Importance of snail mail.

Some of this blog may be repetitious from posts I have made

on this blog or my old blog, but some things

are worth saying more than once.

I am a lover of snail mail. 

Our mail carrying system, here in the Garden District

has lots to be desired yet

it has not stopped me from sending love via

a stamp and a post office.

I paint a lot, I paint daily, I paint because it is now

what I do for a living, painting home portraits.

That being said, I do little of what I used to do before

the painting gift, scrapbooking.

This weekend, I needed a thank you card

and I realized I was depleted on my homemade stash.

WHAT????

I will not buy a card.

One, they are way too expensive and two, it's not what I do.

I make greeting cards and have often thought before the

portraits that I would like to start my own greeting card line.

So, Saturday, I dedicated two hours to making hand made cards.

Nothing fancy, just set the timer for two hours and went at it.

I realized just how much I have missed making them.

How much a handmade card says to someone.

I always write personal love notes in any card i send

but the receiver has to know just how special they are to me

when they see "Mumsie's Cottage" stamp is on 

the back side. 

I know when I get a card or letter in the mail in the middle 

of bills and trash mail, I smile, i want to open it first.

I keep each letter or card I get because I know the person

spent time thinking of me. If a love letter is with it,

not just a signature, well that can change a life......

So go for it, make someone smile, if you are not a card maker,

they are two for a dollar at the dollar tree as well as

at Dollar General. If you want me to make you a bulk

for a lower price than Hallmark, let me know.

Whatever you decide, use snail mail, USPS

to send some love to a person who least expects it.

It does wonders for a persons day!