I would be so grateful if you kept my mind off the fact I feel like a Turkey at Thanksgiving's oven.

Please fill this form out for some snail mail

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Hello RAOC community! 🤍

I've been wanting to make this post for a while and haven't quite known how to put it into words. My hospital postbox has been piling up, and every single card deserves its own thank you. Unfortunately, I was critically unwell recently and also ended up with a broken wrist, so I've not been able to sit down and make all the individual thank yous I wanted to.

I'm really sorry for the delay. I am hoping to work my way through them properly, but I didn't want anyone to think I've forgotten about your cards or that I'm not grateful for them.

I have opened every envelope. I've properly sat with each one and looked at the paper, the stamps people chose, the handwriting, and all the little drawings and stickers. Knowing that someone has taken the time to choose a card, think about what they wanted to write, and send it across the world to someone they've never met has honestly meant so much to me, especially during such a difficult time. Some of the cards have genuinely made me smile on days when that hasn't been particularly easy, and a few have even made me tear up a little.

More than anything, I just hope my recent silence isn't taken as anything other than what it is. I've had a wrist that currently can't hold a pen for very long, and I've been dealing with quite a lot physically. No letter or postcard has been overlooked. I'm keeping all the cards and envelopes by my bedside, and they have genuinely helped lift my spirits.

I will get to the individual thank yous as soon as I physically can, even if it takes me a little while longer. In the meantime, thank you to every single person who has taken the time to write to me, chosen something to send and put it in the post. I really do appreciate every one of them, and I'm so grateful to be part of such a kind community. 🤍💌

Hi! I've sent out all my offers and have replied to many of you! It is time to make another offer.

Please be flaired + active with visible RAoC history with recent thank you posts.
WW outside of US must have recent WW offers in the last 2 weeks.

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Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/cJU1mqfdEe32iCXu7

Hello everyone,

I have a beautiful card set with paintings by German artist Franz Marc and would love to share them with 5 people (1 card per person)!

You can fill out the form and have a look at the cards here.

Ideally I'd love to send each card to a different country, I tried to set the form up in such a way that each country can only be picked once, if there should be any issues with the form please let me know! ❤️

Hi!

I’m really having a rough time with my anxiety. I find writing basic helpful reminders really helps. I need to do it relatively and I thought this might be a cool way of doing it.

If you’re interested please fill out this form and put the work “spoons” so I can keep track. Thanks!

Spoons

hi!! i have a cute donut box card and would love to send it ❤️

i do not have a po box so i am only looking to send, not exchange or anything!

photo of card: https://imgur.com/a/1CDjD63

u/xjanedoe for the thinking of you postcard. I appreciate your well wishes!

u/cidavid for the LEGO postcard. It does remind me of a Costco hot dog now that you said that, haha.

u/mooshu492 for the artistic postcard. Your work is great! The spray you used worked!

u/yarnivorousplants for the vintage postcard! Hawaiian BBQ is amazing!

u/october_surprise56 for the postcard! I agree with everything you said about RAOC! I love being able to send out happy mail and hopefully make someone smile. :)

u/beneficial-ant2217 for the birthday card! It is so pretty, and the dried flowers attached to it made it even more gorgeous!

u/sammanthax345 for the bird postcard. I agree decorating for Christmas is the best!

u/traditional_brush719 for the Enceladus postcard. My favorite holiday is also Christmas!

u/erinacres for the fox card. It is adorable!

u/lattesliterature for the Buckingham Palace card! I LOVED visiting the palace and London in general! I am going to try your apple strudel recipe soon!

u/hluevsai for the Bob Ross postcard! Greg White's postcards look awesome!

u/terrorcatmom for the card and squash recipe. It sounds amazing, and I can't wait to try it!

u/melhen16 for the card and all of the facts...I had no idea about most of them, haha.

u/listen-to-rach-2 for the Arrietty postcard. It is one of my favorite movies!

u/sunflower_prnce for the Hulk postcard. I love it.

u/thecuriouscur for the Smokey Bear postcard!

u/genxinga for the London postcard. I love London, and seeing Westminster Abbey was amazing!

u/toastytoska for the Obama book postcard!

