FROM SARA.

Received from Sara in Portugal, July 2012.

Sara from The Weight Of Dreams have send me this beautiful letter. There were so many treasuries in it, so I have sellected a few.
Sara is a teacher and she is right now reading the book: Daughter of the Forest by Jliet Marillier, which is one of favorites.
She is also on flickr with some of her amazing photos.

The whole letter from Sara. I really like the red mailbox.

Old buttons which she has got from her Grandmother, when she was younger and working in Paris.

Two pieces of crochet.

Beautiful old linen fabric with the word HOPE.

A piece of textiles with print, which looks Japanese to me and a beautiful photo.

A pretty yellow rose.

Dear Sara, thank you so much for your lovely letter. The two buttons in red and orange is already hanging at the wall in my studio.

FROM HILLERY.

Received from Hillery in Holland, July 2012.

I'm so happy about my letter from Hillery. She is only 14 and she have send me this so amazing letter, full of beautiful treasuries.
Hillery have her own blog; Dream, Pray and Love. I'm impressed.

The amazing letter from Hillery.

This is my absolutly favorite. A pressed flower.
I love the small lines, like feathers.

Shells!
I too always collect when walking at the beach.

A little piece of dotted textile together with a pretty washi tape.

An angel scraps. These I use to collect when beeing a girl, so I'm so happy Hillery have send me.

Dear Hillery, thank you so much for your lovely letter. As I'm so in love with the pressed flower, it's already hanging in my studio for inspiration.

FROM EMILY.

Received from Emily in Australia, July 2012.
Emily wrote and asked me if she could join my textile letters. She loves all sort of vintage items; from postcards to buttons to old clothes sewn into something new.

The whole letter from Emily.

Small pom poms put on a string. Perhaps for sewing onto a furniture.

I'm in love with the vintage postcards Emily have send me. This one is a little bit special, when turning it around I saw it was from Helsingør, here in Denmark. So in a way, this postcard have found it's way home again.

Emily have a button collection and the one she has send me is so fantastic. They are full of texture.

The patchwork in hexagonal are pieces Emily's Grandmother were going to make into a blanket. They are out of vintage materials, leftovers from the clothes her Grandmother made for her mother when she was a little girl. I feel so special that she has send them to me.

Dear Emily, thank you so much for your lovely letter. The buttons will soon be hanging in my studio.

FROM HELEN.

Received from Helen in England, July 2012.

Helen is doing her Master in Art practice and besides this she also have the time to do charity for MENCAP.
She is living with her lovely partner and there little kitten Conker.
Helen have the most wonderful blog trees and what not with the most pretty photos.

The whole letter from Helen with a lot of handmade items.

Helen have made me a plantholder in macrame. I love the pink color together with the strong lime green.
I remember this technique from my schooldays and when I have been in Peru, the young men are making the most wonderfuls bracelets. I want to try again.

A bookmark, knitted.

A little ponch. I have put my magnifying glass in it, which I have with me everywhere.

Helen have used her typewriter to write her letter to me. It makes holes, but she loves them, just like me.

Dear Helen, thank you so much for your letter. As you can see from my post here, I have already start using your little ponch.

FROM EVDOKIA.

Received from Evdokia in Greece, July 2012.

A wonderful letter came to me in the beginning of July from Greece. Evdokia is a grapfic designer, who also likes to work with ceramic, which you can see on her etsy have a kookie page.
I like the way her blogname have got the name! On have a kookie she writes:
"my family and friends are calling me kokie.
...& because i enjoy eating cookies
i made it a little bit sweeter ;)
 so have a kookie!

A little while ago I send my letter to Evdokia, which can be seen here.

The whole letter from Evdokia. I'm in love with the little pressed flower.

A mobile with small origami boats which she has dyed with black tea, to give them the sepia color and painted afterwards.

I simple love the torn paper!

Evdokia have send me this beautiful photo she has taken on the Naxos Island. Like her, I love the shadows the lamp gives in the picture.

Pieces of different kinds of textiles and handmade paper.

(NOT ONLY) TEXTILES
Love it!

Dear Evdokia, thank you so much for your lovely letter. Your mobile with the folded boats is hanging in my window at my studio.

FROM LAURA.

Received from Laura in the U.S.A., July 2012.

