monday blues

a little somethin' for your monday blues...

yeah, yeah, i know it's hanson...

but this video and song just make me SMILE.

hope your weekend was lovely.

- L

in and outbound

here is a super-massive mail post, just for you readers!

i made these inbound and outbound tags this week; they're from a photo of a package i received with the postal services' 'we care' wrapping on it, that i took all pretty-like awhile back. :]

^bianca's AMAZING envelope; her letters are some of my favorites and she included a bunch of fun postcards!

^this wonderful postcard, along with much of my current incoming mail, came from a new pen-pal after seeing my post on the Good Mail Day site.

^wonderful letter from cari, as always. with the gorgeous carrie mulligan on the front!

^adorable postcard from kiyasu in taiwan.

^megan sent me a wonderful missive loaded with vintage photos! they were so wonderful meg, thanks!

^this amazing missive comes from stephanie in new york; it really is as huge of an envelope as it looks. i was surprised it fit into my box!

^ a great, encouraging note from patty in virgina.

^ i adored this simple, elegant missive from elle in los angeles. lovelovelove.

^this AMAZING, FANTASTIC envelope comes from a new pen pal in britain. i'm still working on my reply, as i want it to be just as amazing and wonderful. but oh my gosh you guys, look at those stamps!! so gorgeous. (yes, the date is from june, don't judge!)

^a cute little note from ilona. i adored the stamp of her cat she used, too cute.

^lovely surprise note from carolee in san fran.

^sheba sent me this sweet green missive.

^this GORGEOUS postcard comes from annie in san fran. i rarely get handmade postcards, so this is an extra, extra special treat. and the vintage stamps are so pretty, right?

^a wonderful first letter from gracie in australia.

^chris writes some of the best letters ever and always adds lovely postage too.

^caela's missives are the only ones that ever come in 'we care' packaging, haha. lovelovelovleove.

^my reply to stephanie made with pretty magazine clippings.

^more 'screaming girl' envelopes to come, haha; this one is for miss melody.

^a missive for megan; nice and sturdy for a long journey to australia!

^a lovely, simple letter for elle, whom's missive is one of my favorites received lately.

^ reply to ilona.

^first letter to AMAZING paige.

^missives for micaela.

postal love,

- L

who, me?

^lauren nicole love (view more here)

realizing the other day that i rarely speak about my interests outside of mail and movies, i thought that i would write up a few random facts about my loves and not-so-loves lately. that is, if you're interested..it's cool if you're not, :P.

ONE - the longest time i've lived anywhere was for five years in atlanta. once the two-year mark of living somewhere rolls around, i start to get an itch for a new atmosphere and new air.

TWO - about a year ago, i made a decision never to speak about politics or social issues with good company because of the set fact that some great relationships got stomped upon whilst discussing those topics.

THREE - first concert i ever went to was the dixie chicks when i was seven. and i've never, ever, turned my back on them since then. their songs move me and inspire me in ways i won't ever be able to explain. their last album, 'taking the long way', is like a love letter to my soul. and that's all i have to say about that...

FOUR - every time i look at taylor lautner, i swear, all i see is shark boy with man boobs, sorry.

FIVE - probably not an unknown fact, but i love to dissect and analyze films. i mean, watch them with and without the commentaries and read interviews with DP's and set designers dissecting. it's not as obsessive as it could be, thank God, but it is to a point where i could determine your movie-going fate with just a simple conversation. this summer? see inception (really, no! haha) & despicable me and skip salt, trust me. i will never get those two hours of my life back.

SIX - music is becoming more and more a big part of my life. it used to fall by the wayside of films and my dying love for them and that art, but now i am really loving finding new music and letting it succumb my mind into different memories and dreams; mumford and sons, florence and the machine, the runaways, suzi quatro, (renewed loves) paramore and kings of leon.

SEVEN - mostly, i watch old tv shows and could care less about the latest teen drama, but over the summer i have fallen in love with how i met your mother. dear bambi, that is an amazing show; but i won't go on, because this could be a three hour conversation. (another blog post possibly, though.)

EIGHT - while i don't have road rage, i do talk a lot to my dashboard and say things that i feel might have possibly offended her...

NINE - i want to be in a glee club. like, now. someone send me my own personal mr. shuester.

TEN - music before the year i was born is the majority of what i listen to. i would rather dance to 'splish splash' by bobby darin and 'twist and shout' by the beatles than a song by the latest hip hop songstress.


hope it wasn't too boring! i honestly couldn't think of too many things for awhile, so, sorry a lot of them are relatively media centered, haha.

once again, you guys rock! i'm working on more things for this little blog including a giveaway and trying to incorporate more mail and creative-like things back into my weekly posts. speaking of, a mail one should be up before the end of the week with some AWESOME incoming missives; so be on the lookout!

lovelove,
- L

repeat the sounding joy

there are some films that touch your heart and just MOVE your soul emmensely, you have to watch it again, immediately. i don't know how to explain it, but there are just those certain films that move and restore you and you need to get the effect again, just to lock in that power and amazement. the first time i saw 'the family stone' was not in a theater or on dvd, but on tv, about two years ago. it played at about nine o'clock and then again at eleven thirty. how do i remember this? because it's a film, a story, that stuck and i remember the moment in time i witnessed it for the first time. i got lucky that night, in that a film i knew i had to see again, NOW, was replaying right afterwards the first showing. it must sound weird, what i'm telling you, but really, it does make a difference to see certain films a second time, immediately after the first view.

so run down to your nearest target and purchase this film for a mere five dollars and watch it a couple times, on a rainy afternoon. let it sink in, keep the characters and moments in the room with you for some time. this movie doesn't change your life, it gets your beloved ones in your life, in perspective as well as yourself.

are you living to the full extent of your being?

are you with the right person?

do you really love that person?

what is your relationship like with your family as a whole?

do you like it or want to change it and become more connected?

who are you?

what do you really need and want?

i love this movie, more and more with every single view of it's moving story. get a good couple viewings in for yourself to see what each of these images mean and feel like; you will be moved, touched and swept away by the simple beauty of it all.

- L