My Letter Writing Project for the Year

One thing I have vowed to do this year is write more letters. Frankly, I am a bit tired of email, and overwhelmed by it. But I am inextricably tied to it as well. I log in and refresh way too many times a day, as if expecting the winning numbers to the lottery to appear in the next message.

But writing in all its forms is something I enjoy and long to make a daily activity. I have to, and I need to. Blogging and emailing are what I do, but there is something still so superficial about it all. So I am going to start writing letters and sending what I am calling "blessing cards" to those friends I don't see enough, and those acquaintances I'd like to become friends. I've even vowed to begin writing my dear mother in law every month. She is such a sweet lady and she loves getting letters about what's going on down here.

I am armed with an unusual assortment of supplies to undertake my task. I've got some Cavallini rubber stamps to decorate my cards and some old magazine pages I've recycled into envelopes. Now I just need to buy some card stock paper in ivory, butter, or parchment to use for the blessing cards. I have some return address labels that I got free in the mail, but I really should go ahead and have some custom address labels printed, maybe even with photos of the kids on them. At VistaPrint you can design your own address labels with their templates or upload your own design and you get over 100 of them for less than $10. My mother in law would be all over those. Maybe I'll even have hubby design some for her for her birthday in February. For me, this is a fun way to satisfy my goals for being thoughtful and creative all in one. The next challenge is to actually sit down and get it done. When I do, I'll post an update about it all here.