JAN from JeanR ---- Offbeat

 

JeanR always does a coordinated card with her envelopes. I really like the card. Paper dolls are such a nice motif - and I really like the way she put that blue in the background. I would have never thought of something like that - and it adds so much. Nice work, JeanR.

Very random - that JeanR is paired with *offbeat* - she is not offbeat at all - although she's not the opposite of offbeat. I guess the first word that pops into my head is genuine. Don't worry - I'm not going to start labeling exchangers. I called Janet an over-achiever yesterday. When I have met exchangers in person - it's easy to come up with words to describe what I enjoy about them. The rest of you are all very mysterious...which is fine.... we're all just in it for the mail, right?

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A quick add-on today - offbeat places to visit in each of the 50 states.

LINK to MentalFloss

It was impossible to choose one or even a few to post. Many of them are well known - others were new to me and I've been a big fan of offbeat for quite some time. Many years ago I found Offbeat Bride - which was lots of fun because I was doing so much wedding work. They have morphed into OffbeatWed - and I will let you do your own search if you are interested. Over the past 10-15 years - offbeat has become way more offbeat. Ten years ago, it was mostly goth and steampunk.