Ha-ga-pi-gi Be-gert-de-gey

Last night, I attended a product launch party hosted by Forever Ugly, Polarities, and Vachuca called Hagapigi Begertdegey. The name, which actually means Hapi Bertdey (Happy Birthday), is a play on Gibberish by including 'ag', 'gi', and 'eg' in the words.

With the theme paying tribute to the 90's, the event was an amazing night filled with food, games, freebies, raffles and contests, 90's music, and a performance.

It was a really great night for me because of five things:

1. I met a bunch of cool people.
2. I performed and sang along with my friend Zoe (who was playing the ukulele) in front of the party crowd. It was so nerve wracking, I couldn't even look at the audience most of the time I was singing.
3. I was nominated for best dressed. I placed second, but still. The consolation prize was awesome!
4. I got thank you freebies from one of the owners of Polarities for performing in front of the crowd.
5. Nostalgia. All the feels I felt. Pure happiness. (╥_╥)

Be happy!

So many items designed and made by the talented people of Forever Ugly, Polarities, and Vachuca.

Do these words sound familiar?

 One of Polarities' many designed wooden boards. UNICORNS! *u*

This thing is what's used to play the classic Filipino party game called pabitin.

 Vachuca's plastic wallets and/or business card holders

Classic sari-sari store set up for the snacks!

Zoe performing an instrumental of You've Got A Friend In Me.

Party goers!

Themed parties are the best! Crossing my fingers for an 80's themed party next.

To see what freebies and goodies I got, click here.

xoxo

- Kat :3

Freebies and Goodies!

I received a lot of cool freebies during the Hagapigi Begertdegey product launch party and just seeing them made me smile. 

Nostalgia has taken over me. (╥_╥)

I mean, look at all that cool stuff! All these toys and candies reminded me so much of my childhood. 

To my Filipino friends, do you guys remember any of these?

I also got some free stickers and a plastic wallet/business card holder of the modern era.

 And it was a sort of Treat Yo Self day for me as well. I bought a few things, three of which are for postal purposes.

xoxo

- Kat :3

Outgoing Mail: My First Pen Pal

I've been crazy busy for days trying to figure out what to send to my first ever pen pal.

Let me just say it's difficult to write a letter and figure out what items to send to a complete stranger, even with our likes and dislikes posted on TPS.

My pen pal's name is Tania and she lives in Spain. For her package, I decided to make it a floral theme snail mail because I read from her profile that she likes flowers, as well as sewing and vintage items.

Here you can see the contents of my outgoing mail.

Time to send this snail mail package on its way!

More postal posts soon!

xoxo

- Kat :3

DIY of the Day: Sail Mail

Today, I joined The Postal Society's July Challenge where the theme is nautical mail art.

Seeing as how I like keeping it simple, I stuck with a blue and white color scheme (with some splashes of color here and there).

Now, I present to you my entry entitled...

Let's start with the envelope. I drew on some curvy doodles and I included stickers to put the name and address of the sender and sendee to stick on the envelope.

As for the paper to write the letter on, they're just simple blank paper with a "Sail Mail" heading and a compass divider on the bottom.

Now, for the other special contents.

First up, we have an origami steamboat and instructions on how to make one. I've always been a lover of origami and I wanna put a little piece of what I love into my mail. Tee hee.

Second, three hand-drawn, hand-cut stickers made by yours truly.

Third, these pretty blue seashell tags.

And lastly, this postcard I designed myself. See the little wordplay I did there? Sail Mail. Get it? He he he.

front and back

And the font I used is super cute too! You can get it here.

I always love a good challenge and I really enjoyed making my DIY nautical mail art. It's creative challenges like these that keep my creative juices flowing.

Now the only question is, who do I send this nautical mail to?

xoxo

- Kat :3

The Postal Society

Thank you to one of my friends for referring me to this website called The Postal Society, a page dedicated to snail mail lovers and connoisseurs.

photo (c) The Postal Society

(CLICK PHOTO FOR LINK TO WEBSITE)

I've always wanted to have a pen pal, but I was always afraid to send mail to random strangers. You know, stranger danger and all that. But this website reassures me of the wonders of the old fashioned correspondence system.

I'll do an update after I get the hang of the website.

xoxo
- Kat :3