I have two big assignments due tomorrow but I'm sick and I'm considering just emailing my lecturers, exaggerating my ills and then following it up with a medical certificate from my doctor who hands them out like candy. Here are a bunch of Etsy goodies I have my eye on;

1. Post Script; a zine about postcards that IS a postcard 2. Lego Postman Earrings 3. Airmail Postcards 4. Mini Book and Letter Hybrid 5. Postal Love Magnet Set of 3 6. Ilona Art Postcard Collection 7. Mailing Labels and Stickers 8. Vintage Postmark and Postage Stamp Buttons

9. Envelope Mail Sorter 10. Flying Airmail Envelope Set 11. The Postcard Reclamation Project Postcard Set 12. Vintage Style Cavallini & Co Airmail Stickers 13. Atlas Map Envelopes 14. Hand Lettered Air Mail Envelope Seals


15. Recycled 45 Record Mail Sorter 16. Vintage Household Labels 17. Hey Mr Postman Coasters 18. Wooden Stamp Set 19. Air Mail Stickers Mega Pack 20. Postman Paper Doll


21. Mail Odds & Ends 22. Flight Notecards 23. Airmail Label Notecard Set 24. Airmail Hand Carved Rubber Stamp 25. How To Send A Letter Zine 26. Airmail Pendant

PLUS check these out. I reaaaaaaally want a pair. I think they were only a prototype but I really hope they released them;




Listening to: We're Mostly Made Of Water - Kid Sam
Consuming: White chocolate
Avoiding: Impending uni doom.

Apologies for the lack of posts - I'm darting back and forth between my house and my parents' house where I'm babysitting overseeing my sister and step siblings for two weeks until my parents return from Japan. Here are a few quick pictures I took of the town on my walk;


^ Home to the Dungog Film Festival.


^ There was a tractor driving down the main street and I laughed.

My sister and I were playing with the settings on my camera a few nights ago and made some pretty pictures with a lighter and a torch in the dark;


Incoming;


^ My Benevolent Postcard Society incoming for this month, from my own state! I love these Courtney Brims postcards, I think I'll have to buy some for myself sometime.


^ A wonderful first letter from Angelia. Wonderful stationery.


^ I am very fond items of mail from this lady. I love the style of her envelopes.

Outgoing;


^ A postcard order to Linsey. Envelope made from a vampire book.


^ A birthday card for my Grandma :P


^ A postcard order for Sharon.


^ A postcard order for Megan. Envelope made from my postcard collage printed onto card.

For the rest of the day I'll be trying to convince myself to do some uni work (uni goes back tomorrow, boo). I left all of my letters in Dungog in a big bag and drove my mum's car back home and now all I feel like doing is writing letters.

Happy weekend! :)

Remember this collage? I got a hundred postcards printed of the design and they arrived today in a big pack;



There's a bit of white space around the edges of the image, but other than that I'm pretty happy with them. Glossy-front, 100% recycled paper and with an address sticker graphic printed on the back. I got them printed through Vistaprint and they took about three weeks to arrive. I just listed them in my new Etsy store; $5 for a pack of 5 or $1.50 each, if you like 'em! I've only listed 5 of each, but I'll definitely put more up if you're interested :) I've only put those two listings up so far but I've got a few other things (stationery, stickers, zines etc) that I'm thinking about putting up there too. Thank you so much for your encouragement on previous posts regarding selling my wares! I really appreciate it :)

^ Yeah I totally stole my own graphic for the store header :P

To celebrate the opening of this little Etsy store - Mushab00m Bazaar - here is a teeny tiny giveaway offering for you;

Giveaway includes; one pack of 5 postcards, to two winners; lovingly packaged in brown paper and bakers twine and in a personally decorated package with a letter from yours truly.

To enter;

♡ Drop a comment right here and tell me - If you were to write a postcard to a celebrity, who would it be to and what might you say? To someone you like or someone you don't like? Something nice or something mean? Somebody current or somebody from the past? Interpret it as you will!

♡ You're welcome to tweet or blog about this giveaway for an extra entry (in another comment) but it's by no means obligatory. Just make sure there's a way to contact you! :)

Anyone is welcome to enter and I will draw the winners randomly at midday on Saturday 17th of April. Good luck and thank you! :)

Funnily enough this coincides with my 200th post and hitting 200 followers, celebrations all round :P

^ andy clymer.

Some lovely giveaways I've seen lately;
+ Biscuit's 'Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead' giveaway (ends 10th April)
+ Seablanket's April Showers giveaway (ends today at midday!)
+ Make Do and Mend's 100 followers giveaway (ends 14th April)
+ The Tea Children's 100th blog post giveaway (ends 13th April)
+ Cupcake Couture's Lisa & Jo stationery giveaway (ends 25the April)
+ The Perfect Compilation Tape's 'I Should Stop Whining And Be Thankful I Am Alive' giveaway (ends 9th April)
+ Coelho Culture's Happy Tape giveaway (ends 12th April)
+ Inside Of My Purse's 250+ followers giveaway (ends 23rd April)
+ Eww It's Nikki's 150 Mega giveaway (ends 18th April)
+ The Pink Hearted Princess' 100 follower giveaway (ends 31st May)
+ I Fly Like A Bird's stationery giveaway (ends 14th April)
+ That Unreliable Girl's Jordan Clarke card giveaway (ends 11th April)
+ January Wish's new art giveaway (ends 17th April)
+ Inkling's Oh Henry necklace giveaway (ends 12th April)
+ Roxy Shops' Sara Keyes necklace giveaway (ends 18th April)
+ Lilly Ella's Bagatelles & Co purse giveaway (ends 11th April)
+ Etsy It Up's Marie's Cottage notecards giveaway (ends 8th April)

So many beautiful April giveaways! If you enter all of the above the chances of winning something are fairly high, so sign yourself up!

Incoming;


^ In my last letter to Melinda I requested something she got for free, so she made this envelope from things she got for free. It looks fab! She also writes a great letter.


^ A beautiful little letter from Bella in QLD. She mentioned that she may be one of my youngest penpals/readers at 14 years old. I love that she included the note on the back that says 'Here is some tea for you to drink while reading this letter' (and I did drink some), maybe I'll drink the rest while writing my reply! I love the tiny squishy little doll she included too.


^ I purchased 25 yards of bakers twine cheap from California Craft's Etsy store last week and it arrived today. I am going to use any excuse to tie things up with this stuff. So pretty!

I'm developing a big Etsy purchasing obsession lately; too many gorgeous handmade cheap things! If you've not bought from Etsy before I definitely recommend it - I am more than happy to hand over my dollars to an Etsy seller than a corporation.

Outgoing;

^ C asked me to help make the packaging for a mix cd he was sending to a lady in the USA. I love printing on cds.

I went to help my brother with some moving today (he's moving back to the country town where we both went to high school, with his wife and baby) and this is what I wore;


^ So far it's been just cool enough to wear the coat, but it generally gets too warm during the day and I have to take it off. I'll probably get sick of wearing it once I get to chilly Tasmania in July; + Hand-me-down long polka dot dress, red Portland shoes, Romeo leather bag and C's fluffy handmade beanie he picked up in Tasmania (and has never worn because I always steal it).

There is some cool graffiti around our neighbourhood that I've wanted to photograph for a while, so C snapped me with some of it yesterday;

^ I'm so pale!

Stay tuned for next post, there's a tiny giveaway in the works!