Sam's Letters and Crafts

Here's my latest entry in a "models" deco: The other blog entries featured Heidi Klum (twice!) and some other models I don't know, so I decided to be a bit original and use a photo of Estelle Lefebure . She's often considered as the first French supermodel (yes, there were French models before Laetitia Casta!). Before her, models like Inès de la Fressange had reached stardom, but estelle belonged to same group as Cindy Crawford, Claudia Schiffer, Naomi Campbell... Ie the supermodels that were really super :-)) By the way, if you're interested in the world of supermodels, or if you're simply looking for pics of supermodels for your decos, slams, and other creative booklets, feel free to visit my dedicated blog: Original Supermodels !!

[EN]Find this article on the new site: http://samslettersandcrafts.besaba.com/en/letter-writing/booklets-en/35-a-full-fb-came-back-home [FR]Retrouvez cet article sur le nouveau site: http://samslettersandcrafts.besaba.com/fr/correspondance/booklets/36-un-fb-fini-est-arrive Here's the cover of an FB I recently received home! It was made in 2007 by my friend Crina  whi, at that time, couldn't guess that I would become a mad cat-lover by the time I'd received this FB, he he... I'm also glad it came back in such a good condition, considering it spent a little more than 4 years  travelling!

Remember my latest entry, about the great order I received from Briefpaperladen? Well the day after, I went grocery shopping...In a store where there hadn't been more than one sort of stationnary in 10 years and the only type was expensive and ugly... Well as I unexpectedly turn to the writing area (yes, it's the truth!), I found out that were selling a stationnary set on the theme of New York. 20 sheets, 10 envies...for 1.77 euros... Obviously, I bought it...And I'm not even ashamed, LOL

Not so long ago, I as really desperate to find some nice stationnary sets or pads in my area. The only theme I could easily find were Diddl and Hello Kitty... problems: Diddl is going to disappear; and Hello Kitty is very expensive though there's not much room to write... So I asked my Facebook friends where they got theirs, and some pointed me to Briefpaperladen , an online shop. I checked their website and realized that what my friends told me was absolutely right: various theme, very interesting prices, fair posting fee... And...the fastes delivery I have experienced in a long time for online order. i emailed the site to ask about the postage fee on Sunday and got a quick answer on that very same day! So I confirmed my order, and one or two day after, I got the confirmation email that my order was sent...And it just arrived today, which is the 5th day following the order! By the way, the package is more than professionnal: you don't have to be afraid about the postal s...

Penpals fever is a penpal magazine edited by my friend Cindy, from Italy. It doesn't only contain many penpalling/swapping ads, but also lots of interesting articles, jokes, step by step tutorial...on topics not only related to letter-writing. Next issue will be out in September, so hurry up if you want to send an ad or an article (it's free!). The magazine itself has a price but it's definitely worth it. you can choose to order the magazine in bmack and white or in colour, with or without a music CD (mixed by Cindy)...And you can also order the CD alone. For more information about Penpals Fever, get in touch with Cindy !

Here are 3 lyrix that I signed today. Two of them will be returned to their owner. Yayyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!! Lyrix about rain Letter B lyrix : I used Joan Baez "Nicholas and Bart" Letter B lyrix : with my fave of Billy Joel ("Honesty")

Désolée de commencer l'ouverture de la rubrique francophone de ce blog par une mauvaise nouvelle... Mais pour celles et ceux qui auraient oublié, La Poste française a augmenté ses tarifs. A titre d'exemple, la lettre simple de 20g envoyée en France coûte maintenant 60 centimes. Pour vous faciliter la vie avec les autres tarifs (car quand on aime la correspondance, on dépasse aisément les 20g), pensez à télécharger: les  Tarifs courrier les Tarifs colis

If you've been swapping booklets for some time, you know that these things often take years to come back to they owner (when they do come back...). Fortunately, there's an active community of swappers online, mainly on Yahoo Groups, who helps completing and returning booklets who've been travelling for too long already. One of these groups is  Old_Decos_And_Homers . As you can guess, this group was created to rescue Decos which either at least 3 year old, or need one last signer before being returned. The way it works is very simple: When a member gets a deco that fits the above criteria, she enters it in the group's database and post a message to the whole group. The members who are interested in signing the deco can either email the person who offer it directly, or sign in the database. Then the deco get passed on - always within the group. And each person who gets it write in the database when she gets it, to whom she sends it next, and when. All tha...

