Incoming Mail: Finland

Tired from the unbearable heat and commute today, my day got better after seeing a beautifully designed envelope on the kitchen counter. I knew it came from my pen pal Heidi from Finland.

And let me just say, the letter, the envelope, and the ephemera are just so beautiful. Heidi's amazing at designing!

Look at all the wonderful ephemera! She also included an 'About Heidi' card.

And the snail mail included a Mail Tag! I wonder what Mail Tag I can do for her.

xoxo

-Kat :3

Ha-ga-pi-gi Be-gert-de-gey

Last night, I attended a product launch party hosted by Forever Ugly, Polarities, and Vachuca called Hagapigi Begertdegey. The name, which actually means Hapi Bertdey (Happy Birthday), is a play on Gibberish by including 'ag', 'gi', and 'eg' in the words.

With the theme paying tribute to the 90's, the event was an amazing night filled with food, games, freebies, raffles and contests, 90's music, and a performance.

It was a really great night for me because of five things:

1. I met a bunch of cool people.
2. I performed and sang along with my friend Zoe (who was playing the ukulele) in front of the party crowd. It was so nerve wracking, I couldn't even look at the audience most of the time I was singing.
3. I was nominated for best dressed. I placed second, but still. The consolation prize was awesome!
4. I got thank you freebies from one of the owners of Polarities for performing in front of the crowd.
5. Nostalgia. All the feels I felt. Pure happiness. (╥_╥)

Be happy!

So many items designed and made by the talented people of Forever Ugly, Polarities, and Vachuca.

Do these words sound familiar?

 One of Polarities' many designed wooden boards. UNICORNS! *u*

This thing is what's used to play the classic Filipino party game called pabitin.

 Vachuca's plastic wallets and/or business card holders

Classic sari-sari store set up for the snacks!

Zoe performing an instrumental of You've Got A Friend In Me.

Party goers!

Themed parties are the best! Crossing my fingers for an 80's themed party next.

To see what freebies and goodies I got, click here.

xoxo

- Kat :3

Freebies and Goodies!

I received a lot of cool freebies during the Hagapigi Begertdegey product launch party and just seeing them made me smile. 

Nostalgia has taken over me. (╥_╥)

I mean, look at all that cool stuff! All these toys and candies reminded me so much of my childhood. 

To my Filipino friends, do you guys remember any of these?

I also got some free stickers and a plastic wallet/business card holder of the modern era.

 And it was a sort of Treat Yo Self day for me as well. I bought a few things, three of which are for postal purposes.

xoxo

- Kat :3

Outgoing Mail: My First Pen Pal

I've been crazy busy for days trying to figure out what to send to my first ever pen pal.

Let me just say it's difficult to write a letter and figure out what items to send to a complete stranger, even with our likes and dislikes posted on TPS.

My pen pal's name is Tania and she lives in Spain. For her package, I decided to make it a floral theme snail mail because I read from her profile that she likes flowers, as well as sewing and vintage items.

Here you can see the contents of my outgoing mail.

Time to send this snail mail package on its way!

More postal posts soon!

xoxo

- Kat :3