tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53541158109093805102024-03-12T18:55:19.511-07:00Pages of Paper...Because I go through so many!!Da_Meesh!http://www.blogger.com/profile/05537700927458891443noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5354115810909380510.post-42617392942448771762012-03-27T15:34:00.000-07:002012-03-27T15:34:16.772-07:00Mail Candy!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I'll admit, I haven't been keeping up to scratch on the mail pile. Or the blogging for that matter. And I'm not about to promise a return to the blogging scene. (See what happened <a href="http://theloveofmail.blogspot.com/2011/09/hiatus.html">last time.</a></div>
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Kind of a funny story though. I am kind of in love with our mail man. He is a super sweet old gentleman and really friendly and kind and he pays the surcharges when they come in... and his name is Chip.</div>
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Well, today my mom told me, "I just found out that Chip was hit by a car yesterday..." I gasped really loudly, concerned about our precious mailman as she continued. "and we really need to pray for Nick and Anthony because they are upset about it."</div>
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And then I realized that my mom was not indeed talking about our mailman, but about my cousin's dog!! I laughed over it for a good five minutes before sobering up again. XD</div>
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Hope y'all are having a good week!</div>
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~Misha</div>
<br /></div>Da_Meesh!http://www.blogger.com/profile/05537700927458891443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5354115810909380510.post-86190951431047649252011-09-06T21:10:00.000-07:002011-09-06T21:12:11.335-07:00The Hiatus<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I think everyone takes a hiatus sometimes. Here is a long needed update. (though not comprehensive) Please enjoy the following mail candy. ^-^<br />
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I give you, some of the best mail art I have made over the last few months.<br />
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For a mail art call. There is still time to enter if you would like! <a href="http://mailartprojects.blogspot.com/2011/06/exhibiting-and-exchanging-of-secrets.html">Tell Me Tell Me Secrets--Secret Exchange Project.</a> It's a really neat project! The Australia deadline is over, but you can still send things to South Korea. The requirements are a bit strict for this mail art call (they have some specific measurements they prefer you to conform to), but the project was so intriguing, I overlooked them. I'm still working on my submission for the South Korea project.<br />
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The idea behind the project is that you send secrets in to the call. The envelopes holding the secrets will be posted in a gallery. And some person viewing the gallery will choose your envelope and write you with their own secrets. Ooh! The mystery! The intrigue! The suspense! It kills me!! Doesn't it sound wonderfully awesome?!?! I thought so too.<br />
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A submission for another project. A rubber stamp type project. I got a giant poster filled with other stamp carvings and it was beautiful!! Highly reccommended if you carve your own stamps.<br />
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The sticker on this piece, my cousin ripped off a telephone pole in Colorado!<br />
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I learned how to emboss!!<br />
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This envelope, I made out of a picture I found in the newspapers, taken when the riots in Egypt were happening earlier this year.<br />
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A postcard I sent to South America. I actually got a reply, but it was in Portuguese! And it was very difficult to decipher. If you or someone you know can read Portuguese, could you please please please give them my email? dameesh_95 [at] yahoo [dot] com.<br />
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Some fish and shark art I made for PJ. If you look closely at the fish,
you will see that it is a stamped image. Which I happened to carve
myself out of an eraser!! I was so proud of it! The semblance the red
paint has to blood was unintentional but it worked out nicely for me in
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A reply for Katie who sent me a wonderful zine on the subject of strangers. It was so wonderful, I was quite inspired to write back with my own cryptic sentiments.<br />
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This shoe lace looking threading was so difficult to figure out! But it looked so cool!<br />
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This was a new technique that I tried out. For a <a href="http://1001journals.com/">1001 Journals</a> user. I took a magazine picture and painted a light coat of white over it. Then I painted over the picture with colors I had on hand.<br />
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Here is the technique again.<br />
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barf bag mail inspired by a trip to San Francisco I took in May.<br />
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Some Marilyn Monroe mail art for a newer penpal.<br />
