Mail before Christmas

Christmas is now over and I thought of coming here to show you some of the mail I sent and received before the holidays! :)

A little Christmas present to Daria, Germany (I loved putting these together! <3) :

A letter to Tabby, USA:

And a letter to Haruka, Japan:

See you soon with the mail sent and received after Christmas! :)

A small birthday package to Germany!

Hiii! I haven't had any time or motivation to send mail lately... soo here is a small parcel I sent out to Germany and which is already received! :)

My penpal had birthday and I wanted to send her a little something because she also sent me a gift when I had my birthday. Here's what I sent her:

Chocolate (I mean, seriously. :D), chewing gum, a pen, shower gel, other candies, erasers, stickers, a nail file, magnet, brochures... It was really nice to put those together! And my penpal also seemed to like them which is of course the whole point :) 

Unfortunately I certainly had no time to take a picture of the package itself (as I was literally running to the post office after school haha) but I decorated it with light green Moomin gift wrapping paper. :D

SPSH Swap 2015 - outgoing to Italy!

Yey I'm so excited to write you about something cool I participated in about three weeks ago; the Secret Penpal Scavenger Hunt hosted by Fab from Snail Mail Love blog!! 

According to Fab, SPSH is "a swap aimed two connect to strangers via mail by having them randomly paired, and exchanging a package full of wonders!". This was my first time joining the swap and I really love the idea! :)

Even though I'm still waiting for my own parcel to arrive (soon, I hope!!), I wanted to show you what I got for my partner, Barbara from Italy! Below you can see everything I sent her in small packagings. 

 We had to pick five items from this list to find/craft + a gift:

• the City Explorer's Kit: take a day off and collect little things of your city for your partner. Can include, but not limited to: maps, flowers & leaves, postcards, tiny souvenirs, photos, interesting newspaper clippings & pamphlets, etc  - just don't grab a bunch of random junk within arm's reach, put some effort in it; 
• Something that represent you: for example - are you an artist? Send your partner a little painting. Do you love to knit? Send your partner a hat.. and so on;
• A mix CD with your favorite tunes. (Pro Tip: create a cover for it);
• the Postal Freak's Kit: Can include, but not limited to: postal goodies such as address labels, used stamps, envelopes, stationery, a mail art kit etc.
• the Bad Day Survival Kit: assemble a kit of nice things that may help your partner to feel better when they're having a bad day. (Ideas: your favorite candy, a poem/story, bubble bath, a list of  happy songs/movies etc);
• Something quirky;
• Something with - your partner's - monogram on it;
• Something oddly shaped;
• Something old fashioned;
• Something to read;

• + a gift for your partner!
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As soon as I saw the list I had a lot of ideas what to do, totally inspired! :D

The first thing I picked from the list was this, 'the Postal Freak's Kit'. I included some cardstocks, envelopes, papers, tags...

...and this small bag/envelope filled with stickers, used stamps, priority labels etc ^^

 For 'something quirky' I decided to send something Finnish and sweet; Angry Birds treats (2 lollipops + liquorice)! Maybe not the quirkiest thing ever but ohwell, at least my partner liked them which counts the most, right?

I loved to put this one together! It's 'the Bad Day Survival Kit' where I put some candies, Finnish chocolate (who wouldn't need some chocolate on a bad day?), Moomin tea, perfume...Oh, and a list of cheerful (Finnish) songs!

For 'the City Explorer's Kit' I found some brochures and maps from multiple cities instead of just one. And added a few photos (they look strange in this picture because of the lightning) :)

And for the gift I decided to send Barbara a bit of Finnish design! 

Now I'll continue looking forward to my SPSH incoming mail... Can't wait! :)

Lovely birthday present / package from Germany *__*

 Today is my birthday and it would be a huge understatement to say I was excited when I saw a package from Daria in my mailbox.. I think enthusiastically hysterical would describe it better. :D Anyway, the package was full of everything I absolutely adore! Thank you, Daria!!

I filmed the whole thing in three pictures! Below you can find more about them..

The first things that came out when I opened the package were a pink bow (I've said I love bows, right? :D) and other little goodies such as stickers and etc inside a cute mini plastic bag! Also some envelopes, lots of tapes (!! <3), paper, mini playing cards, a letter and adorable birthday card. ^^ 

Then there were cute stickers, a postcard, Blippo (love it!) key chain + another key chain, stationery which I love sooo much and some birthday tags inside a pink envelope. :)

And the last thing I got was this pinkish box which was full of glitters and even more deco tape *_*

Oh, and we can't forget the stamps, can we?

Hope your day was as magical as mine! :)

Giveaway prize from Thailand and a letter! :)

Osallistuin vuoden lopussa ihanaan arvontaan Lilyn blogissa ja yllätyksekseni voitin! Söpö paketti Thaimaasta saapui meidän postiin perjantaina ja mun oli pakko hakea se heti sieltä. Paikallinen posti on aika pieni ja tiskillä seisoessaan näkee kaikki paketit, jotka siellä on odottamassa hakijaansa. Katselin paketteja sillä välin, kun odotin vuoroani ja huomasin tuon puna-ruskean paketin ja ajattelin, että "Tuon on pakko olla mulle!" - ja niinhän se olikin. :D Kiitos paljon, Lily!! Paketista löytyi tosi paljon kaikkea ihanaa. jotka listaan postaukseen englanniksi. :)

I took a part of an amazing giveaway (here) in the end of December and surprisingly I won! This lovely package from Thailand arrived to our post office on Friday and of course I had to get it from there immediately. :D

It's my first time receiving something from Thailand and obviously I was super excited (still am, though). I really like those stamps (even though the ink of the post marks have smudged and it's hard to see for example that yellow-ish stamp)! :)

I got bunch of cool things and instead of filming all of them in one single pile I decided to take pictures of them in smaller groups or pairs. :) Firstly the box included these two snacks: Seaweed snack with a small bag of popcorn and octopus chips. I have to say that the package of that seaweed snack is just too adorable, I can't handle it!! I wish we had more packagings like that in Finland :D

Then there were Wasabi Coated Green Peas, Plum flavoured candy and Tom Yum Kung Pretz (spicy shrimp flavour). I already tasted those hard plum candies and they were actually really good, so tasty! And I think the packaging is also very pretty. ^^

Two adorable notebooks (Stitch and Rilakkuma), Frozen stickers, magnet and a card! 

