Phenomenal Friday: Rocking Chairs at the Airport

These chairs made me smile (and were relaxing to rock in) on a trip I took a few months ago.

Nostalgia Thursday: Vintage Postage Stamps

I bought several vintage tree stamps for my wedding invitations (which I'll talk more about another time). Because I had to buy them from several different sellers in order to collect enough stamps, I received several envelopes that were postmarked with other vintage stamps. When the first envelope arrived, it was such a nice surprise to see the stamps. Then, as the other envelopes rolled into my mailbox, I was so happy each time I saw the envelope. It hadn't occurred to me that the sellers would share more of their stamp collections when they mailed their packages to me. These are a couple of the envelopes and stamps:





I particularly like the map and airmail stamps.

Buying the stamps for the invitations has introduced me to a new world of vintage stamps--now I think I might become a little addicted to buying more stamps :) Some of them are so beautiful and fun--I think I would like to use some to mail other letters to friends and family as well as collect some.

At first I wasn't sure whether it was worth the effort to search for all of the original stamps that I ordered, but I'm hoping that my guests feel the same way that I did when they receive the envelopes with a hint of vintage nostalgia that I mailed to them :)

Fun at Paper Source

I love going to Paper Source! There are so many cute things there. I bought some of the materials to make my invitations there. I tried to stay with the things on my list, but I was temporarily distracted by all of their other adorable items. When I stopped roaming through all of the cute sections, I chose items that were both fun and functional :) A few of my favorites are a new rubber stamp, calligraphy pens, and red and white striped paper straws.



While I was browsing the rubber stamp section, I found one that I have been looking for in several stores, but hadn't been able to find--the character for double happiness! It was a happy surprise to find it when I wasn't specifically looking for it on this particular trip :)

I also bought some new calligraphy pens. The Speedball Elegant Writer calligraphy pens are awesome! I took a calligraphy class several years ago, and I have a beginner's kit that I used to brush up on my calligraphy writing. These pens are great, because it makes my normal handwriting look like calligraphy even when I make a mistake with the stroke.

I also found red and white paper straws! I was going to stick with a theme for the colors of the paper straws, but I think that these straws are so much fun that I will use multiple colors for a cheerful effect at the reception (also, the left over straws will be so much fun to use for decorating later).

Phenomenal Friday: L-O-V-E

This is such a sweet, upbeat, and classic song! Another one of my favorites :)