I'm sure all of us enjoy getting a little something in the mail, a letter or a package, something made or written especially for you by a friend far away. When I was around 12 or so I had a pen pal from Germany who I dreamed of one day visiting, everything about her seemed so mysterious to me - especially her address that just seemed so far from and foreign to my own. So, over at the new Meet Me At Mikes craft forum (which I highly recommend perusing and joining) there is a crafty pen pal swap starting up. The idea is that each person joins and is then randomly assigned 2 swap partners to write to. For this first swap the theme is 'decorated envelopes', which is super manageable for those of us who are a bit busy, plus how exciting to get a letter from a crafter (possibly) over the sea from you full of inspiration and general craft goodness. You've got until September 30th to sign up, quick sticks!
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Pen pals
I'm sure all of us enjoy getting a little something in the mail, a letter or a package, something made or written especially for you by a friend far away. When I was around 12 or so I had a pen pal from Germany who I dreamed of one day visiting, everything about her seemed so mysterious to me - especially her address that just seemed so far from and foreign to my own. So, over at the new Meet Me At Mikes craft forum (which I highly recommend perusing and joining) there is a crafty pen pal swap starting up. The idea is that each person joins and is then randomly assigned 2 swap partners to write to. For this first swap the theme is 'decorated envelopes', which is super manageable for those of us who are a bit busy, plus how exciting to get a letter from a crafter (possibly) over the sea from you full of inspiration and general craft goodness. You've got until September 30th to sign up, quick sticks!
Oooh. Thanks for letting me know about this. I've been thinking of my fourth grade pen pal recently.
ReplyDeletewhat a cool idea! I remember when I was in primary, we were all given a random pen pal. Mine was Erin from the USA. I have no idea what she is doing now - but i wrote to her for ages! Then i had one from signing up to a magazine when I was like 13... anyway we wrote and wrote for years then went out of touch and then i found her on facebook last year - well actually her brother... no more letters but so cool to see what she's been up to :-)
ReplyDeletehaha my speech is over now.
Love the photo! I had a pen pal from Germany too (grade 3 on) and we did actually get to visit each other!
ReplyDeleteSarah - We got american penpals too! Someone in my class got asked if they knew what skyscrapers were by their penpal, haha. Did you find your through Tearaway? I loved that magazine! I think thats where mine came from. Hope you're doing well, not long now!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tip!
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