Who?

My name is Eva. After some years in Morocco, I am back in Spain. I have been sending and getting snail mail more or less since I learned to write. As I am forty-odd years old, that means a long time writing letters. And I have realised that snail mail makes most of people extremely happy. Me, for instance. 

You can read a bit more about me and my postal story here and here. If you feel curious, you can see my handwriting and my profile in Postcrossing.

I started this blog as a way to show to some friends the amazing mail I get, and also the mail I send. But it grew and now you can also find some other mail-related contents. I hope you enjoy it. If you are reading this probably you do. Thank you. You and your comments, and of course your snail mail, are welcome any time.

I am not exactly looking for new penpals right now. But, sometimes, it just happens. I have met awesome people trough mail so far, even some of my best friends.

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Things I Like To Find In My Mailbox:

I love letters. And who does not like beautiful stationery? However, your words are more important for me than the writing paper, the cover or the stamps. Let's say that snail mail and letter writing are not the same, and I am more letter writer than snail mail sender.

And I also love postcards about my favourite themes (see below and here) or postcards showing the place you live in or places you have visited. I learn a lot through postcards; some received postcards have inspired my trips.

I am able to enjoy any kind of creative mail (for instance). Drawings and paintings, collages, altered postcards and postcards made of packaging or anything you craft. They make me smile, and I guess they make the post office workers smile. 

I do not collect stamps, but I am always amazed of how nice could be the stamps of different countries.

More Things I Like To Find In My Mailbox* (and in my life):

lighthouses • Smurfs • street life • tea and coffee • paper dolls • the Arabic world • post offices and mailboxes • something hanging in the clothesline • marionettes • writers, bookstores, libraries, literature • trains and railway stations • planes and airports • La vache qui rit • colour pencils • your town/city • beer and wine • citrus • bridges •  breakfasts • theatre and cinema • stamps • children’s books and cartoons •  Rome and the Roman Empire • mermaids • your own pictures, especially from your window • typewriters • Don Quijote • local newspapers • Muumi • vintage advertisements • the circus • snails • collages • kites • Edward Hopper • bread • calligraphy • Illustrators like Fiep Westendorp, Dick Bruna, Martin Wiscombe, Quint Buchholz, Charley Harper, Inge Löök, etc. • teddy bears • The Wizard of Oz • markets • Shakespeare • maps • tulips • alphabets and languages • post(wo)men • windmills and turbines • keep calm • gnomes • Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake • universities and schools • M. C. Escher • knitting • Alice in Wonderland • Jane Austen • Charles Dickens • mazes and labyrinths • Little Red Riding Hood • stained-glass windows • Greece and Greek language • astronauts...

*In no particular order.

Things I Do Not Like:

There are a few things I dislike, or I prefer do not see/find, or leave me indifferent. But I am a lucky woman, and they hardly appear in my mailbox. So, honestly, I prefer not to waste my time writing about what I do not like. 

If I can make an exception... Please, don't send glitter!