the pen-pal swap part deux..
you’re all talking about it, but are you writing? really? are you making connections offline? whipping out the pen and discovering that the chicken scratch is indeed your once perfect penmanship? (who writes the cursive letter for “Q” anymore??!! Bring Q back, I say!) remember, this project was inspired by both craftzine (big swoon) and samara o’shea’s wonderful book, . did you score a pen-pal from this project and have already received your first letter? did some pen-palling on your own? feel free to share your notes here and on our !
people are talking…
*Emira gets excited about stationery just as much as I do.
*Will Alicia make the leap and pen-pal it?
*Joy writes delicious letters, I can attest to that, first hand. Too bad I was a chump and had a nervous breakdown last year and couldn’t continue the wonderful letters. Have no fear, Joy, you’re getting a saucy little note sometime soon.
*Bonnie Jean’s on board!
*our first pen-pal swap letter posted online!
*we get love from the Craft (eh-hem Nat - the original Craft Star) rock-stars
*the that while letter-writing is a wonderful art, don’t do it if you can’t commit because there’s “nothing worse than waiting for a letter that’ll never come because someone decided they were too tired to write you a note. That’s not the intention of the project. The intention is to really get people to connect. You ready?”
*and check out Lana Pura & G-Girl’s posts.
related posts:
where it all started - the pen pal swap.
note: i’ll be shoving my head in the oven today because of four hours of planning meetings. suffice it to say, if i make it out alive it’ll be a miracle. things will be quiet on the home front.
April 13th, 2007 at 4:14 pm
Oh dear, oh dear, I’m horribly deserving of Smart Alex’s rebuff! On the excuse front, my life exploded the very day after I enthusiastically agreed to pen pal (we need not go into details, but trust me explosions occurred). On the “I know there are no good excuses” front,…well…I have no good excuses. But I’m feeling the Spirit of the Written Word this weekend (can I get an amen!), so my little pals o’ pen, please keep from crying into your mail boxes just a few days longer…
April 14th, 2007 at 8:06 am
What a wonderful project idea! I have an addiction to stationery. I just love buying it. I never seem to use it though which is the sad part.
April 14th, 2007 at 9:02 am
I’m still waiting for a reply from my letter to Gillian, hopefully it’s just the postal service being slow or maybe she didn’t like the sound of me but I can’t help feeling disappointed when the postman doesn’t deliver a letter.Time will tell I guess
April 14th, 2007 at 9:28 am
Amanda,
No worries! Why not write someone else on the list?
Cheers, Felicia
April 14th, 2007 at 2:59 pm
I’ve sent out two letters already!
I think I may venture out today to find some ideas for stationary.
April 15th, 2007 at 8:11 pm
I have written and sent… & am making plans to splurge on some fancy stationery sometime soon!
April 15th, 2007 at 10:17 pm
I have written and received a letter. I was itching to get writing on my second letter, but a long weekend trip to DC has delayed that. I took stationary, but got distracted by the sights! Tomorrow, though, I’m planning to compose my second letter!
April 16th, 2007 at 9:48 pm
Felicia, you started something here…I now have more penpals. Yay!
April 17th, 2007 at 2:31 am
yeah! we are writing–what fun to get a real letter from someone far away–and learn all about them!
thanks for instigating this…!
April 17th, 2007 at 6:50 am
glad to hear you guys are rocking out!
April 17th, 2007 at 11:21 pm
Hi, I sent a short letter to rhoda a week ago. I hope she got it. I haven’t received anything from her yet but hey, cross fingers, i hope to soon.
Shawna
April 18th, 2007 at 6:17 am
I had great joy taking a small pile of letters to the Post Office & wishing them well on their journey across the ocean. Thanks for inspiring connections.
April 20th, 2007 at 8:32 pm
It looks like I might be hopelessly late in joining, but I’d love to exchange mail with someone.
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April 23rd, 2007 at 1:28 pm
I’ve had a great time writing two letter to too different people and plan on checking out a few more people that might want to exchange letters! Thanks for a great idea!