Correspondence Blogs

So, earlier this month I sent a Harry Potter postcard to Shannon in Louisiana. Surfing some correspondence-y blogs today, I found my postcard! This made my day :)

The post I found it in.
And she has an Esty Shop.

Oborniki

Dominik from Poland sent me this postcard:

Received 31 August 2012

Sprout 2001

I received this postcard today from Yu-Hsin Chen in Taiwan!

She said how funny Barney is on How I Met Your Mother (So true!) and asked for music recommendations. Well! Here's what I told her: The Lumineers - Ho Hey, Mumford & Sons, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Johnny Cash, Avenged Sevenfold, and the Allman Brothers Band.

I love the card, and I would love to visit Taiwan someday. It's on my bucket list!

Persistent Frank

Frank, on postcrossing, sent me TWO messages asking about a pc he sent. I didn't get it right away, so he sent this one:

You can see the first one he sent here.

Ad mail?

strangest postcard
from Burak in Russia, who says:
"Hello from far north russia! Good luck and good mood! Happy Postcrossing!
21.05.12"

Amphiprion Ocellaris

sent to a friend in Omaha, back in April i think.
Clownfish have been my favorite since elementary school, way before Finding Nemo came out.

Is love alive?

Earlier in 2012 I received this postcard from Brittany Ukulele, who asked what music makes me cry. I sent this postcard to her August 11, 2012:

I wrote down 2 songs that make me sentimental (for clarification, I do not cry). The Harry Potter soundtrack, because it's all over and it was such a big part of me for so long. Also, Winter Song by Sara Bareilles and Ingrid Michaelson because it reminds me of my sister Jennifer. She lives very far away and I miss her very much.

Thanks Bee!

Way back in October 2007, Bee sent me this postcard:

It was a tagback for a postcard I sent her with a quote on it. She bought this hand-painted postcard at her local flea market.

Then in December she sent a Christmas card telling me to join sendsomething (Thanks Bee!)

I finally sent her something back in April 2011:

The Ranson, by John Everett Millais
Getty Museum Collection
Sent to Bee
Oneonta NY

Cellphonepostcards

Today I sent a postcard to Sylvie in France, using Cellphonepostcards. The first one is free!

I took this picture a few years ago in Omaha, NE. I was shocked that such a pretty place existed in the middle of downtown. I had always thought Omaha was terrible, and this was the first time I actually questioned that. Now that I've moved away, I realize how not-terrible it was, and I miss it very much.

Souvenirs

I happened upon the postcrossing blog today, and the most recent post was about unique postcards. I really like Femke's postcard with souvenirs from her country:

You can see more at her website.

Maps!

States I've sent to:

States I've received from:

States in general:

Countries:

Europe:

I'm shocked at the state maps, I though it would be more! Only 41% done. I'll have to work on that!

Maps made at World66.

Italian Landscape

Italian Landscape, ca. 1835, by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Sent to laura kirsop
Palmyra, NY
April 2011

Tractor

Pinhole photograph of the sender's daughter's tricycle, but she calls it her tractor.

sent June 2006.

Spookybear

I sent a Princess Bride postcard to a stranger, and she sent me back the Blue Brothers:

postmarked in Orlando, Florida, 18 June 2007

Underdog

Best of British Quirky Traits: 1. Supporting the Underdog
No 16: The Aye-aye. visit zsl.org/edge

I sent her a cute, weird animal postcard and this is what she sent back.
postmarked June 2007
from Dracolich

Paix

Personal Photo
From char tupone
Postcardx
Fort quarpelle, sask
2007

Zazzle!

Zazzle is fantastic!

Vintage World Map Postage Stamps by pixelholic
See more World map Stamps

and they have postcards, too!

Kitsch Vintage Retro Pin-Up Girl 'Paris Studios' Post Cards by curious_goods
See other Pinup Postcards

Grote Markt en Gildehuizen

from Elss in Belgium.

Too Late

FI-1401340 from Ari in Finland! "Too Late" by Kaj Stenvall. Received May 2012.

Recipe

sent to Michael in Germany, who like recipes. Postcrossing.
I said if he replied, I would send him a recipe. I can't seem to find his reply postcard (or if he did respond I don't even know). But I'm sending him a recipe anyway:

sent 8.11.12

Getty Art

Got this postcard years ago at the Getty in Los Angeles, way before I even lived in Cali. I really really like this postcard - I bought 2 copies so I could keep one and send one.
Sent June 2012 to Yulia in Russia. US-1735096

Happy Birthday!

This was sent to Ambra in Italy for her 1st birthday! Her mother Claudia asked for happy birthday messages on sendsomething. You can see all the cards she got on facebook. June 2012.

Porto

This is my first postcard from Portugal!
picture from "a 70s postcard depicting the streets (ruas) Passos Manuel and Sa da Bandeira in Porto"
sent Aug 15, 2012 - received Aug 20, 2012

Sent using touchnote

Recommended Summer Reading

from Juli, postcardx 8.9.07
Recommended summer reading:
 -The Golden Gate, Vikram Seth
 -Franny and Zooey, DD Salinger
 -Dharma Bums, Jack Keroual
 -Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Tom Robbins
 -Einstein's Dreams, Alan Lightman

Common Loon

Maine Wildlife: Common Loon, Moose twins, Black Bear cub, Bald Eagle, Bull Moose
14 Aug 207
postcardx
from Stephanie Q

I am Happy, That's All

From Amy Jo
St Paul, MN
19 april 2006

Pinup girl

from Brie E. in Spokane, WA
Postcardx

Postcrossing today

to Joachim in Germany:

To Lii in China (a new postcrosser!)

Yves Klein "Saut Dans Le Vide, Paris, 1960

To Thea in the Netherlands:

To Alexandra in Belarus:

New York City, 1982

All sent August 16, 2012

Oregon

from Geisha M, Oregon

Woman Strolling, by Georges Seurat
Sent to Geisha M
Eugene, OR

Even Fairies Get Headaches

<Get ready for another long one>

In June 2012 I sent this postcard to the Book Chick in Sunnyvale, CA, with a list of my 10 favorite things.

Marcelle Lender Dancing the Bolero in "Chilperic" - Henri Toulouse-Lautrec

She sent back this postcard with her 10 favorite things listed on the back:

She also sent an envelope with some art:

"Even Fairies get headaches"

A photo taken in Alaska

And some digital art:

"Hey Stud"

"Specimen"

I think I'll use these for bookmarks!

So today I'm sending her another handmade card and envelope from the Character Sketches book, along with a recipe and a Friendship Booklet (FB) for Mika in Poland. (I didn't know what it was, so I had to look it up; there's a good tutorial over at Squidoo)

I added some color to this one:

It's Launcelot Gobbo from Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice." I added the book's description to the inside of the card:

And finally, a picture of my new stamps. I was tired of the same old forever stamps, and asked the lady at the post office for some neat ones. So here are my new bonsai stamps: