Swap of the Month: Color Swap

I decided to join a mail swap over at TPS. There were two swaps that we could join, but I decided to do just one since it's my first time doing it.

The one I chose to participate in is called a Color Swap, where we make an envelope based on our swapees' favorite color. Even the items that we include inside the envelope have to be in the same color scheme!

The swapee that you get is chosen randomly, but amazingly, I got my friend Arielle, my orgmate and the one who introduced me to TPS.  After I found out who I was going to give my mail to, I became extremely excited and started working on it immediately.

Can you guess what Arielle's favorite color is? (Hint: It's my favorite color too.)

xoxo

- Kat :3

Outgoing Mail: Spain, USA, Finland, and Belgium

I've  been busy during finals week and all of these outgoing mails are SUPER LATE. Except for Elisse's from Belgium. Luckily for her, her mail arrived a few days ago, so I was able to make hers when I wasn't busy anymore.

Here are my outgoing mails for Tania from Spain, Nastassja from the U.S. (she's also Filipino!), Heidi from Finland, and Elisse from Belgium.

I really do apologize for being super late with these snail mails. But I hope my penpals enjoy them!

xoxo

- Kat :3

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