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Teabag mail art!<br />
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I tried to provide minimul commentary to reduce eyestrain. And there are not any of the wonderful mail I have received. (I am particularly bad at photographing the mail I receive.)<br />
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Lately, I've vanished from the face of the earth where communication is concerned so if you've written me, but I haven't responded, please don't despair. I am dreadfully behind on the mail pile but working to catch up. (And yet, here I am, blogging the night away when I could be a mail making machine... Ah well.)<br />
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Hope y'all are having a wonderful mail week!<br />
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cheerfully and presently yours,<br />
Misha</div>
Da_Meesh!http://www.blogger.com/profile/05537700927458891443noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5354115810909380510.post-61709746623653133902011-05-03T21:01:00.000-07:002011-05-03T21:01:23.720-07:00Letters for Japan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://www.wecareact.org/?q=letterstojapan/">We Care Act</a> is hosting a letter writing campaign of sorts (for I do not know how to else to describe it) to help children who suffered in the earthquakes in Japan.<br />
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Here are the Who's, What's, and How's:<br />
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<b>Who:</b> We Care Act<br />
<b>What: </b>letters for Japanese children affected by the earthquake.<br />
<b>When:</b> The earthquake was March 11th, 2011 and from the look of the website, there does not appear to be any deadline.<br />
<b>Where:</b> letters can be mailed to:<br />
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We Care Act<br />
2722 Garden Falls Dr.<br />
Manvel, TX 77578<br />
USA<br />
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<b>How:</b> They are working with the Japanese consulate in Texas to get the letters to students aged kindergarten through highschool. Most middle and high schoolers are able to read English but elementary students will appreciate cards more.<br />
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Please take the time to write a letter to a child who might really need it. Actual hand-written letters are better but you can also submit your message online.<br />
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For more information, go to <a href="http://www.wecareact.org/?q=letterstojapan">http://www.wecareact.org/?q=letterstojapan</a></div>Da_Meesh!http://www.blogger.com/profile/05537700927458891443noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5354115810909380510.post-66115607565835307842011-05-03T18:24:00.000-07:002011-05-03T18:25:57.370-07:00Stretching the Postal Limits<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
Lately I have been really stretching the limits of the USPS. And they are freakin' amazing!!!!<br />
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Here is a cactus I sent to Nicole in MA:<br />
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</tbody></table>Pretty exciting stuff. Nicole emailed me the After picture. Looks pretty good! So I sent one to England. :D Although, as far as I know, that hasn't arrived yet.<br />
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Then, I was inspired by <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/return-to-sender-artist-puts-royal-mail-to-the-test-955499.html">this amazing article</a> in which a woman in England tested the Royal mail system by disguising her address in various ways. So I thought I'd try it out..<br />
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And I sent this crossword puzzle:<br />
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I just have to make it huge so you can see it. ^-^ I sent this to my friend across town and IT MADE IT!!!!! I have an infinitely deeper respect for postal workers now. And it only took a week longer than regular post. (which was pretty good as I'd entertained the idea of it never arriving..) There was only one clue that he/she didn't get and it was an obscure one. =D<br />
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USPS, I love you!!!<br />
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<i>note: I'm making separate posts for all the other mail. Just easier that way.</i> <br />
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In the meantime, A contest!!!<br />
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<a href="http://found-art.blogspot.com/">Beanie Mouse</a> is having a giveaway!! <br />
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Details <a href="http://found-art.blogspot.com/2011/04/prize-draw-give-away.html">here,</a> Last day to enter is April 29th, the drawing will take place on the 30th and the winner announced on May 1st. Should be fun! You guys should enter! :)Da_Meesh!http://www.blogger.com/profile/05537700927458891443noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5354115810909380510.post-37227379415412905932011-03-30T14:56:00.000-07:002011-03-30T14:56:00.579-07:00Japanese Junk and More!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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A postcard from Node Pajomo. Which, if you are interested, his next mail zine is coming out April 1st. I got his last mail zine and it was pretty awesome!!<br />
