Letters to Love By

A creative adventure to renew a love for handwritten sentiments with snail mail and mail art. *sprinkled with random moments of life being lived* Thank you for the kind words and support. I am currently not looking for new pen pals.

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Adele on TV and my stack of Holiday cards almost ready to go! Trying to get back in the groove and let me just tell you - envelope addressing will never be the same without this awesome #lettermate - LOVE it. #snailmailrevolution #sendmoremail #holiday2015 #outgoing

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Coming out of the trenches to share a sneak peek of what went out today for my partner as part of @livelifeandcreate #craftyxmasswap2015! I'm really loving blue and metallics with the natural tones. #craftyxmasswap #sendmoremail #outgoing #snailmailrevolution #parcelswap #12daysofchristmas

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Bay Life Captured: Vista Point - Hawk Hill for a wedding! Climb hella steps. #baylife #sanfrancisco #goldengatebridge #cali

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My first sneak peeks for #katespadeny planners for 2016! Not that I can replace how much I've used Dottie, but now she has a smaller sister, or should I used the classic black and white? How to choose!?! #planneraddicts #katespadeplanner #plannernerd #theobsessionisreal #papergoodies

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Dossier Mission Challenge Update: Mission 14 - COMPLETE! The first Dossier has made its way home and I am simply over the moon; OVER the MOON, excited about where it's traveled. Ladies of Mission 14, your Mission Patch is on its way with a little love from California. #letterstoloveby #missiondossier #penpalchallenge #dossiermissions #traveljournals #penpals #sendmoremail #snailmailrevolution #flipagram

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Apparently I packed my stamps to tight, it created 2 creases on my Cali stamp! But after stamping a few, it looks like fault lines - not intentional but awesome and I can live with the flaw. Still not all unpacked but I found my stamps today! More moving cards going out! #USPSstamps #stamps #cali #papertrail #paperpastries #mastersdelight #sendmoremail #showandmail #snailmailrevolution #snailmaillove

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I'm still in the middle of unpacking so I've been without projects to post. But I had to share this order from @mattersdelight, I literally just placed this order yesterday; pays off to buy local! Jen is such an amazing designer and I love all her #papertrail goodies. Her collections are simple yet full of personality. I had to stock up on these tags and stamps on her sale - go visit her shop before they go away. #buylocal #mattersdelight #tags #stamps #notepads #papergoodies #sfmade

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Some live from Muji! I finally found some good pink and felt pens. Plus I needed decent size 10 envelopes. But seriously, who could resist the list stamp?! A few of these will be going out to a patient pen pal. 😉 #Muji #pens #paperaddict #stamps #stationeryfinds #snailmailgoodies

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Dottie - Week of 4/6 through 4/12: Color My World! Using my @creativeretreat Kit as week 3, I LOVE the splashes of color and whimsy of the ephemera mixed with my stash. #planners #plannernerd #katespadeplanner #katespadeny #creativeretreat #basicgrey #studiocalico #washi #lepen

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Dottie - Week of 3/30 through 4/5: Going a little postal this week! Funny, I was never a gold girl but it's growing on me as an accent color. #planners #plannernerd #katespadeny #katespadeplanner #littleb #stamps #paravion #postage #gold

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Dottie - Week of 3/23 through 3/29: Yes, I am stuck in this color family! It will probably always be a theme every month. But I have so many new cute bits and pieces to use! #planners #plannernerd #katespadeny #katespadeplanner #teal #gold #stamps #lepen

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One of my favorite stamp shops - The Sweet Stamp Shop - is launching a brand new website with awesome new stamps for crafters and planners.

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been privy to a few of their secrets as new stamps debut and bits and pieces of the site was revealed. I was also lucky enough to be part of their Design Showcase! Using a mix of one of their cutest new stamps “It’s been Oolong” and the fortune cookies from “Take Out”, I made this shaker card with watercolor styled paper and deliciously smelling peach white tea.

Check them out at www.sweetstampshop.com!

Then check out the Designer Showcase on the their blog - http://www.sweetstampshopblog.com.

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So this happens when I have a Maido within walking distance to my new job. (Hubs was totes adorbs, he was on a wait list at a different Maido, and bought me a spare.) 💕 #midoritravelersnotebook #limitededitionblue #mtn #washitape #paperaddict #journals #craftingismyjam

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April - National Letter Writing Month - Day 5: This box of love went out to my Lil. Sending her bribes to come back to SF. #write_on #writemoreletters #happymail #sanfrancisco #baylife #handmade #getyourcrafton #outgoing #loveparcels

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#thecreativeexchange Reveal! @livelifeandcreate - you know me so well. (Duh!) I love everything in this parcel. I've been looking for this planner for weeks and the embellishments are so me. Won't lie, I'm taking all her tags for my Midori! Thanks, Sam @dunnewithstyle for hosting another awesome exchange! #thecreativeexchange #creativeswaps #besties #paperaddict #papercrafts #plannernerd #planners #heidiswappplanner

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Oh how the creative world works?! This awesome package arrived from my partner for #thecreativeexchange. And surprise surprise - it's from my crafting partner in crime @livelifeandcreate! Oh the lies she told me to throw me off her stalking trail! Can't wait to open! #thecreativeexchange #penpals #creativeswaps #besties #paperaddict #sendmoremail