Stationery Addicted

A Japanese dinner will fix it all

2010-08-01T18:58:00.002+02:00

I'm still recovering, my back still hurts, and this is making me very slow and full of confusion... I hate to not be able to take a walk. Only now I realize how much I love to walk around the city!
So, to cheer me up and to celebrate the good result of my last exam, I had a Japanese dinner with my boyfriend. At home, of course, because I can't go out for now... but it was fun. I hope I'll taste the real Japanese food soon. For now, I can only taste what they sell here. Do you think it's the same? I guess it is, in a way... but, I still think that, to taste a country's food, you should go there. (but I love Japanese food anyway!)

This is Daifuku, made of... glue. XD No, not really, but it looks like that... It was the first time for me, and I found it a bit weird... I hope that the "real" mochi is better!

Well, the only cultural aspect that could give me "cultural shock" is food, I always say that. Ehy, I live in Italy! Food is the only thing we really know about! XD

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Still here

2010-07-21T09:00:00.003+02:00

My back still hurts, so I'm very slow... in everything. But I'm writing letters, reading books, and recovering. :)

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Pratiche della formazione

PROGRESS: 32/50

To all my pals - please read

2010-07-09T17:53:00.002+02:00

I won't be on Internet in the next days... I don't know for how long. I'm writing this post to ask you to be patient for a while, because yesterday I've got a problem with my back and I'm not sure how long I'll have to stay in bed!! I could have spinal disc herniation. I still don't know, for now I'm trying to rest and to heal.
Now I'm on the pc because of the medications that allow me to move... but most of the time I just can't. My back is totally screwed and it hurts so much!!!
So, please don't be mad at me. I'll reply as soon as I can - and to lay in bed all day is boring, so thank you all because I have your letters to write! ^^

If you are still writing a reply to me, please remember to send it to my "old" address, not the mailbox one! (I mean, send it to the Siracusa address). My mailbox will expire on the end of July! So, please remember that, I don't want to lose anything! :)

Anyway, don't worry too much for me. My boyfriend is taking good care of me, I'm not alone and I'll make it through this too! :D I'll get up very soon, I'm sure!

The Gabrielle of my Xena

2010-07-06T20:39:00.002+02:00

A post just to say "hey, I'm still alive!".
Until July 14th, the day of my exam... I'm not here. :)

...but I'm here now, so I could show you some movies I'm watching. About Xena. Yes, my obsession for Xena and Gabrielle never dies... it can't. I love them too much.
And actually, I'm not lesbian. I say that, because usually people think only the "gay" community loves gay characters. I don't even think they're gay and, to tell the truth, I don't really care. I admire their connection, I'm not obsessed with their sexual life...

A day in Palermo

2010-06-23T10:37:00.002+02:00

So, yesterday I finally made it to Palermo!
It's a very interesting city to visit, but the most interesting thing to see there is, for sure, the Capuchin catacombs. If you plan to visit Sicily, you can't skip that place!

It's nice too, to walk around the center of the city. It has a lot of monumental buildings, it's very full of turists and souvenirs shops, very chaotic... but nice.

... and of course, like every city in Sicily, there is a lot of veeeeeeeery good food!!

(That was the best Setteveli in the world!!)

I won't post pictures of mummies because not everyone would be happy to see them, but if you want to know more about the mummies of Palermo you should google "Palermo cappuccini mummie" or something similar. And, if you can understand Italian, you can take a look at the official website.

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And... something I recenly sent!

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Progress: 24/50

You can't reread a phone call

2010-06-15T11:51:00.004+02:00

Letter writing is the only device for combining solitude with good company.
Lord Byron

And none will hear the postman's knock
Without a quickening of the heart.
For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?
W.H. Auden

What a lot we lost when we stopped writing letters. You can't reread a phone call.
Liz Carpenter

I consider it a good rule for letter-writing to leave unmentioned what the recipient already knows, and instead tell him something new.
Sigmund Freud

Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Politeness is as much concerned in answering letters within a reasonable time, as it is in returning a bow, immediately.
Lord Chesterfield

In an age like ours, which is not given to letter-writing, we forget what an important part it used to play in people's lives.
Anatole Broyard

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If you love LONG letters and you'd like to become a long-letters-writer, you could start by reading Joana's advices. The first part, and the second.
You can join the discussion in comments, or even here.

