Goodnight Little Spoon: Favourite Etsy Mail Finds #1

Apr 14, 2010

Favourite Etsy Mail Finds #1

I have two big assignments due tomorrow but I'm sick and I'm considering just emailing my lecturers, exaggerating my ills and then following it up with a medical certificate from my doctor who hands them out like candy. Here are a bunch of Etsy goodies I have my eye on;

1. Post Script; a zine about postcards that IS a postcard 2. Lego Postman Earrings 3. Airmail Postcards 4. Mini Book and Letter Hybrid 5. Postal Love Magnet Set of 3 6. Ilona Art Postcard Collection 7. Mailing Labels and Stickers 8. Vintage Postmark and Postage Stamp Buttons

9. Envelope Mail Sorter 10. Flying Airmail Envelope Set 11. The Postcard Reclamation Project Postcard Set 12. Vintage Style Cavallini & Co Airmail Stickers 13. Atlas Map Envelopes 14. Hand Lettered Air Mail Envelope Seals

15. Recycled 45 Record Mail Sorter 16. Vintage Household Labels 17. Hey Mr Postman Coasters 18. Wooden Stamp Set 19. Air Mail Stickers Mega Pack 20. Postman Paper Doll

21. Mail Odds & Ends 22. Flight Notecards 23. Airmail Label Notecard Set 24. Airmail Hand Carved Rubber Stamp 25. How To Send A Letter Zine 26. Airmail Pendant

PLUS check these out. I reaaaaaaally want a pair. I think they were only a prototype but I really hope they released them;

Listening to: We're Mostly Made Of Water - Kid Sam
Consuming: White chocolate
Avoiding: Impending uni doom.

14 COMMENTS:

ErikaApril 14, 2010 8:04 PM
I love it all.
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RachelApril 14, 2010 9:30 PM
If i was that way inclined I think i would be in love with you! :)
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GracieApril 14, 2010 9:50 PM
Oh my those are perfect. I will have even more things added to my etsy wish list.

And those shoes. If they are released I will be getting a pair!

P.S. Hope you feel better.
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FabiApril 14, 2010 10:29 PM
Wow...now I need more money ;)!
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pooftacularApril 14, 2010 10:47 PM
I love all of those items...but I love those chucks most of all! That'd be great if they released them! ...and I would win the lottery too so that I could buy it all.
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MeganApril 14, 2010 11:04 PM
Oh this is such a wonderful post Bianca, my etsy wishlist just expanded considerably. Love the postcard necklace.
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EmmaApril 15, 2010 12:18 AM
So much great stuff!!

I recently received the post-script zine and recommend it. :)
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Michely Medeiros.April 15, 2010 1:04 AM
i absolutely LOVE you Etsy finds :)
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carlyApril 15, 2010 5:29 AM
mail lovvvveeee <3
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MeghanApril 15, 2010 6:58 AM
OMG those Lego earrings are to die for! I always love your posts!!!
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Siobhan CurranApril 15, 2010 10:16 PM
Those Converse are rad rad rad
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Rachel ElizabethApril 16, 2010 3:52 AM
Love it. I love mail so much, in fact I am hosting a mail swap over at my blog right now. Check it out. I think you would be a great addition to the participant list.

