The end of this year has been full of a lot of emotions and difficult things that have brought my gratitude to the forefront of my thoughts. All of you here and this place are two of the things in my life I'm truly, genuinely grateful for. I don't think I've ever received so many cards in December in my life! It's going to take multiple posts over a few days to catch up. These are in no order of arrival, preference or gratitude!

Here we go:

u/snerdboff: Loved my awesome Grinch card with all the stickers inside and lovely message. My favorite was the books and tea sticker, but I was also so intrigued to see a sticker from my local library-The Philadelphia Free Library. I live in Jersey, but have had a Free Library card for almost 30 years, as I lived in Philly since college (until this house). Very fun to receive :) Yours is my first skateboard postage stamp that I recall as well0such a pretty blue! Loved the washi and stickers on the envelope too.

u/spiffytiffy: I loved my cozy bear with a beverage Season's Greetings card! What an absolute cutie! I loved everything about it and it was one of my faves :) Loved the envelope decoration too! TY!

u/thatchickbells: Wow-What a festive Christmas Card, with all the added decorations and stickers-I loved this entire little envelope :) It came by itself the day it arrived, and it really, really made me happy! TY so much! The card company is my mom's middle name, and I named my little from home side baking business that name, so it really made me happy. She would have loved this joyful Santa and all the beautiful washi and stickers you used! Your address is also fairly close to where she grew up in OH, so it just was all a really sweet, nostalgic little package for me :)

u/isar-love: TY for my fun and news filled postcard from Genoa! It's such a lovely picture of the homes near the water and the boats! I loved hearing all about what Genoa has to offer. I have to make it to Italy one of these days :) I loved the stamp too-it wasn't postmarked over, so it was beautiful and visible!

u/littlemermaidxx: I loved my Holiday Cheer postcard-my favorite sticker was the "let it snow" fancy coffee drink in the corner :) Thanks for being such a great RAoC friend!

u/wabisabi_sf x2: I LOVED my fabulous Santoro Gorjuss P/C! TY so much for sending me one. The fact that it was a lemon themed one was perfect-I love anything related to food/cooking/produce growing. I loved that purple stamp you used with the little girl, cat and the breads/coffee, the rose sticker and the cools space related stamps too! I didn't order anything yet-I have made a deal with myself to not buy too many more cards until I clear through some of my stash. It's a hard deal to keep, but I'm doing pretty good, lol! Your holiday postcard was SOOOO COOL! I love the glittery aspect to the printing-is that your photo that you had made into a p/c or did you buy it? It is really beautiful, and I love the flower stamps too!

u/dogs_eat_cats: I loved my food related postcard you sent-I LOVE that you looked back at my profile to see what I enjoy :) That's very kind of you. I loved everything about it-the stamps, the stickers, the kind message! The puffy stickers came through the mail intact :) Hope all is well with you my friend-This came a long time ago; I'm just late on TY's!

u/mostlyblots: TY for my very beautiful holiday card by Fr. A Poulin! Those are my favorite colors and I really love that style of art as well. Your recipe for a happy NY is one I will try to follow :) TY for my butterfly stickers-my adult goddaughter loves butterflies and I'll use one on the package I'm sending her soon! The peach washi on the envelope was a favorite, and your calligraphy and printing on my envelope was beautiful The stamps were cool, too, and not ones I remember ever seeing before.

u/Rura_Penthe924: TY for my gold Noel card-very beautiful! I grew up watching the original Star Trek. How did Kirk and Bones get out of that life sentence?? I have never been to Yellowstone or Grand Teton. I would love to see more of our amazing National Parks! I live close to Assateague and love to visit there and see the wild horses run! Hope you meet your reading goal in 2024! Are you on Goodreads? Your Reddit return address label is awesome and I loved the stamps com stamp! Such a pretty tree-I never realized their options would be different than a post office has, or would be so pretty and not just flags.

u/car3b3argutz: I don't think I officially thanked you for your very cool home made cracker box postcard! I loved it-the decorations were cool, and I loved that you had a NJ sticker to ad to it :) TY my friend, for sharing your creativity with me!

u/mlks00: Such a pretty Merry Christmas card, and you had my favorite special surprise inside. I adore all my washi samples, stickers, ephemera and recipes I get from our friends here, but you kinda blew my mind with your snowflake!! I was so tickled to get that-I haven't made one of those in years. I used to know a website where you could make a virtual paper snowflake-it was really cool! I should see if it still exists. Thanks for the nostalgic Christmas greeting my friend!

u/pinkpengin: TY for my Thanksgiving timed TY card :) I loved that puppy and my beautifully fall decorated envelope. I loved my "A" sticker for my first name, and all the leaves and washi you used (I have that same washi and I LOVE using it!). Fall is my favorite season and this card just exuded autumn.

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