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If you are seriously interested in participating in the traveling journal, the cut off for sending in your information is coming up shortly. The guidelines are below.  This is the thread: https://www.makeuptalk.com/t/139958/traveling-journal

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MUT Traveling Journal

Who can participate:

Any MUT member for a minimum of 6 months as of January 15th & 100 posts OR at least 2 positive trades.

You must provide your full name, address and email to Babs28 (usofjessamerica will also have a copy of the participant list in case something happens to me) no later than Jan 15th.

How the journal will travel:

Alphabetically by MUT username

How the journal will be "shared":

We will get a journal so that each participant will have 4 pages (2 front and back) to write in/use an will be able to keep the journal for 10 days. We could send the journal around twice, the second time would be for everyone to read what was written after them.

The journal starter, ender and by default the one who keeps the journal at the end:

Jannie135 offered to start. She could start or we could go by the first person who comes up alphabetically by MUT username. If it's me, it will be the next person on the list.  I don't think the coordinator should be the one to keep the journal.

What to write:

These are the "prompts" that you can use as a guide.  Remember, they are only a guide:

  1. A little bit about you. 
  2. why do you love to wear make up? 
  3. Your Best kept beauty secret.
  4. One make up tip you'd only share with your best friend.
  5. If you were stranded on an island and could only have 1 beauty product for the rest of your life, what would it be?
  6. Share one random fact or secret about yourself.
  7. Share some pictures of yourself, maybe one with and one without make up. 
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     Just a suggestion! :) /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

​These are only prompts and you do not HAVE to do any of the above. You can do whatever you like, use the 4 pages to tell us about yourself, a story about yourself, your make up routine, post pictures in it, etc. Have fun.

Mailing:

To keep costs down, we can use Media mail, unless you don't mind spending a little extra to send regular mail.

A few don'ts:

Do not use staples. (it makes the book thicker). If you put in pictures, use a glue stick or tape the corners.  Please don't use rubber cement to glue your pictures in.

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I hope the ladies who said they were interested are still considering participating!  This should be fun!

 
I got my letter from lorizav too on Wed!  Yay!  I also sent out my first letter on Wed!  Another Yay!!  I've already sent out an email but need to respond to her response.  I have been working my ass off this week.  So much to do.  I was working at home until 12:45 on wed night! Bleh!!  Wed was a busy day for me!  lol

I can't wait to get the rest of my letters so I can respond.  Hopefully in a more timely manner than my poor other two pen pals.  Sickness and then work… I don't like being hit with either! No mas, no mas!

 
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  I got my letter from lorizav too on Wed!  Yay!  I also sent out my first letter on Wed!  Another Yay!!  I've already sent out an email but need to respond to her response.  I have been working my ass off this week.  So much to do.  I was working at home until 12:45 on wed night! Bleh!!  Wed was a busy day for me!  lol

I can't wait to get the rest of my letters so I can respond.  Hopefully in a more timely manner than my poor other two pen pals.  Sickness and then work… I don't like being hit with either! No mas, no mas!

You've got a letter coming from me too! :) /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 
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You've got a letter coming from me too! :) /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />
Ooh!  I can't wait!  I'll have to make sure I am up in time to go to the PO and check my PO Box!  I hope it's there! 
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Ooh, it's the kind of day where I heard someone downstairs near the mailboxes, and so I peeked through the blinds and watched the mailman sort through the mail and drop it in my mailbox -- and I saw something hand-addressed!  I hope it's from a penpal and not from my landlord.  I am *not* ready for a new fridge yet (my landlord sends hand-addressed letters whenever she's going to be coming into our units, and I know she's planning on switching out my fridge at some point in the next couple of months, but I need another few weeks of fridge-and-freezer-cleaning before I'm ready).  I guess I could actually, oh, I don't know, *go downstairs* to see what's waiting for me!

ETA:  Ooh, *fantastic* mail day!  Not one but *three* penpal letters and a penpal package!  Plus my Scratch nail wrap sub box!  Now to see what fabulousness is contained within all of these envelopes.  (I can never think about what to write in initial letters, so I'm hoping for some things in these to inspire my next one!)

 
My hubby left this morning for military training for a few months so I'm working on writing to my pen pal now that he's gone & I have nothing to do after the kids go to bed. It's really helping me not be so weepy! Hooray for pen pals! If anyone else wants a letter PM me your address. I'm bored out of my mind! :)

 
I finished 3 letters today which will be mailed out tomorrow. Is it totally nerdy that I bought special notecards to write my letters on & then dug out my wax seal & wax to seal my envelopes? I haven't used wax seals since I was in high school! It made me giddy! Now I'm on amazon wanting new colors of wax & new seal designs for future letters! Way to bring the geek out of me! ;-). This is too much fun!

 
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I finished 3 letters today which will be mailed out tomorrow. Is it totally nerdy that I bought special notecards to write my letters on & then dug out my wax seal & wax to seal my envelopes? I haven't used wax seals since I was in high school! It made me giddy! Now I'm on amazon wanting new colors of wax & new seal designs for future letters! Way to bring the geek out of me! ;-). This is too much fun!
Not nerdy at all!  (Or at least nerdy in an awesome way)  It is great fun to have penpals again. :) /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 
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I finished 3 letters today which will be mailed out tomorrow. Is it totally nerdy that I bought special notecards to write my letters on & then dug out my wax seal & wax to seal my envelopes? I haven't used wax seals since I was in high school! It made me giddy! Now I'm on amazon wanting new colors of wax & new seal designs for future letters! Way to bring the geek out of me! ;-). This is too much fun!
If by nerdy you mean super awesome!!

 
Alright I need to write to 3 more pen pals, but saturday here in Maine was horrible in terms of road and weather..ice ice everywhere. I stil have to get some more stamps as well..but they are coming.

 
I finished 3 letters today which will be mailed out tomorrow. Is it totally nerdy that I bought special notecards to write my letters on & then dug out my wax seal & wax to seal my envelopes? I haven't used wax seals since I was in high school! It made me giddy! Now I'm on amazon wanting new colors of wax & new seal designs for future letters! Way to bring the geek out of me! ;-). This is too much fun!
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I got all giddy about it too. I keep my eyes out for cool stationery everywhere I go. Didn't even think about wax seals... I haven't done that since junior high but it would be so cool. Last week I found Lisa Frank stickers and was so excited you would have thought I won the lottery.
 
Okay, finally we have freed the vehicle from snow mountain, so if I am able before the PO closes, I should be able to get my hands on some stamps today! Yay :) /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> More letters should be out this week! :) /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 
Got my first letter. Thank you @yousoldtheworld ! Going to reply and put it in the mail this week.

 
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  Got my first letter. Thank you @yousoldtheworld ! Going to reply and put it in the mail this week.

I'm so glad you got it! I am having ZERO mail luck this month! Everything I send is taking ages to arrive, and everything I order is taking so much longer than it should...bahhhhh! :) /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

Time to work on some more letters. :) /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 
I got a really neat letter from one of my pen pals today! The actual card is infused with flower seeds. You get it wet & plant it & flowers grow in its place! How cool is that? Yup, I've got the coolest pen pal! Thanks Amber. I enjoyed that!

 
There's a groupon for some really cute stationery but I don't know if I can use them as post cards or if it's worth it! Decisions decisions...

 
One more day to sign up for the traveling journal!  Come on ladies!  You only have to write once!  LOL  It's not a pen pal!  PM me if you are interested.

 

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