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locketandsugar · 1 year

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Don’t forget about those Bonus Dads this Father’s Day! Send an extra special gift to your Step Dad that he can eat, with our letterbox cookies! Choose from bricks or wood effect fondant

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copperbadge · 4 months

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I love shopping at niche online merch shops that really shouldn't exist, like the Heinz 57 Apparel Store and the Whataburger Gift Shop. One of my favorites is the USPS "gifts" section of the website, because it's mostly very elegant prints of commemorative stamps, and then once in a while just tosses some wild-ass shit out there.

Like Farley.

Farley is an anthropomorphic postbox. He's extremely shaped.

I thought maybe he was some kind of new mascot but as far as I can tell he's just a stuffed postbox retailing for $15. He appears to be named for James Aloysius Farley, postmaster general from 1933-40, but I do not know why. Ah, sweet mysteries of life.

[ID: A screengrab from the USPS website of a stuffed toy; it is shaped like a USPS mail receptacle, a tall blue bin with four legs. The toy has a US Mail stamp on the side and a beaming face where the mail slot would normally be.]

#usps #post office #mascots

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hariratan · 1 year

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#post #box #instagram #explore #explorepage #love #newpost #viral #like #trending #postbox #red #redbox #fyp #gift #handmade #instagood #photooftheday #boxeo #click #papercraft #photography #letters #viralpost #ankitgupta #art #letterwriting (at Kumbakonam) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClyjRclyvaU/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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onlineantiques · 1 year

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Beautiful Royal Worcester Connoisseur Collection Victorian Post Box Trinket Box eBay item number 233939638011 #royalworcester #bonechina #porcelain #victorianpostbox #postbox #trinketbox #pillbox #collectibles #collectables #gifts #giftideas #giftsforher #xmasgifts #christmasgifts #smallthings #littlethings https://www.instagram.com/p/ClPXH94IUmr/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#royalworcester #bonechina #porcelain #victorianpostbox #postbox #trinketbox #pillbox #collectibles #collectables #gifts #giftideas #giftsforher #xmasgifts #christmasgifts #smallthings #littlethings

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stickyfrogs · 3 months

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Today the Stickyfrogs received a Surprise in their Special Postbox! A Lovely Card and Gift from Kate and Tim in Melbourne!

Round Frog said hello to her cousins on the front of the card and Jens read the Very Kind Message inside!

Voigt admired the wonderful drawings of frog friends having a swim!

Long Frog inspected the Very Cool Gift! A special Totes for Wildlife bag from Zoos Victoria with a Critically Endangered Spotted Tree Frog!

Thank you very much to Kate and Tim! The Stickyfrogs send Many Kissies! 🐸🐸🐸🐸

#Round Frog #Jens #Voigt #Long Frog #frogs #pets #animals #amphibians #green tree frogs #white’s tree frogs #white lipped tree frogs #artwork

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bakuhatsufallinlove · 21 days

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U.A. High School Field Trip Around Japan: Day 6 Translations

This is Day 6 of Shonen Jump’s special commemoration of My Hero Academia reaching one hundred million copies worldwide, which is being rolled out daily across one-week in each prefecture’s newspaper.

The schedule:

April 4th, Day 1: Hokkaidō & Tōhōku regions

April 5th, Day 2: Kantō region

April 6th, Day 3: Chūbu region

April 7th, Day 4: Kansai region

April 8th, Day 5: Chūgoku & Shikoku regions

April 9th, Day 6: Kyūshū & Okinawa regions

April 10th, Day 7: Nationwide release

You can see the illustrations on their website here, where they are released digitally the day after the newspaper release.

Here we go!

Kyūshū Region

Fukuoka

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Hawks: "Aren't we all just dying for free time? I just want everyone to be happy, you know." Tokoyami: "That ambition is what I, too, wish to realize." Jirou: "He has a rockin' vibe even when sleeping, doesn't he!!"

