Cheer up!

I saw this and had to share, so adorable. (click the photo to see it bigger)

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Washi tape, airmail stickers and craft supplies

Some washi tapes, retro airmail stickers and other supplies, like vintage game pieces, die cut paper and scrap bags available at Brinner Supplies

I've recently found some pretty cool stuff that unfortunately I can't or don't have time to use in my own crafts. Some are vintage finds, others are newer but something I simple don't have the time for. I've listed them all over the supplies shop. Hope you find something good!

Artwork

I know I talk about Montreal all the time and how much I love the city. I just can't get enough of the amazing looking buildings we have here. I want to show you one I walk past several times a week.

This one is amazing and not just because of the massive artwork that's on the side. As far as I can tell it's a residential building. I love the windows on the top floor. Now that I'm looking at it more closely, I wonder if there's something fun on the roof too...

Here's a closer look of the painting as well. It's the girl's hair that flows toward the front of the building. I understand that some people really aren't fans of buildings looking like this. What do you think? Yay or nay for artwork on the outside of buildings?

Hot and humid

Here's the current temperature in my place.

After living in Finland for ~25 years, I'm not complaining though. I still sometimes feel like I'm on vacation when it's warm and dark at the same time!

Making it a good mail day

I love getting snail mail. The 'old fashioned' kind, in envelopes and with stamps. I also really enjoy sending it and I often find little things I want to send someone. I have a ton of old school stickers, airmail, letters, numbers, address labels, you name it. And I have a huge selection of envelopes, both bought and hand made.

And some how when I think of sending a letter, too often I'm missing something I need or just couldn't find that thing I wanted to send. It gets frustrating. So, I've decided to put together a box just for writing supplies. And, keep it separate from my business mailers. Those are in one place and I have a pretty decent system for mailing orders out.

This is purely for personal correspondence (sounds better than "when I feel like sending weird stuff to people"). I really hope this will help me getting a lot more mail out there. I'm doing another major organizing project, so I'm collecting things into the box as I find them. I'll post more details about some of the cool stuff I'm using later. I also have a few mail related experiments I really want to try out, more on those as well.

Do you still send snail mail? Do you have a lot of supplies? If so, how do you keep them organized?