her! I'm sending her a parcel around Valentines day. 

I'm sending a total of three Valentines day parcels! One to Korea, one to Thailand and one to China! How exciting! :D

Well that's all for now :P

Have a nice day! ^.^

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!~