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WHO: PJM (no one knows his real name...)<br />
WHAT: Node Pajomo, a zine about mail, full of mail art calls, addresses, etc.<br />
WHEN: It comes out quarterly<br />
WHERE: Node Pajomo, PO Box 2632, Bellingham WA 98227-2632, USA.<br />
WHY: Because it's awesome!<br />
HOW: Send a dollar (cash or stamps) International is $2 USD per issue.<br />
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It's pretty cool and he's a neat guy. But moving on.<br />
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Mail from RUSSIA!!! This is from <a href="http://anniebez.blogspot.com/">Annie</a>. She's a neat gal. Sadly, it takes a month (to my estimates) for mail to go to/from Russia but it's worth it.<br />
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A closer look at the stampage!<br />
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I got TWO packages in the same day! (This was on Monday) And that's also a pc from Nicole and a letter from <a href="http://2011letters.blogspot.com/">Fatima</a>.<br />
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The big package on the bottom was from <a href="http://loveiscurry.wordpress.com/">Stephanie</a> and she sent me a bunch of Japanese Junk!!! Hooray!! <br />
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Stephanie was studying abroad in Japan for a year but due to the earthquakes, she was recently sent home to the States for spring quarter.<br />
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Then the other package was smaller:<br />
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I was so excited to actually see one!! It was in French though so I had to type everything into <a href="http://www.translate.google.com/">Google Translate</a> to understand it. The main thing holding me back from starting my own mail art call was not knowing how to document it so this was awesome. Yay! So I have to send him something truly fantabulous back. For sure.<br />
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More Japanese stuff!! For Mattea this time.<br />
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Letter for Bethany<br />
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And a birthday card for her.<br />
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And that concludes my barrage of mail pictures.<br />
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I've noticed that I've been very into Japan and pink lately. I don't know why... I mean, Japan is understandable but even before the quakes, I was on a Japan kick. And the pink... I don't know what's up with that. I think my brain might still be stuck on Valentine's day since I didn't send enough pink mail then... Shrug. Who knows?<br />
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As I read through it, it sounds like the presentation was positively <i>made </i>for mail artists!! (Click the above link if you'd like to read the whole thing, but it is very much like a script with few breaks. =P)<br />
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The presentation discusses what is appropriate for the U.S. postal system and what is not appropriate. What makes mail machinable or non-machinable. Mailable or non mailable. Things like lengthxheight dimensions and weight restrictions and aspect ratios! Oh my!What sorts of things you can put in envelopes. Why the post office rejects certain pieces.<br />
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Here is a quote: <i>"Sometimes when we are designing a mailpiece, we are thinking of what the customer will think when they open the item. This does not always coincide with postal requirements for automation."</i><br />
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Interestingly enough, many of the regulations are put in place to protect not only your mail pieces but also the post office's machines and equipment!!<br />
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It appears that the article was written for mass mailers and not so much mail artists but I think many of the things in the presentation could be applied to mail art.</div>Da_Meesh!http://www.blogger.com/profile/05537700927458891443noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5354115810909380510.post-65347432199083485912011-03-08T20:09:00.000-08:002011-03-08T20:09:20.596-08:00Don't Touch My Mustache!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZSTpkMD5R-iGOg0SmQsxKZHh2SSAtj80SxYgfHxwlaanomWUvXaZg1SGCAim_duGUsfe7A3oXat8pf9vKkOzX37bz3-Zl-8VVejxDQUmvee1YSSbUCuRVStCKTA3Owf5XoShZK6Mzyg/s1600/DSCN0049.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZSTpkMD5R-iGOg0SmQsxKZHh2SSAtj80SxYgfHxwlaanomWUvXaZg1SGCAim_duGUsfe7A3oXat8pf9vKkOzX37bz3-Zl-8VVejxDQUmvee1YSSbUCuRVStCKTA3Owf5XoShZK6Mzyg/s320/DSCN0049.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>In Japanese, to say "you're welcome," it sounds an awful lot like, "don't touch my mustache." (it's like doy toy mustafa or something like that... but don't ask<a href="http://translate.google.com/#"> google translate</a> because <a href="http://translate.google.com/#">google translate</a> has something completely different...)<br />
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So I thought I'd have a little fun and I made this postcard for <a href="http://loveiscurry.wordpress.com/">Stephanie</a>!!! I looked up how to write "don't touch my mustache" (the actual words) in Japanese. That's at the bottom of the card. At the top, it says "thank you" in Japanese. I had so much fun making the card.<br />
