2012 USA Stamp Program

by Misty Davis
www.pen-thief.blogspot.com

The photo is taken from issue 10, August 2011: SandbookNet PenPal Magazine

Since I started really mailing things (I have been mailing things since forever, but never as much as now) I have become more fascinated with stamps themselves. And really who hasn't? I mean there is so much effort that goes into making postage stamps (this would be an awesome topic in and of itself wouldn't it?) and not many people take the time to look at them.

Well..now that I am a postage stamp fanatic I keep up to date on all the news surrounding the stamp releases. I read about the artists that take the time to create such masterpieces. I even have a poster on my bedroom wall that shows all the stamps releasing this year. And I try to buy the new ones when they come out.

Now after that SUPER long beginning lets get down to business. The 2012 stamp program is releasing previews of some stamps that will be released next year. One stamp for each day. You can find this information in various places (Facebook, Twitter and Beyond the Perf)...OR you could just tune in here for a quick overview.

 

PenPal Magazine - August 2011

Our latest issue is available at Sandbook PenPal Magazine.

Find this issue and more at www.sandbook.net

PuchiMo visits SandbookNet

PuchiMo, the stationery shop that we featured in our current and previous issues of SandbookNet PenPals and Swappers Magazine, has a new blog. You can read the PuchiMo news on the blog. Don't forget to check out the PuchiMo Etsy Shop!

PuchiMo Products

Letter Parade visit SandbookNet

Are you familiar with the cute and absolutely gorgeous designs from Letter Parade? If you haven't heard about them, now is your chance to discover them with their Interview on the pages of our magazine! Cindy, the owner of Letter Parade, give us an all exclusive interview. Moreover, Cindy and Letter Parade give all Sandbook Readers a discount coupon to use in at Letter Parade Etsy Shop. Learn more about the coupon on the pages of our magazine or the official Letter Parade Blog.

And here are some photos taken from the July 2011 issue of our free penpal magazine:

Download issue 9, July 2011 of our PenPal Magazine from SandbookNet Official Website!

Cute Stationery Interview for Sandbook.Net

Are you searching for cute stationery? If so, then we might have the solution for you! We have recently interviewed Helen from www.cute-stationery.com to get all the interesting details about shopping for stationery with Cute-Stationery.Com. Check out the interview in the complete version of our April's issue, that you can download from our website.

Read the interview after downloading the April's issue of our pen pal magazine from www.sandbook.net

The Real Traveling Notebook Starts!!!

The Journey of the Real Traveling Notebook Begins!  By early May the Traveling notebooks are going to reach their first destinations! Sounds exciting, doesn’t it? Download the April's issue of our PenPal Magazine to find out the estimated time of arrival of the notebook and to read the instructions regarding the project!
 If you haven’t managed to sign up for this edition of the traveling notebooks, do not fear! We are going to make a round 2 of the Traveling notebook as soon as we get enough people to participate! You only have to state your interest in the traveling notebook by emailing raiasandbook(at)gmail(dot)com and give us your snail mail address.

Kayla's Handmade  Letter Writing Sets

If you are looking for out-of the ordinary letter sets and envelopes, then perhaps you are already very familiar with the designs offered by Kayla at her Facebook Group: Kayla's Handmade Letter Writing Sets Stationery

Her idea about setting up the Facebook group begins with her own experience as a penpal and swapper just like all of us. Most of the shops out there that offer lettersets are theme specific but also quite popular and widely seen. However, if you a member of the small but very vivid group of penpals that prefer to have your own and very unique set of stationary, checking out Kayla's designs will be the right thing to do! She offers you the chance not only to customize your own stationary, but also provides quite diverse pre-made designs – you’re your favorite TV series and actors through stationary that are movie specific to the usual cartoon characters that you always wanted to have. I just randomly picked few of her designs that I personally love. As you can see my top 3 would be from the TV screen: Twilight design and True Blood (Yeah, vampires are very popular these days!) and lastly but not least the supernatural David Borreneaz in Angel. They are super cute and on very reasonable prices. I would say even very cheap prices. The payment is done through paypal or through stamps (you have to ask Kayla about the last option).