First day of spring

Today is Yesterday was the vernal equinox, and the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere, so here are some past envelopes from exchanges that have that spring-like quality to them.

From Kate R

From Bug

Y is for Year of the Boar

I received my first Year of the Boar (or Pig) stamp a couple of weeks ago in a fantastic exchange envelope from Kate.

This is the twelfth and final stamp in this series of stamps. I read somewhere that USPS will not be continuing with lunar new year stamps after this year.

Check out more links to Y-themed stamps over at Sunday Stamps.

Cheers!

Great exchange envelope from Kate R. I love the row of gold dots on the letters - very festive.

And a great little card inside - thanks!

October exchange - Dia de los meurtos edition

Day of the dead from Kate. Made even spookier by the upside down postmark.

Jack-o'-lanterns

USPS issued their first Halloween stamps ever. I am surprised they haven't cashed in on this very big tradition before - I'll be interested to see if they continue with Halloween issues in the future.

I used them on stamps for Jean's October exchange on homemade envelopes 831 and 832, with a bonus envelope 830 to Eric.

And using some Halloween-themed bottle labels Colleen sent me as an MMSA bonus, I finished the rest of the swap with these:

Orange and yellow on the August exchange envelopes received

Here's my very loose interpretation of the yellow and orange theme for today's Sunday Stamps.

Yellow ice (s)cream cone(s) from Becky on the envelope and the soda fountain favorite stamp.

Orange tiger fur From Lynne, on my favorite of the circus poster stamps.

From Kate, orange and black to go with the Ray Charles stamp.

August exchange envelopes sent

Using some craft paper that a package was wrapped in, I created these envelopes to go with the new patriotic spiral stamps. I had a few extra envelopes, so Hester and Eric received them.

May envelope exchange - received

Beautiful red and gold ribbon writing from Jean.

Fun checkerboard from Lynne.

Wonderful lettering from Kate.

Pretty flowers saying hello from Lisa in the Czech Republic.

And awesome badger mail from Elizabeth - thank you!

May envelope exchange - sent

Envelopes 319, 333, 336, 338 and 340 made from an old wall calendar.

August envelope exchange part 5

To Rehj.

In from Kate R - love how the crown was cancelled but not the stamp. I like the face on the back, too.

July envelope exchange - part 1

From Bridget - great splattered colors from Australia

From Rehj - I love how the letters reflect the penguins on the stamps

From Elizabeth - this starry envelope is a big wow

 From Kate - the perfect accompaniment to the Maya Angelou stamp.

Marti was putting together her exchange envelopes and kindly sent me this bonus envelope.

Thanks, everyone, for another great exchange.

Insects part 1

Jean and Jan ran an envelope exchange in May.

I had picked up a couple of cheap calendars in February for potential envelope making. This set is from a Christopher Morley calendar, and I splurged on the Insects and Spiders stamps to match. The back of the envelopes also turned out well, so I scanned those too.

To Florence

To Kate

To Jan

To Carroll

To Jack

And one to Eric, where I did something a little different in order to accommodate the four stamps needed for international mail.