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I drew that mustache! </div>Da_Meesh!http://www.blogger.com/profile/05537700927458891443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5354115810909380510.post-19047792914859507312011-03-01T17:57:00.000-08:002011-03-01T17:57:24.851-08:00I Disgust Myself. And Mail.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I have been so bad about blogging my mail!! I've been taking lots of pictures!! But I've been terrible about posting! I'm sorry! :/<br />
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INCOMING:<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"> Valentine's Mail!! I sent out lots of Valentine's featuring Charles Dickens, my latest favorite author. I love him!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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And the Zine looks like this:<br />
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It's really neat!<br />
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More mail:<br />
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First mail out(s) of the New Year! <br />
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And-now that I got a camera for Christmas (this is the third one so far, and counting.), I can take pictures again! Yay! But now that I think about it, I don't think I have any pictures of the incoming... O_o Sorry.<br />
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<b> </b>To Milea! On the back I included the "Queen of Hearts" (who made those tarts) nursery rhyme.<br />
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<b> </b>Reply to Megs. We are passing a mail zine back and forth! It's very exciting. She has gotten me started on zines. I did one private one and I have another half-finished one which I haven't worked on in a while. I am really enjoying the process and it's fun to see what she writes in our zine every time I get her letters. It's called, "Making the Most of the Mundane."<br />
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<b> </b>Mail art call submission for "Eerie Sights" which I found at <a href="http://www.mail-art.de/frame.php?dir=projects:projects_list&doc=list.php&id=505">the Mail-Art Forum</a> . This postcard went to Germany and though it doesn't look quite like an eerie sight, there is a creepy story behind it.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b> </b>First letter of 2011!! (The others were sent in 2010)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> This one is for <a href="http://redletterdayzine.wordpress.com/">Jennie Hinchcliff</a> . She finally wrote me back in early December and I just now got to it. I think she is a pretty busy lady. She sent the loveliest postcard! (which I neglected to take a picture of!) The quote says, <i>"and one tall joker... scrawled upon a wall with his finger dipped in muddy-less--BLOOD. The time that was to come when that wine would be spilled on the street stones, and when the stain of it would be red upon many there...." </i>It is a quote from <u>A Tale of Two Cities</u> by Charles Dickens.<br />
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<b> </b>And last but not least, a reply for Nicole. As you can see from the corner, we've been sending this back and forth a couple times and adding onto it. It's great fun. You will probably see this in future posts at least a few more times.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">The back.</div>Da_Meesh!http://www.blogger.com/profile/05537700927458891443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5354115810909380510.post-77141134384837043522010-12-19T19:38:00.000-08:002010-12-19T19:38:08.413-08:00Out going<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> This is all the outgoing mail for who knows how long. Unfortunately, I haven't taken pictures of incoming and I've missed a lot of outbound mail but here are the pictures I <i>did </i>take:<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">And that's all I got for now...</div>Da_Meesh!http://www.blogger.com/profile/05537700927458891443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5354115810909380510.post-35545216765908283762010-12-13T09:58:00.001-08:002010-12-13T10:00:01.088-08:00Mail art!<div class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVPLFVgI5rOSCEfLeyYy4AZce0ariMZ0LOLbNxSKaTS5ZSywCO2Ij3_AHUDqSAK5bVU3nfwPvY0L05TpPLkZ0a_f2TlA_gI9g3Fq38dPh4Zmt1e8KKGU6-MfkDaALkCfdMi1LmNN4AoQ/s1600/1213101044_02-783797.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550227683025491058" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVPLFVgI5rOSCEfLeyYy4AZce0ariMZ0LOLbNxSKaTS5ZSywCO2Ij3_AHUDqSAK5bVU3nfwPvY0L05TpPLkZ0a_f2TlA_gI9g3Fq38dPh4Zmt1e8KKGU6-MfkDaALkCfdMi1LmNN4AoQ/s320/1213101044_02-783797.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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Mail art to sweden!<br />
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Sorry it's been so long. I haven't been taking very many pictures since my camera died. XP But here is one and I will post more later! (When I can locate my mom's camera...)Da_Meesh!http://www.blogger.com/profile/05537700927458891443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5354115810909380510.post-44441112543243855542010-10-31T16:20:00.000-07:002010-10-31T16:20:32.985-07:00A Temporary Decline and the Rise of NaNoWriMoOver the next month, there will probably be a temporary decline in the amount of mail I send out...<br />
