Do you remember the days prior to the age of email? Think back to the time when you owned ten or more sets of pretty stationery. I know, many people still own ten or more sets of pretty stationery, but it (having/using email) begs the question: Do you actually use it?
In a time filled with electronic data and multitudes of input begging for our attention everyday, some people may enjoy communications of an older form (or an “old school” way) instead. My snail mailbox is wrought with bills, credit card inquiries and TONS of junk mail! I personally think it’s exciting to find a handwritten letter or card waiting for me at the end of the day. It’s a welcome change to the typical junk that greets me everyday but Sundays and holidays.
Handwritten letters have that extra touch of personalization and love, if you will. Someone sat down and personally wrote a letter by hand to you and only you. They didn’t type a blanket email that was sent to fifty-seven people, right? Instead, they wrote something just for you on special stationery and perhaps with a favorite pen.
It’s funny (as in weird, not ha ha), I can sit down and write a letter to someone (typically my Grandma), put it in an envelope, address it and stamp it, but many times it doesn’t make it off my desk into the mailbox right away. I’m even worse with mailing packages, so we won’t even go there. I’m getting better about mailing snail mail, but I haven’t figured out how to bring myself to send a package. Does that even make sense? I know, it doesn’t make sense to me either.
Anyway, I’m getting on a personal campaign to purchase and use stationery and to actually mail letters much more often than I currently do. Who knows, I may motivate myself enough to mail the Christmas, birthday and Mother’s Day presents that are sitting on my desk too. Wow, that’s pretty embarrassing to admit! But now it’s out there, so hopefully that will motivate me to take them down to the post office. (Sometimes I really amaze myself.)
Anyway, I received some really cute, high quality samples of personalized note cards, photo notepad paper, and calling cards I found on TheFind.com. They’ve inspired this personal campaign of mine with their super cute paper products!
Happy Writing!
By Payton
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