Its a bear thing....

This week I was going through my things to sort them out and came across three packs of decoupage me to you/tatty teddy bears and forever friends bears that I bought last year to give away on make my day. Well I left it too late to do that so instead I decided I'll make some cards myself as despite them being for Easter some of them have a spring feel instead to them... its only really the eggs and hot cross bun ones that are Easter ones but I'm still going to make them and send them out as they are too cute not to and after all these are the Easter holidays so I could probably get away with being a little late.

 

I'm now not sure which one to make for my niece as she's turning 4 on Easter Sunday! I can't believe it and the time has flown by so quickly, I'm trying to savour my mornings with her, the little conversations we have and the demands she makes to do things but those days are slipping away too quickly... especially my mornings taking her to school as she starts full time in September and I doubt I'll be able to take her. Once I get a house I'll see her even less and I doubt she'll ask to see me.

She knows and likes Tatty Teddy  so it will be one of those.

 

The background paper is a pack of paper I bought today, I saw it the other day and really liked it but didn't get it. Today I went to get some more foam for these decoupages incase mine runs out as I only had a little left and when I saw this pack of paper again I decided it would fit in so well with these bears and so much more. I have managed to use a lot of my paper up but there is still a fair bit I want to use so I won't be rushing to buy a lot more just yet. Its just a little tempting sometimes.

 

Would you like one of these cards when I'm done, Maybe there is a bear you really like?

I couldn't help it....

I had to get a few things in a box again....

 It all started because I decided to order...

some origami lucky star strips. I was surprised at how small these containers were but they are still so cute. I was disappointed that there weren't all that many different designs of strips that I liked so I ended up making a purchase on Etsy for those as I've been making stars a lot lately and hardly have any strips left. I decided to order these plain ones as they'll look great mixed in with pattern ones.

 

Since I was ordering anyway I might as well get some stationery too....

I guess I have a thing about bears, some of these have been in my wish list for some time now so I'm glad that I now finally have them. The last one is a letter pad and its one of the cutest I've come across, I actually wish I bought 2 but I'm going to really enjoy writing on this one.

It wasn't all bears though as these 2 sneaked in too.

Again though my size bearings were out as I assumed the hello kitty bags were the little ones but these are big... its turned out ok though as I'm sure I can use them for something...

The brown ones I received as a free gift so someone will probably get something in it one day.

Lastly I couldn't resist

getting some stickers too...

I only hope to make one more tape purchase (I know I have a lot already but I have a voucher to spend) and then that will be it for this year if I can help it.

 

I'll have to apologise as always for my seriously bad photos but I'm sure some of you can understand how bad the lighting is still at this time of year... still this morning when dropping my niece off at school it was nice to walk her there in the sun even though the darkness has a special feeling to it also.

 

Have you made any great purchases lately?

It's a mail addiction....

This weekend I feel so rough and have the worse cold I've had this year so far, I don't want to get up but of course I have to.

*I made a start on a letter this weekend and it felt good.

*I signed up for a lolly pop journey prompt swap on swap-bot. I haven't taken part in anything on there for ages so I'm quite excited.
*I went to buy my lolly pop sticks and came across these reduced letter sets so I snapped 2 of each. Either I'll use them myself or offer them on make my day, I'll see.

*Received my P60 through the post looking like the postman had a battle with it. Probably wanted to know if I earned more then him!

*A lovely thank you letter from someone who had their day made. They truely made mine whilst they were at it.

*My niece stamped a letter and I love the randomness of it. I couldn't do it myself as I need it in the corners and straight.
*Taping my letter ready to write on.

I've had some random mail thoughts when checking mail related items on Instagram...

*Do you think letters should be posted on a blog that you have written for the world to see? Is it an invasion of your privacy or a friends?

*Do you ask permission of the person whose letter you post if you can show their name and address?

*If you send a friend a present are you happy with them sharing it on the Internet?

I used to swap FBs and never really thought about it in those days that I was sharing my address with the whole world. It just seemed fun until I started getting letters from prisoners and I wrote to one of them asking how he got my address so he told me the name and address of the lady who was compiling a list and sending it to them saying we wanted letters. I told a friend about it and she sent her many aggressive letters, I'm sure she changed her P.O.Box number after that. I slowly stopped swapping and then stopped altogether.....

Yahoo groups was a whole different kettle of fish as you knew that the people within the group were the only people who had access to those details and not everyone on the world wide web...

I don't even share my name on here anymore as 'some' of you will have noticed and that's not because I don't want my followers to know it, its just that its a really uncommon name that I don't want people from work appearing on here as there maybe times when I may write something out of contents and only realise later... its one of the reasons I don't have a facebook. I have to sign my letters as Bubbles which is quite sad as I want to use my name but its to stop people letting it slip out in comments etc...

As for my address I've only had one person do it and I still can't understand why as they blurred out their own address... if you don't like it why do you think I would? I do hope one day to have a P.O.Box number so that I can freely use it on here but right now I'd rather not anymore.

As for presents its a tough one, all my letter sets etc... are kept in one place, so I don't actually know what I received as gifts and what I bought. So if it fits in with a theme or I think a friend will like it, I send it but I don't knowingly re-gift. I have started putting labels on now though to stop me sending gifts on. All my sets are what I like which is why I bought them but also I use the same stuff as presents too. I guess I don't mind.

What are your thoughts on letter writing?