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And this is due to NaNoWriMo (national novel writing month). The goal is to write 50,000 words of fiction in one month-which works out to about 16,67 words per day. I did it last year and finished with 55,000 words on the 20th but I don't have very high hopes for such a success for this year since I have no plan of action. You can find more lamenting about my plot in <a 10="" 2010="" dameeshdamonkey.blogspot.com="" href-="" href="" http:="" that-time-of-year-again.html="">this post</a> on <a href="http://dameeshdamonkey.blogspot.com/"> my other blog</a> Don't worry though! I will try my best to keep up with letter-writing!<br />
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If you're interested in finding out more about NaNoWriMo, it's a lot of fun. And its not too late to join the madness if you want to.<br />
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<a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/">NaNoWriMo</a>Da_Meesh!http://www.blogger.com/profile/05537700927458891443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5354115810909380510.post-75261120543778056312010-10-30T09:20:00.000-07:002010-10-30T09:20:15.703-07:00Desperate Times=Desperate Measures<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHi42CvcmmUyoDMKpOp423rKnWrv1QrVSVVqNxuuqnFlH-umlb0ogpILIpvHFxGqciqYpu7-QpEdQjuMTkZfP2t-wAyUYKP7W7Vzp0HEcClxunT3ZaHqrlytfs72xbjo84jzEea_xW1Q/s1600/IMG_1429.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="320" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532491740316956546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHi42CvcmmUyoDMKpOp423rKnWrv1QrVSVVqNxuuqnFlH-umlb0ogpILIpvHFxGqciqYpu7-QpEdQjuMTkZfP2t-wAyUYKP7W7Vzp0HEcClxunT3ZaHqrlytfs72xbjo84jzEea_xW1Q/s320/IMG_1429.JPG" style="float: left; height: 200px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 150px;" width="240" /></a> To begin, I apologize for my absence and you may rest assured that these "desperate measures" do not involve the use of illegal postage. ☺<br />
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Since I had school, I missed the mail man and wasn't able to send this:<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a fabulous birthday envelope that I sent to Christian, three days earlier than necessary (because I'm mean like that. ^-^) So, I walked to a blue mailbox (shown above) just so I could mail this letter. It was about 15 minutes there and 15 back- not such a long walk but still. I felt really awkward because it was right in front of a law office? (I don't remember what exactly it was..) But so I'm standing in front of this mail box and I have my camera out and I'm taking a picture of it! I so would've posed with it if there had been some one to take the picture and if it wasn't on a major street...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mail art call to a lady in Italy. Key to my heart. It says, "Write me a letter and I'll love you forever. Send me your wishes, your dreams and your thoughts and gladly I will give you my heart."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh95W9H-T-gOxSDTiNWKof6MabDivwOYQoy6eGw8OSiGB8Lh-6F6IdE8CsbFVjMQZzkVW3aBA0D2_iO8TCJ7EnOMDhVkIG1wnZ_wUbAMxyigCXDv37Q3aB9k4sGP7pWwlnNohYRWFVd1A/s1600/095.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh95W9H-T-gOxSDTiNWKof6MabDivwOYQoy6eGw8OSiGB8Lh-6F6IdE8CsbFVjMQZzkVW3aBA0D2_iO8TCJ7EnOMDhVkIG1wnZ_wUbAMxyigCXDv37Q3aB9k4sGP7pWwlnNohYRWFVd1A/s320/095.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Reply to <a href="http://pyneapplegrrl.tumblr.com/">Kyla</a> in Oregon. She is a new penpal. She is almost like my twin!! So this is supposed to be a Coca Cola bottle but also representative of the west coast... Yeah I know it didn't turn out super great but that's okay.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZQJR8bH6Agh5k0CEmCHOBF2eO1ml3YE0D_3nMYOdlxUi0DoIMiHUaOLdVMQwKgxrLDD-j7wGgR2oWc-i4_PdK8OQ6ND2FvSlv1_X2HH515eu8Tx50ZaPC9XARDnz7UmgvyvLry4Ti3A/s1600/091.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZQJR8bH6Agh5k0CEmCHOBF2eO1ml3YE0D_3nMYOdlxUi0DoIMiHUaOLdVMQwKgxrLDD-j7wGgR2oWc-i4_PdK8OQ6ND2FvSlv1_X2HH515eu8Tx50ZaPC9XARDnz7UmgvyvLry4Ti3A/s320/091.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> Letter to Christiana H. from <a href-="" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=5354115810909380510&postID=267282660746647291" http:="" sendsomething.net="">SendSomething</a> (I'm getting good at these html things!)<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This to my Aunt in California! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ReIq3RNbN0EGntjUP_fWdTbBdIntxyIV-0TQ1vbcJl3ipFqi9FicFL_8uhLz7YhCGU76VOzZ6CHZjI-GUJ_IhVuseWSqKi9G3nqioYAd8SOOX8uQaMBPFJEgDQ6_GILE3tnTkYq2xQ/s320/IMG_1324.JPG" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a postcard going out to Cricket M in Wisconsin. AKA Lisa. Also a S2 contact. She sent me a postcard earlier this week. Okay, so for this one, I used rubber cement, scotch tape (My BFF!!), <i>AND </i>staples to get those candy wrappers to stay on there. Believe it or not, it's true! *nods*</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>And last but not least, some squirrel post for Milea!! Goodness I love love loooove squirrels!!!! I really do!! It's an...obsession? I suppose you could call it that. But I like to call it a fondness. I have a special fondness for squirrels....Da_Meesh!http://www.blogger.com/profile/05537700927458891443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5354115810909380510.post-65630577828471592532010-09-16T11:56:00.000-07:002010-09-16T11:56:55.352-07:00Envelope Adoption Programme!<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://showonfire.blogspot.com/2010/06/yah-free-envies.html"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUNEaltMSJKB6b8qn0TzxbocRAjgJ9BVmNZBB-Qcs3qWB60jCoIrqp4wJ-IEA22ZMRZd4d5G4XjDOAZfUgaLaFUXmo62Mf_fPO6s_-AgWo9vKf0CPexd3D2Do1G3QMGH-KpHGqxMWjtDA/s144/circles_orange.jpg" /><alt="=" 0=""></alt="="></a></div><br />
