I recently participated in a cross-continent post card swap. ihanna is a blog that I love to visit to get journal inspiration. I made my ten cards. Then i got my list of addresses and found out there were two guys on my list! I didn't think they would appreciate the girly Valentines so I whipped up a post card for each of them.
I hand colored each one and sewed around the edges. I got the original Vintage Valentine "story" from Beth last year in a wonderful package she sent to me.
I should have been more original and not made each one the same....but I tend to over think these things and didn't want to run out of ideas by the time I reached postcard number 10.
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and I've already received a few in the mail! One from Hanna herself all the way from Sweden!
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and these
notice the tiny pink stitches in the upper right corner? When I turned it over it said this?
how cute and clever!
and this beautiful work of art:
all of this paper is hand pieced. The trees look and feel as if they have real bark.
I have a few more that must have gotten lost in my camera. I'll take more pictures as I receive more postcards and share them another time.
Another fun swap I just wrapped up was an ephemera swap with Melissa at The Garden of Pink Shadows
We were to fill 5 bags with Spring inspired ephemera and send them off to Melissa. We will receive 5 bags back in return. I need more ephemera like a hole in the head but it's always fun to work with new stuff!
Here's my stash before it went into the mail today. It's jammed with vintage papers, wallpaper, flash cards, old sheet music....vintage fabrics with roses and posies and LOTS more!
I still had JUST enough of my Valentine postcards with all my info on them so I sent them along too, instead of a moo card or business card.
I can't wait to see the goodies I get in return! Swaps are SO fun!
Enjoy your week!
Yummy stuff! Or should I say ephemera...it sounds so much "classier" when I use that word. Your Swap receivers will be blessed by all your goodies. I just participated in my first Blog Swap, and I totally understand about "overthinking" the whole process. It was good to catch up with you here.
Posted by: Melony at Whimsy Daisy! | March 24, 2010 at 05:53 AM
Your postcards are adorable! Isn't it funny that bloggers tend to LOVE good old fashioned mail the way they do? With all our modern ways of communication, nothing beats a pretty package, letter or postcard in the mail:>)
Posted by: Kathleen Grace | March 13, 2010 at 12:30 PM
Hey girl, I started my dresser today! YAY! Will share when I finish. <3
Posted by: Rosa | March 13, 2010 at 02:24 AM
I hope I get one of your postcard packages...they are darling! karen...
Posted by: karen | March 12, 2010 at 08:32 PM
Whoa! I wanna swap with you! I used to do a lot of swaps but I lost touch when mom needed more attention. I should get back into it. I just feel so uncreative and lackadaisical lately. Gotta pull myself up by the bootstraps! xo
Posted by: Rosa | March 11, 2010 at 02:08 PM
I am in the Garden of Pink Shadows swap also! I'm excited to see what we get in return! karen...
Posted by: karen | March 10, 2010 at 10:11 PM