Monday, Monday....

On the eve before all my littles head out to school, what oh what should I post...?

Public Service Announcement:  Go to school or end up like these guys!

Perhaps you are headed off to college to avoid getting some blue collar job.  Well, the grass may no always be greener...

Stay in School.  You never know who you might run into in the cafateria!!!

So this post got interrupted.  But here it is anyway.  Better late than never???

Personal Note

The day has finally come - school!

All three kidlings headed off to higher education today.  7th grade, 5th grade, & kindergarten.  All three came home with positive reports.  Sage was so excited,  we ended up at school 20 minutes early.  Ethan says that 7th grade is way better than 6th grade.  Lucas didn't say much.  Which is normal for him.  He does have friends in his class so that should make the year bearable for him.

I am excited to have 2.5 hours alone Monday through Friday!  Let me hear a woot, woot!!!

Crane & Co.

 pen pals wanted  

Friday, August 19, 2011

This morning we woke up feeling nostalgic for a pen pal.

But first, a flashback: Fifth grade, Ms. Lily's class. She is holding a stack of white envelopes, each containing one of our names awkwardly scribbled on the front. Through big cursive script inked in green on wide-lined notebook paper, we learn our pen pal's name is Michelle. She is from Maryland and has a Golden Retriever named Bluto (after the 'Popeye' character). Some students write to their pen pals for the obligatory three months. We write to Michelle, and she to us, for the next three years.

It was then that we first became enamored with the art of letter writing. Though we have embraced the immediacy of email, there is nothing quite like ink gliding over paper, recording the events, feelings and nuances from the week. Or day. Or year. Likewise, no Inbox subject line comes close to the feeling one gets when sifting through the day's mail to find a personalized envelope. (We're smitten just thinking about it.)

To celebrate the art of letter writing -- and indulge our own nostalgia -- we're inviting fellow enthusiasts of classic correspondence to become our pen pals. Write us a letter, and we'll write you one back. It's that simple.

To sweeten the experience, every pen pal will be entered in a contest to win an assortment of Crane & Co. paper goodies.

If you love the idea as much as we do, please feel free to spread the word and, of course, write us a letter. Our pens our ready to go.

Please send letters to:

Crane & Co. Pen Pals

44 West 28th Street, 8th Floor

NY, NY 10001

Cleaning House part 4

Delightful ephemera!

I forgot to rotate this after scanning.  This awesomeness is from a swap.  It was full, full, full of cool stuff to be used in making more cool stuff!!!

Cleaning House part 3

This was a card that came with an ATC.  The ATC was in the cute little envie next to it.

This is a postcard that I have made from leftover scrapbook paper.  I have a ton of these that can be decorated/altered for any theme, etc.  They also make great friendship books when folded in half.  Just add paper, etc.

A peice of ephemera.  Love it!

This was from an altered postcard swap.  Which of these cats is not like the other?

A person can never have too many old map postcards!

Cupcakes/muffins.  Scrapbook paper waiting to be used!

Cleaning House part 2

This was from a book swap.  The sender was in Germany.

Recycled Materials ATC swap.

Cool photo!

Cleaning House part 1

In order to bring order to my digital postcard storage, I'm going to post photos in alphabetical order for the next several posts.

Catching Up and in no particular order: