Slow mail week

Only two wonderful days with mail this week

Thanks to Laura I have the Christmas stamps from 

Finland 2013!

I also received this pretty Christmas card 

from Germany, via P&L 

More Christmas

I received this beautiful Christmas card 

via a P&L swap

From Greece

And of course I made cards too,

you can never have too many Christmas cards. 

Lottery winner

Lucky me won this card from 

Shakugan no Shana

I watched most of the anime and I really like it! 

The sender used this cute Peter Rabbit stamp

Nothing much to show

As I had no mail the last few days.

But I made a card

And as they say;

"to send is to receive"

so I have my hopes up for the next few days

Favourite animal swap

I received this envelope via Swap-bot

"Favourite animal" swap

My partner loves owls as you can see,

and I love what she sent me! 

Wonderful mail art! 

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Two happy mail days

Tuesday

A nice letter with goodies from Asierleigh, U.S.A

Wednesday

Via Swap-bot

"Teabag and a Christmas card" 

From the UK

P&L 9th Bookmark swap

From Romania

A sweet letter with extras from Suzanne, the Netherlands

Mail art moments

But first, my latest Christmas card

 Christmas mail art

I coloured the envelopes with coffee,

cut up an old card

and used some paper stars from last year.

Mail art for a swap on swap-bot

"favourite animal swap"

I'm love how the back of the envelope 

turned out. 

I used a page from an old dictionary with words 

that start with "kat", not that they all

have something to do with cats, but 

it's the idea that counts. 

Postcard and new stamps

This card is sent from Lithuania, but is a view from Tibet. 

Jokhang Temple roof top and in the background  Potala Palace

This is the Postcrossing stamp 

Lithuania Post released in October! 

And the Belgian Christmas stamps are 

available for 2013

Lovely incoming

I received a nice letter from Tessa today!

I'm ready for Christmas

Well, I should be anyway,

but to be sure I'll continue making cards. 

Postcards and a little peek in my stamp order

 Flower Postcrossing card from Taiwan

Meeting card from the Netherlands

 "Goodbye Guilder stamp"

From the Musical Instuments Museum

collection of accordions

(set of 5, 2007)

Birthday jubilee 500 years  

Holy Roman Emperor Charles V 

at the age of 40

(2000)

Mail from Singapore

Five teabags for my mom,

 a postcard  and tags for me. 

As it was a tea swap, I'm extra happy with that bonus!

Thank you Raven

Sorry for the weird angle, but it was the only way to get a pic without white spots from the flash

On the right: "Areas of historical significance in Singapore" 

set of 4, 2011

Taman Jurong is a residential precinct in Jurong, Singapore. It is one of the oldest residential precincts in Singapore. 

Middle: "48 years of independence- our journey together"

set of 5, 2013

In 2015, Singapore will turn 50. To mark the Golden Jubilee, a series of three sets of commemorative stamps will be launched from 2013 to 2015. This first set - celebrating 48 years of  independence - showcases examples of what have  Singaporeans shared, overcome and achieved together.

On the left: "Pond life - flowers, insects, animals"

set of 10, 2011

Mail I received earlier

 A wonderful letter from Kathinka

She also gave me the pretty bookmark. 

I love the stickers she used! 

And this huge card / letter is from Suzanne