2016: day 296 Chicago

Spent some me time in the windy city with some beautiful weather and lots of walking.

2016: day 293 For the love of Madison

Last weekend I spent some time in Madison wondering around the Capitol with my dear sister. We went up to the observation deck to enjoy the view, and happily strolled the streets in the October sunshine. At the Capitol you can still get postcards for a a quarter, and that includes tax so I bought a few.

things I sent from NYC

I was recently in NYC for a visit and I sent a bunch of postcards while I was there

incoming mail!

Got 2 more postcards today! My friend had quite the Cave of the Mounds adventure.

incoming mail!

I have been remiss as of late with the blog, focusing on my Letters from Cuba letterpress project, but today I received vintage Paris postcards found in Paris from one Megan ad a postcard from House on the Rock from the other Megan so I had to share!

week 18: Van Gogh's bedrooms, hand lettering

went to see the Van Gogh Bedrooms exhibit at the Art Institute in Chicago and it resulted in a lot of bedroom postcards; can you tell that these are all different?

week 14: Minnesota mission

I took a trip to visit with a friend after she had a major surgery at Mayo in Rochester, Minnesota so my week was filled with Minnesota postcard hunting and a few other random things

week 13

came across these postcards while I was cleaning out some basement boxes

Incoming mail!

Still catching up on mail that arrived while I was away, but these awesome Vegas cards were in the pile

week 12: New York state of mind; again

Somehow I have managed to travel to New York for the second time in roughly a month, and already my second time of 2016. So this week was filled with postcards of our travels, mostly form the epic trip we took to the top of One World Trade Center. (It was awesome, I'd never done it before and I would highly recommend it on a clear day.)

My favorite finds are these aluminum postcards; the instructions say 'Use a permanent maker. Mail with regular postage.'

Aluminum postcards

And, because it was so awesome, here are some pictures from the observation deck:

Facing Brooklyn from One World Trade Center

Manhattan from One World Trade Center

One World Trade Center

week 11: quotes galore

more Jane Austen quote postcards; I will be sad when I finally use up all 100 of these

incoming mail!

yesterday's post was actually Friday's but my internet connection was being screwy so here's what I got in the mail yesterday, not actually today because it is indeed Sunday and there is no mail today.

week 9: silly New York post and Jane Austen quotes

a week of quotes and a silly postcard about an Italian going to visit New York City for the first time

week 8: drop cap bonanza

I just LOVE LOVE LOVE these Jessica Heisch drop cap postcards form Chronicle books. (Get some.) I've been making my way through them in order and this week set off an E-K stretch.

week 7: New York state of mind

leading up to and during my weekend trip to NYC I sent off postcards and letterpress goodies all revolving around the city I can't visit enough

Letterpress cards

Skyline wonder

Typography inspired

Vintage inspired linen paper

Skyline

My favorite bridge, Brooklyn

Morphing Ellis Island postcard

Tip it to see the Lady Liberty

Ellis Island; we were lucky to visit on a similarly sunny afternoon

week 5: the theme is maps

I sent off a number of map-themed items this week, everything from vintage map cards to letterpress cards and custom envelopes I made by hand of maps form an old atlas.

week 4: days 32-38

I'm changing up my format, recapping on a weekly basis instead of posting daily.
Week 4 brought postcards of X-files, letterpress and funny thoughts

Incoming mail!

Postcard arrived from the thrilling Mazomanie, Wi today.

incoming mail!

holiday-ness and postcards abound

350/365 New York on my mind