Last Trip to the P.O

I don't go to the Post Office that often but I had a heavy box to mail on Saturday. So I left the apartment early before work just mail them all out. I used the kiosk which I like the most when there are long lines or after hours.



I filled this box with a lot of decos for Sheri since I know she will pass them on quickly. I am really working through my box of decos and I am actually low on decos. I also put in a little surprise for her. I've known her for many years and she's one of my favorite penpals.



I was finally able to put a little swap together for Tatiana. I took forever to do so.



I also got rid of some excess decos. I only signed a couple of them since they were really not my kind of decos.



Here's my intro letter to Pilar. My first pallie in Spain.



Another overdue swap~ I took forever with this one too. I hope she still wants to swap with me.



The last one, and yes I took forever with this one too. I couldn't fit as many decos as I wanted but I really like how colorful the envelope is.

I am slowly catching up on my swaps. It's taking me longer than I thought and I feel terrible with that. But my deco box is half empty and most of the one in there now are new. Also some of them I will be passing on since they are not my type. It sure feels good to get these out finally. I apologize for the delay.

Happy Valentine's Day!

I hope you are all having a sweet day! I joined a handmade card swap a few weeks ago for Valentine's cards. Above is a lovely card that I got from Sheri.



My partner was Karen and it took me a while to get started. At first I just covered the card with scrapbook paper. Then a few days later I used this cute owl stamp that I found at Walmart.



Here's a closer look at the owl.



Tada, my card! I am happy with how it came out.

Loving the Deco swaps

Oh my, I am behind on my mail again... Even though it has been rather slow~ I still have been getting some awesome swaps in the mail.



I love this envelope! This is from Melissa who I sent her a small swap a while ago hoping she would like to swap decos with me. I need to buckle down today and get caught up on my letters. Then I can work on some deco swaps.



Here are the decos she sent my way~ Bulky decos = love



Yesterday I received a swap from Dee with some awsome decos inside.



Teddy bear sticker is too funny. He looks annoyed though... Kinda like me when I get interrupted when I am writing, ha!



These are decos she sent my way along with a letter. I made a list of all the decos I have and will soon start working on a few. But first letters. I owe too many of them.

Sticker swap from Laurie in IL

I like the envelope! Thanks so much, Laurie. I am so behind on my posting~ But I received a lovely sticker swap via Decolicious.



The food one is my favorite! I actually have a food deco that I want to use these on.


She even sent me some extras that I will use up on my next deco session. Again, thanks so much!

"Unthemed" via Decolicious

I was finally able to work on my "unthemed" deco for the FB group Decolicious. You can see the making of the deco above. I used only what I had around my desk which I need to declutter so badly. You can see my favorite stickers, an old print out, new alpha stamps, and my circle label. I used my border punch again, X-mas tape, glitter, ribbon, flocking, and various Valentine papers.



I finished it off with some more ribbon and a flower epoxy brad. I hope it won't fall apart before it is returned home since I didn't tape the brad down. I like it when you can pull the deco apart and work on a page by itself. I tried staples but my crappy stapler cound't handle the ribbon.

HOMER: Shakira goes home

I finally was able to stop at the post office and mail out this deco to Sandra in Germany. The deco was very bulky and I figure I would have to go to the post office. Funny thing is, since it was in a see through goodie bag the lady didn't make me fill out a customs form. So I hope she gets it soon. Beatiful deco.

Round Labels

My first attempt at circle labels. Working on making a smaller template. These are made via photoshop and using a circle punch. I printed these out on regular paper since I was just testing them out. But I have full sheet sticky labels as well.

Latest lil' Haul

I bought these late last week~ I am really loving my perforator a lot. I am done with precut labels since I can't seem to align them right with the HP printer. I want to go back and get the regular paper cutter as well since this worked so well. I found a lot of stamps on clearance too. So I ended up with some from Michael's and Hobby Lobby. And I love the pink Smash pen, hehe.

Letter to Yeska

I mailed this out on Saturday but I sealed this up before I remembered her data sheet...again. Sorry, Yeska. You have a very forgetful penpal. Next letter! I won't forget. I was happy to use my cute bunny stamp and my new addy labels.