Russian Christmas

Yeeeey! A new card arrived! It comes all the way from Russia. I got this lovely Christmas card from Natasha. When I read the card, I didn’t expect that she is just 14. Her English is brilliant!

I really, really like it that she sent me a Christmas card. The tree looks very classic which I prefer by a Christmas tree. I love Christmas so you can send met Christmas cards the whole year!

Thank you again, Natasha!
спасибо

Niederländischen Tulpen?

I have sent this card to Tobias in Kornwestheim, Germany. I used my best German, which is very bad actually, to write something about the Tulips on the card. They are typical Dutch, just like wooden shoes. Originally they come from Turkey. The Viennese ambassador from Turkey brought them to Europe in the 16e century.

This is the message I got from Tobias when he received my card:

"Hallo Michelle,
vielen herzlichen Dank für deine Karte!
Ich habe mich sehr gefreut:)
Happy postcrossing:)
Tobias"

“Hello Michelle,
Thank you very much for your card!
I was very happy :)
Happy Postcrossing :)
Tobias”

Storks and Cauliflower

Last Thursday have sent this card to Anna in Russia. (are all Russian girls named Anna?) She wrote on her Postcrossing profile that she likes colourful cards. I think this one is colourful.

You can see a stork with a baby in his mouth. I wrote about the Dutch traditions to tell little children that they were found in the cauliflower or that they are brought by a stork.

I love stork tradition. You can see storks everywhere when there is a new born in a house. Do you have traditions like this in your country as well?

From............. Russia!

Saturday I received this postcard from Roman. He lives in Voronezh, Russia.

I’m a very curious person so I really want to know what I see on the card. Does anyone know what the red pyramid is?

A little bit support

I’m in the mailing list of Amnesty Nederland. I get emails in my inbox which I can reply to put my name on a petition. It’s easy and it really works. I’m always very happy when I receive an email with good news from Amnesty.


But, Amnesty also has a “Groetenlijst” (Regards list). It’s a list with names, stories, and addresses from people all over the world. Some are in prison, others are threatened but they are all human rights activists who could use a little support. You can chose a name from the list and write a letter or card. They have sentences in the language you have to use. I like to send cards to people from the list. It’s not much but I hope it will give them the strength to keep on going.
This is the card I have sent to Norma Cruz, Guatemala. She fights for protection and civil rights for woman.

If you are interested, take a look at the Amnesty website. Make sure you checked the rules bofore sending a card. Sometimes people can get big problems if you put the name Amnesty on you card as example. You don’t want to bring them in bad positions, right?

If you have some questions about it. Feel free to ask me!

Goodmorning Russia

I asked for an address on Postcrossing this morning. It’s always a surprise to who and which country you have to send a postcard. Today it’s to Anna in Russia. Russia is a big country with lots of Postcrossing members so I have to send to Russia a lot. (Just like the USA)


Anna said on her profile that she likes babies, so I hope she likes my card to. I think the little clothes are cute.

I like to learn something about another country so I have a list with facts about the Netherlands. This is what I wrote on Anna’s card:

The Netherlands are 6.7 meters below sea level, at its lowest point, which is a polder near Rotterdam. When you land at Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, you are actually four meters below sea level.

If you are a Postcrossing member: What do you write on your cards?

Coffee in Taiwan

Last week I saw some cards at the HEMA which I didn't see before. Most of the cards I sent are from the HEMA (A Dutch store with almost everything). The cards are cheap but also very nice and they have enough to choose. One of the cards I bought is this one:

 I'm going to send it to Winnie in Taiwan. I wrote about the Dutch economy. When you visit someone for a cup of coffee (Bakkie doen) you get just one cookie. We, Dutch people, don't like to spend money. When you're lucky you get a cookie at every cup of coffee but don't expect a bowl full of cookies at the table!

Mmm, I don't think that Winnie will come to visit my little country now she knows this…

Joy to the world, the Lord has come!

Zalig Kerstfeest iedereen! Merry Christmas everyone!
Frohe Weihnachten allen!
Feliz Navidad a todos!
大家圣诞快乐！
С Рождеством всех!


(I have sent this card to Olya in Ukraïne with Postcrossing)

Just Love...

Here are a few of my favorite postcards I got from Postcrossingmembers

So, as you can see, I like vintage and cute cards. I got the card with The Mistery Of The Brass Bound Trunk from an old woman from Canada. She told me that it's the cover of a book she read more than 50 years ago. How cool?!

What kind of cards do you like?

Birthday Post

Today I’ll show you all the postcards I got for my birthday 1,5 week ago. I got cards from my family, friends and also from Marlous and an early card from Elina, Postcrossing.

(I think my postman has problems with his back now.)

A photo from Taiwan

Ellie sent me this beautiful card last Saturday. She made the photo on the card herself. I think it is wonderful.

Thank you Ellie!

Happy Birthday Olya!

I always like it when I can send a birthday card. So I was really happy when I got the adress and saw that Olya's birthday is on 12 November.
This is the card I sent:

I used a special Postcrossingstamp from PostNL as birthdag gift. And this song is for you, Olya. It's a Dutch birthdaysong.

Поздравляю!
(Congratulations!)

PostNL Postcrossing stamps

Yes, you read that right! On October 14th, PostNL will launch a real stamp, featuring Postcrossing! How awesome is that?

For us, it's a huge honour that the project was deemed worthy of being featured in a stamp, and we're very grateful to PostNL (the Dutch postal service) for making this dream come true. We'd also like to thank postcrosser Raymond68 - the Postcrossing stamp exists because of his efforts and persistence.

The stamp was designed by Garech and Declan Stone, and features all kinds of traditional postcards strewn about, as if scattered on your doormat. Here is what the stamp sheet looks like:

Neat, right? There are several different stamps, both for Europe and the rest of the world, featuring the traditional postcard motives.

The first stamps will be delivered to Paulo on October 15th, during the Postex event in Apeldoorn. Postex is an annual event for philatelic collectors, featuring celebrating associations, youth philately, traders from home and abroad, foreign postal administration(s), Day of the Stamp, exhibitions and much more.

From: http://www.postcrossing.com/

Happy Birthday from Finland

I recieved my first birthday card of this year on 29 October 2011 from Elina, Finland.
The cake on the front looks delicious! I would almost take a bite of it XD

Dear Elina, I hope winter will be there soon so you and your Husky-dogs can enjoy the snow!
Kiitos kortista.

(Thank you for your card)

Gold fever in California

This card comes from Darlene, the San Fransisco Bay Area.

The information on the back:
HIGHWAY 49 - THE GOLDEN CHAIN HIGHWAY
CALIFORNIA'S HISTORIC GOLD COUNTRY
In 1848 only a few hundred settlers lived on the foothills of the western slope of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Then gold was discovered and whitin a year 90,000 '49ers had appeared. Highway 49, the Golden Chain Highway, takes you through California's Historic Gold Country as it follows the 300 mile-long area enriched by a giant vein of gold called the Mother Lode.

I hope you had a nice Halloween, Darlene!

Kon ni chi wa from Japan

I got this lovely card from Saki on 19 August 2011. It's one of my favorites because it is so cute and I love the bright colors.  I'm wondering if she has colored itself.

The card says:
'This is a magic leaf! What will we turn into?
What about twin elephants!?
I will be pink and you will be skyblue, OK?
Oh, this is fun!!'

あなたに感謝
Anata ni kansha
(Thank you)