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Miss five (aka Vicky) is giving away free envelopes!!! Yay envelopes!! Check it out <a href="http://showonfire.blogspot.com/2010/06/yah-free-envies.html/"> here!!</a> She is making them out of Hong Kong-ese magazine ads. Sounds super cool! More details on her blog.Da_Meesh!http://www.blogger.com/profile/05537700927458891443noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5354115810909380510.post-6554839638935775052010-09-16T11:51:00.000-07:002010-09-16T11:51:07.041-07:00Wow!!I've been procrastinating on posting for a little while but I am back!!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6QTYfmhUfu3HcA9QFNvC4vlPZsRvBUBO2HbxoKpTTHXWf2ca_IN_zIV0FeiflhX1G-lZ7jlfJfpB-pnGMTTaTg0TMM8XNQ5UTJBn9xXT-mD5v1nne9yFqx7dpEXmdh2hgABPeyf7Few/s1600/SDC11596.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6QTYfmhUfu3HcA9QFNvC4vlPZsRvBUBO2HbxoKpTTHXWf2ca_IN_zIV0FeiflhX1G-lZ7jlfJfpB-pnGMTTaTg0TMM8XNQ5UTJBn9xXT-mD5v1nne9yFqx7dpEXmdh2hgABPeyf7Few/s320/SDC11596.JPG" /></a></div>I got a reply from Megs!! It was so cool!! She sent me her zine!! It was so awesome!! I'd never seen a zine before that. She also used the coolest Nancy Drew stationery!! It was neat!!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">And that's all I have for now. I've been sending a lot of birthday cards out (we have like six september birthdays in the family.).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Also, things I've discovered:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Christian never got my bank robbing postcard!!! I am beginning to wonder what happened to it. My dad was like, "If the FBI show up here because of that, I don't want to talk to them." I think he was kidding but it hasn't shown up yet so I don't know. I didn't put a return address and I used a pseudonym ("the Secret Surgeon") so.... yeah I don't know. Can the post office confiscate suspicious mail???</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Also I found out that I can't use first class stamps on international mail because other countries can't tell the amount of postage it represents!! Boo! First class stamps is all I have left right now!! I need to go to the post office.... Thankfully though, my letter to <a href="http://loveiscurry.wordpress.com/">Stephanie</a> arrived safely. But I won't use the first class stamps anymore.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Over and Out and making more mail!!</div>Da_Meesh!http://www.blogger.com/profile/05537700927458891443noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5354115810909380510.post-36863625482238459702010-09-07T16:38:00.000-07:002010-09-07T16:38:35.324-07:00Yay Three Day Weekends!!!I wish I could say that all this loveliness that I'm about to show you is the result of hard toil over this glorious three day weekend that we just had.....but it's not. Some of it is from other days too I think. And I think the only bad thing about three day weekends is that the post office has the day off too! :( Nah they deserve it!!<br />
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Went to the P.O. box yesterday and got this amazingness from a lady in Wisconsin!!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> and inside was another envelope that she sent me originally but which was returned to her,</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I was so pleasantly surprised, I actually squealed!! ^-^</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">To Milea, my bestie. I wasn't going to do anything super special and then I came up with the idea to propose to her. It says, "Milea Dear? As I present you with these BEAUTIFUL doodled flowers, I have but one question: Will you marry me? (check one)" I gave her the options of "No" "Yes" and "YES 1,000 times!!!" and urged her to pick the last one. As you can see. I thought it would make her laugh.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">To Glen Von Runkle in Illinois, I sent a letter in which I described all the people in the lobby of the doctor's office from my last visit and wondered aloud (on the page) about people watching. Then I sent the letter in a prescription bag from Wal-Mart!! And also a sample of my favorite tea. In response to my mail art, my dad said, "Are you sure it's not just a way to get rid of your junk?" Of course not Daddy!!!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">My reply to Annette!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">a postcard to Miss Jessica in Big Bear!! (she is visiting out there and I promised to send her some awesome stuff.)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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"Meet me at midnight with the money at the opera house! Or else..." I really really wanted to send this to someone in Australia but I didn't just on the off chance that opera houses were actually open at midnight. But I wasn't sure so I sent it to someone from Send Something.<br />
