Happy Monday Lovelies!
Last week, I shared some ideas on what to pack for a trip. This week, let me suggest what you can bring back home -- souvenirs that are inexpensive, crafty and uniquely your own!
Let's say you find yourself at the touristy section of your vacation. Do you make a bee line for the souvenir shop or do you avoid it like the swine flu? I make a go for it and get myself a bunch of postcards, then I send some to family and friends. Even in this age of Facebook and Twitter, nothing beats giving your status update (or the answer to the question, "What are you doing?") on a tangible piece of paper that traveled across the world! 
But here's the Tada!: I send myself a postcard to my address back home. I use different formats like the traditional letter to myself; a list of things I want to remember (ex. the soothing Thai massage, bargain shopping at the night markets and meeting a baby elephant in Bangkok, Thailand or pistachio gelato, buying herbs & spices at Campo dei Fiori and seeing the Colisseum in Rome, Italy); little sketches or phrases in a newly learned language.
I always get a kick out of finding a postcard in the mail when I've returned from a trip. As you can see, I've collected quite a few and if I need to take a break (but can't afford it), I simply fish out these postcards and I'm instantly whisked away.
I always scoop up the cheap postcards. You can often get a discount when you buy large quantities, and it's fun mailing them! I like your idea of mailing them to yourself, too - I'm always fascinated by the different stamps.
ReplyDeleteHi Amanda Nicole! Woohoo, another fellow postcard-lover =) Thanks for dropping by!
ReplyDeleteThat is a great idea! I usually send one to my daughter (she's 6 now...) but I've put them in her scrapbook.
ReplyDeleteI also like to buy pretty ones and matte/frame them. My upstairs bathroom is "South Beach" inspired with a bunch of cards with crazy colors!
I look forward to browsing your blog a bit more! Thanks for stopping by mine!
Hi Kelley -- what a fun way to use postcards! Thanks for your visit =)
ReplyDeleteI always scoop up postcards too! Have a lovely merry happy week and love to yoU!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jacqueline! Wishing you an awesome week as well :)
ReplyDeleteClaire, I started doing a similar thing also. My coz suggested I do it. So, when I was in Europe I sent both my coz and myself postcards with my memories of the trip. So fun! And, great way to document the trip with a handwritten card. I'll try the letter writing to myself next time. Thanks!!:)
ReplyDeleteHi Stacy!Thanks for the visit! Sending yourself mail is fun, isn't it? =)
ReplyDeleteThats a great idea!!! postcards! i remember getting one in the post and it gave me that warm fuzzy feeling inside just because someone thought of me on the other side of the world. Definitely something im going to do on my next trip!
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Welcome to my blog lorelailette! Cheers to thoughtful friends who send postcards!
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