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Monday, May 7, 2018

PO re-writing my address

I sent this envelope to Trish in the April Exchange. Somebody at the PO was not pleased with the way I scattered the address information all over the envelope so they rewrote it on a label. But, they didn't get it quite right.

Trish's last name starts with M and was written on the crossbar of the T in Trish. They put that name down as the city. And the A-word tucked between the r-i in Trish - is the town where Trish lives and the postal worker put that as her last name.

I have been (usually) making my address information more traditional and easy to read - but in April, I had a whole sheet of those ships to use up - and I did a bunch of envelopes with BIG first names - and then I couldn't think of any way to make them interesting. Plus the 3 ships were not fun to place. Now that they are all gone - I have just had my good idea on how I should have used them up use ---I should have done a Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria theme....two of them sailing off the left side and the third one stuck over on the right with a word bubble saying --"Hey guys....wait for me."

I am currently working on the May exchange envelopes and trying to think of things where the address has a traditional spot. Using up the stamp hoard is soooooooo hard. I think I've turned the corner from loving the stamps like my children ---to where they are now bothersome guests who have over-stayed their welcome.

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  1. I guess that PO worker isn't a fan of mail art. How disappointing that he/she ruined your envelope.
    I have some stamps in my stash that I can't bring myself to use. I don't know what I'm saving them for though. One of them is the lavender Love stamp with the pointed pen dove.

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    1. I'm pretty sure the yellow label will peel off easily. Most of the PO stickers are removable. Glad to hear that I am not the only one who is attached to stamps... I have some of those pointed pen dove stamps, too. It was a set - there is the same one in green - to be used on 2-ounce letters.

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