Also, following you and drooling over all this amazing etsy stuff!
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FaizaApril 17, 2010 12:55 PM
i bought sheba the postcard necklace for her bday! yay!
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BeckyApril 18, 2010 3:52 AM
Lego earrings! Mail sorter! Labels! Augh! I want everything! And those Converse! Omg.
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100 ideas by keri smith: 1. go for a walk. draw or list things you find on the the sidewalk.
2. write a letter to yourself in the future.
3. buy something inexpensive as a symbol for your need to create, (new pen, a tea cup, journal). use it everyday.
4. draw your dinner.
5. find a piece of poetry you respond to. rewrite it and glue it into your journal.
6. glue an envelope into your journal. For one week collect items you find on the street.
7. expose yourself to a new artist, (go to a gallery, or in a book.) write about what moves you about it.
8. find a photo of a person you do not know. write a brief bio about them.
9. spend a day drawing only red things.
10. draw your bike.
11. make a list of everything you buy in the next week.
12. make a map of everywhere you went in one day.
13. draw a map of the creases on your hand, (knuckles, palm)
14. trace your footsteps with chalk.
15. record an overheard conversation.
16. trace the path of the moon in relation to where you live.
17. go to a paint store. collect ‘chips’ of all your favorite colors.
18. draw your favorite tree.
19. take 15 minutes to eat an orange.
20. write a haiku.
21. hang upside down for five minutes.
22. hang found objects from tree branches.
23. make a puppet.
24. create an outdoor room from things you find in nature.
25. read a book in one day.
26. illustrate your grocery list.
27. read a story out loud to a friend.
28. write a letter to someone you admire.
29. study the face of someone you do not like.
30. make a meal based on a color theme. (i.e. all white).
31. create a museum of very small things.
32. list the smells in your neighbourhood.
33. list 100 uses for a tin can.
34. fill an entire page in your journal with small circles. colour them in.
35. give away something you love.
36. choose an object, draw the side you can’t see.
37. list all of the places you’ve ever lived.
38. describe your favourite room in detail.
39. write about your relationship with your washing machine.
40. draw all of the things in your purse/bag.
41. make a mini book based on the theme, “my grocery list”.
42. create a character based on someone you know. write a list of personality traits.
43. recall your favorite childhood game.
44. put postcards of art pieces/painting on the inside of your kitchen cupboard doors, so you can see them everyday (but not become deaf to them.)
45. draw the same object every day for a week.
46. write in your journal using a different medium (brush & ink, charcoal, old typewriter, crayons, fat markers.
47. draw the individual items of your favorite outfit.
48. make a useful item using only paper & tape.
49. research a celebration or ritual from another culture.
50. do a temporary art installation using a pad of post it notes & a pen.
51. draw a map of your favorite sitting spots in your town/city. (photocopy it and give it to someone you like.)
52. record all of the sounds you hear in the course of one hours.
53. using a grid, collect various textures from magazine and play them off of each other.
54. cut out all media for one day. write about the effects.
55. make pencil rubbings of six different surfaces.
56. draw your garbage.
57. do a morning collage.
58. list your ten most important things, (not including animals or people).
59. list ten things you would like to do every day.
60. glue a photo of yourself as a child into your journal.
61. trasform some garbage.
62. write an entry in your journal in really LARGE letters.
63. collect some ‘flat’ things in nature (leaves, flowers). glue or tape them into your journal.
64. physically alter a page. (i.e. cut a hole, pour tea on it, burn it, fold it, etc.)
65. find several color combinations you respond to in public. document them using swatches, write where you found them.
66. write a journal entry describing something “secret”. cut it up into several pieces and glue them back in scrambled.
67. record descriptions or definitions of subjects or words you are interested in, found in encyclopedias or dictionaries.
68. draw the outline of an object without looking at the page. (contour drawing).
69. what were you thinking just now? write it down.
70. do nothing.
71. write a list of ten things you could to do. Do the last thing on the list.
72. create an image using dots.
73. do 3 drawings at different speeds.
74. put a small object in your left pocket (or in a bag), put your left hand in the pocket. draw it by feel.
75. create a graph documenting or measuring something in your life.
76. draw the sun.
77. create instructions for a simple everyday task.
78. make prints using food. (fruit and vegetables cut in half, fish, etc.)
79. find a photo. alter it by drawing over it.
80. write a letter using an unconventional medium.
81. draw one object for twenty minutes.
82. combine two activities that have not been combined before.
83. write about your day in an encyclopedic fashion. (i.e. organize by subject.)
84. write a list of all the things you do to escape.
85. cut a random shape out of several layers of a magazine. make a collage out of the results.
86. write an entry in code.
87. make a painting using tools from the bathroom.
88. work with a medium that is subtractive.
89. write about or draw some of the doors in your life.
90. make a postcard that has some kind of activity on it.
91. divise a journal entry using “layers”.
92. divise an entry using “layers”.
93. write your own definition of one of the following concepts, sitting, waiting, sleeping (without using the actual word.)
94. list 10 of your habits.
95. illustrate the concept of “simplicity”.
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