It's raining postcards...
A little while ago I asked on the boards if anyone would like to send me a postcard from wherever they are, to help with the decorating of my 'travel' themed bookfair I have to put together mid-October - what a response, and what a blessing it has turned out to be! I've so enjoyed every one of them, and so many have come in, I am humbled by the generosity. Especially of LuLu, in Hong Kong - she sent me several homemade postcards with pictures she had taken on her travels in Egypt and Japan, plus a package of vintage, humorous ones for Hong Kong - I am sure it must have cost her a bit to mail them too. I even had Brave Hobbit in Maine send me a lamintaed world map, so I can attach bits of yarn and show where some of the cards came from.
I am excited instead of dreading the bookfair, which is rather new for me. It's the single largest event I pull off for the schoolyear, and maxes out my required school volunteer hours for the year. Another thing I really appreciate about it is the way it will make all of my 'fan community' real to my coworkers, and the parents. I've had many comments (kindly said) kidding me about my online group - and now the one teacher I mentioned this was happening to went all wide-eyed and thought it was totally cool.
This is a good thing! It started off as just a 'what in the world am I going to use for a theme?" and has turned into such a shower of blessing - It makes me want to sent postcards to other people, just to share it. :-)
I am excited instead of dreading the bookfair, which is rather new for me. It's the single largest event I pull off for the schoolyear, and maxes out my required school volunteer hours for the year. Another thing I really appreciate about it is the way it will make all of my 'fan community' real to my coworkers, and the parents. I've had many comments (kindly said) kidding me about my online group - and now the one teacher I mentioned this was happening to went all wide-eyed and thought it was totally cool.
This is a good thing! It started off as just a 'what in the world am I going to use for a theme?" and has turned into such a shower of blessing - It makes me want to sent postcards to other people, just to share it. :-)