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)

Trades from Animismi & Kisse

Here some other items I received yesterday through trades with other postcrossers.

I<3U Bears from Animismi (Laura in Finland)


Moomin card (MY VERY FIRST!) also from Animismi


Pretty stationary & matching envelopes from Kissa (Kaisa in Finland)


Also some Moomin pops (also from Kissa)


She also sent me a small box of Moomin candies, but I've already eaten them before I can take a picture! :D

I'm so fascinated by the Moomins! I see another collection in my future!!!

Flat Travelers Arrive!

My daughter & I signed up to participate in a Flat Traveler Exchange. Today, 2 Flat Travelers arrived in our mailbox! One is from a family in China (mingzhuxia) & the other is from my penpal in the Netherlands (Kevin2002) who I met on Postcrossing!

Flats arrive in our mail (addresses blacked our for privacy):


So we will be hosting our little guests for a couple weeks & show them around Orange County. Of course we have 2 Flat Travelers of our own on their way to visit families in China & The Netherlands for a little tour of their own! I'll try & post updates on how this project is going. For more information about this project go to FLAT TRAVELER EXCHANGE or check out YAHOO GROUPS: FLAT TRAVELERS

And here is a postcard that was included with the Netherlands Flat Traveler:


I also received a nice Christmas card from my penpal, Kevin2002, the same day:

Chinese New Year

A Chinese New Year card from YaYa in Taiwan

Inside the card:


YaYa writes: "Happy Chinese New Year! Red & gold are the main colors of Chinese New Year. The Chinese think that those two colors can bring you good luck. I wish you all the best in 2007! -YaYa"

How nice! Chinese New Year isn't until February, but it's New Years here in the states!

Trade from Geminha (Marta in Portugal)

3 postcards from Portugal

Jeronimo's Monastary in Lisbon (UNESCO site)


Belem Tower in Lisbon (UNESCO site)


Portugal Mapcard

Trade with Audbal3889 (Audrey in Virginia, USA)

2 cards from Audrey inVirginia

Trades from New Zealand & Thailand

Dec 10 - From Araya (Thailand)


Dec 14 - From Kiwikip (Chris in New Zealand)

From CarolinaRen (Renae in North Carolina, USA)

From a Children's Christmas Swap between my daughter & her son

Private Trades

Nov 14 - Cormier (Kristen in Florida, USA)


Nov 16 - Djanemicromax (Bianca in Germany)