Snail Mail Giveaway

As promised the second annual giveaway is here! Bigger and better, but with a catch. It is a surprise!!
Basically it is many things related to snail mailing or letter writing, like; letter sets, washi-tapes, pens, stickers, labels, tags, even some notebooks and other surprise things. Noticed how I'm writing in the plural??

I thought of showing you what everything was, and then I thought I won't show it, so that it will be a surprise package for whoever wins.

I know I'm taking a risk here, and I really hope that you join just because, 1) you trust me,  2) you love surprises or 3)you love snail mailing so much, what ever comes your way will be well received. Maybe one or all of the above??

This is what you'll have to do:

1. Like this page
2. Leave a comment telling me what has been the best gift you have ever received (either here or on that page you just liked)
3. There is no 3, but you can follow me here or here if you like

-open to all
-this giveaway closes Tuesday May 6th (sometime during the night), and will be announced wednesday morning- Thank you for participating!

Wishing you a wonderful weekend,
Giova

Snail Mail Goodness

I want to thank you all who participated and left such wonderful comments. Reading why you like snail mail so much made this past few days so much brighter! And for this, I've offered to write a letter to each and everyone of you! You don't have to write me back, just leave me your address on my email and I promise a letter will be sent!

It is really amazing how one letter in a mailbox can make a day brighter, cheer up, inspire, and just for the minutes (or maybe hours) you're with a letter everything is simply "much better."

When I was little, some 30 years ago, I used to wish for a pen pal,  I waited and waited for that someone who would write me letters. Boy did I have to wait!! I was 17 when I finally met someone who loved writing letters and beautiful papers as much as I did. She lived in the UK and I in Colombia. Those letters took a month, sometimes more to reach its destinations, but we kept at it. That is the trick to a good pen -palship, I think; "to keep at it."

O.K, the reason why you are here, (drum roll please.....)

Congratulations mi+ed, these two packages will be on your way soon!
P.S: Also Dinastia Chow Fan, I have an extra set of cards and I will give them to you so you can win that girl. A man does need nice paper to write poems to his loved one, I think!
P.S.S: Please if you would like for me to send you that letter that I promised, send me your address (my email is on the right side of the blog).

Thank you again everyone for such cool comments.
Have a wonderful day!
Giova

A Snail Mail Giveaway

I've been thinking of doing this giveaway for awhile now - not sure why I didn't. But in any case here it is; mostly it's things I got at Target (my favorite store in the US), and a note card set I got from my other favorite store, Anthropologie. The washi-tape and pens are from Hema (my favorite store here in Amsterdam).
Things for snail mail are the best. Even if you are an avid and long time snail mailer or just joined in the fun, I'm pretty sure you'll want to add this to your collection.
I will also send the winner a surprise package of things I've made for the Flat Project.
If you are looking for pen pals these are good places to start: Letter Writers Alliance and Postal Society.

Alphabet stickers and rubber stamps, tags, post-it notes, pens, wash-tape, ribbons, and 2 sets of cards with envelopes, plus a surprise packet with handmade things by me!!

• Open to all
• Until May 21st, 2013, 9:00pm (my time, european something, something)
• Leave a comment saying why snail mail is so very cool (you could also just leave your name and email, so I can contact you in case you win).
• Share it if you like, that would be kinda nice.
• And that's about it, you don't have to like us here and there, but it would be kinda nice as well.

Have a brilliant day. Happy mailings and to infinity and beyond!!
Giova