Mailbox Journey
I'm Melanie and I'm a twenty-something blogger from Central Pennsylvania who loves antique markets, crafty projects and white ceramic owls. Follow my adventures in do-it-yourself projects and my journey as I look for a fixer upper home with my boyfriend of four years.
Mission: Circle Felt Cutter – Accomplished!
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- Published on Thursday, 20 December 2012
Authors: Melanie @ Mailbox Journey
One of my favorite crafts to make are felt wreaths. I made two versions right now, triangles and circles. My favorite is the circles, but it would take me hours to cut out of all the circles I’d need. You don’t want to know how long it took me to cut out that many circles with scissors
I’ve been...
And Then There Were Three
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- Published on Wednesday, 19 December 2012
Authors: Melanie @ Mailbox Journey
Sometime last night, we lost Bora. Our last little gerbil. I’m actually happy that he finally passed, because I could see that he was suffering. He went the same way as his brother (Scirocco, October 3rd). Lost weight, slept a lot, could barely move, and went blind. But Bora must have been scratching at his...
Tech Tuesday: Placing Linking Social Media Icons
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- Published on Tuesday, 18 December 2012
Authors: Melanie @ Mailbox Journey
I had a few requests last week to do a tutorial on how to link & place social media icons. So I’m going to try and explain this as simply as possible. Which is really hard for me to do, since I’m a visual learner and I’m horrible at explaining things. If you do have any questions or...
Weekend Wrap-Up #32
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- Published on Monday, 17 December 2012
Authors: Melanie @ Mailbox Journey
I should really start putting these posts together on Sunday night, because by the the time Monday morning rolls around, I completely forget what we did over the weekend. Hmm… Friday night I worked on my Christmas wreath a bit more and then Travis’ came home from work and made a quick super since we...
Tech Tuesday: Social Media Icons
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- Published on Tuesday, 11 December 2012
Authors: Melanie @ Mailbox Journey
Happy Tuesday! I’ve been thinking that my social media icons need some work, so they stick out. Right now they are blending in with my layout and can be hard to spot because of that. So today, I’m bringing you a bunch of free social media icon sets. I might even be replacing my set with one of these...
Weekend Wrap-Up #31
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- Published on Monday, 10 December 2012
Authors: Melanie @ Mailbox Journey
Hey All! I’m back. I had to take a week off of blogging last week to attend to some personal stuff going on and I didn’t have the extra brain capacity to get any blogging done. But I’m back and all is well. Onward with the Weekend Wrap-Up:
Over the weekend, Travis and I got most of our Christmas...
Christmas Tree 2012 [Video]
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- Published on Wednesday, 28 November 2012
Authors: Melanie @ Mailbox Journey
We kept the tradition alive. Just like we did last year, we video taped ourselves putting up the Christmas tree. (Watch last year’s video here) We then sped the whole thing up! So, instead of an hour worth of us putting up the tree, (which would be really boring.) it’s under four minutes and I find it...
Tech Tuesday: Making a simple header
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- Published on Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Authors: Melanie @ Mailbox Journey
I change my header a lot, mostly because it’s so simple to make new ones and the possibilities are endless. I’m going to show you today how to make a really simple header, using just three pictures and some plain text. So all of you readers that have been wanting to start your own blog, take notes!
First...
Weekend Wrap-Up #30
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- Published on Monday, 26 November 2012
Authors: Melanie @ Mailbox Journey
How was everyone’s Thanksgiving? Mine was great, but the Thanksgiving break flew by way too fast. I can’t believe it’s Monday and I’m back to work already. I’d like to right up one of those “venting posts” later on today, if I get a chance so I’m going to make...
I just wanted to wish you all a…
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- Published on Wednesday, 21 November 2012
Authors: Melanie @ Mailbox Journey
(Travis took this adorable picture of Coco on Monday night & I had to post it.)
I’ll be back with regular posts on Monday, until then I’m going to shove my face with turkey and wine!
