Write On

I love stationery. I love monogrammed flat notes. I love embossed folded notes.  I love personalized notes that come in lined envelopes.  I have several boxes of note cards that I keep in rotation.

If I need to send a thank you, I use these:

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If I want to let someone know I'm thinking of them, I use these:

I love, love, love Design-her Gal!  My first set of calling cards came from there and I couldn't give them away fast enough.  It's fun designing a mini avatar that looks just like me. I can change her clothes with the seasons, which is usually when I need more cards, and I can change her hair as often as I change my own.  That alone has made the purchase worth it.

There was a period where I had these great Vera Wang notes that I had gotten from Tuesday Morning,

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but somehow, I was writing more and more notes to people. I burned through them in a matter of weeks.  I found myself in a bind to get my hands on some stationery.  So, I improvised and turned the girls' art work into note cards.

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For those you who received one of those, I hope you kept it.  It's going to be a collector's item one day.

Anyway, I was out an about the other day, searching for a hostess gift when I saw these super cute sets of assorted note card from Rifle Paper Company.

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Don't they just make you want to write someone a note?  I might have to tell Santa to stuff these in my stocking. And speaking of the fat man and his busiest night of the year,  there are holiday cards, too.  

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 So tell me, am I the last of a dying breed? Is the art of letter writing and note card sending dead?  Why don't you get yourself some new stationery to drop me a few lines and tell me what you think.