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Snail Mail from Bayou Quilts

I've ordered some Save the Post Office Cinderella stamps from The Perforated Post! Aren't they cool! Perforated and gummed like real stamps. :) Can't wait for them to arrive.

I love both versions,

and I will, of course, continue to buy real stamps

and to send letters and postcards--

adding the faux postage from The Perforated Post.

Incoming Mail

What a delightful postcard from Zoe!

Made my day!

delightful

and from Carol

Outgoing Mail

postcards to the grands

to Bryce Eleanor

to Mila

More play with water colors and cartoon-y characters.

to Max

I was looking at images ...

added by jenclair 3 years, 8 months ago. under letters , mail art , postcards , video

August! from Bayou Quilts

Another month down. What a year this has turned out to be. Enough said.

I saw this quote somewhere that perfectly describes my situation: "Sometimes it takes all morning to get nothing done." :)

I've been trying to get more reviews written for the book blog. Patting myself on the back for progress. Any progress.

Incoming Mail

I love Connie's envelope with the embossed 4 cent Pony Express stamp.

And the snail. Of course, the snail.

Annie's envelope and card with Richard Scarry illustrations,

mail images, vintage stamps, and another snail!

Outgoing Mail

postcard to Erica de Massey ...

added by jenclair 3 years, 9 months ago. under mail art

Positive Things from Bayou Quilts

These Articles Make Me Happy

I'm interested in the environment and look for good news about how we affect the earth, like this article about rewilding in East Anglia. “We want to focus on a little nature everywhere rather than a lot of nature in one area.”

And a Wildflower Corridor for pollinators.

The first two are in the UK, but Texas (and probably other states) has an interest in encouraging wildflowers and pollinators as well: Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. You can also join the Million Pollinator Garden Challenge.

Some great inspirational quotes about trees. Here ...

added by jenclair 3 years, 9 months ago. under garden , mail art , positive things , things that make me happy

Mid-Week from Bayou Quilts

We needed rain, and last night we got it by the buckets full. Last night was a spectacular show of lightening amid the accompanying rumbling thunder, but this morning, all clear and a little cooler.

crepe myrtle confetti in bucket

Books/Reading

At certain times there will be a spate of new books in one genre. Lately, fantasy series have been getting new installments, and I've caught up with The Black Witch Chronicles by Laurie Forest, a spin-off series from Juliet Marillier's Blackthorn and Grim trilogy about the warrior bards of Swan Island, and I am now reading ...

added by jenclair 3 years, 10 months ago. under books , cats , garden , mail art , reading

Keeping Busy, but not always productive :) from Bayou Quilts

I have been on another attempt to straighten and organize my sewing and craft stuff. I've gone through my fabric stash and filled a box for Goodwill. Added some ancient Quilting Arts magazines and even some of my beloved Prims magazines. Started another box and filled it with more fabric and other miscellaneous items that were intended for various projects and will never be used again. (Sometimes items move back and forth from the donate to the keep pile and back again.)

Have to wrangle the chaos upstairs before I can play again.

Favorite books so far this month ...

added by jenclair 4 years, 2 months ago. under books , just for fun , mail art , reading , studio

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I found James Preller's Valentine to the Earth and loved it. (James Preller is an American writer of children's books including Bystander, Six Innings, and the Jigsaw Jones Mysteries. Wikipedia)

In this current world of bad news, do you look for positive news to cheer you up? Positive news is out there, but doesn't get a lot of attention in the midst of all the depressing news and events. I need hopeful. Sometimes desperately. When depression and/or anxiety threaten to overwhelm me, a few "good news" items can perk me back up. A friend posted the ...

added by jenclair 4 years, 2 months ago. under embroidery , hand stitching , mail art , valentines

25 Million Stitches and Snail Mail from Bayou Quilts

I finished this panel ad put it in the mail to 25 Million Stitches.

I have another panel started.

Incoming Mail

This beautiful card from Erin,
while she and the grands were in Colorado
over Thanksgiving.

Outgoing

I'm not sure what happened to my Halloween postcard to Suzi, but it evidently went for a long journey. I mailed it on Oct. 22, and she received it on Nov. 29. It should have been in New Orleans in 3 or 4 days, but who knows what adventures it had along the way. She was pleased to get a Halloween postcard ...

added by jenclair 4 years, 4 months ago. under 25 million stitches , embroidery , mail art , snail mail

Creepy, Crawly Creatures from Bayou Quilts

More Halloween.