Fun Mail Saturday

What is Fun Mail Saturday? That sure grabbed your eye, didn't it?  ;)

I have been showing some of the fun mail I get during the week here on my blog.
But I am changing things a bit, and will now do a MAIL CALL MONDAY video on my YouTube channel.  I just love getting a mailbox full of HAPPY MAIL!  Happy happy happy!

I have received lots of fun mail over the years and years I've been swapping.  In the colder months, I have to walk down a long driveway in cold, snow, icy weather, to get to my mailbox. It's dangerous. I could break a leg.  When I don't get mail, I want to cry. (Ever walk on ice in 20 below zero to your mailbox?  Not fun.)  I finally opened my PO Box, so I can brush off the car, crank up the heater, and shiver all the way to the post office, just to check and see if I got anything :)  Is the guilt trip working yet?  Hee hee.
I wanted to share some of the cute envelopes and mail I received.
Thank you so much to everybody that sends me mail!  It is VERY much appreciated.

Here are some of the fun envelopes of goodies I have received:
(Addresses are either blurred out or covered with sticky notes in all my photos and videos.)


Siv Heidi Roterud in Norway

LOVE the stamps and decorated fat envie!

GOODIE AND STICKER BAGS

She returned a goodie bag that was made for me!

She visited the USA and had a few dollars leftover, so she is helping me with stamp money
so I can send her a nice package in return :)  Send money anytime! Please!  ;) 

Used stamps - worldwide - for my collection

Anke Hamm in Germany

and
(3) fun fat envies of excess goodies from
 Tammy Riley in VA (USA)

I wanted to mention I don't post everything I receive, only the really cute envelopes.
So if you want to be on my blog, send me some happy mail, and decorate the envie. Or include a note saying how you'd really like to be included in the blog, and I'll see what I can do (wink, wink).
Thank you!

Barbi T.
Swappermania Happy Mail
PO Box 74
Barnum, MN 55707
USA


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Related Links:

HAPPY MAIL: Mail Call - 2017
Fun Mail Saturday
GLOSSARY: What is a FB? LB? SB? Goodie Bag? Deco?
ATC Basics / What Are ATCs?

Craft and Swap Related Links <CLICK HERE TO READ MORE>

UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

Really? Is it really September already? Am I the only one that thinks this summer really flew by too quickly? Fall comes a bit early to us up here in the northland. The trees are already starting to change colors and the nights are getting much cooler. I had to turn on the electric heater the other night... hubby says it's too early to start up the furnace...lol.(not for me!)

Last month I had a nasty fall, thanks in part to wet grass and a dog on the other end of my leash taking off after some small critter. I ended up in the ER and after Xrays, found out I have a compressed disc. It was very painful, and I might still need physical therapy to help relieve some of the pain, as I wanted to limit the prescription paid meds to very minimal (as I DO take care of 2 kids all day), and could really only take them at night.

This is our final weekend of summer vacation. My oldest son started football already (his first year playing), and only has 1 game left after today. Fine with me, I really don't want to sit out on a cold field if I don't have to!  I don't envy hockey parents at ALL... wouldn't want to sit in a cold arena. I get enough cold weather as it is.  My youngest son just turned 6 (Aug. 31) and has now lost BOTH front teeth, and one bottom front tooth. I told him we should paint him orange for Halloween this year and he can be a Jack-O-Lantern :)  We had a nice family visit from my mom (AKA SuperGrandma) a few weekends this summer (Dad can't stay due to asthma) and now are gearing up for back to school. This means lots of medical forms for me (due to allergies, asthma, and my youngest son's Diabetes Type 1). New teachers, new classrooms, new friends, new schedule. It will take a couple weeks for us probably to get into the swing of things. In that time, please pray for my sanity and that I will have good enough health to get back into my craft room and also get my new business up and going (more on that later).