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Then I had so much fun with the first postcard I made that I made this one!! "Lets go rob a bank. Usual time. Usual Place. Be there..." Sent to my friend Christian, I've been warning him about it. Usually my friends say "uh oh" when I tell them I will be sending something amazing their way... I wonder why? The meaning behind the postcard is rather an inside joke which would take a while to explain but he'll get a kick out of it.<br />
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And that's all I got for now. I'm working on some more mail. Got a letter from <a href="http://mattnlynsmoritz.blogspot.com/">Lynsey</a> today and it was nice. She and Matt are moving to Cyprus! I am going to have a penpal in CYPRUS!! Yeehaw!!!<br />
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Today I worked on a bunch of postcards but I don't know if I'll send them out just yet. (I like to keep them around for a little while before I send them out. Weird quirk I know.)Da_Meesh!http://www.blogger.com/profile/05537700927458891443noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5354115810909380510.post-81865986662449960172010-09-03T20:24:00.000-07:002010-09-03T20:24:25.103-07:00Mail Out this week<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>It's not that I haven't been taking pictures! Or not mailing! I just haven't uploaded them!! (and actually, I just cheat by leaving the card in there...)<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And finally, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNayCGbGFEcWviElxcbw9BVPmUm2PwljIHlmBaj_Ig9FfpWwLRhmJbrtfS_UUqyMzH1aJzi2NZkuSyQ9XWAdaN5uNPl96Ewd0QBoj4Vf3C-9ctk2F5AUVMfpVbxvGauUS8huUwDBxAkA/s1600/IMG_1269.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNayCGbGFEcWviElxcbw9BVPmUm2PwljIHlmBaj_Ig9FfpWwLRhmJbrtfS_UUqyMzH1aJzi2NZkuSyQ9XWAdaN5uNPl96Ewd0QBoj4Vf3C-9ctk2F5AUVMfpVbxvGauUS8huUwDBxAkA/s320/IMG_1269.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sorry it's sideways. This goes to Megs in Colorado. Found her through <a href="http://www.sendsomething.net/">SendSomething</a>. She likes stories!! So I told her an interesting one and included a doodle of my cat in bowling ball form. Yep. That's right! The cat in bowling ball form. Hope she likes it. Hopefully, I'll be able to get some more mail done this weekend. We'll see!</div>Da_Meesh!http://www.blogger.com/profile/05537700927458891443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5354115810909380510.post-4777142035851810642010-08-30T15:48:00.000-07:002010-08-30T15:50:47.495-07:00Lots of Exciting Stuff!!!Exciting stuff!!!!<br />
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Update from Japan!! Stephanie got my letter late last night (which was actually in the morning for her.) I tried to figure out how many days it took to get there but with the international date line... I got really thrown off. But I think it's about five or six days ish.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And finally, a reply out to <a href="http://apurplerat.blogspot.com/">Tara</a>. I feel kinda bad for taking so long with my reply but it's a nice long letter. And the theme of this envelope is the 2012 Zombie-Dinosaur Apocalypse. On the back it has various slogans like "Be Prepared" and "It's Coming" and "Respect the Reptiles" etc. etc. It's great fun. The <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEa59KoR-vi6e5ef2lcg9o1u5n4lZhNPqSPcVPJmIhWRCeKSEdngrN2Aa_EYEGELQv_1MbBILxcva57t48Bb0J2qkPyQjOaM9fUswW3xJlym6U7ceLBrfpHGpKiKm3mjLaTYryNe0ZbhU/s1600/SDC11305.JPG">original one</a> I sent to Kerri. They are a little bit different but same idea goin' on.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=5354115810909380510&postID=477714203585181064"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Now, it's kinda funny. All this food is a bit of a joke. I lost like five pounds suddenly in a short amount of time so she has been encouraging me to eat more food, more often. Particularly three meals per day (which I happen to be really bad at...). In her last letter she said, "Now don't write me back until you can say you've eaten a <i>lot</i>!!!" So on the back of the envelope she has breakfast, lunch, and snack... and on the front she has dinner and dessert!! So funny! I love Milea!!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">And also! I got a SURPRISE!!!!!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">I think that is all for today. I am working on some stuff that may or may not go out tomorrow... We'll see!</div>Da_Meesh!http://www.blogger.com/profile/05537700927458891443noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5354115810909380510.post-10312544464741105122010-08-30T15:24:00.000-07:002010-08-30T15:24:50.409-07:00Treasure Hunting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaMPHnAuZAMDvGvL4lfyPO5p0_dqC79i24XqhohWzEqGCBtiRmvdHm7qp8Yoey551J5ksdhxdVMNWmFJlnNTq8o_KzVmU0jiVzGDhPM1KnzsjbF5F194AbZW0kWo3Xy7AF6hIk-rNl7g/s1600/SDC11556.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaMPHnAuZAMDvGvL4lfyPO5p0_dqC79i24XqhohWzEqGCBtiRmvdHm7qp8Yoey551J5ksdhxdVMNWmFJlnNTq8o_KzVmU0jiVzGDhPM1KnzsjbF5F194AbZW0kWo3Xy7AF6hIk-rNl7g/s320/SDC11556.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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You have gotta love them rummage sales!!! On Saturday, we went to a place called the Swap Meet and basically it is like a GINORMOUS rummage sale. Or lots of little garage sales. Either way...<br />
