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The Missive Maven
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The Missive Maven: Epistolary Exultation
Extolling the virtues old-fashioned snail mail and letter-writing. Photos and thoughts on letters written and received, favorite stationery, fountain pens -- all the accouterments of the old-fashioned letter in your mailbox.
- Added on: Apr 29th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Ilona
- Listed in: Writing Lifestyle
- Tags: mail postal letter letter writing snail mail missive
Recent Posts
Envelope for GMD Faux Post Giveaway
When I saw this post on the Good Mail Day blog, I fell in love with the "special delivery every day" faux postage. And those awesome gals, they said they had a few to give away if you sent them a SASE! So I did, but of course I had to pretty up the e...
Vintage stationery spotlight: Laff Letters
Tonight I'll share a few views of some of my favorite vintage stationery (a la eBay): the WWII-era Laff Letters.As the box says, "letter and envelope in one," so pretty much a postalette or fold-and-mail concept. The back of each design has a joke th...
She\'s batty
A dear friend sent me this wonderful bat card from She's Batty Designs. You know I love that name! The skull-embossed paper was really fun, and of course the sparklebat was my favorite part.Groovy logo.It came in a black envelope.Love it....
In cae you missed the first cat postcard swap...
My first Cat Postcard Swap on Swap-Bot was such a hit that I've immediately started two more. (I know, some of you must be sick of hearing about this...) This time, by popular demand, I separated it into two swaps: one USA only swap for those of you ...
A word on "holiday" cards, or, why I don\'t do Christmas
Because I've already gotten a couple of "holiday" cards (can you believe it??!? so early) and one query from a young writer about pen pal Christmas gifts, I feel it's most timely to reiterate this on me blog.I'm Jewish.I don't do Christmas.At all.In ...
Long handmade envelope + ostrich
Here's another fantastic handmade envelope from a blog reader. I like the floral background with the address name right at the bottom in a skinny strip. It arrived totally intact, though I got another handmade envelope in the mail today, also made fr...