What's interesting, is the sort of "war" that seems to exist between long and short letters writers. I don't really like that. We don't have to fight. We all just have different ideas, tastes, requests. Penpalling is great because there isn't just a way to see it, but many. The thing is, the amount of people who can write a long letter is becoming smaller and smaller. Why?
Maybe our life pushes us to write less? We use cellphones, Facebook (well, I don't), Twitter, and everything around us is fast, we have to be fast too and use language in this rush. Not anymore to express our feelings, to open our minds... but just to update our status, to say where we are right now, to a world that doesn't really care.
Why, all around the world, young people seem to forget how to write in their mothertongue? Do we really need to be always so quick? What is the purpose of language, of writing, of penpalling?
Oh, no, I'm not against modernity... I love it. But I think that being smart means... to be able to keep the good from the past, and to use the better from the present. Don't you think?

Why, nowadays, everytime I say I keep a journal, they look at me like I was an alien? Is that so crazy? To indulge a bit, day by day, wondering about what I've done, what I lived... Yes, for sure we don't have a lot of free time now, and we have Internet, TV, and stuff. But I love Internet and still... I keep a journal.

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Still breathing

2010-06-14T16:29:00.008+02:00

Do you like Lush? If you do, you should consider Lush UK. It's the cheapest online shop they have, and my first order went very smooth (with the Italian online shop, I always had weird problems!). Of course I've bought too much, but I loved Lemony Flutter and I'm very happy to have it! I love to feel all idratate and flavoured!

And, because UK is the best, there is another website you want to know: Bookdepository!
Without shipping cost, you can buy a lot of books (in English, of course) for very very cheap prices! I wonder if in UK it's normal to have such prices for books... If yes, I should live there. And, the site sells too some stationery. Labels, postcards, notebooks... you just have to search a bit. The "search system" is very messy I think, but not so bad.

I bought Anne Taintor's postcards! They're amazing!

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Progress: 22/50

I still haven't found my BOOK OF THE YEAR, I have to say. Maybe I should read more by Cioran.

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I loved to spend some time signing the places where I've been, on the Trip Advisor's map.
Well, the problem is... To look at this map makes me sad! I've seen so little of the world! I really need to travel more!
For now, I'm planning to visit Palermo and Roma. What next? Who knows...
(You can click on the map to enlarge it, and navigate it as you like!)

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Tagged!

2010-06-01T09:42:00.003+02:00

I did the Alice one! ^^

I was tagged by Joana to answer these questions:

1.When you were a child each band or singer was your favourite?
Oh my. I loved some pop, Italian bands, and that's a shame. XD I liked Laura Pausini, but just until I was like 12, and AQUA, and more.

2.If you could change your name, what would be the name you would pick?
I change my mind all the time about this. Today, I could say... Ginevra, or Rebecca, or Nadia. Or Lilith, or Zephyr. Who knows about tomorrow.

3.Mention five things that make you very upset.
Lies, lies, lies, lies, lies. Mmh... and the lack of care from friends. I hate rudeness, often I'm SHOCKED about what people can say/do. I hate who does his/her work without even trying to smile. Aaand... another one... I HATE racism, any kind of it. To meet a racist person makes me very upset.

4.What do you do to protect Earth? (name a few things or just one)
I try, even if I'm not sure to really do something useful. I try to not waste energy or water. I don't leave my trashes around in natural areas (a lot of persons do that, on mount Etna!!), I try to use natural products.

5.Each book would you pick to go with you to other planet if life on Earth was in the end?
Wasted. :D (by Marya Hornbacher)

6.Are you terribly afraid of something?
To suffer and to die in boredoom. And robots, ah ah!

