where is this sun you speak of?

Another postcrossing venture! I sent this one to Philip from Germany . He likes anime so I figured that he might know Detective Conan which, by the way, is a great one!

( Read about this collaboration ) Aquitania Sonnet poetry: D.G. Bersabal Photograph: Cosettex As I walk towards the beach I see these tiny orange flowers. Little trumpets with a unique melody in each They’re not even tired of playing for hours. The sea breeze may blow away their masterpiece, but the melody always finds a way to deliver kisses of peace. Someone took a photo of them. So still, but I can imagine the way they dance. In my mind, they’re swaying to their anthem. Oh, what a lovely dose of romance! So every time I go to the beach, I’d stopover because they’re part of my life forever. *postcard sent to A. Kogler

( Read about this collaboration ) Playful Silhouettes Limerick poetry: D.G. Bersabal Photograph: Jeansman There was a little boy named Baloo Who always play around with his friends of two. They are having fun under the bright sun in a paradise where playful silhouettes sings ‘yahoo’! *postcard sent to M. De Cesare

( Read about this collaboration ) Winter Oak Iambic Pentameter poetry: D.G. Bersabal Photograph: Rob Roy Aus Through the range of hills in Southwest England, lies an oak tree standing very firmly. Does not fail to give its glowing beauty; even during winter months it looks grand. *postcard sent to E. Bischoff

A couple of months ago I made a postcard for a fellow Postcrosser whose name is Nicole from Berlin. She likes hockey, coffee and writing among other things so I made a simple drawing for her. FYI I did my best~ :p She learned the Russian language when she was young so I wrote Kофе for coffee and Eishockey for Ice Hockey. Thanks to her, I now know two Russian words! :) It's been a long time since I've had my postcard venture so maybe sometime soon I can make time for it. Long live snail mails!

I have some new postcards in the mail lately and all of them are lovely~  The postcards above are from Michael, a postcrosser from Denmark, who sent me three postcards in one envelope. Sad to say the original postcard he sent prior to these got lost and so he sent me a bunch. Thanks, Michael! The third postcard is (YES I KNOWWWW OMG SO LOVELY) [a] The Little Prince postcard. I'm so thrilled when I saw it the first time just because~ Olivia of Beijing sent it to me because she knew I read books and it is her favorite one. Good choice, Olivia! The fourth postcard is one of the three postcards Michael sent me -- "Peaceful Place" by Henning Kappenberg. The fifth postcard is a postcard sent by mon amour! It's a postcard from Iceland and it says " Aerial view of Namaskaro, one of the largest solfatara sites in Iceland." He has been around Iceland last year and I am so jealous about that. Hahaha! 

This is another handmade postcard I made for Sara from China. She likes to travel, read, photography and music so I made her a postcard with all of her listed interest. Weeks after I sent it, she responded through e-mail saying: "Dear sweet Debie, It's really a big surprise to have your card this morning,I shall say this is the most lovely card i ever received cause you paint it yourself! and it's so nice, you are so........sweet. I LOVE IT! i love photography while till now only with digital machine,i am not an expert on that but it is a really good experience and trying to learn more. i truely believe film photography is much more dramastic, as what you said "MAGIC"! yes! I hope i could have a chance to take film photography someday. and if you could share some of your works with me? It's getting cooler here these days after nearly one month high temperature upto 45 centigrade which is the highest one in my life. and sunny days wit...

I made and sent two postcards last month. One for Beverly from England and Dina from China. Beverly is the first person who inspired me to write. She doesn't know it, I guess. But I mentioned it, finally, in my letter. At the age of 13, I started keeping a notebook full of poems and whatnot. And I started keeping a diary before I started blogging back in 2005. She's one of my heroes. :) Back in high school and early years in college, she was my pen pal. We used to write novel-like letters but it suddenly stopped. I can't trace back who stopped replying but it doesn't matter. I hope someday our paths will cross again. I want to tell her a lot of things. Things that I didn't understand years ago but I do now Dina is a postcrosser from China. I made her a dream catcher-inspired card because that's what I thought of while thinking about what kind of postcard should I make for her. I hope she gets it! :D

3 cards in the mail recently -- postcrossing cards from Denmark & Portugal, and a surprise card from Louisiana. 1. Pocahontas-inspired card from Melanie of Denmark. Whenever I look at it, my mind sings Colors of the Wind. I love how it reminds me so much of my childhood days which was filled with afternoons in the garden, playing with caterpillars, going inside a very large cage & feeding my father's (different kinds of) birds, and reading comics/stories to my mother's flowers (because she told me they will bloom if I do so). It was a Pocahontas-like childhood except there were no John Smith involved. 2. Planalto das Cesaredas card from Nuno of Portugal. Just in case I find myself traveling around the world... I'd probably visit Portugal and remind myself to visit this place. Also, I'd learn Portuguese. That must be fun! 3. Flower card from Arielle of Louisiana. This card made me smile while working in the office. The day when I was totally clue...

A postcard I sent to David L. from South Carolina, USA. He likes naval ships, books, and dogs. So, I made my own postcard which composed of his favorites, which turned out to be a funny hand-made drawing. ( See a closer look ). The title of the three books are from novels which are set in his place. At the back, I have drawn a tooling leather as a separator of my message and address lines, because he likes tooling leathers. I enjoyed making this postcard because it was done spontaneously. No further initial planning whatsoever which is the fun part. The boarder was quite fun to do as well. I admit I was kind of scared that he might not like a hand-made postcard but he actually listed it as his favorite (and he didn't ' favorite-d' everything he received, and that is something .). So, yay!  So, I am definitely making more hand-made postcards soon and I will be making them during breaks and/or before going to bed because I don't want to spend more time for it...

These are the first four postcards I received through Postcrossing. Cards from the top clockwise: (1) Anke from Germany, (2) Urszula from Poland, (3) Gezabel from Spain, and (4) Saki from Japan.  Dear Anke, thank you for your beautiful Christmas card. I have never been to your country but when the time comes that I'll be able to visit Germany, I would probably find some Ballonblume flowers. Also, I would love to see those beautiful illuminations in your town during Christmas season! Dear Urszula, thank you for sharing to me your favorite Christmas song. I tried to find it on the internet but I couldn't find any. I found something with the same title but it's not in English like how you wrote the lyrics. So, I'll assume this is the song. It sounds merry to me and one thing is for sure, I would love to speak Polish soon. Maybe learn a few words? Thank you again! :) Dear Gezabel, thank you for this postcard. I adore the three stamps so much because I have a ...

Months ago, I was introduced to Postcrossing -- a social network where members are given random addresses to send postcards to. Each member receives some as well. (To know more about it, visit their website and join us!) The idea is pretty exciting, isn't it? So, I entered without any doubt and got my first five addresses. I bought ready-made cards from National Bookstore. I was trying to find pretty and cheap cards but to no avail. I ended up buying not so expensive, not so cheap but pretty nice glossy card about Philippines for my first set of recipients. Next time, I'm making my own. :) If sending postcards is your thing (surprisingly for me, I've been dealing with so much postcard exchange nowadays and I'm loving it!)  then sign up to Postcrossing and start buying or making your own postcards! Just in case you want to see a full photo of each postcards I sent, visit my postcrossing page !