My first Mail Art Exchange

A few months ago, I signed up to participate in my first Mail Art Exchange which was organized by Ginger of Ginger's Life of Spice. Ginger offered "Earth" as a theme and she was really good at letting the newbies, like me, feel like we could do it!
Here is the decorated envelope I sent:
Il y a quelques mois je me suis inscrite à mon premier échange de "Mail Art" qui était organisé par Ginger de Ginger's Life of Spice. Elle a proposé la Terre comme thème et a encouragé les nouvelles, comme moi, a essayer. Je me suis donc lancée et voici l'enveloppe que j'ai décoré:

 and the goodies inside:

A card, buttons, ribbon and a hand painted pebble I picked up at the beach with its provenance on the back.
J'ai inclus une carte, des boutons, du ruban et un galet que j'ai ramassé à la plage et peint avec sa provenance au dos.

And here is the envelope and goodies I was so excited to find in my mailbox a few days ago. All the way from Spain!
Et voici je ce que j'ai trouvé dans ma boite à lettre il y a quelques jours:

Thank you Alison for the fun envelope, the beautiful card, the bookmark and the magnet!
J'étais trop contente de recevoir une super fun enveloppe avec une belle carte, un marque page et un magnet. Merci Alison!

What did I learn from this first experience?
- Snail mail still rocks and it is really fun to receive an unusual looking envelope in your mailbox!
- It is even more fun to open it and see what the sender created and put together for you
- I love the connection it creates from a paper crafter to another paper crafter
- Decorating my envelope was easy and freeing compare to doing a page or even a card, it made me feel "artsy" for a second! :)
- I was hoping to hear back from my recipient at some point but have not... So send and forget about it!

Thank you Ginger! Have a great weekend!
Merci Ginger et passez un bon weekend!