7.Name five people you would love to erase from Earth.
I don't think I could "erase" someone. There are some people I really don't like, maybe someone I hate, but I'm ok with their existence. I just would like them out of my way and, in case of very bad and "famous" people, I would like that Italy could not give so much attention to them. But not erase them, no.

8.Each one was the most beautiful moment of your life?
Mmmh, I guess it has to came yet.

I want to be British in my next life

2010-05-29T11:00:00.004+02:00

I forgot how time works, and May just slipped through my fingers. I was busy, painting my nails red, listening songs, reading Dennett and messing up with my mind, watching the end of Lost, reading zines, walking in the bright sun of Catania.
But May is still here, so I could remain closed in my little mind for some more days... Then June will come, and I'll go out, into the world again. I promise.

And people say that I am being lazy
I've got the dreams but don't know where to go
You think if I could choose to live here at the station I would?
(Jose Vanders, Faces going places)

A lot of stuff

2010-05-18T12:01:00.003+02:00

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I was tagged by Rondy to post a picture, so here it is:

The rules of the game:

The Tag game goes as follows:

Go to the 8th folder in which you store your photos

Select the 8th photo
Post it to your blog and tell the story behind it.
After following the above instructions, you are ‘supposed’ to tag 8 other bloggers.

Mh, well, I have only a single folder in which I store pictures... so I took just the 8th picture. That was the Easter day of this year, I was waiting for lunch, and Nera (who was alive, I swear, ah ah!) was sleeping near me. The couch (that is in the "good" room of my parents' house) was protected by a blanket because usually cats can't enter in that room, my parents let them enter just on special days!
Oh, feel free to feel tagged, if you'd like to try this game!

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I'VE GOT AN AWARD! :D

It comes from my friend Joana (thank you, my dear!), and there is a "game" about it too:

Rules:
1) post the picture below, 2) link back to the person who gave it to you, 3) nominate another ten blogs and 4) let them know by leaving a comment.

Who could I nominate? Uh, excuse me if someone of them was already nominated before, I just say:
> It's gonna be a lovely day
> Dolce vita
> Royal mail
> The crimson owl
> Lolly stravaganze
> Snail mail aficionado
> Creative corner

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My new favorite video ever:

Yawn...

2010-05-13T08:35:00.003+02:00

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Giveaways!

> A lot of vintage and cute items (ends May 20th)

> For tea lovers (ends May 29th)

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The books challenge

Progress: 18/50

I'm very disappointed about Ballard, I don't like his style at all.
But I was moved and shocked to read the books by Diaryatou and Suad. The original language for them is French, but I guess you could find them in English too. Search for them, because you'll learn a lot from these books.

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And now I'll stop my study, my reading and writing letters... and I'll go outside in the sun.

I have fallen in love with a song

2010-05-08T14:54:00.002+02:00

...and I'm listening to it over and over before to leave my home for the weekend, as always. I really should stop and run outside.

But there's no sense crying over every mistake.
You just keep on trying 'till you run out of cake.
And the science gets done,
and you make a neat gun
for the people who are
still alive.

(...)

Look at me, still talking when there's science to do!
When I look out there, it makes me glad I'm not you.
I've experiments to run,
there is research to be done
on the people who are
still alive.

("Still alive", Portal's credits)

Gosh, I always love the silliest songs...

Snail mail day

2010-05-07T18:29:00.003+02:00

I love it when I return home, from my mailbox (that isn't in the building where I live... Well, that's a long story), with a bag full of envelopes and packages to open. I walk around the city smiling, my steps are quick, I need to run through stairs and finally I'm home, I can open them all.
I don't know how people can live without this.

The bad thing is that, walking home, I see so many bars (is there an English word for "bar"? I really don't know.) with sweets calling me. And they're so cheap, so nice, so tasty...

Well, this isn't good for my diet really, but... Sometimes I think, I prefer to be a bit chubby but to have things like this to eat. Because they make me happy...
(Ok, that's just an excuse, I'll eat just a salad this evening!!)

Old shoes, Spring, mail

2010-05-05T12:02:00.002+02:00

I need more silly, strange and cheap shoes.
The air is already hot, here in Sicily. Summer is coming!