Nanzo-in Temple is home to one of the largest bronze statues in the world depicting a reclining Buddha, called Shaka Nehan (Nirvana). The statue holds ashes of Buddha and two adherents, which were gifts from Myanmar as thanks for Nanzo-in's donations of medical supplies.

Saga

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Ashido: "The squid are dancing!!" Tokoyami: "The squid, such speed!" Aizawa: "For drying a large amount of squid at once, it's a really reasonable method." Tokoyami: "A magnificent display of stormy turmoil!!!"

This is a fixture at Yobuko Town's morning market which rapidly dries squid by rotating in circles. The Japanese name, ikaguruguru, uses an onomatopoeia for going around in circles so you could call it a "squidy-go-round." Tokoyami uses the Japanese term for the German aesthetic Sturm und Drang. By the way, the term for dried squid, surume, is also used to mean something that grows on you over time. It's one of the most popular snacks in Japan!

Nagasaki

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Aoyama: "Merci for the million dollar nightscape~" Asui: "The night views from the sky are exception!"

Nagasaki is considered to have one of the top three best night skylines in Japan. You can visit Mount Inasa's Observatory to see it for free, but they got something even better!

Kumamoto

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Sero: "Bakugou... did you do that!?" Kouda: "The mountain is burning!" Shouji: "Quick, put it out! Bakugou, you help too!" Nedzu: "Hang on! Dry grass being burnt down helps new grass sprout. This nurtures the animals as well. Humans and nature in symbiosis, that's what burning the fields represents!" Bakugou: "Hey, you bastards, APOLOGIZE!"

The city of Aso lights its mountain on fire every year as part of the Aso Fire Festival, a coordinated effort between farmers to replenish the fertility of their soil. My favorite part is that Katsuki doesn't deny that he blew the mountain up in flames... he's saying, "see, I'm helping, all right!!"

Ōita

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Kaminari: "Now then, who's getting in!! To soothe your travel weariness!" Iida: "STOP! Do you want to be boiled alive!? Swimming in the Blood Pond Hell area is prohibited!!" Kaminari: "So this is a 'bitterness of denied entry' type hell, then! (cry)"

They are trying to bathe in the Blood Pond Hell in Beppu City, where iron oxide and magnesium oxide mix and get pushed to the surface to turn the water blood red. Beppu is known for its Eight Hells, hot springs that are so hot (often greater than 200 degrees Fahrenheit), they are meant for viewing rather than bathing--hence their being called a "hell," not a "hot spring!"

Miyazaki

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Yaoyorozu: "The myth of Princess Toyotama and Yamasachihiko exchanging love letters has been passed down in Aoshima, so there is a legend that if you send a love letter with this postbox, your love will come true." Kaminari: "Make a postcard for me right now, Yaomomo!" Mineta: "Make me a hundred! It's my lifelong wish!!" Yaoyorozu: "It's just one apiece for someone special..." Postboxes in Japan are red, so this one, called the "Yellow Postbox of Good Luck," is unique. The couple Yaoyorozu mentions are from the Kojiki and Nihon Shiki, which contain some of the earliest written records of Japanese myths and ancient history. Poor Kaminari... he just asked for one!

Kagoshima

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All Might: "Continuing to watch over everything for all eternity!! This here, this is the Symbol of Peace!!" Izuku (mumbling): "It's a well-known fact among fans that All Might loves Yakusugi--" Izuku (out loud): "I'm thrilled we can all go together!! Right, Kacchan!!?" Kacchan: "I... Don't drag me into this!! (pleased, though)"

Yakusugi refers to cedars of at least a thousand years old on the island Yakushima, where there are dense coniferous forests with many old-growth trees. The most famous is the Jōmon Sugi, which is estimated to be at least 2,000 years old. Did Kacchan follow them on their tree tour, trying to not be noticed, and Izuku called him out on it~? Or did they companionably embark all together while he put up a grumpy front? Hee!

