Handmade: Yeehaw He's Here Card + Care Package

My dear cousin had a baby boy a couple of months ago, and I've been meaning to send a little something to welcome the little guy into this world for some time now. I finally got my stuff together last week and put a little blue package of love together for them. I found them the cutest cowboy sippy cup at a boutique on our trip to Lockhart and I used it as my inspiration for the card. Thankfully, Easter is almost here so there was a plethora of blue candy in the store that I put in cellophane bags and tied up with blue string. I also put in some gold chocolate coins for good luck and fortune and for fun, I threw in a little race car wind up toy! I hope they enjoyed receiving it as much as I enjoyed putting it together for them!

Love: Mail Swaps

I love getting mail...real mail, like an actual handwritten letter with a stamp on it that's delivered by my friendly neighborhood postman. In this digital age, it's not very often that someone takes the time to write a letter and post in the mail. So, I was thrilled when a little while back I became blog acquainted with Cha at the runaway romantique. Living in Paris with her husband, she's a lover of mail...real mail...like me! And so, after exchanging a few emails, we began work on our first mail swap, aka care package full of goodies.

Cha's package arrived on my doorstep this past week, bringing with it an astounding sense of warmth that's kept with me through these cold dreary days we've had recently.

Lovely packaging & a personal handwritten letter

French candies & vintage postcards and prints from a Parisian Flea Market

London Goods: event fliers, gold headband, mirror and cow (love that cow-makes me smile) 

Paper goods, gift tags & ribbon

Notebooks & notecards

Little things: highlighters, bookmark, vintage lace & candles

Cha, thank you for all the lovely goods and for introducing me to mail swaps! Now that I've completed my first one, I'm hooked! Are you interested in doing a mail swap?

Update: If you're interested in seeing the things I sent Cha, check out her post here.