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Progress: 14/50

I've read a book by Ballard for the first time, and now I'm reading another one by him. I'm not sure I like his style... Maybe his books are a bit empty.

Just mail

2010-04-28T16:26:00.002+02:00

I have made all the cats envelopes by an old calendar. Aren't they cute?

Shopping list

2010-04-26T21:30:00.003+02:00

What do you do, when you're a bit sad?
I'm feeling kind of tired these days, and when I feel like this... I waste money on Etsy! Oh well, that's not an advice, because you need to know that I could really spend a fortune on it. And that isn't good. (but it's VERY funny!)
So, what will erase my boredom this time? (click on the description to go to the shop!) (but be wise and don't buy TOO MUCH!)

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Lovely handmade envelopes

Aww... Another rubber stamp for me!

My first zine ever. I mean, the first I'll read. It seems great!

Oh well, I can't live without notebooks. And the handmade ones... Yum!

Another zine. This will be super, I'm sure!

Labels, because I always need them. (and I'm too lazy to print my own ones... but I should start. I'll do. I promise.)

Rubber stamps!

Ruby-red inkpad for my new stamps!

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Earth day

2010-04-22T15:32:00.002+02:00

I was amused by this Google header! And I was happy to learn more about the Earth day. Aren't you curious about it?
Someone else blogged about this too!

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And, I joined another giveaway, gh.

Click to partecipate!

Threes

2010-04-21T16:25:00.003+02:00

I have to watch the movie "Penelope", I've always loved Christina Ricci!

I've been tagged, so here we go, my answers!

Three names I go by:
-- Sara (My real name)
-- Jennifer (My "official" nickname. Took from "Rule of rose", a videogame.)
-- Zephyr (That's a very old nickname of mine... I used it more than ten years ago. It was cute...)

Three jobs I've had:
-- Maid, just for some hours (and it was so funny!)
-- I've done a pratic stage as "Formatrice-orientatrice", but that word doesn't exist in English so let's say "Educator"...
-- I'm going to start another stage in an institute for deaf people

Three places I've lived:
-- Siracusa
-- Catania
-- ... and nothing more! But I hope to add a lot of places on this list, someday

Three favourite drinks:
-- Coffee, I'm totally addicted to it and if I don't drink at least three cups a day I could kill someone
-- Any kind of tea
-- Mmh... Water?

Three TV shows I watch:
-- Xena, I watch it over and over again
-- Buffy, I watch it too over and over
-- Now I'm watching all "Grey's anatomy" for the first time

Three places I've been:
-- Spain (Andalucia. It's so nice!)
-- France (but just Nizza!)
-- Some Italian cities. I need to travel more!!

Three places I'd like to visit:
-- Japan, for sure. I want to visit it a lot of times!
-- England
-- USA (oh, well, I could write 100 more!)

Three favourite old TV shows:
Oh gosh, my favorite are ALWAYS old! I could say...
-- Ally McBeal
-- A lot of old japanese anime
-- ... I really don't know, did I mentioned Xena?

Three favourite dishes:
-- Chocolate gelato
-- Sicilian sweets (cassata, cannoli, and a lot more)
-- Pizza margherita

Three make-up products I cannot live without:
-- Lipgloss
-- Lip balm (I discovered the Lush ones, now I'm screwed)
-- Delicious creams

Three things I'm looking forward to:
-- My degree
-- My trip to Tokyo
-- The day when I'll be indipendent and free

Three people I'm tagging:
Well well, feel free to tag yourself if you'd like to do this!

Mail, books, giveaway

2010-04-19T13:34:00.004+02:00

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You really want to join the Giant Giveaway!!

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Progress: 11/50

Mmh, I have to buy more books this week. I need to feed my mind.