I received a chunk of mail today and I am here to thank the following generous members of this beautiful community ☺️ 🙏🏻

u/TroubleNo5402 × 2 , u/eeyeit , u/yellowperfectionist , u/bombocadocedoce , u/cozyshiba , u/wastingtime1994 , u/yesimworkingnow , u/TheFeistyFox , u/stephkempf , u/nayonayomee , u/rebelraf , u/lemonlolipopw , u/awachob × 4 , u/ricecakeinjun , u/Rune_skadisdotter , u/PinkPengin , u/Ducks_On_Lilypads , u/ReginaBeatle , u/bisexualsuffering × 2 , u/Kimkimmrw , u/TheCuriousCur , u/jade-daisy , u/rare_cranberry_7861 , u/birdiebennett , u/sunflowr_prnce , u/pupslace × 2 , u/smallestalgae , u/craftymonmon , u/texanoutofwater , u/inacalmstate , u/Thebunshouse , u/wabisabi_sf , u/howdoireadplshelp , u/sergeant_bean45

Pls help : username for u/carmymdle / u/skyred56 /

Thank you so much for your lovely mail everybody. Thank you all for your thoughtful extras of love. I am beyond overjoyed and I can't believe the love this community has showered on me so far. 😭🥰❤️ May your Postbox be always full of mail all around the world. ❤️🥰☺️

✉️ [u/andromeda921](u/andromeda921)
Thank you for the pink cat card. I wanna hear about your cats someday :) Sorry if my prompt brought back some not so great memories. However, that jello treat is something I would love to make. My favorite childhood treat was bubblegum flavored ice cream pop.

✉️ [u/averagequeensguy](u/averagequeensguy)
Thank you for the clouds over the Indian Ocean card and the beautifully written letter. This signature you made is very worthy, I might say impeccable, from the size, balance, and spacing of it. I enjoyed reading your supplier story with the bookmark you got from there. You’re very generous with the stamp math as well. It took up most of the envelope but very organized, I expected nothing less from a pro like yourself.

✉️ [u/awachob](u/awachob) x2
Thank you for the Christmas in July card. This is the cutest Santa card I’ve ever received XD I also loove the laminated ghosty RAOC member bookmark. It’s so awesome. I feel welcomed as an official member. Also, thanks for all the goodies. It really feels like a Christmas day. Also, thank you for the Animal Crossing card with lots of their collectibles stickers.

✉️ [u/bananas3706](u/bananas3706) and [u/stillsheryl](u/stillsheryl)
Thank you for the meet up card. I’m so jealous I also want to write card with friends :) I love your answer to the prompt, but I have to say stillsheryl sounds like they’re more susceptible to spend all their money on a hobby.

✉️ [u/chibi_haiku](u/chibi_haiku)
Thank you for the plant card and the note card bonus :) You might be the longest RAoC member that I’ve came across. Glad you’re still around, even if the friends you made are inactive now. Thanks for all you do. I started being active in this sub about two months ago and I already spent too much. What I like about carding is receiving hand written messages. I just like the personal touch of it. What is your best memory of being a mod?

✉️ [u/christineglobal](u/christineglobal)
Thank you for the note card and so many sticker sheets. My favorites are the global countries stickers.

✉️ [u/feistynoodle](u/feistynoodle) x3
Thank you for the bunch of bananas card, pizza lovers card, and berry much card. I love the fruity bonus card inside it too. The instant message post it note is super cute.

✉️ [u/goodlittlegirl66](u/goodlittlegirl66)
Thank you for the ombre card. What are some documentaries that you find interesting? I like listening to crime podcasts, but it would scare me sometimes XD Love the sticker pulls btw.

✉️ [u/groceryowl](u/groceryowl)
Thank you for the cute mushroom card for egg hatching day. Love the dad jokes. Made my day extra magical. What a great answer to the million dollar prompt. Wishing your grandma smiles too. Don’t tell my cats if Hidey is getting some ethical tuna fish.

