mail exchange project - round 1. - saturday morning vintage

Checking my mail has become a lot more exciting ever since packages started arriving from a mail exchange I'm participating in with a bunch of really talented women. The mail exchange project was coordinated by Danni of Oh, Hello Friend. There are six of us involved and we're exchanging three rounds of fun packages.

There are no rules on what kind of package to send - just something that would make your day to find in your mailbox! For the first round, I used empty Dennison label boxes. I filled each with lots of little vintage goodies - stamps, labels, BINGO markers, and game tiles. I used my typewriter to type out each recipient's name on a red label, added a gold foil starburst and metal number, and tied it all up with some string. I also used my typewriter to type out each recipient's address and gathered a mix of new and vintage stamps to send of each package!

I forced myself to not open any of the packages I received until all of them had arrived. My patience paid off and I had a fun afternoon opening and photographing all of the awesome packages!

Danni of Oh, Hello Friend sent an envelope filled with the most wonderful papers - BINGO card, labels, envelopes, and more. I loved how she finished it off with the brass stencil and gold flower.

This adorable handmade pin came from Jamie of A Pair of Pears. The sentiment is perfect, and the card it came on was super cute (including the back!).

Who knew wrapping with newspaper and comics could look so neat? Katy from K is for Calligraphy put together this stunning package that held a notebook made from a vintage book and pretty papers. For the record, I'm completely jealous of her calligraphy skills. Amazing.

This collection of cute papers came from Emma of Our Paper Shop. I always love black and white polka dots and teal!

Dawn from Cut, Paper, Paste shared a bit of her outstanding ephemera collection with each of us. I spent plenty of time examining each ticket, label, and price tag.

Thanks so much to Danni, Jamie, Katy, Emma, and Dawn for the time and genorsity that went into the packages! I appreciated each and every one of them. I'll be sharing packages from Round 2 soon!