Tags: Hello Kitty & What I always wanted.....

Some wonderful HK items from Fadanothai (Valerie in Thailand)
Check out the pretty Thailand postcards!


Diddl "K" keyring from Solecito (Stasa in Slovenia) from the "What I always wanted...tag" - Thank you! "K" is for my daughter, Kayla!

This week's mail

I've been quite busy this week to do daily updates. Anyway here's what I found in my mailbox this week:

2 TAGS

-Christmas Tag from nedra (Onti in Finland)
Finnish greeting: "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year"


-Valentine's Tag from chimoy (Martha in Florida, USA)


Private Swap from Renegade_Cavalcade (Marie in Canada)

Marie picked up this card during her visit to the Philippines over the holidays. The card shows Magellen's shrine, cross, & the Lapu-Lapu statue in Cebu, Philippines. I'm so happy to receive this card, because I visited these sites last August when I was in the Philippines with my family.

And here is the 2nd batch of Birthday wishes for my daughter!
Special thanks to:
-huppu68 (Kirsi in Finland)
-Nowaglas (Jocelyn in New Mexico, USA)
-Margreet (Margreet in the Netherlands)
-Chimoy (Martha in Floriday, USA)
-pirittav (Piritta in Finland)
-AlliKat (Alli in Canada)
-Kevin2002 (Monique in The Netherlands)

Tag: 3+ Stamps from Sanna (Talas) in Finland

I received this tag yesterday. More Finnish stamps for my collection!



The pretty flower postcard the stamps are attached to:

Tag: Offer items w/ theme

Mail has been slow all week :P

Today I received a tag from Rraisa in Finland- Offer items w/theme - I chose.....Hello Kitty theme, of course! She sent me a nice HK notebook (notice the island theme!) & cute HK hairclips from H&M! Which reminds me....they are building the 1st H&M here in Orange County to open in the Spring! I can't wait!

2 Bookmarks Tag from Darcy (Emel in Turkey)

Not 2, but 3 bookmarks!



Thank you Emel!

Australia tag

US to Australia tag from Binky (Jenny in Australia)

Tag: Castle & Church

Castle/Church for Beach tag from Davynn (Jukka in Finland)
Orthodox church in Tampere bult in 1896



You Choose #2 tag from Violanie59 (Violet from Germany)
Neuschwanstein Castle

Mix n' Match tag

Mix n' Match tag from Pazzolina (France)
2 Postcards from France


Paris souvenier pin


I also received some delicious chocolates & papillotes....which I already devoured before I can even take a picture!

Tags: US, History, & Castles

Dec 2 - Just tag from blueyedpoet (Tanya in Ohio, USA)
She picked up this card from her trip to New York during the holidays!

I have been to New York....years ago when I was still in high school!
I definitely would like to visit again!


Dec 4 - Bit of History tag from Peramuru (Finland)
women washers @ the Stromfors factory


Dec 12 - Castle for beach tag from Ellia84 (Sabina, Czech Republic)
Old wood church built in the 15th century



US to US tag from TinyAuGoddess (Allison in Virginia, US)
I requested a nice view of Jamestown, VA. She sent me a nice one that not only had Jamestown, but also showed Yorktown & Williamsburg.
These 3 cities make up the Historic Triangle in Virginia!

Christmas Card & Stamp from Finland

Christmas card with Christmas stamp tag from Homine (Ada-Mari, Finland)
Front of card translation: "Christmas Joy!"


Back so you can see the pretty holiday stamp!
Translation: "Merry Christmas & Happy New Year"


*Addresses edited for privacy*

As you can see....I stamp each of my cards & record the date I receive them!

Thank goodness for TAGS!

We just finished celebrating our Thanksgiving holiday here in the US! I had one more thing to be thankful for this year.....POSTCROSSING!

US to Hungary tag from Sterika (Erika in Hungary) - Budapest Chain Bridge


Surprise Me! tag from Mandevilla (Cerstin in Leverkusen, Germany)

Tag from Malaysia

Your Hometown tag from Newrule (Nurul in Malaysia) - my first card from this country!

Tag & Thank You

US to France tag from Octabis


I received this card as a "thank you" from Piparix (Tiia in Finland)
I sent her an official card a couple weeks ago. This was a very nice surprise! Thank you Tiia!

First Tag Cards

Another way to get postcards is through forum "tagging". Most "tags" you will send a card to the person who posted before you, and sometimes you will send to the person after you. The idea is pretty simple once you get the hang of it. Each "tag" should specify this in the first post. Here are some postcards I received from forum tags this week:

Oct 28 - Christmas tag from bumblebee2560 (Robyn, Australia)
Surfing Santa


Nov 3 - Disney Tag from vixen (Karen, Finland) - Little Mermaid


Nov 6 - Europe to US tag from Mahako (Marita, Finland) - Turku multiview