Mickey and Minnie Mouse Envelope

By special request, Mickey and Minnie Mouse for Jamie. :) Outgoing March 31, 2015

Stamp licking pup

Here's my latest piece of mail art. I learned recently that having your stamps adhered to the upper corner at perfectly right angles is a rule that can be broken! The trick is just to take it into the post office and kindly ask your friendly mail worker to hand cancel the envelope.

However,  my local post office always has an hour long line, and the agitated tones and scowling expressions on the faces of those workers scared me away enough that I wimped out and retreated. (Apparently the friendly mail workers were off that day.) I deposited the envelope into a drop box instead, so we'll see if it ever arrives. :-/

EDIT 04/04/2015: Turns out it arrived just fine! :)

Today's Outgoing: March 18, 2015

This hummer is for my sister-in-law.

Today's Outgoing: March 17, 2015

Birthday cards and more missionary mail. I'll be glad when March is over. Way too many birthdays, people!

Today's Outgoing: March 5, 2015

This cute little lion on a spring is going out to my cousin Kristie who enters the Missionary Training Center today to prepare to serve as a missionary in Finland for the next 18 months. Congratulations, Kristie!

DIY Birthday Cards

I don't know about you, but I've recently discovered March is a very busy month for birthdays! Therefore, I spent my weekend trying to crank out a few birthday cards.  The one with the flaming cake is by far my favorite design (which I stole from here via Pinterest). I've kept that one up my sleeve for years waiting for my dad's big 60th birthday which happens to be next week. (I'll warn you that all those flames are painstaking to assemble, but so, so worth it.)

 Though I did arrange this one myself, the cake used on this green model comes from the Silhouette store. However, you can download my new favorite font for free (Oooh, alliteration!) right here. This is an especially good font for die cutting machines because it looks naturally connected which means fewer pieces to glue down. For instance, Happy Birthday is in all of 6 pieces instead of 14 as it would be with other fonts.

 Lastly, this one is almost exactly styled as it comes from the Silhouette store, with the exception of the googly eye stickers. IMHO, it's the googly eyes that really make this one.

 

Today's Outgoing: March 2, 2015

This one's for Jamie in Missouri.