Okinawa Region

Okinawa

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Endeavor: "Shouto, how is it? How is the soba!?" Todoroki: "Okinawa soba is tasty." Endeavor: "RIGHT!? SHOUTOOOOOOO!! (joy)" Todoroki: "Let me eat in peace."

Unlike Todoroki's beloved mainland soba, which is made with buckwheat flour, Okinawa soba is made with wheat flour and is closer to udon noodles.

Aaand that's Day 6, the last release is the grand finale!

#translations #ua high school field trip around japan #mha one hundred million copies tour

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writingjourney · 9 months

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Little preview for IKNBS chapter 8 ♡

(I'm going to post it this weekend, it's like soooo close to done and it's the longest one so far 👀 )

Catch up here if you want to :)

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The first postcard arrives after two days. From then on, they arrive every other day. He posts them in envelopes with no sender but you assume the Siblings sorting the mail with their knack for gossip recognise his penmanship anyway.

The first one is from Copenhagen, from the Statens Museum for Kunst, the Danish National Gallery. The postcard shows the painting Christ in the Realm of the Dead by Joakim Skovgaard, a Danish painter, and you appreciate that he chose a countryman. It seems odd that he would stop by a museum just to acquire a postcard. You can’t imagine that he has a lot of time for sight-seeing, so you wonder if he just ran into the museum, got the card and then made the bus stop by a postbox to send it out as fast as he can.

Before you read, you admire his handwriting. In a solid block of text it looks especially beautiful. The minuscules are small and narrow, the majuscules sticking out more but the lines are smooth and well-curved. You can tell that he does a lot of writing on the daily because there are no errors, no crossed out words. The ink he used is black, probably from a fountain pen, and your eyes get caught by the C with which he signed it, the line drawn with just a little more force than the others.

Mia ‘strella,

I hope you are well. I know we did not part on the best terms, cara, but I am thinking about you constantly to the point where I find it hard to concentrate. The ghouls make fun of me when I drift off on the bus.

Copenhagen is beautiful, the abbey here is in good shape and the Siblings very eager to meet their new Papa. I think they will like our show tonight. Please, can you let me know how you are doing?

C.

The second postcard, arriving two days later, comes from the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin. It’s the painting Woman at a Window by Caspar David Friedrich, a woman gazing outside with her back turned towards the observer. You immediately know why he picked it.

Mia ‘strella,

today, choosing a card was very easy. I spotted this in the gift shop and it reminded me of you. I think about sitting by the window with you often, how you shared your apple with me and held my hand. I think it was then that I realized, if anyone could care for someone like me, it would be you.

Please, I need to know that you are well.

C.

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hehe :)

#this is the cute part bc i feel bad for taking so long #copia x reader #iknbs

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larry-hiatus · 1 year

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He’s Got the Money, Baby Honey

Explicit ~ 10k

Written for @1dkinkfest

“Can you tell me what my postbox, my Venmo account, and your thick skull all have in common? …They’re all empty.”

Finsub Harry forgets his dom’s weekly gift. Louis makes him pay for the mistake with a shopping spree.

Read it on AO3

#yourlarrysource #hlcreators #hljournal #hlsource #tracksintheam #trackinghappily #hltracks #myfics

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locketandsugar · 5 months

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The Chistmas season is here, time to start looking for those unique and unusual gifts to send to say ‘Merry Christmas Teacher’! Our duo letterbox cookies are the perfect way to show your appreciation this holiday season! Delivered anywhere in the UK for free. Available in a variety of colours and can be personalised with your teachers name or any message you wish!

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pers-books · 10 months

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I have entire bookshelf full of Doctor Who books! Mostly Big Finish's Short Trips hardback books! I also have half a shelf of Shakespeare books, DVDs, and CDs! In other words, this morning while waiting on the BT engineer to sort out my internet connection I've finished unpacking the boxes of books and got everything onto the book case!

And yes, the DVD rack nearest the bookcase has an entire section of Doctor Who (and SJA) DVDs.

