Handmade Stationery

I truly believe that handwritten notes are a lost art.

As a kid I remember racing to the end of the driveway to excitedly collect the mail.  Combing through catalogues, bills and magazines, I had high hopes that something was for me.  On the rare occasion something actually donned my name on front {usually around my birthday}, my heart was overjoyed -  it was a special day.

I still feel much like that disheveled child with the raspy voice, sun bleached hair and scrawny legs when I receive something handwritten with my name on it.  It's almost more exciting now than it was back then, because rarely does anything lovely emerge from the cluster of bills that exits my mailbox.

It's so easy to make someone feel special, so I've decided to make an effort to regularly send handwritten letters to the precious people in my life.  To personalize it, I've been on the hunt for pretty paper.

Check out a few of my favorite finds....

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Are you in the habit of sending notes?  Do you have a favorite stationary or paper you use?


XO

Home : Pretty Little Supplies

I don't know about you, but as a kid the larger than life "Back 2 School" posters were terrifying to see mounted from the rafters in my local Target and Walmart, but despite my fear of returning to prison school, my heart did do a little dance when I remembered we would soon be supply shopping.

The glorious aisles glistened with brightly colored markers and crayons, Lisa Frank folders and trapper keepers {remember those?  I cherished mine!}, binders and pencil pouches, scissors and glue, rulers and erasers, lined paper and construction paper, lunch boxes and backpacks, the list goes on.  I was in heaven.

Long gone are the days of supply shopping, but not much has changed when it comes to my affinity for beautiful stationery, brightly colored pens, pretty stamps or decorated tape.  Who says you can't have beautiful office supplies??

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1 | Stapler by Poppin

2 | Custom Address Stamp by Pencil Shavings Studio

3 | Journals by Moleskine

4 | LePen by Uchida

5 | Washi Tape by CuteTape.com

6 | Shabby Chic Supply Holder by Beach Blues

Are you a lover of pretty supplies? What's your favorite thing to splurge on?

xxoo...