Postcrossing 3

Just a few of the postcards I've sent to fellow Postcrossers this year. 

I made this from a Whittakers chocolate wrapper and some washi tape. In the profile of the recipient they said they would be happy to receive postcards made of food wrappers of your country and for me Whittakers is right up there! 

Most of my postcards I've bought from Pikitia, based in Tauranga, just 20 mins from my home in the Bay of Plenty. I try hard to choose a postcard that I think the recipient might like based on their profile, gotta tell you though....it's damn hard sometimes!  

Dr Who? Sherlock Homes anyone? 

The Beehive, NZ's parliament house in Wellington

 Our national bird the Kiwi

Our beautiful Kauri trees are dying. 

I hope our scientists discover a means to 

save them before it's too late!!  

My favourite postcard to date from Pikitia

Postcrossing II

Four of these postcards arrived on the same day! 

I like the ink smudge on this, it looks well travelled! That's not to say I would like to receive marked postcards of course! 

Bronze Sculpture. 

"Let us beat our Swords into Ploughshares"

by Evgeny Vuchetich

New York

Bavaria

Canada of course! 

What about the iceberg that's threatening the little village in Greenland?!! 

It weighs 11 million tons! Freaky! 

Malaysia

Taiwan

The Paper Teapot Scrapbook Kit

 Four of the layouts I made from the June Kit. 

There are lot's of pieces left to make a few more layouts yet :D

Three Mini Albums for some lovely ladies that I had the good fortune to work with over Autumn. 

Lots of flaps to open! 

I made three albums the same but used different papers/embellishments for each. I was rapt that I didn't need to buy anything extra to complete them except for more adhesive. 

I spent a lot of time searching Pinterest for a mini album tutorial. I wanted something fun! I  didn't have a lot of photo's but I also wanted space for the recipients to write down anything they wanted. Katherine McElvain had the perfect tutorial at Bella Blvd Studio Blog. Of course there are similar albums around but this tutorial was so easy to follow!