Kate Nash is my protector

2010-04-17T12:41:00.004+02:00

"You've come so far, well done darling
We knew that you had it in you
You can do anything that you want, world is an oyster, don't dissapoint us
Now you can stand on your own two feet, you can lead me through the streets
Pave the way, so we can dream dreams, noone else can see what you made me see
Still climbing trees, tripping up over fallen leaves, but holding hands
No one else could ever understand what it's like between us

And thats betweens us, but I know that

You'll never listen to me, no you'll never listen to me
No you'll never listen to me, no you'll never listen to me..."

(Paris, by Kate Nash)

The second Kate Nash's album is out! And I'm listening to it, happy like a silly child. Maybe I'm stupid, but I feel like I could relate to myself every single song she writes!
And listening her song Paris, I see I won a giveaway for the first time in my life! And it was a very good one! Oh my, I'm so happy!
It was the one by Make do and mend. Gah, can't wait to receive it! Thank you, Kate, for this luck! Ah ah!

Letters sent and a new layout

2010-04-12T22:05:00.003+02:00

Do you like my new layout?
The girl is Kate Nash, a singer I love. I know the layout is very simple, but I prefer to have a simple one customized by me, than a totally premade one. I hope I'll improve it with time!

Working on it

2010-04-10T10:27:00.003+02:00

Don't be scared about the layout... I have to change it, but I need more time! I'll do it next week.

Postcard love

2010-04-08T21:22:00.004+02:00

I'm happy to see some of my followers care about little stationery shops. I have to say, destiny is unfair. I discovered only today that the little closing one has... postcards! I mean, not the one with pictures of my city, but with animals, flowers... and Diddl. Well, a LOT with Diddl. But they're postcards!
So, I haven't got a lot of money to send postcards with Postcrossing, but sometimes I send one. And, even if I've always ignored the joy of stamped and written postcard... now, I'm starting to feel it. A piece of world, a voice from somewhere far far away... just in my mailbox, randomly. What a nice idea!
But, if you would like to fill your postcard wall with nice sent postcard (or, if you just want to send something cute to your friends - I really think we should do that more!!), where could you find something?
Of course, the answer is... Etsy.

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By TheNebulousKingdom

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By Sybile

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By Infinitales

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By Hide and Seek

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By Theblackapple

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By nasoupo

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By Ilona art

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Don't you feel like you'd like to send a postcard, now? And why not?

Another stationery shop is dead

2010-04-07T08:33:00.003+02:00

I made the envelope with roses with an old used "gift-bag"!

Another stationery shop is going to close, near my house. It's a little one, not just about paper but that kind of shop that could make you spend hours to look around. It was full of nice things: bags, greeting cards, little gifts, Diddl's paper, and any kind of junk... but cute junk. Now it's closing, and I bought like six Diddl pads at a very low price. It's sad, anyway. I see shops like that closing everyday.
Do you have any nice shops, near your home? If yes, don't let them close. Buy stationery, people. It needs us to survive!!

Once upon a time, when we had commercials about letters...

2010-04-06T12:58:00.001+02:00

The lost art of massive letters

2010-04-01T12:48:00.002+02:00

^ A super-cute envelope by Ria

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Talk in sheets please, not in pages.

What could we do, to be a perfect penpal? Well, we all have requests. I've learned to look at requests first of all, to understand what kind of penpal you could be.
I love massive letters. Not medium, not long, but massive. In a world where a long letter is five A5 sides (not sheets!), I can't say I like long ones.

What is happening, to letter writers? Why can't we write a bit more? Are you really happy, when you receive the "flat, sad envelope"?

Of course, I don't write 50 A4 sheets every time. It depends. I have a life too, and I need to feel ispired, to spend some time on my letters to make them grow and grow. So, I suspect that nowadays we have too many pals to concentrate on every single one. I always try to be quick, to write in a week and to not take months for my replies. But, of course, if I have let's say twenty pals... it could be hard.

Do you have too many pals? Do you focus on every single letter? Do you have the time to write? If not, think about it. What is it better... A very long letter written with heart and care... or two sides of paper with nothing inside?

What a "long letter" is, you decide. You're free, and that's the nicest thing about penpalling. You can search for friends who agree with your definition of "long". But, to start, I suggest to take the amount of pals under control.

