the postcard project no.3

In my mind, postcards are magical. They have the power to remind you of a place that you've been to; the ability to connect you with a friend in a faraway place; can serve as a blank canvas for you to spill your secrets onto; and can slowly, bur surely, turn your thoughts to wanderlust. 

For the past few years, my postcard collection has grown because I've finally been able to travel a bit and because of amazing friends who send me postcards on their travels. And I know there's people out there who love postcards just as much as I can do --

so I'm bringing the postcard project back! 

If you weren't here the first two times around, this is just a little "let's connect everyone through snail mail" project that involves you commenting, getting paired up with someone (or two, depending on how many people sign up) and sending & receiving a postcard! I thought this would be a really neat way to connect with each other; plus, postcards aren't too expensive (and if you want to make your own, by all means go for it!) since I didn't want to make a project that would break the bank. It involves:

Leaving a comment (or e-mail me) with a message that includes Your Name, Your E-mail, Your Country, and Any Preference? - if there's a continent or any specific country you'd love to have a postcard from, list it   here - hopefully we can make it happen, cap'n. And under 'any preference' you can list if you want a silly-ish postcard (if you don't list anything, I'll assume you want a postcard that is country-related!). Example:

• Your Name: Nikolett
  Your E-mail: betterthancoffee@gmail.com
  Your Country: Oh, Canada!
  Any Preference?: Anywhere around the world!

I'll e-mail you back and ask for a bit more info (address-related), and make up a list (I'll be checking it twice; and the only ones who will see your address are me and the postcard-sender/receiver).

I will pair you all up randomly (unless there's a specific preference to fulfill - just depends on how many participate!) and send an e-mail to both of you around Wednesday, September 5th - so you have two weeks to sign up!

Try to have the postcard sent out to the person by Wednesday, September 19th - gives you another two weeks to get the postcard, write it out, and send it out! The only catch - please e-mail me once you have sent the postcard so that way one person isn't left without a postcard after he/she has already sent one out. I'll be sending out a reminder e-mail to anyone who is left on September 19th!

I really liked the way this project turned out the first two times and would love it if you all signed up again :) If you want to spread the word and make it so you're paired up twice, it'd be great if you put one of these buttons on your blog, either in your sidebar or by mentioning it in a post!

<a href="http://better-than-coffee.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-postcard-project-no3.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt222/betterthancoffee/postcardproject12a.jpg" border="0" alt="Postcard Project" /></a>

<a href="http://better-than-coffee.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-postcard-project-no3.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt222/betterthancoffee/postcardproject12b.jpg" border="0" alt="Postcard Project" /></a>

If anything is unclear or you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask :) It'd be crazy to see how many people across the globe we can unite through a postcard! For now, have a great rest of the week :)

P.S. I have a lot of postcards from Budapest/Hungary and Vancouver/British Columbia so feel free to request one of those if you'd like!

postcard project!

As the snowflakes breeze by my window again, I find myself fantasizing about the Philippines, Cuba, Australia, Greece, Florida, Singapore. I long to squish the sand between my toes (an excellent natural exfoliator - life lesson #12 from What a Girl Wants). At the same time, I also wouldn't mind exploring places with cobblestone roads like England, France, Poland, Italy. Since I'm far from being a millionaire I thought - perfect time to bring back the postcard project! Also, a bunch of you have been wanting me to bring it back so here it is!

If you weren't here the first time around, this is just a little "let's connect everyone through snail mail!" project that involves you commenting, getting paired up with someone (or two, depending on how many people sign up!) and sending a postcard while also getting one, too! I thought this would be a really neat way to connect with each other; plus, postcards aren't too expensive (and if you want to make your own, by all means go for it!) since I didn't want to make a project that would break the bank. It involves:

• Leaving a comment (or e-mail me) with a message that contains Your Name, Your E-mail, Your Country, and Any Preference? - if there's a continent or any specific country you'd love to have a postcard from, list it - hopefully we can make it happen, cap'n. And under 'any preference' you can list if you want a silly-ish postcard (if you don't list anything, I'll assume you want a postcard that is country-related!). Example:
• Your Name: Nikolett
  Your E-mail: betterthancoffee@gmail.com
  Your Country: Oh, Canada!
  Any Preference?: Anywhere around the world!
• I'll e-mail you back and ask for a bit more info (address-related), and make up a list (I'll be checking it twice; and the only ones who will see your address are me and the postcard-sender/receiver).
• I will pair you all up randomly (unless there's a specific preference that I'll try to fulfill - just depends on how many participate!) and send an e-mail to both of you around Wednesday, March 23rd - extended to Friday, March 25th since I'm waiting for mailing addresses and in case anyone wants to sign up! - so you have two weeks to sign up!
• Then, try to have the postcard sent out to the person by Wednesday, April 6th - extended to Friday, April 8th - gives you another two weeks to get the postcard, write it out, and send it out! The only catch that's different from last time - please e-mail me once you have sent the postcard so that way one person isn't left without a postcard after he/she has already sent one out. I'll be sending out a reminder e-mail to anyone who is left on April 4th!

