October Mail

Long letter from Bekah in Canada! She asked to be penpals in the summer and  I found her first letter in my mailbox the other night. She made a pretty envelope and sent along tea, a bookmark, smash journal goodies, "silly bands", and other little things. :)

A letter from my pretty rad cousin, Rae. She knows that I have a bit of an obsession with owls. mhmm. ;) <3 

Beautiful letter from my Aunt Marianne. 

Halloween card,  little leaves and postcard from Shannah. :) 

The Handwritten Letter

In September, I received an email from a friend who I had not heard from in quite some time. I was excited to see her name pop up in my inbox. Little did I know that the email from her was asking for my current address because she had something she wanted to send me. 

I remember it was a late night that I decided to check my box. I hadn't been in a few days as September  was a busy month. I wasn't expecting anything that I could think of but when I opened up my box I found a key, and letters from sweet friends far away. Seeing this beautifully decorated envelope I was already amazed at what dear friends I have. Just knowing that my friend , Hannah thought to send a package to me, when we hadn't talked in probably a year, made me smile. It just made my night. Thank you Hannah so much! I truly appreciate it and it warms my heart that you thought of me. 

Here are just a few of the many pages inside. I hope you have a lovely Sunday afternoon!

Much love and many blessings,
Hannah Girl

Ipsy

Months ago I started watching beauty videos on youtube in my spare time. I kept hearing about a company called Ipsy but didn't know much about it until I talked to a friend. Many beauty "youtubers" are subscribed to Ipsy, and I watched their videos but still had questions. For those of you who don't know what Ipsy is, it's a monthly makeup subscription website . Every month they'll send you 4 to 5 beauty products along with a makeup bag. Some products will be trial size and others will be the full product. When I first heard this, I wasn't too sure if it would be worth it, but I decided to give it a go, and am so happy I did.

Each month you pay $10 and it arrives in a pink padded envelope..totally me. ;) My first bag arrived in April and I was so excited to find it waiting in the mailbox. I wasn't too impressed with the products inside but had heard Ipsy will have a few really good months and then one month the products will be okay. Some people will like the products one month because it's more "them" and other people will like products the next month that maybe the others won't like. But for $10 you get to try products you might not be familiar with.

The makeup bag ~ I really like this one. 

                                 Every month you receive a postcard with the "theme" for that month.

                                 On the back it shows all the brands that were taking

                                 part during the month. Shown below is the back of October's. 

                            

Zoya nail polish. I've heard this brand is a nice one.

I'm looking forward to trying it out. 

Healthy Sexy Hair blow dry volumizing gel. This is a great

brand. I'm looking forward to using it. :)

Nourish Organic Coconut & Argan body lotion.

One thing I find really neat is they have a lot of organic

products. When you first sign up you take a

quiz, and one thing you can click on is to get organic

products, and I clicked it and have received some

nice products I wasn't familiar with. 

If you would like to learn more about Ipsy, or subscribe, please click here. :)

Vlogging Sweet Surprises In The Mail

Hello readers,
Today I am bringing something new to my blog, vlogging! I've wanted to share a video for a while now, but didn't know what type I should make. Instead of sharing lots of pictures I decided to make a video and show all that I got. I hope you enjoy, and you can finally hear what I sound like. :) Please excuse the beginning where I repeat myself. I tend to do that when making videos. :p

I hope you have a beautiful Friday filled with many blessings and mail happies. :)

October Pinterest Loves

Pinterest is a place full of inspiration, I always leave the page feeling inspired and ready to begin a project. I have become quite the "pinner" and must say it's hard clicking the page off. Something I thought would be fun to do is once a month show favorite snail mail pins. Although I haven't really done this much mail art, I still love taking ideas and making them my own. I want to challenge myself using different techniques and diving into all the mail art goodness. A few hopes and goals to start making envelopes again, and adding different ephemera to letters, as well as making every letter worth mailing. Here are some of my favorite ideas as of late. :)

I hope these pictures leave you inspired and ready to create something lovely. If you haven't written a letter in a while, I encourage you to go and brighten someone's mailbox. You never know how much it can make that person's day. <3