Let It Snow!

This week I received a lovely holiday card from Caroline in France!

And hopefully soon I will get caught up on my backlog of correspondence and reply!!

Swap-bot Top 10 PC swap #6 - Places to go

From Florence in CA. Her list:

My postcard to Susan:

my list:

swap-bot quotecard

Karla from Georgia sent me a quilt postcard!!! This is definitely one of my favorites!

I told her I'd send her a photo of my first amigurumi since she encouraged me to try it :)

Her quote was a "Star Quote" cut out from a magazine:

"Love is fascinating. Wishing for it, pining for it and the anger that comes when you lose it. I used to think that I could figure out some pattern to love, like if you don't text a guy back for a half-hour, he'll like you more. But there is no pattern. Absolutely nothing is predictable in love." - Taylor Swift

Swap-bot Top 10 #5: Food (Ingredients)

I sent this one to ATCfan:

here's the back, with my list of top 10 ingredients:

And here's what I got from Mamabemus, A cupcake postcard!!

Her list:

The only thing we had in common was tomatoes :)

Holland

From Yasmine in Holland:

11 year-old Yasmine loves animals!

Vintage Postcard of the Week #10

#10 - A Joyful Easter

Front:

Back:

A Joyful Easter sent to Miss Mary White in Lushton, Nebraska
(I had to look it up. There might be 10 houses. Seriously, look:)

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"From your cousins Isabelle, Sarah, Sam (?), and Margaret"
Postmarked April 1911 in Peru Nebraska.

On an aside, My paternal great-grandmother's maiden name was White, and she was from Peru. Wouldn't it be neat if I were related to whomever wrote this card? Gives me the chills.

Vintage Postcard of the Week #9

#9 - Norwich

Front:

Back:

Norwich, NY postcard from Ethel to Miss Lilly in Meriden, Connecticut May 17, 1904?

"Dear Lilly,
I thought I would send you a Norwich postal. I hope you are well. Love to all, Ethel"

Vintage Postcard of the Week #8

#8 - Tuck's Happy New Year

Front:

Back:

Raphael Tuck & Sons "New Year Postcards" Series No. 145
Art Publishers to their Majesties the King & Queen
Printed in Saxony (probably why some of it's in german; i.e. "postkarte")
by Appointment

"Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! From Marcella."
Sent to Miss Frances in 1910

***I love the coat of arms in the top left, it was used by the Tuck company for some time. The animal on the right is a Unicorn!
Tuck is one of the most recognized names in postcard publishing.  They produced a wide variety of cards and published an enormous amount of valentines.  The company began sometime in the late 1800s, founded by Raphael Tuck.  Designing was done in their London offices, while the cards were printed in Germany as were many of the cards produced prior to WWII. (source)

 I found many more Tuck cards at this site.
I especially like this one:

Fabric

So occasionally on here you've seen scraps of fabric that people have sent. That's because I've asked for scraps to make a quilt, inspired by this one:

It was made from scraps from her friends around the world.

Isn't that awesome?

So that's what I want to do!

Shivling

My very first swap-bot swap, for Newbies, was also Ayesha's first swap, and she sent me back a postcard!

"The Shivling Mountain which is of great significance in the Hindu mythology."

From wikipedia: " Its name refers to its status as a sacred symbol of the God - Lord Shiva's Shiva Linga."

Vintage Postcard of the Week #7

#7 - Boating on Shawnigan Lake, Vancouver, B.C.

Front:

Back:

published by T. N. Hibben & Co., Victoria, B.C.
Apparently this company published picture postcards from 1902 - 1914 (source).

sent from Vancouver on April 23, 1910 to Wisconsin.

The torn-up back is why people should never glue postcards into scrapbooks. Grr.

Swap-bot Thriftstore Find

Received my package for the Thriftstore Find #30 - USA swap!
It's from Sherry in Pennsylvania!

This is the front of the card

She took this picture last summer.

I love it when there's a note or letter with the swap!

Thanks for the letter!

Fabric for my quilt!!!

Both are vintage cotton.

A blank postcard:

Ornamented column, Archaeological Museums, Istanbul.

Marble, Byzanz, 5th c.

And the actual thriftstore find!

A pitcher and vase, super adorable.

I already put a flower in the vase, and I think the pitcher will be for creamer :)

Sorry for the terrible photo.

She also sent an owl card with envelope, but I plan on actually using that so I'll post it when I send it :)

And she recommends the book Modoc, a true story about a boy and his elephant.

I swap with Swap-bot!

Swap-bot Getting To Know You

This swap only had 1 partner each, and you were to write a letter answering a series of questions, and include a gift for that person. I sent a handwritten letter to Jana, included some of my vintage paper for her paper-crafts, and sent it in a handmade envelope.

I was SO outdone!

Kristy sent me a typed letter, and included a TON of stuff! In addition to a tea bag, she sent me all this stuff:

Some book recommendations on the back:

A hanging quote:

Two postcards based on the work of Isabel Samaras:

look closely at her "fur" wrap

And postcards she designed on photoshop:

I especially love this last one.

I love anything gnome :)

Vintage Postcard of the Week #6

#6 - The Automobilist

Front:

Back:

Artist Katharine Gassaway
Copyright 1906 by the Rotograph Co., N.Y.


Sent to Sam O'Connor in Creston, Iowa
"Sept. 1-1909
your momma and the girls left this morning for Williamsfield.
-Suella"

Postmarked from Chicago Illinois

Postcrossing this week

From Stefan in Bielefeld, Germany - the city that does not exist, "The Bielefeld conspiracy."
He saw the Rolling Stones in 2003!

"Es ist schon alles qesagt. Nur noch nicht von allen." - Icarl Valentin, German artist 1882-1948 ("It says it all, just not all.")

From Olena in Lviv (Ukraine)

La Fachada

Three postcards in my PO Box Today!

1- Erick sent me a postcard from Costa Rica. I sent him a Denver Postcard last month. Thanks for the tagback!

2- Another swap-bot postcard! This one is from Raven in Singapore! Her Top 10 TV Shows, some of them I've never even heard of.

3- A postcrossing user from Mexico! I think this is my first ever from Mexico. He even wrote to me in Spanish :)

Swap-bot quotecard

A Wyoming postcard from Susan. Her quote:
"Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the gardeners who make our souls blossom." - Marcel Proust

Swap-bot October birthday postcards

Here are my three birthday postcards from swap-bot:

From Danielle in New Hampshire:

1990 Malcolm Tarlofsky photo-collage

From LaDonna in Nebraska:

LaDonnaTwinMom lives about 100 miles from my hometown, and teaches on an Indian Rez!

From RY in Austria:

Handmade! RY is a bookseller, and wrote down some reading suggestions:

The Night Circus

Ready Player One

Sydney Bridge Upside Down

YAY October Birthdays!

Vintage Postcard of the Week #5

#5 - Dear Brother

Front:

Back:

Sent to Ralph Maddin in Tecumseh, Nebraska on November 16, 1908, from his brother Harry
I'll try to get it all:
"Dear Brother, will write you a few lines for a change in the weather. how do you like shucking corn for Eisent***. do you have lots of fun. How much do you shuck in day. how do you think you will like it even in this part of the country. I wish I had a good piece of corn to shuck, you may get a chance to work with me a few days in the store Thanksgiving Day. I may see you in a week or so. must close. Harry E Madd."