I'm home!

I'm back from vacation, refreshed and relaxed, and have finished reading a week's worth of mail. I wrote a bunch of postcards on our cabin porch when I had some down time, and this adorable baby red squirrel kept hopping around me as I did so. Those of you that receive a postcard that references the squirrel, now you can see the culprit.



The cats were very happy to see us, and as usual, Soda claimed my suitcase as hers as soon as I walked in the door. (See the little brown mouse with pink ears on the floor to the left of the suitcase? That's hers, too.) Now I'm all unpacked, and I've finished the mountains of laundry, and my etsy shop is fully re-opened... but I've got house guests coming tomorrow, so diving into mail wholeheartedly will have to wait a little longer.

Are stamps from Singapore just always gorgeous?

These lovelies came on a package from Singapore. Here we have the Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot and the Cream-Coloured Giant Squirrel. It seems like every stamp I see from Singapore is positively lovely!

In a few days I'll be blogging about the contents of this package from Singapore: International Girl aerogrammes. You may notice I've added them to my Beloved Stationery list in the left column, because I've tried them out now - in fact, I've gone a bit nuts on them - and am just so blown-away impressed. (YES, they take fountain pen ink beautifully.) Anyway, I'll save the kvelling for the actual post/review, and say again here how gorgeous these Singapore stamps are.

Kirsten Ulve's Snail Mail

I love this stationery, actually called Kirsten Ulve's Snail Mail. Each page has a different design. Here are 2 of the 8 that I used in a recent letter:



And the back of the envelope:


And one more envelope:


Love this stuff.