Valentines for my Valentines

Finally dusting off the Silhouette this year to make cards and these are the valentines I made for over 20 pen pals. Two lucky pen friends had chocolate candy in their cards, but one lucky girl who goes above and beyond to give to others received this card below with my favorite candy of all time!

Holiday cards Received

Besides sparkly holiday lights and festive music, my favorite thing about the holidays is the mail and cards I receive! So far this year I have been blessed with great friends and family who have not forgotten to let me know that I am in their thoughts. May all of you have this same inner joy and happiness from someone who thinks and cares for you. :) Have a wonderful holiday season.

 Merry Christmas! 

Thank You, Kim!

Another delightful surprise I found in the mailbox today was this beautiful postcard of a Bull Moose from my new pen pal Kim. Isn't he majestic! I just love Happy Mail!

Deco Envelope 5

Another doodled deco envelope for a pen pal. I hope she likes it. I added more to it but didn't get another photograph taken. I added grass around the tent stakes, and I stamped Snoopy carrying a letter passed the fire. I have bought stationary but I wanted to add some fun to the letter that my new pen pals receive. Since starting the pen pal group I have tried to send each of my pen pals a hand written letter on regular lined notebook paper and included a deco envelope. For the first few pen pals that I missed, I plan on eventually doing something for them like this to mix it up. I want to send something fun and different every time so when they see my letter they immediately smile!

Pen Pal Envelope 4

Really wanted to decorate my latest pen pal letter with a Fall theme. So I decided Pumpkins and spiders were perfect!

Red Envelopes

What an awesome day it is when you can get some retail therapy in at your local craft store. I went for yarn but I came out with more than yarn, like these adorable red stationary. You cannot see the stationary, I know. But look at these pretty red envelopes! I also found the sticky back ribbon and an Opaque marker. This would look great on holiday cards! The stationary was only $1! The pen was the most expensive item I ended up purchasing on this visit. Two special pen pals will receive my letters on this newly purchased stationary! As for the spiderman stamps, I did not pick those out, the Post Office Kiosk gave me them...lol!

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Pen Pal Envelope 1, 2, & 3

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I have searched across the internet for Pen Pal ideas and one of the first ideas was decorating my boring envelopes and turning them into something that any of my pen pal recipients would be overjoyed to receive in their mail boxes!  So these are the first two I have made and will be mailed very soon!

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