And last but definitely not least, Fisherman's Friend (mandarin flavoured!), four Dilmah tea bags, lovely airmail envelopes, cute decoration tape (I must be very unusual person but it's my first time seeing that kind of tape - and I love it!) and Durian milk candies. Those candies are so cool! I was warned to 'eat and open them at my own risk' which obviously made me really curious haha. :D I haven't tried them yet but I surely will - soon! 

I 100% love everything! I wasn't expecting to get that much stuff so thanks again, Lily! :)

On the same day I received this pinkish letter from Daria, Germany! It included origami papers, stickers, tapes... Danke! ^^

Packaging inspire (7th!)

I'm a big fan of decorating my packages and parcels and letters... I think you all already knew that :D

In this post I want to show you some cool ideas how to decorate your mail. If you are not very into snail mailing, you might still want to send a Christmas gift or something to your friend. If so, this post is definitely for you! And by the way, those pictures are not mine, they're just something I found and wanted to show. :)

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The original idea was to send candy in mail (just add an address label + stamp and that's it!), but I thought that you can also reuse your candy boxes and use them as a funny package! For a Christmas themed package, use some Christmas candy boxes. Maybe candy canes? :)

2.

(picture from Pinterest)

Using washi tape (or any kind of tape you prefer) is a good and easy way to decorate almost everything!

3.

                                                                                (picture from Pinterest)

A yarn around a package would also be super cute extra in your mail! Just remember to tie it super tight and add maybe some glue or tape to make sure that it won't fall off.

4. 

 You can write something cute too :3 (click!)


That's all for now! Hopefully you liked the ideas <3

Fourth day means a parcel to California

Hey! Today I'd like to show you this parcel that I sent to Jade, California. I was super excited to collect all the items to this parcel and of course to decorate it (which I'm pretty sure you're aware of ;D)! ♥

Here's all things that I sent:

There were chocolate (Fazer, of course), tissues, lipgloss, lingonberry shampoo, brochures, tape, glitter, a pen, brochures and a makeup bag inside the parcel. And the letter too of course! :)

Below you can see how I decorated the parcel. I went a little crazy, I know.. :D

This is the other side of the packaging:

I put a little surprise gift in(to?) the Finland-patterned makeup bag: a bracelet! ^^ 

I sent this parcel weeks ago, but I didn't want to ruin the surprise. That's why I'm posting this now. :) 

Hopefully Jade liked this little surprise and you guys enjoyed reading this post! ♥

Iso kasa postia! / Bunch of mail!

Heissan! Tänään postinkantaja toi meidän ovelle tällaisen hirveän kasan postia ja voitte vaan kuvitella, kuinka innoissani olin... Kuvasta ei näe kovin hyvin, mutta tuossa on yhteensä 7 erilaista pakettia tai kirjekuorta! :D Täytyy myöntää, että osa oli vain tylsiä lukiokirjoja, mutta ei se ainakaan mun intoa pilannut. ;) 

Mutta esittelen teille yhden noista paketeista, joka on Jadelta Kaliforniasta! 

Ihan mahtavasta paketista löytyi kasvonaamioita, Baby lips (!!), vihreällä teellä päällystettyjä keksitikkuja, ihana kukkakuvioinen paita, glitter-washiteippiä, juomapusseja ja snickers. :)

Lähikuva teipistä ^^

Thank you, Jade! I love it so much :)

Arvonnan palkinto... / Giveaway prize...

Arvonnan pakinto matkalla saajalleen... :) Onnea vielä, Jutta!

The giveaway prize is now on its way to the winner, Jutta! :)

Paljon postia! / Load of posts!

Tälläinen kasa minua kotona odotti, kun tulin lauantaina rippileiriltä...

That's what was waiting for me when I came back home from Confirmation camp...

Siellä oli kirje Kaliforniasta, tilaamani postimerkit, postikortti Kanadasta, 2 pakettia täältä Suomesta ja kirje Kiinasta.

There were a letter from California, some stamps I ordered, a postcard from Canada, two packages from Finland and a letter from China.

Lähikuvaa postimerkeistä:

A close-up of the stamps:

Kirje Jadelta Kaliforniasta. Ihanan paksu ja monisivuinen kirje synttärikortin, Hello Kitty -laastarien, kankaisen lipun ja (sulaneen :( ) suklaan kera! Tuo suklaa oli jopa pakattu pussiin, mutta oli silti sotkenut ihanan lipun. :/

The letter from Jade, California. She sent me such an amazing letter with a birthday-card, some HK-bandaids, a cute flag and a bar of Hershey's chocolate. The chocolate had, unfortunately, melted even though it was wrapped in a plastic bag. Thanks anyway!!

Ja kirje Xavierilta Kiinasta. Sain häneltä kauniin kirjeen lisäksi myös tuollaisen jännän kynän. :)

And the letter from Xavier, China. He sent me a beautiful letter and a cute pen. :) Thank you!!