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How Christmas cards defrosted my humbug heart
I confess: I’ve been a bit bah humbug about Christmas cards in the past. I looked at the box of cheap cards that I was scribbling a standard greeting in with a cheap biro and decided that I just wasn’t...
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The joy of the penpal
The Penpal! I had loads of of them as a teen in the late 80s and early 90s. Letter writing was the way to stay in touch with friends that it was just impossible to meet up with. So there were new...
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I’m a bad penpal
It’s confession time. I’m a terrible penpal and as with so many things in life it’s because I mean well. When a letter arrives from one of my penpals I open the envelope (with a letter opener, of...
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Merry Christmas!
You were up bright and early (or the kids were), you’ve had Bucks Fizz for breakfast and the presents are opened, the cats are having a great time in the discarded wrapping paper, and Christmas lunch...
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The power of a letter to yourself
Obviously here at Ink Drops HQ we’re big fans of all things handwritten, and love to pen letters to our friends & loved ones as an alternative to email, text and phone calls. But it’s rare that I...
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#loverealletters – a 2019 challenge!
Happy new year, loves! 2019 is here, and with it is something we’ve been working on for a while – #loverealletters – our own love letter to real letters. Real post is something special in the...
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Write a letter on a banana skin
Writing a letter on a banana skin sounds like a fun and crazy thing to do. A cute way to send an unusual message to a friend. You know that niece would love the idea of such a things. Interestingly...
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It’s not about the biscuits
It’s not about the biscuits.Sorry. It doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy them but they are sort of, kind of beside the point. While Carla and I were planning #loverealletters for January we thought we would...
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You are cordially invited to our Letter Writing Salon…
Ready to rediscover the lost art of letter writing? It’s back! The Ink Drops Letter Writing Salon will be visiting Made & Found Colchester on 23 June, and we can’t wait to welcome you! We’ll bring...
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An Envelope of Snippets part 23
Having a decluttered and streamlined home seems like a great goal for summer (or anytime fo the year). But don’t take getting organised too seriously! The thing that stops me from being completely...
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