From the Daisy Patch

I know that people love to complain about the post office so if you are a post office basher, you might not want to read any further.  But I have to say, the majority of the people I encounter at my local post offices go out of their way to be helpful. 

Whenever I bring packages to the back of the post office, any postal carriers that are unloading their trucks immediately come over and help unload my car.  They always have a happy greeting for me and are THRILLED that I have shown up with my packages.  Usually at least one of them with thank me for bring my business to them. 

I’ve had the post master call to ask how their service is and if there is anything they can help me with.  If I don’t have my packages early enough for a scheduled pick-up, my local carrier will swing by again later. 

Any time I go into the local post office I’m always greeted in a friendly manner and the clerks do their best to take care of my needs.   I was there today and was asking if the evening truck was coming earlier.  It is and is just one more budget cut.  She too thanked me for bringing in my buisness and said that often it is what’ s making their paychecks. 

As John Stewart was saying last night, it’s an incredible bargain that you can have someone come to your house to pick up your letter and have them deliver it anywhere in the nation for a mere $0.42!  (oops!  Amy Tangerine corrected me — the postage went up last month to $0.44!)  And seriously, is there anything better than retrieving your mail and discovering an actual handwritten letter amongst the bills and junk mail?  Thinking about that today inspired me to jot off a quick letter to a friend.

This is a love letter from my grandfather to my grandmother during their courtship.  

I’ve blown up another one of his letters to her and framed it.   It hangs in my work space and I love looking at it every day.  A letter written close to a century ago is still treasured. 

Will we feel the same about emails 100 years from now?  I seriously can’t fathom that.  So, if you think of it, pull out a pen, a sheet of paper or a card and write your mother, your best friend, a soldier or whoever you can think of.  Bring a smile to their face and help to support your local post office!

We announced in the newsletter sent out last night several exciting things we have going on here at Cocoa Daisy!  If you did not receive a copy of the newsletter and would like to, please email mailbox@cocoadaisy.com and we’ll get that right out to you.

First, we are having a design team call!  We are looking for two fresh faces to add to the Daisy Divas!!!  I’m so excited for this — I have to admit I really enjoy looking through all the amazing submissions we receive for design team calls.  If  you are interested and would like more information, you can find it here.

Second, we will have a very special guest as our September Guest Designer! 

We will be doing our 2009 version of Ali Edwards favorite products!  We  love having the opportunity to share these special exclusive kits with our customers!

And last but not least,  we are having a  SALE!!!  All of our previous project kits in our store are 20% from now through July 5th.   If you are a subscriber you can request that they be shipped with your July kit and we will adjust your postage.  ***Quantities are limited to kits on hand and the June 2009 Project kit is not on sale.

This is one of the project kits still available

And in other news… the Pottery Barn bulletin boards I had wanted are on sale too!

Now I’m going to have to give serious consideration to getting them! 

Here are a couple other things that I’ve found interesting lately…

I love this line of fabric from Sweetwater (yes, another scrapbook company is crossing the divide into the realm of fabric).

They will be released in September — how fun would they be to use in scrapbooking?

I was going by a candy store the other day and they had the cutest display that I think I can translate to work in my living room (the next room to finish).  They had a few branches with a dusting of white spray paint with pattern lanterns hung on it.  I have a cathedral ceiling in my livingroom so I need something a bit dramatic to fill up one corner.  I think this might be the trick — especially as I keep managing to kill the large plants I tried to put there!  I think I want to get these eyelet paper lanterns for it.

I hope you have a good weekend!