And yes, I have two Thirteenth Doctor Funkos - one I bought for myself, the other was a gift from a friend.

And yes, I have a postbox moneybox!

#Personal

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life-love-and-lotr · 9 months

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@chaos-in-bright-pink-hair-dyes Killjoy Week 2023- Endless

Dying dosn't feel like anything really. It is just pain for a short while and then nothing. Nothing but the endless black void.

You sort of walk around in the void, looking for any sign that your spirit is attached to something on Earth. Then a hole appears in the floor. A window into the material plane. You just see all the people in your life grieving over your deaths and the world continuing on without you. You stay there for what seems like hours screaming, hoping anyone can hear you. But they don't. They never do. I was lucky that a stranger put my old mask into a postbox. Because I don't know what I would have become if I was stuck there forever.

As soon as the mask goes into the post box, she appears. As she walks towards you, the void starts to become smaller and smaller until your both surrounded by a white light. The Phonix Witch is alot smaller that you think she is. She is swamped by the large amount of feathers she wears but her actual body is tiny. She also speaks with a much quieter voice that you expect, much kinder. She wants whats best for you. 99% of the time thats death, but for me it was a bit different.

I died because I was a wavehead. I was addicted to radiation, which ate my body from the outside. She saw right through my act and was disappointed with me. She told me that I was wasting my talents for storytelling on the grief I was experiencing. She was right. All of you deserve to hear stories of the Fab Four and their lives outside of their jobs. She trusted me with that job and gave me the gift of a second life. One that I won't waste again.

I must go now. Before I do, I will leave you with this. Death is an important part of life. It may seem vast, like an endless void of nothing. But its actually beautiful. You become a part of the tale they tell on earth. And that's bigger than you. Those stories bounce around endlessly, from mother to daughter, grandfather to grandson, friend to friend. The messages that come from those stories will influence generations to come. So make your lives a bloody good story to tell.

#gone around full circle #killjoy week 2023 #danger days the true lives of the fabulous killjoys #danger days

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modernistestates · 1 year

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2022 Christmas Gift Guide Part 1

This blog is so neglected, I’m so sorry. It's the end of November and the year started out full of hope for new self-initiated projects. Then one graphic design job came in, then another, and another and before I knew it, it is the end of the year and I haven't had a holiday.

My first post in months and all I've done is winge. Right, enough of that. I've booked a trip to Japan in the new year, so actually, I'm in a good mood today. Back to the matter in hand, my annual Christmas Gift List. Unless you can eat it, or read it, I'm actually not interested in presents (apart from a butter dish, why won't someone buy me a good butter dish for god's sake?), so this year my list just features books that I have recently bought, or would like to buy.

It goes without saying, but please try and buy these from independent shops if you can, and not Amazon. Please. Thank you.

1. First up is Edwin Heathcote’s On the Street: In-Between Architecture published by Heni. The book (due to be released this week) features a collection of 101 essays by Heathcote on the subject of the city and the prolific but often unnoticed street architecture such as the intricate designs of streetlights, signs, barriers, postboxes and phone booths. It promises to be richly illustrated with a mix of historical images, impressionistic pieces of art photography and references from the author’s vast personal archive with photography by Vivian Maier, Brassaï and Henri Cartier-Bresson.

Edwin Heathcote has been the architecture and design critic at The Financial Times since 1999 and is the author of over a dozen books including The Meaning of Home.

Image: Man in Newspaper Stand, 1945 Stanley Kubrick

£34.99 Available from The Modernist

2. Walter Gropius: An Illustrated Biography by Leyla Daybelge and Magnus Englund, published by Phaidon Okay, this one is for someone you REALLY like as its RRP is £100, but if you shop around you can get it cheaper. It's a huge publication, and, as with all of Phaidon's books, it's beautifully produced and richly illustrated. This is the author's second collaboration — their first was Isokon and the Bauhaus in Britain published in 2019 — and it features over 375 illustrations (many not previously published) exploring the contradictions of Gropius’ life and career as one of the world’s most influential architects and educators. I read Fiona McCarthy's Gropius biography in 2019 whilst hurtling across Europe by train, and this makes a great companion to that book.

