To and from Ivana

This is the Moomin card I sent to Ivana

and this is the beautiful card which just arrived from her

Win in Missive Maven Postcard Giveaway

I was lucky in Ilona's giveaway 

http://www.missivemaven.com/2011/08/postcard-giveaway-in-honor-of-my.html 

and won a set of her lovely cards, which she sells in her Etsy shop

http://www.etsy.com/shop/MissiveMaven.

The cards arrived in this envelope. - I love the stamps and the stickers! 

Thank you so much Ilona!!!

Elle, Roses and Marjolein

This wonderful rose letter arrived from Elle. I love the composition of the "rose is a rose..." text, the big pink rose, the rose stamps, the label around my name and the matching fabric in the left side of the envelope!

Part of the letter was written on Marjolein Bastin paper.

Elle had also by herself made me a Marjolein Bastin scrapbook.... 

...with Marjolein Bastin stickers. - So lovely!

She also had attached these gorgeous flower pictures.

Thank you so much Elle!! See you in the mail! :)

Fairy Package

Peggy likes fairies, and when I saw this small package in our post office I just had to buy it for her.

I was happy they were still also selling these fairy stamps.

The package is made to be perfect size for a small chocolate bar, so I bought one though I was afraid it will totally melt on it's way to USA. 

I attached this small letter which I decorated with water colors.

What an Inside Pattern!

This is the lovely letter I got from lovely Ilona. :)

There was this beautiful address label at the back side of the envelope, so to not to destroy it, I opened the envelope from the top with paper knife...

and destroyed this gorgeous inside pattern of the envelope!

As you see, I then finally opened the letter from three sides to see the pattern better.

This beautifully the pattern would have continued if I wouldn't have opened the envelope as I did.

Really beautiful!!!

Birthday Card

I had my birthday yesterday and got this beautiful card from Ivana.

Many people say that Finnish stamps are nice, and I agree, but I really like also Czech stamps a lot! 

Sissi Letter

This is my latest letter to Elle.

I made the note paper by using ink and water color to present our new kitten, Sissi.

Elle loves gardening so I took some actual pictures in our garden and made a small booklet of them for her.

Then I decorated the envelope in the same style as the booklet.

Elle has also posted about this letter at the end of the post 

http://artofaletter.blogspot.com/2011/07/one-very-happy-mailbox-incoming-mail.html 

in her lovely blog.