Quality, not quantity!!

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And, about the books challenge, I'm going on!!

Progress: 09/50

Letters and books

2010-03-25T17:22:00.003+01:00

... and nothing more, because my head is too full to think about something else.

Progress: 06/50

Cioran, the author of the last book I've read (very easy to read, short, but hard), was totally crazy. But I agree with almost every word he wrote. Should I worry about myself...? (I guess I should, after all.)
Oh well, now I'll start to read tons of Daniel Dennett's books, for my thesis. I have at least five of them to read, and just a little time to do it. I think my thesis will help a lot with the 50books challenge, ah ah!

"Where are my sensations? They have melted into... me, and what is this me, this self, but the sum of these evaporated sensations?"

50 books to read in 2010

2010-03-22T12:50:00.002+01:00

I've heard about this challenge on Joana's blog, and I liked it a lot. I don't know if I'll make it, but I'll try! Usually I read 25 - 30 books a year, but I guess I could try to read more. So... even if I'll not join "ufficially"...

I've read just these three, for now... but I have a lot of new books to read, still! Wish me good luck!

Progress: 03/50

Finally, about my travel to North

2010-03-18T20:17:00.006+01:00

I'm going to write about my little trip in letters, so I don't want to ruin the surprise for my penpals... but I could tell you something about the places I visited!

First thing first, keep in mind that Italy is a country full of differences. Every region of it is unique, and has its own characteristics.
I live in Sicily, and I went in Veneto... So, I really went in the opposite part of my country!

^ That is Veneto! And the island in the very south is Sicily

I visited Treviso, Padova, Venezia (Venice, but I like to call places how they're called by people that live in them!!) and some minor towns (but they're all lovely!).
Treviso is the most cute, clean and nice city I ever seen! Padova is amazing too, even if it was snowing like crazy... and it was the first snow of my life!!

Me under my first snow, with my Rilakkuma bag protecting me, and my Chinese umbrella who died. Rest in peace, dear cheap umbrella!

Venezia is a must for every tourist, I guess. And this is why I was not so excited about it, but come on, soon or later everyone should walk through its little streets!

So, that's all. Then I returned home, wondering about the differences between North and South Italy. Remember to think about what you'd like to see, if you'll come to visit us! Italy isn't just Rome!

My little, nice travel was sponsored by my dear friend Alice. Thank you so much, dear! (How many times I said "thank you" already? But never too many!)

I'm back!

2010-03-15T07:55:00.002+01:00

For now, just envelopes... Then, I'll talk about my little travel!
Oh, and... please be patient about my answers. I found SO MANY messages for me!! (and University waits...)

Anyway, if you tried to send me an e-mail and it didn't work, please try again now. You just have to click on "e-mail" in the profile space, here... ----->

More letters, and a little trip

2010-03-05T13:49:00.003+01:00

I have some letter to write still, but next week I'll fly to Venice's airport, to meet my dear penpal Alice!
I'm excited about this little trip, I'll be in the opposite part of Italy and I hope to learn more about my country... To see the little differences between north and south is interesting!
So, if I don't reply to you next week, don't worry. I'm not dead. I'm just... around.

If you have time to lose... (1)

2010-03-04T18:22:00.004+01:00

I need more stamps!!

2010-03-02T19:13:00.000+01:00

I finally have some cute stamps! Or maybe I should say... I had, because I already used almost all of them... (and I still can't post the pictures, because I want you - my pals - to receive envelopes like a surprise!)
But I love to find some different ones, sometimes. Maybe I should buy some from the "Poste italiane" website, but... as one of my dearest friends says, who could pay the shipping to buy stamps???
Let's hope to be lucky and to find more nice ones again...

A good idea

2010-02-24T09:14:00.000+01:00

I heard about a lot of projects involving travelling notebooks, and yesterday I found another one. It seems really well done and it was born on a blog, in a friendly atmosphere, that is good because I hope no one will NEVER steal this one! I'm in. And you, what are you waiting to join?

