Last year I declared a day when we were all going to write letters to people. I think I creatively called it “letter writing day” or something brilliant like that. Every once in a while I declare something and declare we're going to do it daily/weekly/monthly and then of course you guessed, we never do it again. Anyhow … enough about my consistency failures as a parent, today I do want to talk about letter writing.
When's the last time you sat down and wrote someone a letter, put a stamp on it, and mailed it? For me, it's forever ago. Probably last time I declared “letter writing day” at the Ivey house.
But I LOVE getting mail. I mean LOVE it. That's part of my love with Birchbox and StitchFix. {getting samples and clothes doesn't hurt either!!}
I love getting Christmas cards as well. Going to the mailbox and knowing that there's something good in there is so fun, when usually you're getting junk, bills, or jury duty requests. One year my mother-in-law did one of the nicest things for me ever. She had a bunch of her friends, that I didn't know, send me Christmas cards. Every day a handful would come in and it made my day! I'll never forget that act of kindness.
Dare I say that I want to commit to writing a letter every week for this year. Oh my that's a huge commitment. Anyone want to try with me? Oh my word this is huge. I think we can do it though. I have a friend that is baking a cake each week for someone. That's 52 cakes in a year. Every single bit of those cakes are homemade. If she can do that, we can write letters! I might make her my first letter recipient so that I can get one of her tasty cakes!
So, if you are in, then let me know. Leave me a comment with who you are writing your first letter to. I'll start. I'm sending my friend Nancy a letter this week.
In lieu of this great new adventure that we just agreed to {you agreed to this, right??!} I have a fun giveaway for you! I have told you guys a million times that I love giving stuff away, and I only give away stuff that I know you will love. Trust me, you will love this!
I heard about Ginger Mail a few months ago, and they are graciously giving one of you guys a free pack from them. Let me explain it for you. Ginger Mail is a service that delivers a variety of greeting cards, stationery items and other fun surprises to your mailbox every 6 weeks! How fun is that? It's like BirchBox & StitchFix – you pay a fee ($15 for each one) and greatness shows up on your door just when you need it. Don't you just love all these companies make life so convenient for us!
Each pack has a theme so all cards, stationary and other surprise coordinate for that theme. For example my pack was for February and the theme is “warm hearts“. I got a cute birthday card, some cute little stationary, a calendar, and other fun stuff.
Happy letter writing friends! I'm going to use a card from my Ginger Mail pack to write a card today! To sign up for this great service, click HERE.
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Not sure if you remember me but I was Tim’s friend in college Christy. I have a letter a week goal for 2014 as well because I feel the same way about giving and receiving handwritten mail. I’ve compiled a list of people who have impacted me in some way (spoiler alert you were actually one of them) and put all their names in a jar. Each week I draw a new name and trust the Lord knows just who needs it that week. I even ordered cute stationary for all the cards and had little business cards printed explaining my challenge that I put in each card. Oh and I wanted to see people’s reactions so I started a hash tag on Instagram #twenty14letters.
Love that you’re doing this too!!
Christy – YES I remember you! What an amazing challenge. Oh my word you are doing it right girl! I love listing out people that have impacted you and writing them a letter. What a way to say thanks! Love this and maybe others will start this too!
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Oooh! I love stationery!
I am totally in. I love writing letters! I wrote 3 today! I love getting a letter. My parents kept a lot of my letters growing up and then send them to me regularly. I love reading my 8 year old letters! Such a great idea and I will keep up the tradition.
I. Love. This. Idea. I have two packages to send out tomorrow to two different cousins both living out of state. I love to send and receive mail!! And these Ginger P Designs are lovely! I signed up to win every way possible! 🙂
I love this. My first letters will be to my grandparents. All four of them are still living and I know they’d love to get a letter.
Oh my goodness, this giveaway is so me. I love beautiful paper, whether it be stationery, cards, scrapbook paper, notebooks…<3 I love getting mail, too. Walking to the mailbox is my favorite part of the day. I am going to write to an old friend, Katie, today. She moved away, and I have been wanting to connect and cheer up her day 🙂
Great idea! I’m in! I love getting mail–but sadly, in this day and age it’s usually email, not a handwritten letter. I am going to write my first letter to my 96 yr old grandmother. Would love to win some new stationary/cards, etc…!
How’s your letting writing going?! AND did I win this?!