^ Collage shoes by Hevs Illyria (via Good Mail Day)




^ A lovely letter and some goodies from Shelita. I now have $5US - a few months ago this would have been worth a lot in Australian dollars! I still find the fact that American notes are made of paper amazing!


^ Lauren sent me a postcard from the pack I gave her - very cool.


^ A wonderful Halloweeny package from Olivia in Quebec.


^ The print Allana gifted me, before I put it in a frame. Isn't it beautiful?! And it came with a Diana postcard.


^ A very sweet little letter from Susan in California.


^ Molly sent me one of her Disposable Lens Project cameras and I had the theme "home", which I found surprisingly challenging considering I have just moved homes/cities/states. I've since sent it back. A very cool project!


^ Californian lady Laura sent me a beauteous red-themed package. I have never seen the Emily Strange postcards before - I love 'em! And I love anything Mexican, so those Mexican lottery game cards are very up my alley.


^ Something a little Halloweeny from Melissa in Georgia.


^ Another delightful note from Rusty in Oklahoma. Zebras!


^ Amy in Brisbane sent me another expectedly lovely letter and this excellent ring I'd been eyeing off in her sister's very cool Esty shop - Your Organ Grinder.


^ A sweet note from Maria in Nebraska.


^ Raggedy Ann & Andy on an envelope with some pretty red things from Kirsten.


^ Another grand letter from Belen. Her letters make me very happy. I loved the faux wax seal sticker and the Hawaiian shirt inspired writing paper. Thank you miss!


^ The $10 zine grab bag I ordered from Bird In The Hand.


^ And last but not least - a stamped and addressed box of crayons from Lauren. Too good! :D I'm going to try to find something unconventional to send in return.

^ I rearranged the images on my noticeboard today and put up my new Frankie calendar poster.



^ My desk and drawers (not shown) got some much needed tidying today.


^ After receiving this beautiful print today in the mail by Cassia Beck of Lola's Room (a gorgeous house-warming gift from Allana) I took a walk to the op-shop (or thrift/charity store depending on what part of the world you're from) closest to my house and found a pretty awful looking brown picture frame. Some white paint and it looked much, much better. New favourite thing in my house.

I have recently returned to Swap-bot, one of my favourite websites, and thought I'd host a swap.

I rarely make New Years resolutions, but next year I have a lot of things I'd like to do and a lot of ways in which I'd like to change my lifestyle and I think that sharing those things with other people can help in some small way to achieving those goals.

This swap involves sending a postcard to two partners with your resolutions for the coming year written on them somewhere, front or back. I'll be making my postcards by hand, but you don't have to and you can include as many or as few resolutions as you please. Your resolutions can be as big or small and as varied as you like (eg. jump out of an aeroplane, eat better, take a photograph every day of the year, etc).

Sign up is here (addresses sent out 1/12/10 and postcards to be sent by 31/12/10).

^ gibson claire mcguire




^ A speedy reply to Jane's package which took 5 months to be delivered!


^ Nici has sent me so many gorgeous packages, I thought it was time I sent something back. However, it did feel a little like trying to buy a birthday present for the person who has everything - this woman's shop is dreamy.


^ A long overdue letter for Jennifer.


^ I picked up this little pencil case pouch at Sportsgirl and thought I'd fashion it into an envelope for Micaela. I sewed the zippers shut so nobody will be able to peek in and nothing will fall out along the way. I hope it arrives safely!


^ A little letter for Nicola in Scotland.


^ Something a little Halloweeny for Audrey in Malaysia.


^ For lovely Bea in Spain.


^ An extremely overdue letter for Julie after I misplaced her last letter in the move for months!


^ Postcards for Sara U and Sally.


^ A zine package bound for the Sticky Institute.

+ just in case you're interested, I still have seven freshly photocopied zines left from my last printing run;