Posts Tagged ‘everyday correspondence’
A Visit to the National Postal Museum (Part 3)
Before visiting the National Postal Museum (NPM) I had been reading about it through different blogs- the NPM blog, and the PostMuse blog. There were a few others as well, but I neglected to bookmark them, so if you wrote a blog post on the NPM, please comment and let me know. It is great…
Read MoreA Circle Journal Notebook
My niece, Mary, and I began this circle journal notebook in Nov. 2003. The book began with me posting current photos of us on the opening page and then I wrote her a note on the following page that began: Dear Mary, I hope you had a nice Halloween. Mary, age 8, wrote back a…
Read MoreUrgent 2nd Class
I’m in a mail art kind of mood these days after being inspired by all of the comments on the post over at Good Mail Day. I wrote one article after receiving my first piece of mail and now I have received four more original and very cool pieces of mail art (photos to come…
Read MoreIt’s in the Mail
Part of the charm of letters, postcards and packages is the surprise that is waiting for you in your mailbox. What will come today? Maybe nothing comes for weeks, but then, one day, you find a hand addressed envelope with a Mickey Mouse stamp. That is a good mail day. A lot of of you…
Read MoreOld Letters
Old Letters. Do you have any? I have a few. In this pink folder I have some letters from my parents and grandparents (deceased), from my husband before we were married and from my daughter’s grandmother. I also have some old family postcards from the early 1900s that have survived somehow to find their way…
Read MorePens & Notebooks
I love the internet! How else can a person so easily find others who share their same interest? I love pens and notebooks. The feel of a generously inked fine point pen over smooth paper…heaven. Pictured here is a stack of my current notebook/day planner stash. And here are some blogs I’ve recently discovered who…
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