Stamps, what else?

It has been a very slow mail period for me lately, 

so lets do a stamp update!

Finland

Winter greeting stamp featuring snowmen

by Janne Harju 

(2014)

Israel

Honey badger; first day cover

(2014)

Postcard from Russia

Only one piece of mail today,

this postcard 

by Irina Zeniuk

Anime love!

I just noticed these beauties never made it to my blog!

Time to set things right

I got them all in one swap 

Two postcards from the Netherlands

These postcards fell in my mailbox today

I am really happy because both roses and horses are

personal favourites!

This gorgeous rose came with several Christmas stamps

but that's for another post

 The horses were a "just because" card from 

a fellow postcrosser, I love it. 

Collecting Christmas stamps

USA

The Global Holiday: Silver Bells Wreath International Forever stamp (2014)

was created under the art direction William Gicker. Michael Owens designed the stamp and constructed the wreath, which Sally Andersen-Bruce photographed. Angelica Dennis created the bow.

I love the cancellation too! 

Poinsettia Stamp

classic holiday stamp with the bright and cheerful rendering of America's favorite holiday flower, the poinsettia.

All kinds of mail things

This tea was a resend from a swap I did via Swap-bot,

the card arrived, but the envelope was open and the tea gone.

The sender of the swap was so kind to try again.

This Christmas card arrived via a Postcrossing group

on facebook I am a member of. Look at the cute envelope

and extra stickers! 

And of course I also made some Christmas cards.

Hope that they arrived safely.

A great surprise in the mail!

I am back! Took some time off but now I am ready for 2015!

The first mail I received this year was a total surprise.

Not the best quality pic, but I had to be fast. Why? 

Well, the cat paw gives you a clue...

I got this great package from Nancy in Switzerland!

She hit the random button on Sendsomething and got my address,

lucky me! 

I got lots of chocolate, cute magnets, tea, 

a nice coin purse, a short story, a pretty pic

and a sweet Christmas card and letter.

The stamps are amazing too, but more about those in a different post.