Would you like to win great letter and crafts prizes? would you welcome a   mega stationery set a notebook and stamps in your home? Then head to the  Sandbook  website! The contest is open to anybody and you can pick the prize you'd like to win. All you have to do is put a comment on the sandbook site and put a link back to Sandbook on your Facebook, Twitter or website/blog. But hurry up: the deadline is July 10!

Since I took my job, I found it much more convenient to order stamps online, weight them at home (with an electronic kitchen scale - it's more better than mechanical ones) and mail them. Above you can see a pic of the latest set I've ordered: On top: " Marie Curie " stamps. These were released to celebrate 2011 as the international year of chemistry. below: the " Post images from France " booklet. those stamps show different famous sites of France and are made for letters up to 20g to be sent worldwide. The stamps with the leaves are simply about forests . To be frank, I have no clue if they were released on a special occasion or not. And all the others are Marianne stamps of different values: I usually use them as an addition to the beautiful themed ones, to reach the right amount.

Obviously, I've been keeping a bunch of photos since the wedding of William and Kate! I intend to use them for various Fbs and decos. here's the first one...And hopefully I'll make much more once I have put a little order in my craft material :-))

PaP female Celebs deco New York deco TV series deco Colour of your mood Deco Red Head Celebs deco

Fairytale Slam Desperate Housewives Slam Celebs in love Slam Celebs Slam

" Home " Lyrix " Forgiveness " lyrix

[En]Find the article on the new website:  http://samslettersandcrafts.com/en/letter-writing/booklets-en/19-friendship-books-gallery [FR]Retrouvez cet article sur le nouveau site: http://samslettersandcrafts.com/fr/correspondance/booklets/20-friendship-books-gallery-fr

[EN] Read this article on the new site:  http://samslettersandcrafts.com/en/letter-writing/booklets-en/10-what-are-fbs-decos-slams-etc [FR] Retrouvez cet article sur le nouveau site http://samslettersandcrafts.com/fr/correspondance/booklets/11-que-sont-les-fbs-decos-slams-etc ******* On this blog, you may read quite often about booklets. But not everybody knows what I mean by that. In the letter-writing and swapping world, Booklets are pieces of paper which are stapeled together. It then looks like a small booklet made for one person (the owner) by another person (maker). The booklet is passed on, from one penpal to another. And the last signer has to send it back to the owner. The various types Here is a biref description of the main categories, but there are often new ones popping up! Friendship Books  (FBs): this is the most simple kind. As a signer, you just have to sign with your address and, if you like, some info on what you're looking for (penpal, s...

You can now find this article (and it's translation into French) on the website: [EN]  http://samslettersandcrafts.com/en/letter-writing/letterwriting-news/17-one-of-my-fondest-memory [FR] http://samslettersandcrafts.com/fr/correspondance/infos-correspondance/18-one-of-my-fondest-memory-2 ********** Have you ever had a moment where you knew you had found more than someone to write, but a REAL friend? As I've been writing letters since I was a teenage, I have several stories about that. Here's one of my faves. It was sometime in the 90s. I was writing letters to an American girl with whom I was sharing an interest for fashion and supermodels. One day, in a letter, she told me she was bisexual and she seemed really scared to admit it. I replied normally to her letter, making it clear that it wasn't a problem for me. I also told her that I was happy she decided to talk about something so intimate, that it must have been difficult for her... As you can i...

Thank you for stopping by! This blog is the follow-up to  Le Blog de Samgunsjovirow ... Yes, that's a French blog. I created it last year with the hope of meeting other French fans of deco, booklet making, home deco and all things creative. But first it wasn't pretty much alive and even once I started to update it regularly, it didn't bring much more audience. So after discussing with a few Facebook friends, I was encouraged to start a blog in English to share my passion(s) with as many and as different people as possible! I don't forget my French friends, though. I will still post my creations and articles in french...but mostly on Facebook and on a French-speaking forum (will tell you which one I chose later). So what will you find in this blog? Anecdotes about letter writing, photos of my various creations, thoughts on the world of swapping, step-by-step guide to homemade stuff... But now let me ask YOU a question. What do you expect, what would you like to see...