£100.00 Available from Phaidon

3. If Mary Gaudin's previous books are anything to go by, this new book Henry Kulka, in collaboration with  Giles Reid, promises to be another beautiful publication.

This is the only book devoted to the work of architect Henry Kulka (1900–1971). Born in Moravia, modern-day Czechia, Kulka studied and then worked alongside Adolf Loos, one of the undisputed masters of modern architecture—together creating some of the key architectural works of the twentieth century. Kulka’s career in Europe was cut short by World War Two. As a Jewish architect, he was forced to flee persecution and start again, arriving in New Zealand in 1940. Here, he worked for the next thirty years, creating a unique body of work, much of which is now in a fragile state. Henry Kulka is often cited, but his work is little known. This book is an attempt to rediscover the architect, through new photography and writing, helping to reveal the beauty and depth of what remains.

€52 Available directly from Mary Gaudin's website

4. Public House: A Cultural and Social History of the London Pub, published by Open City.

So, I think I think this book actually came out last year. I can’t remember, this year is a complete blur, but it arrived during a time when I was really busy with work and I put it on the shelf and completely forgot about it. I'm an idiot because it's great and would make a great Christmas present.

Shaped by social, aesthetic and political movements, the extraordinary story of London’s pubs tells the story of the city itself. The book includes over 120 pubs from across all 33 London boroughs, Public House traces tales of craft, architecture, music, queer activism, black history, comedy, migration, sport and heritage. Featuring a wide range of contributors including comedian Isy Suttie, musician Bob Stanley, brewer Jaega Wise and politician Rupa Huq, the book is richly illustrated with original drawings and rare archival material.

£18.99 Available from Open City

5. Here are a couple of books for your architect friends:

Revaluing Modern Architecture: Changing conservation culture by John Allan, published by Riba

Presenting a clear line of sight through these complex questions, this book explores the conservation, regeneration and adaptive re-use of Modern architecture. It provides a general grounding in the field, its recent history and current development, including chapters on authenticity, charters, listing and protection. Case studies drawing on the author’s extensive practical experience offer valuable lessons learnt in the conservation of Modern heritage buildings.

£45 Available from Riba

Building for Change: The Architecture of Creative Reuse by Ruth Lang, published by Gestalten

If the face of climate change and the need for buildings to reach Zero Emissions by the middle of the century, Ruth Lang brings our attention to creatively reusing existing buildings. Through beautifully illustrated case studies of groundbreaking projects, from some of the world’s leading architects, Lang's Building for Change demonstrates how the architecture of creative reuse is helping us build a better tomorrow.

£45 Available from Gestalten

6. Birmingham: The Brutiful Years by Mary Keating, Jenny Marris and John Bell

I had the pleasure of interviewing Mary Keating for my Modernist Estates Europe book a few years ago. At the time, Mary was writing a series of articles on Birmingham Brutalism, and I am so delighted they have been brought together in a beautiful new book published by the Modernist Society. Birmingham: The Brutiful Years highlights three home-grown architects in particular whose cutting-edge designs helped to reshape post-war Birmingham: John Madin, who designed the majority of Birmingham’s finest Brutalist buildings; Graham Winteringham, best known for the Birmingham Repertory theatre, and James Roberts, whose work included The Rotunda.

£25 Available from The Modernist

7. Part of a City: The Work of Neave Brown Architect by Patrick and Claudia Lynch and David Porter published by Canalised Press

I’m sure Neave Brown needs no introduction. This new book explores the ethos and ideas of the Anglo-American architect), winner of the RIBA Gold Medal 2017. Part of a City gets its title from Brown’s Gold Medal acceptance speech, when he observed: “We weren’t making housing, we were making part of a city.” It brings together his writing and design projects, including his celebrated large-scale urban housing work for Camden Council, and the later projects in Italy and The Netherlands, the latter undertaken in private practise with David Porter. Beautifully illustrated with newly commissioned photography of all his housing projects.

