Live well within your means, but never go without. 
I just wanted to pop in to post about a really cool product that another blogger released. She started as a blogger, then had an Etsy shop (still does) and now has a full-on retail store in Fullerton, California. I’ve been reading her blog for years and followed her path [...]
I have been writing letters for YEARS. For more than 1/2 my life now. My first pen pal came into my life at around age 12 and they still are my pen pal to this day. Since I was a teenager, I started slipping little gifts or treats in with [...]
I’m trying something new. If you’d like to learn the simple and fun art of modern envelope calligraphy then this might be of interest to you. I’m organizing a session through Gidsy and I’m supplying all the materials you’ll need to try your hand at this art form. If you’re [...]
I sent out some small parcels to a few friends last week. I tucked these little cards into white coin envelopes and nestled those in with the rest of the contents of the parcel. I love white ink, and I love red paper. I also love the notion behind Valentine’s [...]
Most of the time, I use red, silver or gold sealing wax. I also have a huge stick of bright, pencil yellow sealing wax, but I’ve not had occasion to use it yet. I also have a half dozen sticks of white sealing wax. It has a slight pearlescence to [...]
It’s a lot like this: You get mail. About as regularly as you send it. You often gain deeper relationships with someone in a shorter period of time than ‘real life’ relationships. You have people in your life that can offer you objectivity on all sorts of things. The value [...]
It’s a little like this: It takes time. Therefore, you have time. Or, you make time available to devote to the activity. It’s a responsibility to correspond. You are a responsible person, with a sense of duty. You are spending significant chunks of time on people you have never met [...]
I know any seasoned letter writer has them; pen pals that are just no more. More often than not, the communication has just faded. It’s just like the non-letter-writing world, we have friends that were and now are….just blips on Facebook now and then. I keep records of letters I [...]
Where do your inks live? Maybe scattered around a room, under your bed or neatly filed away in a shoebox perhaps? This is something I often wonder about, especially when reading correspondence from pen pals. Many of them use fountain pens and different colors of ink. Where do they keep [...]
Each month, I enclose something in each of my outgoing letters. Every month it’s something different. This is what I sent (and am sending) throughout February. They are my take on a friendship bracelet and a charm bracelet. I combine a charm (chosen especially for the recipient) and weave it [...]
I certainly write letters for pleasure, but did you know I also write them for business reasons? In my position of Creative Director at Doth Brands (I’m also the Owner), I wave the ‘Write Letters’ flag often. In fact, I can’t name a client we’ve ever had where the topic [...]
I’m sharing with you today the holiday gifts I gave that took the most time this year. Collectively, I don’t even want to know how many hours went into each of these Stationery Sets. I do know that it was worth it and that a month later, I am still [...]
Personal stationery, I feel, is important. And I’m not talking about the kind you picked up from the bookstore or ordered online with the cute pattern or whatever. Personal stationery. The kind with your name on it. The kind that doesn’t really exist today. Even rarer? Personal stationery that’s used [...]
Happy Holidays, friends. I put together a sheet of 4 tags for you, maybe you can use them? I see these as being cute little tags on a gift or perhaps a sweet something to tuck into an outgoing letter. I think Christmas trees are so pretty. I happen to [...]
I’ve been slowly trying different types of sealing wax over the past few months. I’m in search of that perfect sealing wax that will allow me to seal the outside of the envelope AND have it stay in tact throughout transit. I know several of my correspondents swear by the [...]
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