Old mail #1

In this new series I want to share some of my old letters.I've been penpalling for 20 years and kept all my letters and cards. Maybe this photo series can inspire you :-) Enjoy.

When I was a child I had an amazing penpal. She only lived around 100 kilometres from where I lived. Since we've become real life friends and still are to this day. She is really creative and this is an example of a card she made. Look at the awesome fold:

If there is one thing I love it is colorful cards. Here are some birthdaycards I recieved 10 years ago.

And some christmas cards:

Stuff I Love #3

These puffy, happy and very cute ice cream stickers. Looking forward to summer :-) They are so much fun and really pretty cheap also.

(Via mypapershoppe)

And talking about cute - how cute are these Unicorn magnets?

(via Thinkgeek)

In Denmark fathers day isn't really a big deal but I like this geeky card none the less:

(Via SableAndGray)

Although the weather is actually pretty nice in Denmark these days I'm sure this little fellow would look great in my planner:

 (via MrsBrimbles)

A great pin with an important statement

(via boysdrool)

And to wrap everything up (pun intended) this awesome balloon washi tape

(via BellasBeadHabit)

Woodland folder snailmail

I've been looking at different penpal letter styles on Pinterest and got inspired by some 'folder' syle letters so I decided to try and make my own. I made it from a reusable sticker booklet. Since it had a forest theme I decided to make something with a woodland theme.

I made the outside of the folder by simply covering it in pretty dotted paper, adding some masking tape to the fold/crease and going through my cut-out images for some woodland themed images. I also added a cup of coffee ;-)... I used my letter stamps to stamp the words "Snailmail for u" on a sticky note and added it to the front page. To make a pretty way of closing the folder I punched a hole through the pages and closed it with a gold bow (not shown on the images).

The inside of the letter folder included a letter in an envelope of the left page. On the right page I enclosed some goodies: a mini notepad shaped as a leaf. A bunch of green polka dotted masking tape. There are 10-15 stripes on top of each other so plenty to play with. I also added a see through bag of purple items (my penpal loves purple). And lastly I added a green envelope with questions for my pal.

I am really happy with this letter folder and will definitly be making more in the future! 

What do you think?

WritePretty GOTM: June 2015

This giveaway is closed. View the winners here.

Yay, so now it's time for something new here at writepretty. Since I know how all of you love pretty
papers and making, sending and recieving cute mail I wanted to make a monthly giveaway that you can participate in.
Every month I will put up a post with the GOTM (Giveaway of the Month) and you have one month to participate. The rules may differ from month to month but so will the prizes so be sure to check by the blog at least once a month to participate in the GOTM. And without further ado:

The WritePretty GOTM June 2015

In this month I have two prices that you can win:

1st place winner: The great outdoors

 

The prize includes:
3 stamps - a bird, a firefly and a flower, a bunch of sticky strawberries, a cute little notebook just like the one I use for organizing my sent/recieved letters, two sticky notepads shaped like pretty leaves, a painted notecard inspired by the Danish scenary and a bunch of printed out mini quotes about being outdoors.

Doesn't it just look awesome? :-)

2nd place winner: Awesome stamps to help you stay organized

I am crazy about these stamps myself and I use them in my planner and for organizing my letters. The posibilities are endless. The design is really practical and ensures that the stamps won't dry out when not in use. The prize includes: A blue set of stamps: Original, Copy, Draft and a pink set of stamps: Approved, Urgent, Paid. The scissors and stickynotes are just on the picture for show ;-)

Rules June 2015: Please read :-)
To participate you must write a comment below with your email address so I can get a hold of you.
You don't have to share, pin or anything like that - feel free to do so if you want but it is not necessary. So easy right? ;-)
When participating you are both up for winning the 1st or 2nd place. - One person can't win both :-)
You can participate from anywhere in the world as long as you comment before Friday 26th of June. I will use random.org to find winners.
The winners will be announced on the blog and will also be contacted directly by email so I can get your adress.
Good luck and have fun!

Do you want to sponsor one of  my monthly giveaways? Drop me a line at email@marieholm.dk

Happy mail recieved in May

The month has almost passed and it's time to show you a few of the letters I've recieved this month.

Love that I not only send out a bunch of fish this month but also recieved fish stickers :-p

Sensing a theme? So fun.

Cute yellow monster notecard from a new pal in Australia :-)

Great butterfly themed letter from a pal in the US. I love the letter in the top of the picture with questions - such a cool detail :-)

This colorful kawaii letter was from a new pal. I love all the happy colors and look forward to sending her a reply.

For some reason this image insists on turning the wrong direction.The camera doesn't really give justice to the pretty, pale purple paper. (4 P's in a row that will be hard pronouncing :-p).  I love the gardening / spring themed stickers she added to the paper and also enclosed for me to use. I put one of the stickers in my planner almost immediatly :-p

Did you recieve some great letters this month?

Stuff I Love #2

I love social media but I also love this patch - 'cause sometimes you just have to remind people not to live their life via websites.

(via thesearethings)

I love Moo and I really like these "Human Landscapes" postcards.

(via moo)

I always have heaps of wrapping paper laying around - I buy way more paper than presents ;-) 

I would love to have this in my pile:

(via giftcouture)

I love superheroes and as you know I really love anything mailrelated so this T-shirt featuring Supermans part time job is awesome.

(via flyingmouse365)

This stamp set is perfect for all happy mailers out there:

(via Andrea Gomoll)

As you might now I am a bit of a garden geek. Obviously I would fall in love with this awesome poster

 (via Hannah Rosengren Illustration)

Happy mail sent out in May

May was a great mailmonth. I sent out some awesome letters.

Did you see the Swimming blue fish package I made? See more pictures by following the link :-)

Here are a selection of some of the other letters I sent out:

Michelle and Stephanie are both new pals. I found some great shining gold envelopes in my stash and dressed both of them up with some magazine cutouts.

This blue sky themed letter is on its way to my new penpal in Australia.