£38 Available from Canalside Press

#journal

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thedetectiveofinaba · 3 days

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"...remind me again why I have a separate postbox office for the fanmail and why I'm 'too cutthroat' on discarding suspicious fanmail or gifts." Michiru has seen the Naoto Cult getting active again and she's just not taking any chances on it.

She'd always be ready to be Chihiro's bodyguard against the cultists. They were too suspicious to let run wild.

#dash commentary #multiverse / angelic shirogane heiress #naoto multiverse edition #/chihiro michi is trying to help

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cathrynworrell · 5 months

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3 simple steps for sending some art in the post without leaving your sofa (or bed)

As someone who lives with a chronic illness, I know how difficult it can be to leave your home to run errands. Simple activities like popping to the shops or taking things to the Post Office can often feel (and sometimes are) impossible.

Save some time and money when sending a card or gift

But whether you have health problems or not, sometimes you just don’t want the hassle of (or don’t have the time for) doing things like making a special trip to the postbox.

Or maybe you want to send something to your friend or relative in the UK but the cost of international mailing starts to make that seem expensive - plus it takes ages for your card or gift to arrive.

Let me send a card for you

If any of these situations sound familiar, I’m here to help. If you buy a card from my shop and don’t want to wait to have it delivered to you so you can write it and send it out again to your favourite person (maybe having it to-ing and fro-ing across the Atlantic), I can send it for you.

All you have to do is follow these three simple steps, and then you can sit back with a nice cup of tea and put your feet up, safe in the knowledge that your greeting card will soon arrive at your friend’s door.

1. Choose your favourite greeting card

Head over to the shop to browse the greeting cards. Choose a single card that’s your favourite and add it to your shopping cart.

2. Write a personalised message

At checkout, add a gift message to your order. I will handwrite your message inside the card on your behalf before popping it into its envelope and adding the correct postage.

3. Check the delivery address

Double-check that the delivery address on your order is for the person you’re sending the card to.

Once all that’s done and you’ve placed your order, I’ll ensure your card with your personalised message is sent straight to the lucky recipient.

Not just greeting cards

This isn’t limited to greeting cards, though. If you want to send a print, original artwork or anything else from my shop directly to the person you would like to gift it to (anywhere in the world), just make sure you add their address at checkout.

I wrap every order from my shop in recycled tissue paper and include a postcard with a handwritten message, which can be a message from you if you choose.

Bundle up a card and print

You could also choose one of my art prints and bundle it with a matching greeting card, but the choice is yours.

Whatever you decide, I will do all the hard work for you, saving you time, energy and effort - and maybe also saving you some money on the cost of international shipping!

#Greeting card #art prints #gift ideas #snail mail #gifts by post

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the-art-of-jewellery-uk · 5 months

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📮 There is still time to order your Christmas gifts 📮 So why not pop along to our Etsy store and see what we can tempt you with 📮

#theartofjewelleryuk #christmasgift #christmas #christmaspost #post #postagedates #postbox #readyforchristmas #christmas2023 #christmasshopping #christmasiscoming #jewelry #jewellery #delivery #deliveryavailable #etsyuk

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sjstone-author · 7 months

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Letters of Note will continue for as long as it’s wanted by enough people who are willing and able to support it, and so it’s important to mention, as awkwardly as I can, that subscriptions and donations are what keep this old postbox in use. Increasingly so, in fact. So, if you’ve ever found a fragment of joy, wisdom, or simple human connection through Letters of Note, and you’re lucky enough to be in a position to do so, a subscription—either for yourself or as a gift for a fellow nerd—or a donation would be hugely appreciated. And to those of you who already have subscribed or donated: thank you.

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