Crafty Collage

This amazing zine makes for a wonderful birthday present. I'm so glad I bought it for myself. It definitely inspires me to create more art, whether it is a canvas, tag, book, or anything else. Art is art no matter what form it is in.

I love how the zine comes with a little fun pack for me to make my own collages. I thought the second picture was a great random piece put together in 10 seconds for the photo. It makes my little brain do some work by thinking of something in such a short span of time.

Mail, Mail, Mail

So many letters received, so many letters to read. I'm going to take my time with these wonderful mail from Canada, Sweden, Norway, Israel and USA.

Bags of Postage Stamps

Lovely stamps from Lexidh, Norway and Sarala, USA.
Plus, I made some delightful postage stamp bags.
Can't wait to receive more wonderful stamps (:

Make Art, Not War

Love the card Kim from the USA sent to me. So pretty!
Plus the stamps she used are so gorgeous (:

Sweet September

September is my favorite month of the year. September signifies the coming of a beautiful season, autumn, which is equally as beautiful as spring is to me. September was the month I started my handmade jewelry business, which unfortunately has closed its doors earlier this year because my handmade adventures took a turn in the road. (But it's okay, I plan to start another soon!) September is my birthday month, what's not to love! (Happy birthday to all the September babies out there and happy unbirthday to everyone else; there's always a reason to celebrate!) And September means seven, my favorite number.

Since September has always been so good to me, I'd like to share that love with you all. Here are some sweet little ways I've tried to pass on the love through the mailbox.

White paper simply stamped with colorful lines are an easy way to spruce up your letters and make them unique. These stamps are from Technique Tuesday.

I stock up on lots of cute stationery and stickers especially from South Korea, Japan and France. Who wouldn't love to receive them in their mailboxes?

Sometimes when I'm low on inspiration, I may pick up a plain envelopes, colored nonetheless, and jazz them up with lovely stamps from my personal collection. It is difficult to part with such pretty stamps, so I order a bunch at a time to make the parting process easier.

Sometimes, I can't fit all the things I want to send into a standard greeting card envelope and I don't have anything else on hand. (Note to self, stock up on envelopes of various sizes.) So I make my own from magazines, ephemera, vintage and scrapbooking papers, or any pretty papers I can find. They always turn out pretty nice!

And finally, a delightful box of snail mail goodies! The materials I used to decorate were a magazine page, washi tape, Sharpie marker, baker's twine and metal charms.

Have a sweet, sweet September month!

M is for Mail

Don't you think the letter M is the most magnificent letter of the alphabet? I'm not being bias just because my name starts with the letter M, but so many good things start with M. There's the mail, of course, and Marge from the Philippines who sent me a letter and some lovely stickers. There's also magnum, mango (both the brand and fruit), magic, mementos, magazines, mannequins, moleskine and so much more. But I'll stop here since I'm pretty sure I won you over by now.

Plus, nothing makes receiving mail more wonderful that the stamps that adorn it. While I do get tons of mail from all over the world, it's nice to receive some of those interesting vintage stamps on the envelopes. It adds to the wow factor. If you didn't know that before, now you do. So add some jazz with those special and not so common stamps!

Send More Mail

Let's all put in the effort to add some cheer amongst the junk mail and bills.