Send/receive eclectic care packages

And i was thinking of all the folks at home.
I’m really looking forward to mailing things.
In fact, i’m going to build in a communications budget into my general budget for this year.

In addition to writing a letter a week, i plan to send a little package to one of my friends or family members every week or two. Especially the kids, and the big kids (my friends) will really appreciate this.

I’m on the look out for flat small stuff as of NOW.

I just posted an envelope full of art (okay textile art so it was light) to japan, and it took under a week to arrive there REGULAR MAIL and cost just under 4 dollars to send… AMAZING!

You should totally send a package to sensai every once in a while, and or to the Ogawa’s in Osaka.. i’m sure they would both be thrilled!!!

Dan, one of my best friends from college, works at a snack food company, Lesser Evil. For my birthday he sent me a whole CASE of my fave, cinnamon kettle corn!! Now I really need to send that box of coffee to him!

Okay so apparently a bunch of schools have finals THIS week (I’m looking at you, UVM and KSC)!! If I’m going to get care packages to friends I need to put everything together TONIGHT, or forget about it!!!

I’m working on something to send to Josh for finals week…

So the joke I referred to in the last entry is when someone calls at work, and asks if you’re busy, our two responses are “Oh no, I’m just coloring,” or “I’m just counting my paperclips.” (My personal favorite is “No!! I was sitting here waiting for your call!”)

Last week I got a package from Mom – a box of colored paperclips with the following instructions:
1. Sort paperclips by color.
2. Count each color.
3. Replace in box and shake.
4. Do again tomorrow.

love it love it love it

I found out we can mail packages from work, so I’m going to start putting together some fun outgoing packages soon!!

My family has a running joke about coloring at work, and I’m a big fan of color-coding, etc systems. I just started a new job, and I got a bubble envelope at work from my sister the other day. She sent me a package of highlighters!!! I absolutely loved it, and I really DO think of her every time I use them <3 <3 <3

joined a group that mailed weird little postcards to each other. It was pretty fun. But I also mail packages of random stuff to friends – or I used to. I need to get back into it!

I have tons of scraps of fabric and ribbon, as well as many other crafty materials, and I’ve started making mixed media postcards. Everything is glue-gunned down, so it’s “postally sound,” according to my mailcarrier :-D

Just a little sample of what I’m working on right now, these 4 are all mid-process.

Despite my lack of support for the war in Iraq, I do wholeheartedly support the young people stationed there. I went buck-wild at Target today buying games, snacks and DVDs to send. I can’t fathom the idea of being in a warzone and not being able to know that there are people out there who care about how you’re doing.