I really liked the way this project turned out last time and would love it if you all signed up again :) If you want to spread the word and make it so you're paired up twice, it'd be great if you put one of these buttons on your blog!

275px - code below:

<a href="http://better-than-coffee.blogspot.com/2011/03/postcard-project.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt222/betterthancoffee/postcardproject_275px.jpg" border="0" alt="Postcard Project" /></a>

175px - code below:

<a href="http://better-than-coffee.blogspot.com/2011/03/postcard-project.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt222/betterthancoffee/postcardproject_175px.jpg" border="0" alt="Postcard Project" /></a>

If anything is unclear or you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask :) It'd be crazy to see how many people across the globe we can unite through a postcard! A more 'normal' update from me will be coming Friday, but for now, have a great rest of the week :)

wednesday wishes: postcard project

For several Wednesdays (though I'll admit, not as many as I'd like), I've been fantasizing about seeing different parts of the world - from a more in-depth look at Warszawa to Ireland to Antigua to across Canada, and more. Though sometimes it's hard to truly get your feet off the ground and explore somewhere new (darn responsibilities), there are certain things that can make you feel like you've been somewhere else, even if you've never stepped foot there. 

One main thing for me? Postcards. I've been collecting postcards for the past two years and feel as though I've been in Singapore, Netherlands, Mauritius, Cambodia, Hungary. And I thought - hey, so many bloggers here are from around the world! Why not unite us - off the Internet - with some postcards? And although this kind of thing has probably been done before, this was born:

What's this all about, you might be asking?

• Leave a comment (or e-mail me) with a message that contains Your Name, Your E-mail, Your Country, and Any Preference? - if there's a continent or any specific country you'd love to have a postcard from, list it - hopefully we can make it happen, cap'n. And under 'any preference' you can list if you want a silly-ish postcard (if you don't list anything, I'll assume you want a postcard that is country-related!). Example:

•  Your Name: Nikolett
  Your E-mail: betterthancoffee@gmail.com
  Your Country: Oh, Canada!
  Any Preference?: Anywhere around the world!
  
  
• I'll e-mail you back and ask for a bit more info (address-related), and make up a list (I'll be checking it twice; and the only ones who will see your address are me and the postcard-sender/receiver).
• I will pair you all up randomly (unless there's a specific preference that I'll try to fulfill - just depends on how many participate!) and send an e-mail to both of you by Thursday, July 8th - so you have about a week to sign up!
• Then, try to have the postcard sent out to the person by Thursday, July 16th - gives you a week to get the postcard, write it out, and send it out! Then just wait and enjoy the postcard :)

I thought this would be a really neat way to connect with each other; plus, postcards aren't too expensive (and if you want to make your own, by all means go for it!) since I didn't want to make a project that would break the bank.

Depending on how many of you sign up (i.e., if there's quite a few), I'll try to pair you up twice so you send two postcards out and get two postcards back. And, on the flipside (i.e., if there's less of you signing up), I'm going to try my best to send out a postcard to everyone who signs up - I'll let you know if this will happen in about a week. That way you're getting a postcard from Canada whether you like it or not, bwahahaha.

If you want to spread the word and make it so you're paired up twice, you can put one of these buttons on your blog!

275px - for code, use this:

<a href="http://better-than-coffee.blogspot.com/2010/06/wednesday-wishes-postcard-project.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt222/betterthancoffee/postcardproject_275px.jpg" border="0" alt="Postcard Project"></a>

175px - for code, use this:

<a href="http://better-than-coffee.blogspot.com/2010/06/wednesday-wishes-postcard-project.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt222/betterthancoffee/postcardproject_175px.jpg" border="0" alt="Postcard Project"></a>

If anything is unclear or you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask :) It'd be crazy to see how many people across the globe we can unite through a postcard! Hope you're interested and I hope you have an amazing rest of the week!