Category: Happy Mail

It’s that time again, and you know how much I love mail…

I am so lucky to have received such great mail. Talk about making my days happy through postal generosity.

The first is Wanderluster Zine #1 (I do love it when I can start with the very first zine in a series).

I saw these at the Festival of the Photocopier just as I realised that I’d run out of money. Boo. But I managed to snag myself a copy on the Wanderluster Etsy shop.

As you can imagine, I love zines about mail.

Next, Fishspit surprised me by sending the latest issue of his zine Wiseblood. (To check out my reviews of a couple of his zines, take a look at my Zine Review Index.)

I have to say, his mail/envelope art is probably the most unique that I’ve ever had the pleasure of receiving.

Last but definitely not least, we have a long-awaited pack of EPIC zine mail goodness from Billy da Bunny!

There is so much going on in this post goodness that I can hardly contain myself. The zine “A Good Place to Start” is one I contributed to along with zinesters around the world. This issue is about local music. I’m proud to say that I got Billy hooked on some local Australian fare.

There’s also a note from Billy, a copy of his zine “Proof I Exist”, some stickers and such, AND *drumroll*…

Zinester trading cards! Billy’s brain baby of zinester trading cards had me from the get go, and I was lucky enough to get a trading card of me in as part of the series!

And now I have them all! Mwhahahahaha.

Ahem.

Billy did have sets in his Etsy store, but you might have to get in contact if you want some as they aren’t listed at the moment.

Amazing mail week indeed! Love, love, love it. No chocolate, but the world can’t be perfect. 😉

I know I’m usually one for posting only one post a day, and Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays are for reviews of zines and calls for submissions. But do I really want to wait until Monday to post all of my awesome happy mail?

Nah.

How could I wait when I’ve had such lovely arrivals at my post box recently?

I needed to make an Amazon order anyway, so I ordered this on top of everything. But if you want to go right to the source (you should if you can!), then you can find this here at Pioneer Press.

MissMuffcake put this glorious zine together, and this is my contributor copy! I haven’t contributed to a zine in ages, and I felt very special to be a part of this zine on mental illness.

Philip Dearest sent me this lovely little zine pack after we sorted out a bit of an Etsy kerfuffle. But the whole thing just goes to show that if you keep your head when something goes wrong, you might just get a better outcome than the original.

Quinn and I sorted out a trade, and I’m so excited these made it safe and sound from the States. I love it. You can check out Quinn’s work at Touch the Puppet Head.

Happy mailing!

Happy mail for yours truly! Have I mentioned in the past five minutes how much I love mail? No? Shame on me. Haha.

I had a bit of beautiful local zine mail come in this week all the way from New South Wales. With extras! I don’t need extras to be happy, but they certainly don’t hurt. Wink, wink. Haha.

How gorgeous, right? I can’t wait to dig into that zine. I was actually afraid that this had been lost to the mail demons, but I’m so glad it wasn’t! Lurve it!

No, YOU’RE sweet. Hehe.

A day I receive happy mail is always a lovely day.

This lovely package came all the way from LogPoes in Amsterdam! I’ll need to suss out a big ol’ swap because I want to know all about Amsterdam and its goodies. For now, I’m so excited about these zines! Especially the list zine. Lists! And the little badge is so cute. Very awesome stuff.

Alas, today has been all about trying to make a house move happen, but I did manage to design business cards and send off a zine, so it’s all going well.

I love mail. You know I love mail. Receiving mail is one of my life’s true joys.

Yay! I said in my review of Shakespear’s Lovers: Macbeth that I needed to have the whole ‘Shakespeare’s Lovers’ set even though I didn’t know if any more existed.

Turns out, they do! Bloomurder and I got some trade action going, and I received these in the mail today. Squee!

This is an order off Etsy, but happy mail is happy mail – whether you bought it or it’s a surprise. See that X?

Wooo! I love the X-Files. Plus, that X is cut out of the cover. Yes, it is that cool.

Maaaail. Is it wrong I love mail so much? That I love zines so much? That I kind of wish I could get zines and chocolate arriving in my post box?

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Woo! A bit of happy mail from the States. No note or anything, so I’m not sure if this is from the Zine Santa thing or something else.

Either way, thanks!

Technically this mail came last week, but I like starting the year with happiness. And mail makes me very happy.

I traded with Nichole for more issues of the Pieces series I love so much, and she sent a couple extras as well.

A little touch of gold on the envelope goes a long way. 🙂

Woo! Mail!

Yeah, it’s going to be a double post kind of day, starting with some mail. Because I love mail. If you hadn’t already sorted that out.

Maaaaaail.

Moving on. First, a zine trade from Fishspit on WMZ. He even send an extra zine and a card. Shame on me for not including a pic of the awesome envelope art as well. I really need to up my mail/envelope art game

Next up, a cool pocket letter from New Zealand. Pocket letters are like advent calendars – there’s all kinds of fun bits and pieces to discover.

Well, I am going to keep it short and sweet for mail today so I can get on with reviews!

Wowza! I was starting to get worried that this one had been lost to the postal gods, but it arrived safe and sound today. Very happy about that. This is from a woman on Swap-Bot who really wanted to try Tim Tams and other treats. So I sent some her way, and she sent me this massive pile of awesomeness. So happy. Stationery and sweets. That’s all it takes, really.

German newspaper! I asked her to send me a page from her local paper. I’m not sure what the attraction is, but I like seeing newspapers from around the world. And magazines, of course, but they tend to be heavy.

I did try for my life to upload/embed a little video of the goodies on the table. BUT it just wouldn’t upload and wouldn’t embed. So if you want to see a short shot of stuff, hear me speak, and hear me make a silly voice, check out my Instagram page.

Ask and something nice might come your way.

I am soooo happy this little beauty arrived in my post box. I was beginning to think that it has been lost to the postal nexus. This is a part order, part bundle of fun (I love extras!) from MC Sunflower Jones on Etsy. How gorgeous and bright is this lovely envie?

Big fluffy hearts to MCSJ for doing this little thing: leaving a gap for an envelope opener. I love washi and stickers to the moon and back, but when envies are taped up super tight with no gaps, it’s a bit difficult to open them not to mention the danger of damaging paper items inside.

Holy zine bundle, Batman! So many zines – and stuff to go with them!

What’s more is that they are totally adorable tiny zines.

I had to grab myself the Leo and a Capricorn one for Wanderer.

 

 

PS. That thing I was talking about yesterday was the possibility of making a video. I chickened out amongst other reasons for not doing it. But I still have plans for making videos.

I love doing a trade, forgetting I did the trade and then receiving happy mail I forgot to expect. Haha!