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I honestly thought the day was going to be a bust until the very end. The last place we stopped by had this box of fun papery items. All sorts of black and white photos and cool postcards and old stuff!! It was very cool. I stood over the box sifting through it and picking what I wanted and such. Then I went through what I picked out and pared down some things.<br />
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I ended up buying what you see in the picture above. A handful of black and white photographs, some postcards (really cool ones!) from Kyoto, Japan and a Daredevil comic book (because it looked cool.)<br />
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You know, it is a very odd feeling to look through someone else's discarded pictures. You get over it after a minute or so but still... very odd indeed.Da_Meesh!http://www.blogger.com/profile/05537700927458891443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5354115810909380510.post-34206005010920710792010-08-25T07:26:00.000-07:002010-08-25T07:26:42.259-07:00Into the Wild Blue YonderHave you ever been...nervous to send out your mail into the world?<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFRNTZRu1E7Ud-syhbZ401KMrzRMiItuOoU1wAfCl5jtq5BFDLmfRaFqXLTK-3t5Du_cLK7aO-4bHaVnTPR_4rGtFN592-T2kMGlKJsi_RD5es6mtiq0JbviFA220sXARxY4gzD2aeyw/s1600/SDC11540.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFRNTZRu1E7Ud-syhbZ401KMrzRMiItuOoU1wAfCl5jtq5BFDLmfRaFqXLTK-3t5Du_cLK7aO-4bHaVnTPR_4rGtFN592-T2kMGlKJsi_RD5es6mtiq0JbviFA220sXARxY4gzD2aeyw/s320/SDC11540.JPG" /></a></div>This went out to my friend <a href="http://loveiscurry.wordpress.com/">Stephanie</a> in Japan yesterday. I was so paranoid about it getting there, I didn't do anything too crazy with it. (But since it so obviously lacked something--oomph, I arranged the stamps differently than I usually do.) And I am anxious for this letter to reach its destination since there are actually <i>two </i>letters inside!! (That's what happens when I'm deprived of an address for a month and a half or so..) Because I don't understand Japanese addresses, I wasn't sure which part to cover up when I took the picture so hopefully there aren't any Japanese creepers around. If anyone could enlighten me on the Japanese postal system, that would be awesome!!! I think it'd be interesting to see how postal systems work in other countries... hmm.Da_Meesh!http://www.blogger.com/profile/05537700927458891443noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5354115810909380510.post-81506158263224403042010-08-23T23:16:00.000-07:002010-08-23T23:19:59.404-07:00Happy Mail!!Was not quite as busy this weekend as I might have been but no matter.<br />
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Outgoing:<br />
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Incoming:<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRgtDM0SHP3ZJJ1o25puk7T910uLOtHKNjzjVZ_F5HMnxADGkEB-lCS-LpylD3X5EJzhOOFE8_xU6m0r17i6Ccz6rMbXWxwHHZ70dr8LmiLlknauH19eV4Z00dpKePIQ1eeUfNSgpvrg/s1600/SDC11538.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRgtDM0SHP3ZJJ1o25puk7T910uLOtHKNjzjVZ_F5HMnxADGkEB-lCS-LpylD3X5EJzhOOFE8_xU6m0r17i6Ccz6rMbXWxwHHZ70dr8LmiLlknauH19eV4Z00dpKePIQ1eeUfNSgpvrg/s320/SDC11538.JPG" /></a></div>This beautiful piece arrived in my mailbox today and I was absolutely thrilled!!! it was amazing!! <a href="http://apurplerat.blogspot.com/"> Tara</a> sent me this amazing envelope!!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD2BH6dvAZvUkks2m2xFEYXJQHHkHhyphenhyphenrZUeIP763OvGsEECX7anvD1L2FURb8F3yoD4uG4XDtuJ1BrCfe-mi_G3GgrCGcSDpiLE3P_lGsE8FixsqtxLAKQq8DZ7706LM1WB7SPZY-uuw/s1600/SDC11539.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD2BH6dvAZvUkks2m2xFEYXJQHHkHhyphenhyphenrZUeIP763OvGsEECX7anvD1L2FURb8F3yoD4uG4XDtuJ1BrCfe-mi_G3GgrCGcSDpiLE3P_lGsE8FixsqtxLAKQq8DZ7706LM1WB7SPZY-uuw/s320/SDC11539.JPG" /></a></div>The backside. It was so pretty and happy. I just stared at it at my desk for a few minutes before I opened it. In my previous letter, I mentioned that I was a little jealous of all my friends' awesome stationery (because I hadn't been much of a stationery person before as I wrote sometimes ridiculously long letters..) so Tara sent me some really cute stationery (thank you so much!!). You will be seeing it in the near future. It has some super cute owls and elephants. And I think I am asking for stationery this Christmas!!Da_Meesh!http://www.blogger.com/profile/05537700927458891443noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5354115810909380510.post-6106468317927718312010-08-17T15:50:00.000-07:002010-08-17T15:50:28.720-07:00Mail Time!!!Exciting stuff!!! No pictures of the incoming (cuz a lot of my friends don't really do mail art and sometimes seems kinda silly to take pictures of plain envelopes...just sayin')<br />
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But Outgoing:<br />
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Shoutouts also to Faustine and Melissa who I sent quick cards to.<br />
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As for the Incoming: I got three things today. A reply from Nicole for one of my <a href="http://theloveofmail.blogspot.com/2010/07/spiderman-mail.html"> spiderman envelopes</a> that I sent her last week. Also a thank you note from my friend Cassie and the awesomest letter from my friend Christian!! All in the same day too!! YAYNESS!!!Da_Meesh!http://www.blogger.com/profile/05537700927458891443noreply@blogger.com1