I want to keep doing Happy Mail videos on YouTube, but didn't get much Happy Mail this summer. I have joined 2 new groups on Facebook where we do contests and have fun little giveaways, and got some fun mail from those. I am on a wish group on Facebook (Wishes Galore) where we wish for small things and grant other peoples' wishes. I am still trying to get caught up on sending stuff out for that group, and have received some nice things from people on there.
I also buy/sell on a fun site called Listia (kind of like eBay but you use credits instead of money).

As for swapping and palling... I have quit swapping friendship books, but still swap everything else (label/sticker/goodie/memo bags, slams, decos, exchange slips, postcards, stickers, etc.). No new pals for me at this time. I just can't keep up with writing, and feel bad when it takes me months to get back to people. It's just easier for me to keep up with people on Facebook.  (Not on Facebook? Well why not? lol) 

Want to exchange happy mail? Find my info here.
http://createdbybarbi.blogspot.com/2016/01/mail-call-happy-mail-2016.html

Looking forward to getting back into the swing of things again this Fall :)

~Barbi

MAIL CALL MONDAY UPDATE

Hello everybody!  (Said in my Stampycat voice)... my kids have been watching Minecraft videos on YouTube lately, and if you have boys, you probably know who Stampy is... lol.
I heard he has a degree in video production.  Maybe he could help me.... I am having problems finding time to learn how to piece my video together from my iPhone onto this Movie Maker program.  I have Windows 8 now.  Yeah.  Yikes.

So that's what I'll be doing today, in addition to laundry and taking care of the family/household of course.  TRYING to learn more technical stuff.  I am a techie geek so it bothers me when it takes me this long to learn something or not be able to figure it out at all.

I don't have a Fun Mail Saturday video to do this week, I didn't get any fun mail at ALL this Saturday.  And now on Mondays, I am just combining and showing what I received the previous week (not including Saturday).

OK if you are still following and reading this, thanks for sticking with me.  And wish me luck on learning some technical video editing "stuff" today.
I'll keep you updated.

~Barbi

Fun Mail Saturday 2/7/15

I think I'm liking this new format for my blog. My plan is, each Saturday I will be showing some of the fun mail I got that day  here on my blog.  And on Mondays, I will do a MAIL CALL MONDAY video on my YouTube channel, showing more of the fun mail I've received that previous week. I just love getting a mailbox full of HAPPY MAIL!  Happy happy happy!

Also, make sure to check out our monthly Happy Mail swap!  ( CLICK HERE ) for info.
(NOTE: Feb. swap sign-ups are closed. Check back on March 1st for the new swaps.)

I have received lots of fun mail over the years and years I've been swapping.  I have to walk down a long driveway in cold, snow, icy weather, to get to my mailbox. It's dangerous. I could break a leg.  When I don't get mail, I want to cry. (Ever walk on ice in 20 below zero to your mailbox?  Not fun.)
I wanted to share some of the cute envelopes and mail I received.
Thank you so much to everybody that sends me mail!  It is VERY much appreciated.
I do send Happy Mail swaps in return for the swaps I've set up ahead of time. 
If you send a RAK (Random Act of Kindness), I try to send back if time/money allows.  

Here are some of the fun envelopes of goodies I've received recently:
(Addresses are either blurred out or covered with sticky notes in all my photos and videos.)



From Lucy Letson via Make-a-wish-rak facebook group:

From Melissa (Listia auction items I won):

I wanted to mention I don't post everything I receive (who really wants to see all the junk mail), only the really cute envelopes and fun artsy and pen-pal related mail. 
So if you want to be on my blog, send me some happy mail, and decorate the envie.
(Contact me privately for my address I don't give it out online, I don't pay for a PO Box when I have such a gigantic mailbox.)



Related Links:

Fun Mail Saturday 1/31/15
February Swap: Happy Mail
GLOSSARY: What is a FB? LB? SB? Goodie Bag? Deco?
ATC Basics / What Are ATCs?

Craft and Swap Related Links <CLICK HERE TO READ MORE>