a month of letters.

I am going to participate! Are you?

I think this is a great challange. For more information check out lettermo.com

love, mickey & minnie mouse

                              

Here is the postcard that we received from mickey & minnie mouse sending their well wishes on our wedding day! 

Vintage Love Letter Wedding: Part 1

I got married a little over a month ago now, and was super excited about the theme for our wedding. Vintage Love Letters! I have always been a huge letter writer and my now husband and I would write letters while he was on tour with his band to one another so it only seemed natural. 

I stuck with the theme from the beginning to the very end. I will share some sneak peeks of various wedding details that helped to include our theme all throughout our special day. 

Seen here is the Save The Date that my friend Joe and I designed to start off the theme and to let everyone know that a telegram would soon be headed their way...

The invite was a vintage telegram that I purchased through telegramstop.com. They are great! They have a template that I formated my text to read in the old style telegram writing. They personally addressed each invite and envelope to the specific guest for that extra added touch.

I also came up with this design for a custom postmark design that my friend also helped me create and I then had it made into a custom rubber stamp that I used on several things throughout the wedding. (invites, cocktail napkins, gift boxes, etc.)

Getting Married?

Are you getting ready to get married and have a few extra invites on your hands?

Send an invite to The President of the United States and/or Mickey & Minnie Mouse. Both reply back with a sweet congratulations that makes for a great keepsake.

Addresses for both are below.

The Honorable Barack Obama & Mrs. Obama
The White House
Greetings Office Room 39
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20500

Mickey & Minnie Mouse
The Magic Kingdom
1675 North Buena Vista Drive
Lake Buena Vista, Florida 32830

I recently just got married and had a few extra invites laying around and sent out one to both The President and Mickey & Minnie! I received my adorable postcard from Mickey & Minnie and just now waiting to hear from the President.

(picture of the postcard coming soon)

xo

North Pole Postmark!

Check out this link with information on how you can have your letters postmarked from The North Pole! The December 10th deadline is approaching!

americans love letters.

Check out this new great site: Americans Love Letters

Help Save the US Postal Service by pledging to write one letter a month!

Living people on US stamps: Who would you choose?

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Who would you put on a stamp? Charlie Sheen? Lady Gaga? Yourself?

Hoping to boost sagging revenue, the U.S. Postal Service on Monday abandoned its longstanding rule that stamps cannot feature people who are still alive and is asking the public for suggestions.

It's a first that means living sports stars, writers, artists and other prominent - or not-so-prominent - people could take their places in postal history next to the likes of George Washington, Martin Luther King Jr., and Marilyn Monroe.

"This change will enable us to pay tribute to individuals for their achievements while they are still alive to enjoy the honor," said Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe.

But it seems to be at least as much about money as admiration.

For years, the post office has been facing severe financial problems due to the growing use of email. A burst of interest in stamp design and collecting - which the Postal Service is seeking to promote partly through social media - could bring in new dollars, since stamps that are collected rather than used for postage provide added revenue.

Poking fun at the Postal Service's money woes, Comedian Stephen Colbert has been pushing to become the first living person depicted on a government-issued stamp. His Comedy Central website proposes a "Farewell to Postage" stamp with a photo of him holding up a smartphone that shows an email telling the Postal Service "See Ya!"

Judging by initial public reaction in interviews Monday, Colbert faces competition.

Cyndi Scarlett, 54, of Alexandria, Va., who works in humanitarian development, touted her choice of Apple Inc. founder Steve Jobs to be the first living person on a stamp. Walking by a post office in downtown Washington, D.C., she cited his company's role in reshaping everyday life, from the ubiquitous Macintosh and iPod to the iPad.

"He has changed the face of technology in America," Scarlett said.

Elizabeth Saunders, 38, a former educator who lives in Washington, said she believe first lady Michelle Obama deserves the honor, pointing to her efforts in combating childhood obesity. Saunders said she was impressed when she recently saw the first lady on the TV show, "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," building a house for a military family.

"She's just not afraid to get her hands dirty," Saunders said.

But Justin Pierce, a 29-year-old consultant from Arlington, Va., had a TV personality in mind for the first stamp: actor Charlie Sheen, who was fired from the show "Two and a Half Men" last season. "He's an American icon," Pierce said.

Other suggestions included evangelist Billy Graham, President Barack Obama, Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, actress Tyra Banks and Paralympic athlete Bonnie St. John.

Janice Myles, a paralegal from Washington, said her pick would be someone who epitomizes the everyday American - herself. "I'm spiritual, I have no criminal record. My only downfall is that I don't speak different languages. I don't judge people; I look at the facts," she said.

Since Jan. 1, 2007, the Postal Service has required that a person be deceased five years before appearing on a stamp. Before that, the rule was 10 years. Still, former presidents were remembered on stamps in the year following their deaths by tradition. And, more recently, people have been able to upload photos and design their own stamps for personal use through the U.S. mail.

The post office is inviting suggestions for new stamps through Facebook, Twitter, a Postal Service website and by mail to the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee, c/o Stamp Development, Room 3300, 475 L'Enfant Plaza SW, Washington, DC 20260-3501.

The advisory committee already receives as many as 40,000 suggestions for new stamps each year and culls them to about 50 finalists, which are sent to the postmaster general for a final decision.

People can view upcoming stamps on Facebook at facebook.com/USPSStamps, through Twitter(at)USPSstamps or on the website beyondtheperf.com/2012-preview. Beyond the Perf is the Postal Service's online site for upcoming stamp subjects, first-day-of-issue events and other philatelic news.

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Associated Press writer Randolph E. Schmid contributed to this report.

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