Some arts & crafts

A few weeks ago I made a Pinterest account.

I see lots of pretty things, interesting things, 

but lots of useful things... no (not yet?).

Some of the ideas I already 

made use of though. Here they are... 

Simple mail art

And the first Christmas card of the year!  

Postcard from Ukraine

 The last postcard of the week is a nice card from Ukraine. 

The girl is wearing a headpiece inspired by the Ukrainian wreath or vinok.

Mail I received so far this week

Monday

Finland

Germany

Zicht op Stade

View on Stade

The Netherlands

 Tuesday

My stamp order, the stamps for 100 years KMI 

are treated with special ink which becomes transparent

at a temperature above 25°C or when you place your finger

on it. 

 Wednesday

USA

Illustratie door Richard Doyle

Illustration by Richard Doyle

I also received a letter from my pen-friend Mel

Mail update

A nice letter from Japan, thanks Takeo!

With postcards from Kyoto and Tokyo

A holiday postcard from Suzanne.

Madeira, Portugal

With some nice stamps

Swap from Taiwan

I received a wonderful swap from Taiwan today!

K-pop postcards! 

Some sweets, coins, stickers 

and a cute paper tissue.

Snail mail on a rainy day

A cute Postcrossing meeting card from the Netherlands

Thank you Janet!

50 years jubilee stamp Jan Linders

And a surprise envelope from Singapore.

I can't read the name and there is no return address

but thank you very much! 

Tea swap from an angel

Because I got flaked by one of the senders from a tea swap,

Lianne was so kind to angel for me. 

As you can see the envelope arrived in a "sorry your mail got damaged" bag.

The sides of the envelope were open and the back was torn...

But! as you can see, tea and note arrived safely. 

Manga mail art

Manga mail art

and yes, I cheated a bit with the left drawing.

But it was the only way to "erase" my mistake.