Funny Lighthouses

Sent by Heleen (the Netherlands).

Sent by Laura (the UK).

After this one, two more shaped postcard featuring lighthouses. Lighthouses are my big passion (one of them, I mean). Have you noticed that there is a mermaid living in the second floor? And three snails! :)

Bonfim

Sent by Patricio - The Celestial Scribe (Brazil).
And inside this amazing envelope I found some really interesting things like these:

Thirst for Life

Sent by Heleen (the Netherlands).
Coaster-postcard.

I Like Mail People

I like mail people. I mean, people who is happy by opening the mail box and finding something on it; people who is thankful with every mail; people who waste their time doing mail art, or writing long letters, or finding the right postcard and stamp for everybody... 

It's really nice when you send a mail to somebody, and they became extremely happy...

Mail Related Rubber Stamps

The fisrt one sent by Adamandia (the USA). The second and the third sent by Heleen (the Netherlands).
Three original mail art related rubber stamps.

El carter Joliu

The Jolly Postman, by Janet & Allan Ahlberg

The Three Wise Men brought this fantastic present last week!
Well, exactly this version:

First Alphabet

Sent by Riet and Marion (both from the Netherlands).

In older days, kids in the Netherlands learned to read with this book. I like the relationship between these postcards: the second one it's the first one through a magnifying glass.

The postcard with the complete alphabet is the very first I received through the Postcrossing site (in September 2008). And Heleen also sent me the matched stamps!

Finnish Letters

Sent by Karen (Finland) and Marita (Finland, too).
Extra big postcards from a book to learn reading. Do you think I can complete this alphabet one day?

Real and Alternative Stamps

Sent by Heleen.
Tea packaging sent as a postcard. With real and artistamps! It is nice that the postmark is on all of them.

Vintage Christmas

Received from Heleen (the Netherlands).
Three Christmas and New Year postcards I love (by Annelinde Tempelman and Frederike Evenblij owners of and designers at Studio 100%).
And I think she sent me three postcards instead of only one because she wish me a very very very happy New Year! I must say my favourite one is the third; because of the cup of tea, of course.

Onions

Envelope made of a magazine page and sent to Heleen (the Netherlands).
Also published here.
I found it was the right envelope to be sent with this vintage postcard inside:

This postcard was a gift from Richard (Germany).

Special Postmarks

Some nice round postmarks received long time ago from Stefan (Switzerland), Fori (China) and Earth Day Team (Tuvalu).

Letters & Journals

Letters and Journals was created for the pen and paper enthusiast. If you like any of these, chances are you'll love this magazine: pens and pencils, bottled ink and paper, notebooks and notecards diaries and journals, postcards and postmarks, ephemera and mail art, letters and stamps, day planners and organizers, typewriters and doodles. The website was launched as a prelude to the print edition of the magazine which is scheduled for a 2012-2013 publication.

Jackie has sent me these two postcards so far. The last one suffered a terrible accident in way, as you can see.

Pan de Naranja

Made by Heleen (The Netherlands).
Piece of packaging of pan de naranja (cake with orange rind and juice), with the word orange written in different languages, sent as a postcard.
Also published here (in negative!).

Incoming from China

Sent by I-Wen (China).