Project: Stamp Scavenger Hunt ~Cat~

Day 15: Cat

This is going to be the last stamp I post for this scavenger hunt which I've enjoyed so much and I've used 14 of my own stamps for the themes and one for ones I've been sent. I would have loved to have continued with the hunt but I've got to the point where I'm now going to have to use stamps from other countries as I can only fit in about 3 with the rest of the themes. I just don't unfortunately have the energy to go searching through all my letters right now and as you'll have noticed I haven't posted anything on any of my other blogs.

 

I'm sure I'll be back to post some more challenges here soon though.

Project: Stamp Scavenger Hunt ~Pink and Black and White~

Day 13:Pink

Day 14: Black and White

Project: Scavenger Hunt Postage Stamp ~Different Shape and From Far Away~

Day 10: Different Shape

 

Day 11: From Far Away

Project: Stamp Scavenger Hunt ~Red and Word~

Day 9: Red

Well I didn't think a person could get anymore red then this. I almost didn't get the stamp range as Royal Mail sent me Jane Austen stamps by accident. They were so wonderful and let me keep them and sent me this set too which was slightly cheaper. It was so nice as it makes it worth while having spent a fortune on mail all these years and hopefully many more to come.

 

Day 10: Word

I choose this for the building topic and then realised it had the word Kursaal on it so had to pick something else. Having now posted this stamp on here I've just noticed there are people in the entrance way.

 

I'm really going to have to do some serious searching through my envelopes tomorrow for the different shape themed as I've never come across U.K stamps that are any other shape but Rectangle and Square.

Project: Stamp Scavenger Hunt ~Nature~

It is so much fun using my collection to fit in with the themes but its getting harder and harder to fit things in as I want to but unfortunately there are no stamps created by me and I doubt Royal Mail will ask for my opinion on this one as they'll be insanely shaped instead of stuck to the usual stamp shame.

Day 8: Nature

The only downside to taking part in challenges like this is that it really makes you aware of how quickly the days are flying by... or even the year as we are already half way through the.

 

Anyway I chose this one for the tree, hillside and the river, I could spend hours just sat in a place like this walking or sitting/meditating in the sunshine (if there is any that is!). One nice things about photographing my stamps with this range (as I did it before even this challenge begun), if I've never heard of a place before I can click on the labels and it shows you all photos others have posted but also I find out exactly where it is.

Project: Inspiration

This was a suggestion by Jo-Anne to leave an envelope under the windscreen wiper of a car. Hopefully this person agreed that they were prefect!

What have you done recently that was perfect?

Project: Inspiration

You'll be happy to know that towards the end of this project I started to get reckless and not care that people were around me so close whilst I was leaving my envelopes. There was a lady with her family to the side of me trying on shoes, there was someone behind me and all around me really but this envelope went so well with these sandals that I couldn't help but leave it here. So in it went, I took the photograph and moved on.

Its really weird as up until my last 7 envelopes I didn't want people to see me or see what I was doing with my envelopes but with these last ones I really didn't care anymore. Maybe its just the fact that one or two of my envelopes are still where I left them and also the fact after leaving so many envelopes I haven't received a single e-mail its made me reckless in the hope that someone will if they spot it straight away or wonder what I'm doing. It hasn't worked as all 30 envelopes are out in the world. I've actually decided to create one more to take it to 31 so that there is one for each day even though I left most all in one go as it difficult to make an effort to go out daily.

Live Simply
Dream Big
Be Grateful
Give Love
Laugh Lots

Have you bought any fancy sandals this summer?

Project: Inspiration

The envelope I left at the post office I was meant to leave inside this knickers and bra set. It doesn't matter though as in the end I left everything in such a random place regardless of what they said or meant. I just wanted to get as many of my envelopes out there for people to pick up. This one I had intended to leave in the craft section with all the buttons but I kind of forgot that that was my intention until I walked passed the store and realised I had no envelopes left to leave.

I can't believe that I'm 26 days in to this project already, of course it feels like such a life time ago that I started it and all the rain we've had, you wouldn't imagine it now with the heatwave we are having at the moment. Its like I'm in a completely different month with how much things have calmed down and the weather has changed.

Do you ever feel like that, like time has gone slow and then speeded up?

Project: Inspiration

This postcard I stuck to the post office window near the door because I decided if there is a sudden queue someone was bound to pick it up. The only problem is that I accidently left the wrong postcard here as this one was meant to be for a different location. Never mind though, just as long as it cheers someone up thats the main thing.

I hope that you believe that you are beautiful, inside and out :).

Project: Inspiration

Its the weekend again and my holidays are well and truely on their way. I always think I've got so many wonderful weeks left but in reality it will end in a blink of an eye. I'm hoping to complete a couple of projects this holiday at least as there are so many things I want to do. I have complied a list so hopefully this year I'll get to complete it.

I left this envelope in WHSmiths as I often take photos of the stationery there so I really had to give somehting back.

Have you come across any fun projects lately?

Project: Inspiration

Some of you suggested leaving an envelope in a cafe, we have a lot more in the city now compared to once upon a time but when I went into the city over the weekend they were all quite full with people and I felt a little awkward leaving them there. In the end it came to my mind to leave one in the supermarket as they have a restaurant section which would be easy to leave an envelope in. Instead I went to this store first, I originally left the envelope close to the till but then I spotted this really cute decoration of a coffee shop and just had to leave it here. I went a couple of days later and it had gone.

