What to do on a lazy Sunday... :)

 Yay, it's Sunday!

Time to sent out some postcards to people all over the world :)

Here's my pink 'bag of Happiness', because whenever I open it, 

I know I'm gonna do fun stuff :)

So what's in it?

First of all, of course, my collection of postcards

I go shopping for cards every 2-3 months, because it's a good excuse

to visit a big city or have lunch with a friend :)

I usually buy my cards in a small souvenir shop in Antwerpen, which is close to my hometown

The man who sells cards already knows me... A while ago he brought a box of old postcards for me,

that I could have for free! 

He's such a nice man and I can't even think about buying my cards elsewhere :p

I know that Belgian postcards are not really 'special', because it's not a so-called rare country

But... we do have attractive things! ^^

Last year I took these free entrance tickets for the Atomium and Mini Europe (great 

touristic places in Brussels, capital city of Belgium) and I like to add them to the cards that I send

Another thing that I like to add are small chocolates, wrapped with paintings of old Belgian houses

Yummy! ^^

Finally, I use stickers and pencils to decorate my cards

Last weekend I've bought some washi-tape too, the first tape shows paintings of camera's

and the other tape says: 'Enjoy the blue skies'

Colourfull stickers, flowers & cats & stars

My washi-tape! ^^

Now I can't wait to go back to my postcards again :)

How do you decorate your cards? How much time do you spent on it?

How important do you find it to receive decorated cards?

Have a nice Sunday! :)

A letter from the USA

Today I would like to give some attention to charity

Since one year, I'm writing a letter to a prisoner once in a while, and it makes me very happy

This letter comes from Jessica, a very nice and smart woman

In our letters, we just talk about anything and nothing: our hobbies, what we've been up to

the last couple of weeks, and stuff like that

There's no pressure at all, and I can recommend writing a prisoner to everyone!

What I personally like the most about writing an inmate, 

is the fact that they are always so happy to receive a letter

I really feel that I can make a difference in their life, just by sending an envelope

every now and then

I hope YOU will click on one of the next links :)
It's weekend, so I'm sure you can find some time to write a letter to someone!

Write a prisoner

Meet an inmate

Friends beyond the wall

Do you use any other website? Please comment underneath :)

Two postcards from Turkey

I received this wonderfull envelope containing 2 postcards from Turkey

and 2 stories written by my friend Ivana :)

 

The first postcard shows beautiful Antalya

Ivana says that it's a magical place where you feel like 

waiting for the lady of the lake to show up :)

 

 On the second card we can see a snowy Turkish landscape

The text on the card says: Happy New Year!

I didn't knew that Turkey could have such cold temperatures, around -20°C!

Thank you Ivana for this swap! <3

A letter and a postcard from Thailand

I received a nice letter and a beautiful postcard from Bangkok, Thailand
It was send by Eye, a new friend that I made through the Interpals website

The postcard shows the city of Bangkok by night
I love those kind of cards, I think cities are way more beautiful in the dark with all those lights :)

Most postcards from Bangkok are showing tourist attractions, but the card Eye has send me isn't.
And she can know it, as she travels a lot! So it's a very special card :)

An elephant stamp <3

Thank you Eye for sending me this letter and envelope, and also your nice drawing on the envelope! :)
PS: I hope we can become really good penpals! <3