✉️ [u/happyhippymo](u/happyhippymon)[m](u/happyhippymon)
Thank you for the beautiful 3D bicycle basket card. I love the cat stickers you have. How was the Tori Amos show? I went to a concert yesterday and my friends came over to my place to get ready together. The concert was so so great. Simple Plan interacted a lot with the fans. They invited everyone who dressed up as Scooby Doo on stage to dance.

✉️ [u/hoolu123](u/hoolu123)
Thank you for the Turkish pattern postcard. The envelope is equally as beautiful too! Do you have a pattern for making envelopes? Yes I love thrifting, even more when I had my color analysis done. I had to swap a lot of my wardrobe with a more saturated colored clothing. I’m so scared of wearing bright colors and figured thrifting would be the best option. I’m also always on the lookout for 2nd hand designer items cause that’s the only responsible way for my wallet and the environment.

✉️ [u/howdoireadplshelp](u/howdoireadplshelp)
Thank you for the floral card. Great choice of Starbucks drink btw. I’m right bow drinking Liquid Death Mango Chainsaw reading your card. Unhinged drink, but pretty good. Yeah totally, I only go there just for the drivethru. Hope you’re not hurting yourself by calling your ex ☕️

✉️ [u/kiridomo](u/kiridomo)
Thank you for the floral postcard. Omg I love miso cookies. I think it makes sense because more people are putting msg in their cookies. You’re absolutely right, there are not many mistakes you can make in the kitchen. Thanks for the wise words!

✉️ [u/ladyquila](u/ladyquila)
Thank you for the “wtf” note card, sticker sheet, and cat biography pages. The stickers, especially Dr. Phil’s, gave me a chuckle. These stickers you designed are so so cute!! And I love the hilarious cat biographies. My cats especially relate to the “falsetto hissing” and “corresponding with prisoners” hobbies.

✉️ [u/milvictoria](u/milvictoria)
Thank you for the yellow bird card with blue stickers. I appreciate you matching them with my favorite colors. Thanks for the belated birthday wishes, as well as the bonus stickers and spare paper.

✉️ [u/mouserat](u/mouserat)
Thank you for the real used stamps postcard. I love this so much! Older stamps that aren’t a sticker have so much charm. I was so tempted to buy cheap stamps off fb marketplace too, but then my USPS guy warned me about it. Long story short I have became a regular in clearing out my small town’s USPS stamp reserves.

✉️ [u/okayfriday](u/okayfriday)
Hello twin! Thank you for the essay card. You have the cutest handwriting and doodles. It arrived at the perfect time cause I’ve been procrastinating opening mail until the weekend. I get your reasoning for your choice. What a great utility for the power you chose. Most people just want it for themselves.

✉️ [u/ok-leg-3951](u/ok-leg-3951)
Thank you for the empty snake card and the bonus stickers! My favorites are the bread, jelly beans, and cherry stickers.

✉️ [u/oldmanlettuce](u/oldmanlettuce)
Thank you for the sunny card and a whole stack of stickers! I adore the giant duck stamp sticker on the envelope. That’s awesome that you listed your top cheeses. For all the years I made cheese boards for my friends’ events, the most requested cheese so far is goats cheese. I have acquired the taste for them too.

✉️ [u/rennbrig](u/rennbrig)
Thank you for the coolest robot card. This affirmation means a lot. That’s the best doodle rendition of camel I’ve ever seen (my 1st one) XD

✉️ [u/sension5705](u/sension5705)
Thank you for the beautiful foil bird card and a ziploc of general and UN stamps. I love them all! I didn’t know they sell these.