It's quite fitting to post this today since it is the first day of fasting for most people in England (some people kept their first one yesterday with Saudi Arabia).

Do you like going to cafes to enjoy a coffee or other hot beverages?

Project:Inspiration

You are Beautiful!

What more can you tell a person who is drinking this stuff? I actually put this on the shelf whilst my sister had her back to it, I quickly took a photo and wondered if it would fall off but it seemed to stay for about 10 minutes. Then I guess someone walked passed and it fell down, I was at the counter and could see it from where I was, I thought someone had taken it so quickly only to realise it had fallen. At that point a man and his partner were walking down the aisle, I thought he was going to wheel his trolley over it and flatten the seal, thankfully he saw it, picked it up and.......put it back on the shelf! Goodness! He didn't even really look at it, wouldn't you be quite curious seeing an envelope decorated like that with stamps? I know I would, I'd flip it over and look at both sides. Ladies make your men more curious about such things :).

The thing is though when this idea came to me, I had really wished that we had £1 notes instead of coins as I would have loved to have put a note in to each envelope and told that person to treat themselves because they deserved it. Sadly we don't and putting a £1 coin in would have made it too bulky but still imagine if I'd put a life changing amount of money in that envelope and this man just put it back on the shelf. I wish someone would give me a life changing amount of money, I'd continue doing projects to make peoples days!


Are you lucky enough to have a flowery garden at your end of the world? Unfortunately any bit of blooming the plants here wanted to do have been drowned by all the rain and blown away by high winds when there is no rain. Can't win either way really!

Project: Inspiration

Yesterday I had such a productive day leaving a lot of my envelopes out and about so got a lot of my list ticked off. I ony have two envelopes left of the 23-24 that I made so I don't know yet if I should make a complete set of 30 or just stop at what I have. I'll have to see.

After I had made this card, I'd wondered why on earth did I think of this one as no one here really rides bikes. Its not a city set up for it which is a shame as I'd be someone who would ride a bike but as it is there is no chance as I'd be mowed down by a car with the nutty drivers on the road these days. I had walked from one end of the city to the other and didn't see a single bike, I was still thinking about it when I spotted this one. (I was thinking, if I saw someone ride past on a bike I would give it to them in their hand). I was surrounded by people so quickly stuck it on, took a quick photo without even really focusing on anything and left like the wind. I was worried the owner might be close by and shout at me for touching their bike, plus there were so many people around in a cafe, on the benches and as you can see in the background standing around. It would have been so embarrasing. I actually came home and realised that the photo wasn't there but from my checking to adding all the other collages it seemed to have appeared which is a good thing as I want to document this project as best as I can.

The card is so simply and quite boringly made but I think its a nice one if the bike belongs to a male, hopefully whoever the bike belongs to was able to get it as I can imagine it blowing away or someone else picking it up.

Is your country big on bicycle rides? Do you have to wear the appropriate gear in your country like we do because its the law? (like helmets and pads)

Project: Inspiration

I had planned on only posting one more envelope at the supermarket but ended up taking another 2 as I decided I would post one on someones car whilst I'm there as its easir to go unseen here then if I was on a main road somewhere. It has only just rained, the clouds seemed to have cleared to a lovely white. I stuck the envelope on, spend 30 minutes in the supermarket and when I came back out it was still clear... Yes! So I thought until I went to the next store and whilst in there it suddenly poured it down, that you couldn't even hear yourself think. I actually felt a little sick as I'd actually gone back to my car to put my shopping away and was actually disappointed that the owner of the car hadn't come back yet.

I went back to the car in the pouring rain, I was strapping my niece in when I heard some shouting behind me and I turned around to see a lady (driver) and man (passenger) get into the car. The lady pulled it off and got into the car with it... I was worried she'd throw in there in the car park. She opened it and looked at it despite it being soaking wet. I was actually so pleased that the colour hadn't run as that was my first thought when the rain came down. Now I at least know where one of my envelopes went. Whether they kept it or not is another thing.

I did however forget to put a 'for you' sign on this one but I don't think it mattered. Do you agree?

Do you think the quotes that I've used so far are ok?

Project: Inspiration

This was actually the last envelope so far that I have created (I hope to decorate a couple more). I just had to use those cactus stamps in some way and have been really inspired by Geninne's Art Blog as she has so many fascinating artefact's and is great at drawing.

I of course decorated the envelope first,  stuck the stamps on and the decided that the cactus closest to the stamps needed a little something more so drew those awful spiky bits on which I made a mess of. In the end I just decided to ignore it and decorate the postcard which I love.

Unfortunately I forgot to take a photo of the back of the card which was a zig-zag border in green and black around the edges and a green seal. So you now have a photograph of the clothes I wore yesterday instead.

I knew straight away where I wanted to stick this envelope and yesterday I went with my niece to the park. It was a glorious day all day, the sun was shinning, the sky was clear that is until I arrived at the park and then it was suddenly so grey. I decided to go ahead and do my mission but when I went back to the car it started to rain and I had no time left to go back and reclaim this envelope as I had to get back with my niece for when her parents arrived.

I used the quote 'You're Beautiful' because though it is an ugly piece of art work and I don't get it, in its own way it has its beauty.... also cactus are considered ugly by some. I hope someone picked this little envelope up.

Do you like or own a cactus?