Monogram Cards

How lovely are these letterpress cards from BHLDN?

I love how pictures of anything with a monogram usually have my inital on them.

'A' is for awesome.

Stationery

As much as I adore sending handwritten correspondence, I've found that I am often hastily jotting well-wishes down with the nearest working pen on my break at work. I fully realized the extent of my rushed efforts when I received a department-wide e-mail from a co-worker informing the sender of a lime green enveloped card that he or she had forgotten to include a stamp; the kind co-worker was holding the parcel at her desk. Now, that is what passes for a Walk of Shame in Ari Land.

Wouldn't it be nice if I actually used my darling, white desk to write letters to friends & family?  I can picture the perfect setup now.

First & foremost, proper procedure:

via See Jane Work

Next, an assortment of paper goods:

via Ashley Brooke Designs

via GADABOUT

via Felt & Wire Shop

Some fun details:

via Paper Source

via Felt & Wire Shop

The perfect writing utensils:

via Anthropologie

via Lilly Pulitzer

& of course, storage:

via See Jane Work

via See Jane Work

I think I'll designate Sunday afternoon as my official letter-writing time.

Adorable Mailbox

I am all over this adorable mailbox from Pottery Barn, which I found via Ashley Brooke Design's blog.

I've written about this blog before but, since then, the designer has included a precious new feature called "A Charming Trip to the Post", in which she showcases charming items related to sending and receiving "good mail".

Please, please, please, will someone with a mailbox outside their door buy this?!

Love Delivered

Now that they're safely in the hands of their recipients, I thought I'd post a peek of the homemade valentines I sent out last Saturday. I had so much fun making them, and I hope that those who received them felt the love.

-a

Good Mail

I don't really get any personal mail. My mailbox isn't filled with bills (I'm every bit the virtual banker), but I do get an alarming amount of junk mail. In fact, I only check my mail on the days I know I'm due some Netflix. I have absolutely loved the rare days when I've received something addressed to me, not "current resident", that was not in a red envelope or from an Amazon.com return address.

When I moved into my very first apartment, I sent out an e-mail with my new address. A couple days later there were two hand-addressed envelopes in my new mailbox. One was from B and the other from Robert. B's was filled with advice about being a fabulous woman living by her fabulous self, a topic on which B is well-versed. Robert's described the thrill of receiving a handwritten letter from a cherished friend, something that I intend to bring back.

Like I said, I don't get enough good mail. & I'm sure there are dozens of people in my life who could say the same. People who would love to see, upon peering inside their mailbox, a colorful note from me atop their credit card statement. 

some good mail I sent out this week

As usual, my determination was born through blogs. This project was inspired...

here

here

& here

Send me an e-mail with your address {atmarsh (at) gmail (dot) com} and I'll send you some good mail (and definitely not anthrax)!

P.S. 

I totally just got a call for a job interview while I was writing this post! 

Happy Friday, indeed!