What's Your New Year's Resolution?

Here's mine -

© Max & Co. Post

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And Happy New Year!

set of 5 mail related postcards

Minor Postcards from Finland

I just received this postcard from Minor Postcards in Finland and I wanted to share it with you.  I love the composition of the photo. It has a very Edward S. Curtis feel to it.  Even with the simple composition, it has a very indigenious Finnish feel.  I also love that the woman is working on her craft project - the whole idea of handmade.  The weight and feel of the postcard are great too.  I highly recommend Minor Postcards!

Here a few more of my favorites that I found on their website:

"Hibernating Mailboxes"

"Sisu Suomi Map"

Christmas & Chanukah Playlist

My favorite month of the year is by far December. It always has been for as long as I can remember - with advent calendars, St. Nick's Day, Chanukah, Christmas Eve, parties, cookies, caroling and gifts - what isn't to love? So, as you can imagine, I have quite the collection of holiday music. This is a list of my favorite Christmas songs.  What are your favorites?

1)   You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch by the Whirling Dervishes
2)   The Twelve Days of Christmas by Straight no Chaser
3)   Jingle Bells by the Barenaked Ladies
4)    Baby It's Cold Outside by Holly Cole and
5)   We Wish You a Merry Christmas by Relient K
6)   Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow by the Brian Setzer Orchestra
7)   Run Rudolph Run by Bruce Springsteen
8)   What Are You Doing New Year's Eve by Zoey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt
9)   The Christmas Can Can by Straight No Chaser
10)  Auld Lang Syne by Pink Martini
11) White Christmas by Michael Buble
12) Carol of the Bells by The Piano Guys
13) Do You Hear What I Hear by The Coats
14) Santa Claus is Coming to Town by The Jacksons
15) Sleigh Ride by Harry Connick Jr.
16) Blue Christmas by Elvis
17) What Christmas Means to Me by Stevie Wonder

and because I celebrate Chanukah too,
18)  The Chanukah Song by Adam Sandler
19)  Candlelight by the Maccabeats
20)  I Have a Little Dreidel by The Barenaked Ladies
Enjoy!

The Art of Sending a Postcard, part 1

This video is about 5 minutes long, so grab yourself a cup of tea and enjoy - it's well worth 5 minutes of your life :)

Christmas Postcard Display

                                  
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Sugarplum fairies lighting the star on the Christmas tree

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More new postcards have been listed!  I call this "Birds and Bees" even though it also includes a baby butterfly.  We raised the butterfly from a larva, and this is debut into the wild - pretty much a result of the birds and bees if you want to look at it that way.

The bee lives in Walla Walla, Washington.  The peacock lives in **, Spain.  The flamingos live at the San Diego Zoo.  And the honey bee lives in Seattle, Washington and is feasting on the milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) in my garden. 

Being a botanist, I am intriguided by nature.  In fact, most of my vacation photos are taken of flora and fauna.  I even stop to take photos of spiders when I walk around our neighborhood. 

These postcards are 4"x6" standard size and are printed on heavyweight (15pt.) stock.  They are sold in packs of 5 (1 of each card) in our etsy shop. 

New Chalkboard Greeting Postcards

Look what just arrived from the printer - our new "Chalkboard Greeting" postcards.  These postcards are 4"x6" standard size and are printed on heavyweight (15pt.) stock.  They are sold in packs of 5 (1 of each card) in our etsy shop.  What a fun way to drop a friend a quick note to let them know that you are thinking of them.

This is our first set that is printed.  There are several more on the way.  Is there a greeting that you would like to see on a "Chalkboard Greeting" postcard?