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>

New Monday Mail Call video on the way

I am working on editing my latest video, and will post the link to it soon on my YouTube channel. Check out here:  CreatedByBarbi's YouTube Channel

I am not doing anymore organized swaps here on this blog, as I had 4 members in Feb. and HALF of them didn't send on time, or didn't contact their partner to let them know they were sending, received, etc.  These are adults. And I know for a fact they were not new to swapping.  It's really NOT that hard, and I am not paid to be your babysitter. (I'm not paid to do this at ALL....) soooo..... I am NOT putting myself through all that stress when there are plenty other ways for you to find organized swaps (Swap-bot.com, Facebook groups, etc.)

I do still like to swap, but money is tight around here due to my husband's health issues (and mine, sick kids, car expenses, house expenses, etc.) We are a one-income household, with 2 kids and 3 pets, and the only money I get for postage is by selling my digital stationery, and stickers/stationery on eBay, Listia, and my Facebook Group: Stickers and Stationery For Sale.

I don't want items sitting around too long as sometimes I get a lot of items sent as excess and don't have money to pass them along right away. 

Instead, I joined some Happy Mail and Swap groups on Facebook, where you can just randomly choose someone to send happy mail, or set up a one-time swap. At least that way I can control better what I am swapping and know how much money I need for postage.  Budgeting is difficult when there's no money to budget.... sigh... ok so that's my (rant) for today...

I will still be showing my weekly Monday Mail Call videos, but sometimes they end up being bi-monthly as sometimes life just gets in the way and I don't get a video out every week.

Thank you SO much to everyone that sends Happy Mail my way, as it really DOES make me happy :) More than you know. 

If you would like my address, comment below.  And if you'd like to swap anything with me, post what you'd like to swap and where you are from.  If you live outside the US, I am sorry but I can't swap with you right now due to postage costs. 

Happy swapping!

~Barbi




Related Links:

* 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>

MONDAY MAIL CALL 2/2/15

(Click on photo to see larger version.)


I used to LOVE mail call when I was in the Army. Except that in Basic Training you had to open it right there and if you had treats, had to share it with everyone... lol. They didn't want food in the barracks (rodents, etc.)  I still love getting mail.

My new video is up. My first Mail Call Monday video was fun to make.

All addresses are covered in green sticky notes to protect the innocent...lol.

 Thank you everybody for filling my mailbox and making me smile when I got my mail today! (See previous post about walking to the mailbox in cold, wind, ice, snow, etc.)

Make sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel and thanks for hitting the thumbs up and commenting too.  It lets me know people have seen my video.







Related Links:

Fun Mail Saturday
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>

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