+ (via)
+ smoked cheddar and biscuits
+ scalloped dress hems
+ sunny rain
+ parks alive with people
+ peachy pink and pale blue
+ cutting and pasting
+ art by joseph cornell (via pp)
+ trying on my new swimmers and the potential for swimming
+ lingering sunshine at 7pm
+ scented nail polish (currently: revlon mon cherry)
+ the sound of my cat's bell as he runs through the house
+ when people are visibly happy to see you
+ when launceston smells like jasmine
+ everything-from-the-fridge-pasta
+ the smell of my paint box
+ flowers growing in the lawn
+ guilty pleasure television (currently: australia's next top model)
+ someone i'm happy to call my best friend
+ kimbra - vows (all these songs are glued inside my head!)
+ mini battenberg cakes
+ the loveliness principle
I used to write a lot of letters. Between late 2009 and early 2011 I sent over 500 items of mail. It was something I very much enjoyed (and happily documented here) but as you can imagine, I totally burnt myself out. Until today I hadn't written a letter in six months.
I have a slot-in-the-door mailbox. I usually hear the postman deliver my mail into it each morning because he seems to like to do it with a great deal of FORCE. I received a wonderful letter today from a girl named James in the Philippines - C found it about a metre and a half down our hallway. We should measure on the floor how far our mail is flung through the slot each day and see if the postman makes a new personal best. The letter James sent me really reinvigorated my feelings toward mail and connecting with likeminded people across the globe. So thank you James!
+ from James.
+ to James.
+ The recipient for this collage is a secret as it is a bit of a birthday card.
+ I sent two of these postcards to two of my favourite letter writing ladies in the USA. It was the most Halloweeny card I had.
I am slowly easing myself back into writing letters. I have finished university for the year and should have a few extra hours up my sleeve each week. I'd like letter writing to be something that I enjoy again and not something that feels like a full time job or something else to feel guilty about. It was hard to admit that I simply cannot reply to every letter always, or immediately. But I do love sending letters and that's what I'm going to do.
Image credit.
Today I signed myself up for The Sketchbook Project. In a few weeks I'll receive a sketchbook and will have until the end of January to fill it with whatever I like and then send it back. The thousands of sketchbooks that are sent back will then be exhibited in galleries and museums around the world. And when they're done galavanting they'll become part of the permanent collection of the Brooklyn Art Library for public view. When you sign up you have to choose a 'theme' - mine is 'Time Traveller'. I am super, super excited.
Want to sign up? You have until the 31st of October.
Use the code "ADDAFRIEND" at the checkout for a discount.