Happy Mail :)

Hello again everyone! Three posts in one day... isn't that just amazing (anyone who actually knows me knows that this is a rare occurrence and it probably only happened because I try to schedule posts ahead of time! Haha.

Anywho, this post is all about the happy mail that I recieved last night upon reaching my parents house!

* The t-shirt is a print from an artist I follow on Facebook named Karen Hallion. She loves taking Disney Princesses and mixing them with Doctor Who (as you can see). She is FANTASTIC!

My new Canon Rebel T3 Camera for school. I am pretty excited for it!!! I also can't wait to use it for my photography business. I used a T1 version of the Rebel and loved it and I have played around a little with this camera since I got it and love it!

Happy Mail from my friend and pen pal Kathy! I love the male and female paper clips and the "he said" and "she said" mini cards! I think my favorite ones are the snail mail card and the black card with the flower type design on it! I can't wait to respond to her letter (which is in the big card)

Mail from Kristy! I absolutely love the big cards she sent me with a sticky note that said "since you're going to Germany I thought you could use these". They are fantastic and I can't wait to read her Mail Tag questions!

My newest pen pal Tiffany sent this lovely card. She handmade the card! I wish I could do that!!!! I need to learn to make cards and stuff like these ladies do because I am super behind the power curve on this craftiness.

 Last but certainly not least is my letter from Krista, also a new pen pal! I think my favorite part of the whole thing so far (haven't read the letter yet cuz I was half dead last night due to exhaustion) was either the way she folded the mail tag responses or the Minni Mouse cut out! They are absolutely fantastic!


I have some pretty awesome pen pals and I need to get better about blogging about the super stuff they send me. These ladies are all pretty inspiring and I need to step up my game on my replies and such. I'm gonna ask my mom for help on that because she is super crafty too! Kinda jealous!

Well, I am off to get ready for today's adventures! Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

#30 Days of Lists: 2

This topic is actually one of my favorite ones (I've seen the whole list due to my PCS and having to schedule posts ahead of time. :) ) simply because I do so love all my pen pals (and I really need to catch up on letters tonight! I'm WAYYYYY behind!)

☺ Quirky

☺ Crafty

☺ A Nerd, Geeky

☺ Smart. Silly, Awkward

☺ A Lister

☺ A Loyal Friend

☺ Hardworking when I need to be

How would you describe yourself to a pen pal?

So I think I have kind of figured out how I want to include these lists in my Project Life. I need to print out all the list titles and just glue to them to my blank white cards and just write my lists in pretty handwriting from there. Unless I find specific cards that I like that would go with the prompt of the day!

Speaking of pen pals- Here is a picture of my happy mail from last night:

The T-shirt is a Karen Hallion Print combining Repunzel from Tangled and Doctor Who

My new Canon Rebel T3 camera for school

Letters from Kathy, Kristy, Krista, and Tiffany

 I'll share a post on each of the letters today as well (I wanna play with my new camera)

Like I mentioned in yesterday's post, I drove to Florida yesterday. It was about a ten hour trip all together and it SUCKED. This was the first time I made the trip by myself and I tried to make it in decent time. I only stopped like three times for gas and once because my leg was killing me. I got home just after 6pm because the traffic in Tampa sucked due to construction. I spent several hours on the phone with my mother just to give myself something to do other then falling asleep at the wheel. It was kind of entertaining.... Not looking forward to making that drive back on Tuesday either!

Handmade Series- Envelopes

I thought I might start a new blog series, since the point of this blog is crafting, and share my handmade envelopes. They are mostly used for pen pals, but I think I'm going to make them for my scrapbook and to send cards and stuff home to family and friends.

 These were my first attempt at making my own envelopes. I took one I had bought, opened it up, traced it onto the red paper on the bottom left, cut it out, and glued it together. I quickly fell in love with being able to make my own envelopes! Plain ones are so boring!
The airplane one and the one on the right are made from scrapbook paper, the red one is made from Christmas stationary!

 More scrapbook paper adventures.

 Kinda crappy picture... but these are all made from some random pad of 8.5" X 11" blue and brown patterned scrapbook paper. Rather fond of how these turned out and almost don't want to use them. Haha.

This was my first attempt at decorating a plain envelope. I saw the idea on Pinterest ((see my pen pal board)) and wanted to give it a try. I wrote her name in a blue cloud, mine n some odd shape, and the drew the hearts. I then decided to add lines to it... dunno why.... but I love how this one turned out and I was slightly sad to see it go.

Do you make your own envelopes or decorate plain white ones?