“La Dolce Vita”
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“La Dolce Vita”
July’s kit is inspired by sunsoaked summer days along the Mediterranean and slowing down to enjoy “la dolce vita” (the sweet life). Think olives and olive oil, white stucco, blue tiles and bowls of lemons with big permission energy. Let’s travel to the Mediterranean this summer!
Watch me unbox this kit!
Stickers designed in house this month.
A Note on the Collage Pack: One of the papers is actually a giant washi sticker! Pro tip it looks really cool when it ripped and stuck onto journal pages.
The lemon collage paper was designed in house this month - featuring an original sketch of a lemon by Brennah.
Unboxing the kit video:
Bonus Prompts
🍋 Living the Sweet Life Prompts
Imagine today is a vacation—not because you've gone somewhere else, but because you've decided to pay closer attention.
What would you do differently?
What ordinary part of your daily life already feels a little bit like "la dolce vita"?
Maybe it's morning coffee, watering plants, your evening walk, or opening the windows.
How could you stretch that moment just five minutes longer?
Write about a meal you'll never forget.
Who was there?
What did it smell like?
What conversation do you still remember?
🌿 Slowing Down Prompts
4. What are three places in your life where you've been rushing lately?
If you moved through those moments 20% slower, what might you notice?
5. Complete these sentences:
I savor...
I hurry through...
I'd like to linger...
6. The Mediterranean isn't just beautiful because of the scenery.
It's beautiful because people often make space for conversation, meals, and rest.
What rhythms would you like to borrow for your own life?
🍅 Around the Table Prompts
7. Imagine you could invite four people—living or dead—to your Mediterranean dinner table.
Who's coming?
What's on the menu?
What question do you ask first?
8. Think about someone who always made you feel welcome.
What little rituals did they have?
How could you borrow one this week?
🎨 Creativity Prompts
9. Choose three pieces from this kit without thinking too hard.
Arrange them on a page.
Now ask:
"What story wants to happen between these images?"
10 . Use only blue, yellow, and white from the kit.
Challenge yourself to create an entire journal spread with just those colors.
11. Glue down one piece.
Pause.
Look at it for thirty seconds before adding anything else.
Did the next choice change?
12. Create a collage that doesn't represent a place.
Instead, collage the feeling of "summer."
Prompts Inspired by the Kit
Olive Branch
Olive trees can live for hundreds—even thousands—of years.
What part of your life do you hope will still be growing ten years from now?
Vespa
If you could spend one slow afternoon wandering without an agenda...
Where would you go?
Recipe Card
Write a recipe for something that can't actually be cooked.
Examples:
A Cozy Tuesday
Feeling Brave
Creative Energy
A Good Friendship
Window
Draw or collage what you'd love to see outside your window every morning.
Permission Slip Energy
What permission have you secretly been waiting to receive?
Write it down.
☀️ Tiny Seasonal Invitations
Sit outside for ten minutes without your phone.
Buy flowers from the grocery store just because.
Eat one meal without multitasking.
Drink something with a slice of citrus in it.
Listen for birds before checking notifications.
Write one postcard—even if you never mail it.
🌊 “The Sweet Life List”
People often imagine the sweet life is made of extraordinary adventures.
Make a list of 25 ordinary things that already make your life sweet.
Tiny things count.
Fresh laundry.
The smell of rosemary.
The first sip of coffee.
Finding a good pen.
A cat asleep in a sunbeam.
A favorite mug.
A friend who texts first.
By the time you're done, you'll have your own personal definition of la dolce vita.
Carry It With You:
Just three tiny invitations to take into the coming week.
For July, it could simply be:
🍋 Stay for one more cup.
🌿 Notice one beautiful thing every day.
💙 Make something without worrying whether it's "good."
Every Happy Mail kit includes:
A Themed Collage Pack
A Themed Sticker & Ephemera Pack (Includes washi tape samples)
Limited Edition Art Print (Unique to the kit)
2-4 Bonus Items
Fun Packaging
Permission to slow down & play creatively
This Happy Mail kit includes:
Recipe Ephemera Cards
Olive Branch Deco
DIY Summer Lemons Mini Garland Kit
Magnetic Clip