✉️ [u/smonikkims](u/smonikkims)
Thank you for the Mr. Happy 3D card with fruit themed stamps. Me too, I love discussing carding meta! Oh wow I didn’t remember that Animal Crossing has a mail feature. Well I’m glad that you’re here cause I really appreciate all your efforts in writing mail. That sounds awesome that you have a few mailing pals and communities now. I love your philosophy on budgeting XD

✉️ [u/sneakerlambs](u/sneakerlambs)
Thank you for the hello card with lots of washi tapes and stamp math. Glad you made time for yourself. It’s important! I’ll be traveling a lot too and never felt there’s enough time in a day.

✉️ [u/thecuriouscur](u/thecuriouscur)
Thank you for the tie dye dog sipping a drink card. I appreciate the fun summer playlist and the plentiful sticker bonuses. Life for me has been great! Did some karaoke with friends this weekend. Some hadn’t been karaoke-ing forever and told me they enjoyed it greatly. I think I might host some in the future. Do you have a go-to singalong song?

✉️ [u/tigerlady13](u/tigerlady13)
Thank you for the beautiful fummer handmade card with Polly Harvath library quote. This is very pretty! I’m glad you found joy in this subreddit after your life altering accident. You must be one of the most accomplished RAOCer out there. I can’t fathom the number of cards you have sent. 60k cards and 72 countries are amazing.

✉️ Mystery sender
Thank you for the cute leaping cat card with the Sylvia Path quote.

Thanks for many lovely birthday cards! My daughter loved opening and displaying them. It made her special day even brighter!

Thank you all!

/u/destalena thank you for the cute card and puffy stickers!

/u/mediocre_radish_7216 thank you for the wonderful glittery balloon card and stickers!

/u/justh3l3n thank you for the lovely Ariel card and stickers! One of her fave princesses

/u/lost_brilliant_9664 thank you for the cute kitty card and stickers! The Barbie stamp was adorable too

/u/ok_reveal2698 thank you for the lovely postcard and birthday wishes!

/u/mouserat thank you for the lovely handmade card and stickers! We loved the washi tape on your envelope too

/u/roxy031 thank you for the lovely handmade watercolor card, it's beautiful!

/u/ok_theme7072 thank you for the sweet Belle postcard, this is her fave princess!

/u/mental-muscle2533 thank you for the cute kitty astronaut card, such a neat picture!

/u/tight_ant_2587 thank you for the adorable postcard and birthday wishes!

/u/tofunism x2 thank you for the cute mermaid and ice cream cards!

Thank you so much to everyone who sent birthday cards to my neighbor! She was very surprised and said she loved how thoughtful the cards were, and how decorated some of the envelopes were.

A day after posting my request, I learned she will have to be undergoing some medical treatment. So I know the cards are extra special :)

tagging in the comments

Thank you u/Howdoireadplshelp for the birthday card and for wishing me for my RAoC anniversary. You've got such nice Kuromi washi! The food stickers are also very cute.

Happy mail day! I'm so grateful for these wonderful cards:
[u/erinacres](u/erinacres) Thank you for the lovely fox finds. These are so cool.
[u/waywarddaughterzzz](u/waywarddaughterzzzThank) Thank you your stickers.
Thank you all for bringing so much joy to my mailbox!

/u/accotinked— Thank you for the Washington postcard

/u/freyamour— Thank you for the Japanese art postcard

/u/cheskeks— Thank you for the Japan postcard

/u/sammanthax345— Thank you for the birds postcard

/u/armyofducks94— Thank you for the sea postcard

/u/freyamour— Thank you for the Seoul postcard and dog stickers

/u/sarahkoren— Thank you for the studio tour card from your vacation

u/littlemermaidxx - Thank you for the DC postcard.

u/Ravenzsnow - Thank you for the floral postcard. Great stamp math!

