Snail Mail in the NEXT GENERATION!

We can teach them...

And they can teach us a thing or two!

I have received some mail lately from some of my campers that were in my cabin.  I love to post what they have been up to in their very crafty styles.    Here is an envelope crafted by Ella, and I love that she used her wax seal that she got for her birthday!  

Lovely Ella!

And just like a seasoned snail mailer, she included a nice chatty letter and some goodies.

This letter is from Miss Grace!  She made a lovely watercolor impressionistic  sunset...I love this!

Grace attended my paper crafting class at camp, She included a craft that I taught this summer..."Flying Letters".  I need to do a blog post on these...they are adorable!

Here it is , gently unfolded.  But look!  She included a mini envelope  (which she made) inside the  one of the folds.  Nice touch, very nice--Grace!

So cute... a little letter is enclosed.  

I am so impressed at the creativity of young people today.  I have letters going out to Ella and Grace.  I am so sorry it took me so long to get back to writing  to everyone.  Thanks for your patience!

Let's get the younger generation writing and sending letters too,

Pam

Introduction Pen Pal Letter

Let Me Introduce Myself ...

Usually, I ask people to write me first. But on this occasion, I requested a Pen Pal from Japan, so  I am doing the honors.    I decided (since I know absolutely nothing about Yurika) to do a little intro about myself.  So, this is how I designed my  "Intro Sheet".   I included, date, time, weather , temperatures, what I was listening to on the radio,  a few fun facts about living in Japan, and about where I live now.  If you noticed, I included that I, indeed, did reach the summit of Mt. Fuji at the spry age of 11!  Whoo hoo!  Ha, ha....there is such a FUNNY story about that whole adventure! My sisters, and my mom and I have so much fun remembering our experience, we usually laugh till we cry!

What followed this was a rather lengthy letter.  For , you see, I have no problem at all with filling up pages and pages of delightful chatter.  

I would have liked to have sent her a flip book, but then that would constitute a "package".  I already had one package go out to England earlier this month, so I really couldn't.  I think it cost me about $12 or $13 to send a flip book...so one must be sparing, other wise it is cost prohibitive.  However, if you keep your letter to less than 1/4 inch thick, then it can go letter rate,  which is 1 of the above postal stamps you see on my envelope.  But because (as I usually do) I pushed the limits a bit, by adding tea, and other paper ephemera, I put another $1.15 on the envelope.  

What about you?  Do you have very many international pen pals?  If so, do you keep it to strictly a 1 oz. letter or do you splurge?    Postcrossing is a great way to receive international mail, by just sending post cards through the mail.   A Postcard also takes 1  $1.15 stamp.

Sayonara!

Pam