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renaissance2010
Turning to photography as a creative outlet during a valiant fight with breast cancer at age 34, renaissance10 survived and set up a photo contest to help raise funds for the Lavender Trust, a nonprofit that provides information and support to younger women with breast cancer. In the first two years, the competition brought in over £65,000 (that's $107,260.73 U.S.!), with entries from 130 countries last year. Renaissance10 recently joined LiveJournal to meet other passionate photographers and find supportive friends.

curiouscupcakes
Holy buttercream frosting! If you have a sweet tooth for sugary goodness or a wandering eye for whimsical confection, this is pure ecstasy iced in deliciousness. Hailing the beloved cupcake as the artisinal canvas of choice, you'll enjoy recipes, photos, and bountiful tips to bake up a batch, whether your taste leans toward French classics or funky and flavorful.

mission101
With New Years in the offing, it's an ideal time to reflect on past accomplishments, make peace with disappointments, and refocus the lens on future goals. This community welcomes you to create a bucket list of 101 things you plan to accomplish in the next 1,001 days. Offering support, guidance, and inspiration, this is a great way to jumpstart those pesky resolutions.

I leave for Montana on the 27th! I still have 7 postcards left, which I will mail from where I'm visiting, so they'll bear a Montana postmark. So far, takers are:

khaki
glagira_pepe
vsuclaribnl
babyd0llj
10pm
ffia
norwegianeyes
radiantwterror
olive_gretski

Would anyone else like one?? Please speak up; if I you don't by tomorrow, I won't see it, because I won't have internet access up there!

I'm gone! Postcards will be out within the week.

Hello everyone,
I'd like to make an apology for anyone who's sent me a postcard in the last couple of months and hasn't recieved one back. Things have been crazy around here (but lets be honest, when are they not!) and I've also run out of postcards to send and haven't gotten around to buying more. I'd like to thank everyone who's sent me one (especially our lovely khaki who sent a wonderfully thoughtful Christmas card) and say that as soon as I get more everyone who is owed one will be getting one, I promise! Thanks for your understanding.

Finally I found a community with people who adore classical postcards&letters as much as I!
My real passion is postcard shopping, I have plenty of this stuff in my table boxes, haven't known what to do with all of them. BUT just till this moment!

Sooooo... Anyone wants to recieve a piece of winter Russia in his mailbox, mm?

UPD Postcards for all of you will be sent tomorrow, yahoo ^^

Holiday debuggery

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Photos of the week

We're back with more dazzling pictures from around the world. Congrats to marlenemcc, who has been awarded a virtual blue ribbon as the winner of our fourth photo contest. We hope you'll click over to LJ_Photophile poll and tell us your picks in pics!

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Thanks, again, for reading. Here's wishing you the very merriest of holidays. We'll see you next year!

The following people have been added to the community:
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Ok, I don't know what happened with the last batch of people I added, but almost all of them didn't add their adresses in the database. Therefore, the following people have been removed:

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celestialmarvel
cheetohcrunchy
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herbal_lolita
pytina
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i_hope_that
For many of us, the holidays can be kind of rough. If you're searching for a network of understanding friends, this ultra-nurturing community encourages you to express your heartfelt wishes and offer other members encouragement and acceptance. Not for the terminally snarky or emotionally-challenged, this is a good-spirited place to lend comfort and support.

diygifts
Feeling crafty? If you've got a few last folks on your holiday gift list, this is a great place to seed your creativity and generosity. You'll also discover wonderful DIY tips to decorate your home and entertain guests. Offering a no-frills-no-skills attitude that welcomes the cash-challenged and arts-phobic, you're sure to get ideas and make friends in the process.

cooking_club
A fun and friendly community dedicated to those who love to cook, whether you're a meat-and-potatoes type, an aspiring gourmand, and/or a vegan. In search of a brilliant dish to use up those weekly leftovers? Post your ingredients and you'll be whipping up a feast by dinner. You can also share favorite recipes. For Type A chefs, you can spice up your culinary repertoire with exciting cooking challenges.

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ffia
spcake x2!

From the offer on this post, everyone who asked shall receive. There are still 1 Anne Taintor and 4 Wanderlust cards available. They will now be given away first come, first serve. Hopefully, they will be sent in about a week.

ETA 12-26: Only the anne taintor is left!

I still have 11 Smallville postcards to anyone who would like one.

Also, I am still offering 8 Montana postcards that I will mail from Montana when I am there in about a week. They'll have a Montana postmark that way!

01. saraaa3
02. ja_samonikla
03. sprawl
04. mememememeee
05. invadent
06. khaki
07. norwegianeyes
08. earendil_elven
09. sleepyhedgehog
10. radiantwterror
11. gabriellag
12. animeshon
13. lovegetsgory
14. amyleefanatic
15. writemeasonnet
16. ckdutchess
17. petite_star
18. cherry_pikachu
19. msmasucc

they will be dropped in the mail very soon :D

...I have 9 cards to offer!

I have 6 Wanderlust postcards and 3 Anne Taintor cards available. I generally don't offer them to the first to respond because our group covers the world and not everyone is awake or online at the same time. So, I'll be selecting at random in 3-4 days, but based on your preference. If you wouldn't mind either, your name will be put in for both options!

I plan on sending them out between the holidays. Did anyone else on here ask for postcards and stamps as Christmas gifts?

Here I go actually posting on what I've received. I've set up a Postcard Album on Picasa, found here. Anyway I received two awesome postcards, one from spcake and one from ffia . Replies will be going out after Christmas.  Thanks so much guys :)

stepstomarrow
When granddaughter, Jada, was born with leukemia, a donor-match was located and Jada made a miraculous recovery. In honor of her grandaughter's health, Jeanna has decided to walk across the country (in the dead of winter) to raise awareness and build support for the bone marrow registry (all that's required is a cheek swab). Follow Jeanna's remarkable journey as she travels the United States by foot.

I just got this book of fairy postcards, they're really cute. The fairies look like the flowers or fruit they're cavorting around with :)

Thank you thalia_moirai for the very lovely card! It's so cute~