Monday's Postcard--Welsh Love Spoons

Happy Happy Monday Readers! I had a couple of letters come my way today but I got a really neat postcard that I want to share! This card comes from Victoria on Postcrossing! Not only is this card a first but it is one of only a handful that I have gotten from Great Britain.

"Welsh Love Spoons"

"The giving of a carved spoon by a lover to his lass as a taken of affection is a Welsh custom which dates back to the 17th century. Spoons were also made for social occasions such as courtship, weddings and christenings. Each spoon is made individually and consequently tells its own store.

The Welsh spoon is unique as it is developed from the 'cawl spoon', a spoon used for eating Welsh broth. Each cawl spoon was an individual spoon made by the man for the household. This carving of spoon developed into the Love Spoon as the handle became a vehicle for the ;spooner' to tell his love by means of symbols. Hearts are common and should be full hearts and  not fretted out. Chain links represent  being linked together in affection. Grooves may be cut to outline a house or church and be filled in with coloured wax, thus giving a picture of "My house is yours" or "I wish to take you to church". A cockerel or peacock is often carved on a wedding spoon as a wish for fertility and a horseshoe for good luck. These are in face innumerable symbols which represent the individual wishes of the 'spooner'".

MAIIIILLL CALLLLL

Hello Monday Readers! As promised earlier this afternoon I am back with my actual mail goods! Today's mail is brought to us mostly by Swap-bot (where I am hosting a Swap!!--oh come on it's a little shameless self promotion never hurt anyone LOL). There is also a lovely card from Postcrossing, which was a welcome change-feels like it's been a while since I've gotten one from a crosser. Let's get on to the bag o' goodies shall we?

Two postcards today, one from my final partner in "One Person Each City", this one comes from a user in Russia, and the second from a postcrosser in Washington state

 This comes from the Halloween Recipe swap that I hosted. My partner sent me a HYSTERICAL card as well as a pretty delish sounding recipe for "Guacamoldy" ahahah

 She also took the time to send me some much appreciated stickers and to decorate the envelope! How neat!

 back view

 Another Halloween swap (I'm hooked what can I say!!!!) Which brought me socks, candy, stickers, "Ghoulaid" (yes it's koolaid) and you see that little pumpkin--that's a flashing pin. I am so wearing this to work on Halloween! Thanks, Janice!



Today's outgoing mail went to:

South Africa

Germany (x's 2)

Belarus

Poland

Italy

Canada

Crosby, Texas

Dumfries, Virginia

Now I am off to sort and organize some mail so that I can actually write back to the letters that I owe! :) Hope you all had a happy mail Monday, let's go get some letters out!

Begining of the week and its a great day for mail!

Hello there followers (and visitors!!!) It's that time again! Luckily, Monday provided me with some pretty good mail and a surprise!

These three are from Postcrossing--Germany, Taiwan, and Portugal

Next up we have some Swap-bot lovin' from all around the USA

One from Walltype

AND MY SURPRISE!!!!

All around a good day for mail! :) Here's hopin that the rest of the week is just as splendid. I am off to write some of the letters I owe ( I have a stack of replies that are waiting....I promise promise promise I will ALWAYS write back, just bear with me a bit).  Happy Mailing!