sent with love.

I am finally getting caught up on all of my letter writing. Here are some of the letters I sent out this week!

Getting to use some of my global stamps I got for Christmas to two of my international Penpals! Yuko in Japan and Helen in the United Kingdom.

A letter to my new penpal Lynsey!

And letters to Lisa and Dawn!

I hope all of these letters find you well ladies! xo

received with love.

I received two letters in one day this week! I love when that happens.

A letter from my friend Jenn in Chicago!

A letter from my new penpal Tiffany!

Be looking for letters in your mailboxes soon ladies! xo

mail tag.

Have you heard of mail tag? Do you participate in mail tag with your penpals?
I read about it on Papered Thoughts and thought it was such a neat idea and wanted to start participating in it with my penpals. I know I get stumped with things to ask, so I thought it would be a good idea to do a post that included some ideas.

Mail tag is an exchange of postal correspondence between two people. One person mails requests to their penpal, who then answers those and sends back their own mail tag. Ask as few or as many things in each request that you want!

Don't know where to start? Here are some ideas to get you started!

• What is your favorite quote?

• What would your last meal be?

• What is your current nail polish color?

• What are four things on your bucket list?

• What is in your purse?

• If you could have dinner with any five people, who would they be?

• What is your first job?

• What is your favorite book?

• What is your favorite childhood memory?

• Summer or Winter?

• Do you believe in ghosts?

• Who inspires you?

• A list of things that make you feel cozy?

• A receipt.

• A business card.

• Two things you were grateful for this week

• Favorite Game (Board, Card, Etc.)

• The meaning of your name.

• What is your favorite go to junk food?

• What is your favorite drink?

• What is your favorite recipe?


Here is a handy cheat sheet from Goodnight Little Spoon if you are looking for even more inspiration!

tag, you're it!

stamps: year of the horse

Image from uspsstamps.com

Year of the Horse stamps is the seventh stamp in the Celebrating Lunar New Year series. The Year of the Horse begins on January 31, 2014 and ends on February 18, 2015.

Across many cultures, in the United States as elsewhere, the Lunar New Year is celebrated in various ways, often with parades and parties. Firecrackers are traditionally used to scare off the evil spirits and welcome this time of renewed hope for the future.

Combining artwork by Kam Mak with two elements from the previous series of Lunar New Year stamps - Clarence Lee's intricate paper-cut design of a horse and the Chinese character for "Horse," drawn in grass-style calligraphy by Lau Bun - art director Ethel Kessler has created a culturally rich stamp design that celebrates the diversity of the American experience.

The Year of the Horse stamp is being issued as a Forever® stamp in sheets of 12.

You can read more about the Year of the Horse stamp here.

"What a lot we lost when we stopped writing letters. You can't reread a phone call."

-Liz Carpenter

custom rubber stamps.

Do you like to use rubber stamps for your mail art or decorating your letters?

Casey Rubber Stamps is a great shop in NYC where you can find any stamp you can think of... and if they don't have what you are looking for, he will create a custom stamp just for you!

I ordered a custom stamp online and was beyond pleased with it!

Also, take a look at these postal themed stamps he has in his catalog too!

If you are ever in NYC I suggest visiting his shop or if you can't make it to the store you can always shop online!

Casey Rubber Stamps

322 East 11th Street

(Between 1st & 2nd Avenue)

New York, NY 10003

Website: caseyrubberstamps.com

Email: squirrelcasey@yahoo.com

2014 stamp preview.

Another year is ahead of us and more great stamps will be released this year. I wanted to share a little preview of the stamps that will be issued in 2014. Which stamp will be your favorite this year?

Year of the Horse-Forever® Stamp

Image from: uspsstamps.com

Hummingbird-33¢ Postcard Stamp

Cut Paper Heart-Forever® Stamp

The Star-Spangled Banner-Forever® Stamp

Image from: uspsstamps.com

Winter Flowers-Forever® Stamp