Laura is known as suburbanpenpal on flickr and she love writing letters and makes the most beautiful envelopes. On her blog you can see some of them.
She is a Master student in art history at San Jose State University. In her thesis she would like to write about mail art.

My letter from Laura is full of pretty details.

A beautiful embroidery in cross stitch. Love it!

Beautiful shades of pastel colors.

Details of a tag, a little drawing and a quote.

Laura's pretty handwriting.

A little envelop of a Japanese design with Laura's personal stamp. I like these kind of old stamps.

Shnelly Mail!

Dear Laura, thank you for your lovely letter to me. Your embroidery is hanging in my studio.

FROM AMANDA R, 3.

Received from Amanda in Canada, July 2012.

Amanda have spoiled me for the third time with the most pretty postcard from her trip to New York.
Soon I'll be going on a little holiday with my lovely husband and a postcard will be on it's way to you. From where will be a surprise.

My first and second letter from Amanda.

From MOMA, artist is Laura Owens. Cut-and-pasted colored and printed papers, watercolor and pencil on paper.
A very pretty card, like a family tree. Love!!!

FROM ERIN.

Received from Erin in Australia, June 2012.

Erin is such an amazing artist. She makes the most wonderful pieces of porcelain /ceramic. Her objects is like a fairytale and very fragile. Please have a look on her etsy page Erinswindow. Her mother Tokiyo makes the most beautiful garments of old vintage kimonos and I'm dreaming away to another place when looking at it.

Erin is from Japan, but is living in Brisbane with her daughter. They like walking and looking at things. Every night they sit and play or make things, as they do not have a tv. Lovely, lovely, lovely.

Erin have been living in Paris, and she always loved to take black and white photos of tree and old buildings.

You can follow Erinswindow on facebook for updates on her work and her blog for work in progress.

Erin have send me a letter where green is the main color.

Yarns in kasuri, also called ikat. I simple love this technique.

A  sample of Chirimen kimono.

Two samples in green. To the left a wet felting sample made by Erin and to the right a linen kaya.

Like me, Erin is in love with the moo cards.

Dear Erin, thank you so much for your fantastic letter. The kasuri threads is hanging at my studio and one day I hope to be able to use them, either in my work or as inspiration.

FROM CLAUDIA, 2.

Received from Claudia in Austria, June 2012.

Claudia from Wide Eyed Tree have spoiled me again with a new letter full of treasuries. I'm so happy.
My second letter to Claudia with some of my old wipes can be seen here and her first letter to me here.

The beautiful letter from Claudia.

 A handmade chain with a cross made by Claudia many years ago.

One of Claudia's cards. She makes the most beautiful stamps and I think I'll soon going to purchase some.

In my first letter to Claudia I send her a catholic postcard from Peru. Now she has send me one back and I like it a lot.

Dear Claudia, thank you so much for your lovely letter. Your handmade cross will I put on my computerloom at my studio, as I like to have beautiful items hanging on it to give me  good luck, when weaving new designs.

FROM ZENOBIE.

Received from Zenobie in England, June 2012.

Zenobie lives in London and likes to make things out of yarn, walk, bake bread and listen to folk music. She is half Greek and this is where her beautiful name comes from. She has studied history at the University, but her passion is to work with plants. She has a beautiful blog called Queen of Carrot Flowers. I love the name.
Zenobie loves the process of hand making and started knitting when 15, but her biggest passion is crochet, especially the freestyle crochet. She feels it's like painting with yarns. I believe her description is beautiful.

Zenobie have photographed my letter in such a beautiful way. Please have a look here.

My letter from Zenobie. I don't know how to describe the feeling I had when opening it. I feel so lucky.

I did not knew that feathers were something that Zenobie treasure a lot and I send her one.
She send me in return a freestyle crochet feather made in cotton and embroidery thread. It's inspired by the technique used by a Japanese artist called Jung Jung who makes crochet vegetables.
I'm so much in love with it and have already start wearing it. The details is magnificent.

Like me Zenobie likes fleamarkets and these doilies have she found on her favorite market in London.

A little bouquet of daisie flowers and beautiful fabric from Liberty of London.

Dear Zenobie, your letter make me so happy. It was a fairytale oppening it.

Your freestyle feather crochet is excuisite and I have it at my home, so I can put it on my clothes, so it can brighten up an ordinary day.