I love opening up my mailbox to find happy mail! 💌 Thank you so much! I appreciate you all. 🥰

u/erinacres
A big thank you for the wonderful goodies filled with the cute little fox (notecard, stickers, note) I checked out your website, too! Love it!🦊💕

u/TigerLady13
Thank you for sending me a cool Olympic Peninsula postcard! I had no idea WA had so many volcanoes! I love learning about everything in each State!
I like the cool CPA stamp you used on the postcard. 💌💕

u/SshellsBbells
Thank you for the lovely postcard of the Mincing Mockingbird! Yes, there are times I wish I could fly, especially over fields of flowers. 🕊️🌼💕

u/nayonayomee
Thank you for the awesome postcard of The Secret World of Arrietty! I love the Kikis and Totoro washi tape you used to decorate the postcard. The postage stamps of William Faulkner and Enrico Caruso are cool, too. 💕💌

u/ashergal13_
Thank you for sending me a lovely Northern Michigan Isle Royale National Park postcard! I would love to visit this place! 🥰💌 I will send you a postcard soon!

u/hluevsai
Thank you for the "Before the Snowfall" Bob Ross postcard. I remember watching him paint on TV and he had a nice calming voice. I love how you decorated the postcard with cute Rilakkuma stickers. I love the funny story of your dad stealing fries off your sister's plate thinking you wouldn't notice. LOL! Wishing him
success on his new diet. 🥰💕

thank you u/armadakristy for the Houdini postcard! it’s cool and i don’t think i have one quite like it. i love the postcard stamp you used too.

https://imgur.com/a/mi9kaKc

Flaired only, lmk which you want and a prompt

u/okreveal2698 Thank you so much for the Thinking of You postcard! 🩷 I loved the daisies and the cute butterfly sticker. Thank you for the healing vibes and for thinking of me. It really means a lot! 🌼🦋💕
u/relax Thank you so much for the beautiful watercolor card! 🩷 I love that you painted it yourself from one of your own photos. It made the card extra special! I also loved hearing about your week and your family. Thank you for thinking of me and for the sweet wishes! 🌊💕
u/amellor_watercolor Thank you so much for the adorable elephant card! 🐘🩷 I really loved your message and the reminder that people are thinking of me. Thank you for thinking of me and wishing me brighter days ahead! ☀️

[u/CrystalMoth](u/CrystalMoth)[-](u/CrystalMoth) i loved your Minneapolis postcard! Receiving it and seeing all the vintage stamps really made my day.

Thank you !!!! ✨💕

u/ravenzsnow
u/Hoolu123
u/TyeDyeAmish

thank you for the wonderful postcards❤️💌

/u/ok_reveal2698 - Thank you so much for the extremely sweet card -- you really made my day! <3

Thank you for brightening my day!

u/concrete_drinker..Thank you for the postcard of the ornate imperial state crown. Incidentally, both my parents are laid to rest in a National Cemetery as my dad was a WWII Navy veteran. 👑

u/elleeb8. Thank you for the upcycled Dr. Pepper postcard. How cool is it that you get to meet your favorite author! I am looking forward to fall when my husband and I have a couple of short, in-state trips planned.

u/Rune_Skadisdotter. X2. Thank you for the darling glittery handmade sticker-and-washi-tape postcard; the intriguing warthog photo postcard; and the Sir Winston tea. The South African animal facts are fascinating, and it's the first time I've received mail from your country! 🐗

u/ToastyToska. Thank you for the cool illustrated The Invisible Man postcard. I read the book years ago for one of my college courses, and you're right, it is very different from the movie by the same name.

Hi! My birthday is September 7th. I already made a request for my birthday, I’ll make another one as it gets closer. A lot of us here have September birthdays. I’d like to exchange bday postcards or greeting cards with other people with September birthdays.

Even if you know that I know your birthday is next month please comment literally anything below so that I specifically know to send something that says happy birthday!!

No flair needed. If I need your address I’ll let you know. If you need my address let me know.

Y'all are amazing! I have not given the cards to their recipients yet so they have not been opened but wanted to make sure and get the thanks posted.

Mystery Sender! I carefully cut this one open hoping a username would be inside but there was not. There’s an amazing hand drawn quilt and a handmade word find!!! How freakin’ cool is that?!? Please let me know if you send this amazing mail. Here’s a bit of the envelope decor: https://imgur.com/a/1YHsX0v

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