Crazypants!
mmmm now I want to know more about how y’all use drywall tape for “not on walls,” lol… I have some at home because at some point we were going to finish a wall, and it never happened. I’ll probably still keep it for if we ever get around to finishing that wall, but… just in case… point me in some alternative directions?
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I layer it over a nice solid coat of paint in journals, cards and other pieces. I have used it on bookmarks. You can also use it to create texture and paint over it…leave it or remove it for a cool print. There are so many YouTube videos on using it.
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Like Linda, I’ve used it for mixed media, like masterboards. Also to create interesting skin texture in an altered coloring book page.
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Cool!
Drywall tape is super expensive here, so I’ll probably only use it in art making once we’ve absolutely given up on the wall 
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Got an unexpected happy fall card from @melg78 !! Thanks so much — love the message and the stickers are so cute!
I need to get going w some happy mail myself!
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I also received a lovely fall card from @melg78! Thank you!
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I finally had some time to get some happy mail out, but i haven’t made my way down the whole list of people I’m sending to just yet. Hoping to work through that list by month’s end.
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You are welcome @Tapestry @kayrun glad you liked your cards and stickers
I have one more card to get out, I had to hunt high and low for my international stamps lol
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I had a very tough day yesterday visiting my SIL in a nursing home. It was such a pleasant surprise to receive such a cheerful fall themed card from @melg78!
Thank you so much! Why does it seem that this group seems to know just when a little pick-me-up is most needed!?
I am preparing some things for upcoming art lessons, so I will have some things to make cards again.
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I’m glad you came home to some joy. Keeping your family lifted up 
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I love getting all the fabulous stamps from Canada! Thanks for a lovely letter, @LindyBlues !
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You’re welcome!
And I have @Cindy to thank for all the amazing stamps 
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That Lorne Greene stamp is cracking me up.
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I wanted to save them so I made a couple of quick journal pages from them and the beautiful envelope!
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Beautiful!!!
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So, this brings up a question to our fellow Happy Mailers:
What do you do with all the goodies or lovely cards/envelopes that you receive? I would love to see some projects. I have a basket where I keep the letters and cards and a basket for stickers, inserts, etc. I don’t want everything to just sit in a basket, so I am using many of the things for happy mail to others (card making, etc.) and for my journals.
I am sticking the fun stickers all over my art cart and my plastic bins. I save favorites in a small sticker journal.
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I also received a wonderful letter from @LindyBlues
I haven’t had much time to write any mail this year.
I think I will follow @Immaculata’s route and bring my LC adress book when I’m traveling. It will be fun looking for postcards for you guys when I’m away from home
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I enjoy looking through my happy mail wire basket from time to time, but haven’t actually made any projects… that’s a very good idea!
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I make a scrap book of sorts. I love saving most letters that are sent to me. I do different things with different kinds of mail.
Handwritten letters that are “long-form” go in a binder. I have a binder of letters that Dan and I sent to each other since the beginning of our relationship, going back to 2001! Actually, it’s now 2 binders, lol…
For cards where people just signed their name (e.g. Christmas), I’ll often re-use the cards for other projects, like making gift tags, or sometimes making postcards out of the front of a greeting card.
And for the bits and bobs that come with happy mail, or for the happy mail itself, where the message was heartfelt or there was art inside, I make a memory book, usually that I’ve bound myself.
Here’s my latest memory book; it includes many of the things I was sent via the mail.
And here’s an older one 
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