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Post by Celestial on Dec 13, 2019 9:11:27 GMT -5
I got my first card! This one is from Thorn. Thank you so much, Thorn! The card is really cute and summery, with a nice pretty beach. And the message you wrote inside is super sweet. The stickers are adorable too. It really did brighten my day (which I needed). <3
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Post by Thorn on Dec 13, 2019 21:28:24 GMT -5
Ah wow, that was quick! =O Glad you like it, Celes, and that it helped make your day a little brighter! <3
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Post by Liou on Dec 16, 2019 9:29:22 GMT -5
The mail
has been yeeten.
(The cards are so small and my feels are so big, thought I. Mr. Speaker, we are for the big, thought my brain.)
(Wow hi forum it's been pretty hectic I have over a week's worth of posts to catch up with)
Didn't send the cards quite as early as I hoped, but I'd rather send you okay cards that you might get next northern-hemisphere-spring if you're lucky than send you lousy scribbles for proper December.
They're cards from the same collection I used last year - square, not folded - because those are still the best in my town. There might be just a couple of repeats from last year? But only because I find them super pretty and really want to send you them. Hope all the envelopes keep it together.
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Post by Huntress on Dec 16, 2019 13:41:22 GMT -5
Ours have also all been sent off now, and at least some of them might end up fashionably late :'D Had all these grand plans to get them done proper-early this year, but turns out that having a prolonged cold plus early-onset pregnancy is an OHKO Combo of Death and I've spent the past four days flat on my back being bleeh. Clearly I just need to give up on plans and send cards last-minute like I do anyway - same outcome, less fuss. Since the holidays are juuuuust around the corner now, I'll use this opportunity to post the final reminder to get them cards out there if you haven't already - Celestial Ginz ❤ Thorn Thundy Allison Pixie Birdy Liou Twillie (I know some of you have already confirmed to have sent yours off, but it just feels nice to keep the swap group together in these posts, disregard the notification as applicable :3)
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Post by Celestial on Dec 16, 2019 13:53:54 GMT -5
I have sent off all but one, but that one is domestic (hi, Thundy) and I plan to send it away tomorrow so according to Royal Mail's estimate, it should arrive before Christmas. Looking forward to receiving everyone's cards, even if they are late. It just gives me something to look forward to!
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Post by Thundy on Dec 16, 2019 14:34:31 GMT -5
I sent mine off today as well, I was planning to do them earlier but was shackled up at home with a fun illness!
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Post by Allison on Dec 18, 2019 19:02:39 GMT -5
Mine are also sent. The non-domestic one won't make it by Christmas, I don't think. But hopefully by New Year's? Maybe? We'll see, I guess.
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Post by Thorn on Dec 18, 2019 22:50:29 GMT -5
I finally sent my last two today. One of them was yours Allison, so we're even! xP The other was Pixie's. But since Pixie's wasn't a Christmas card anyway, I think that works out fine!
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Post by Celestial on Dec 19, 2019 17:09:30 GMT -5
Thundy I got your card! Thank you so much, it is gorgeous! And I agree with the message inside: here is to many more meetups in 2020! \o/
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Post by Liou on Dec 19, 2019 17:18:26 GMT -5
The card of Thorn and the card of Birdy are here! It begins! Thorn that card is so me and so #mood and my kind of season! Thanks for the sweet fuzzies and cute stickers! (I found it in the morning but brought it to work to read along xD) It's very exciting to hold a thing that came all the way from Kiwi-land, last time that happened was when I was holding a Thorn =o Birdy it's a SHINY, and there are so many cute friend stickers to welcome me home, omw!! You tucked in the envelope so nicely. Thank you for the wishes, your handwriting looks all bright and cheery ^^
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Post by Thorn on Dec 19, 2019 18:37:33 GMT -5
I'm glad you like the card, Liou! <3 I imagine it's not quite as huggable as a Thorn...but yes, all the way from Kiwiland it flew! <3
I still haven't received any cards, but based on previous experience mail escapes from the country faster than it gets in, so I'm not surprised!
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Post by Pixie on Dec 20, 2019 15:13:17 GMT -5
The cards I ordered have still not arrived, even with the better shipping so they would arrive home when I did from college. As soon as I have them, I'll put the finishing touches on them and get them out ASAP.
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Post by Huntress on Dec 20, 2019 16:01:10 GMT -5
The cards I ordered have still not arrived, even with the better shipping so they would arrive home when I did from college. As soon as I have them, I'll put the finishing touches on them and get them out ASAP. Mm, you've put yourself in a precarious bottleneck there; the postal services are notoriously slow around the holidays as it is and I've had the occasional package get lost entirely or go off on an adventure and resurface a few months later. Wouldn't it be better at this point to get some other cards to send out a-sap and once your ordered cards arrive, hold on to them for a future year? Right now you have no way of knowing if they'll show up tomorrow or mid-January, but cards don't go bad and holidays don't generally stop being relevant so they wouldn't go to waste in the long run. (Fyora knows I want to build up a nice cardpile to draw from, but they're not sold off-season so I burn through every available one every year >>) So far, the only card we've received has been Celestial 's a few days back and boy did it exceed expectations :3 Did you scan that picture before sending or should I do that? I suspect Euroatlantis will want to get their hands on the awesomeness for posterity.
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Post by Celestial on Dec 20, 2019 17:23:24 GMT -5
So far, the only card we've received has been Celestial 's a few days back and boy did it exceed expectations :3 Did you scan that picture before sending or should I do that? I suspect Euroatlantis will want to get their hands on the awesomeness for posterity. Glad you liked it! =D I wanted to get an art for both you and Fraze and that was what came to mind. Yours is actually the only one that I scanned, just because it is the only art of the Nettlebutt(e)s. But you are still welcome to scan it and post it! (Same goes for everyone: if you want to scan your art, feel free)
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Post by Pixie on Dec 20, 2019 21:36:17 GMT -5
They actually showed up a few hours after my last post! They were held at the local post office for several days for no explicable reason, so I knew they'd be there *any day*, but the delay messed up my plans. The good news I can get back to the post office with them tomorrow morning, and they'll be out before Chanukah actually starts!
EDIT: I got them all finished and went to the post office to send them all of-- and it had closed a half hour early. So the other USA cards (which I had stamps for already) went into the box there, but the international ones are stuck for now. UGH.
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