My favorite stationery shops on Etsy

2010-02-23T18:28:00.000+01:00

PACOKEKO

An extensive selection of tags and ephemera, so full of colors!

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PAPERLION
Handbounded notebooks!

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MULBERRY MUSE
Amazing notecards and tags

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CELESTE FRITTATA
You really want to visit this shop...

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SEASONAL DELIGHTS
Delicious and vintage tags, stickers and stuff

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... And remember: the only way to not let stationery disappear around us, in this time of e-mails and fast communication, is... to buy it! So go out and buy something made of paper, quickly!!

And mail again

2010-02-23T14:44:00.000+01:00

More mail

2010-02-03T17:40:00.000+01:00

I think someone should create a website, forum, social network or stuff, for who writes very long letters. I mean, not two A4 sheets, but like... ten?
Do you know someone like that?

A very "good mail" day!

2010-01-28T21:09:00.000+01:00

Today, my parents went here in my little home. I receive mail at their home, so every weekend I get all is arrived there... but this time they were coming here, so they brought all to me. And... I've got ten packages at the same time!!! I was happy like a child, opening all of them!

Yay, I have my first rubber stamps sets!

This amazing card was from Julie, and she sent me too some kiwi-envelopes-seals, I love them!

Bianca's giveaway!

2010-01-25T16:59:00.000+01:00

More letters, and Nami

2010-01-22T13:52:00.000+01:00

This is my little Nami, sleeping in her Christmas gift! (Yes, here even my cats get gifts for holidays! ^.^)
(and well, the pillow is old, but she wants just that one!!)

...and what about mail?

(I need to take better pictures! XD)

Stationery needs a lot of space...

2010-01-21T14:12:00.000+01:00

Old teenage hopes are alive at your door
Left you with nothing but they want some more
Oh, you're changing your heart
Oh, You know who you are
(Feist, "1234")

I really need more space for my stationery! I love to spend time organizing it, and I change the disposition almost every week... Yes, I'm a bit crazy.

The 26th I'll have my Social Psychology exam. I'm so scared about it, that I'm using all my free time to write letters. To do it even when I'm busy helps me to relax!
I'm still not so sure about this blog... I feel so stupid, writing in English! But I'd like to share my mail with the world. so I guess I'll keep posting something, sometimes.

Tough times

2010-01-11T20:47:00.000+01:00

Today I spent all my time walking through the city, looking for the right amount of stamps to send my mail. It's becoming very hard to find stamps here... I wonder why. I really don't want to go to the Post Office everytime!!
In plus, when I go there I hear such crazy things... Like "To send colored envelopes is forbitten by law!". I hope this gray law (that doesn't exists) will not take away all colors from us. But Posts hate me, I'm sure, so I guess they're not so crazy with everyone here...

Anyway, I want to bring your attention on this: There is a woman who is searching for penpallers, to give them a questionnaire to fullfill. Would you help her? It sound like fun! If you do, click here (and you can read all the istructions), then send her a mail!!

Aaaaand... my friend Joana has an etsy store, where she sells all her handmade notebook. Please take a look! Oh, I love notebooks...

Oh, rubber stamps

2010-01-08T13:18:00.000+01:00

Asia is a very nice place, and through Etsy.com you can buy its amazing rubber stamps. I decided to start my own collection of them, even if I already know that I'll never have the money to buy them all... But aw, they're so cute!

So, if you are very lucky and rich... where could you buy all of them?

From Japan with love - J Flair Goods - Karaku - Wendy story - Violet Gift shop

Of course, handmade is always better! So, on etsy you can also find some stunning handmade rubber stamps!

Norajane - Lovetocreatestamps - Scribbling club - foryoo - Stampaway

What I recently sent

2010-01-06T13:41:00.000+01:00

Strange little girl

2010-01-05T22:06:00.000+01:00

She didn't know how to live in a town that was rough
It didn't take long before she knew she had enough
Walking home in her wrapped up world,
she survived but she's feeling old
'cause she found all things cold...

(Strange little girl, by Tori Amos)

Just joking

2010-01-05T20:51:00.001+01:00

Duh.