I Love Mail

"Good" mail that is.  E-mail too.  It makes me happy every time I have something fun in the mail box or in my in-box.

That's why I joined Postcrossing.  Postcrossing is a place where you exchange postcards with people all over the world.  I've sent cards to just about any country you can imagine & love receiving them.  I may never get to travel to China or Denmark, but I love knowing that a little postcard can go there. 

Since I'm a nerd I keep all of my postcards in little plastic sleeves in a binder.  I am also a member of Swap-Bot & love to swap postcards & Artist Trading Cards (ATCs).

At Swap-Bot you sign up for different kinds of swaps, depending on what you like, and then it matches you with swap partners. 

ATC's are baseball card-sized works of art that you trade with other people.  I love having cards from all over in my collection.

If you're interested in more "good" mail in your mailbox check out these 2 sites, it's a lot of fun.

Some of My ATC's

An ATC is an artist trading card. They're fun little pieces of art that anyone can do. After my friend Joy from Joy To The Blog introduced me to Swap-bot, I got addicted. I've had a couple of people ask, so I will post a few of my ATC's here for public consumption.

I've scanned in a copy of every ATC I've made (except for the one I sent to Joy!). Some of them I'm proud of, some I'm embarassed by, but it's fun to see how I've progressed.

My very first was about me & my bi-polar/depression/anxiety disorders.



This I made for my friend Lynnette while she was going thru a tough divorce.



My first Swap-bot trade was muppet themed.



Here's a few others.















The last one I think is the prettiest one so far. My ATC's are still very simplistic, but it's fun to learn as I go. Hopefully I'll be able to get together with Joy & Diane once soon starts so they can teach me some of their mad skillz!

BTW, you should check out Diane & Joy's blogs, they both have awesome Etsy shops, tell 'em Mimi sent ya!