LOVE LETTERPRESS

PENPALS.... THE LOST ART OF SOMETHING IN THE POST

AT MY MUM & DADS HOUSE THIS CHRISTMAS, I FOUND MY OLD LETTER WRITING SETS. THIS IS NO NORMAL LETTER WRITING SET I POST ABOUT... I WAS OBSESSED WITH WRITING & RECEIVING LETTERS, DECORATED WITH SEQUINS & FURRY STICKERS, HOLOGRAMS & MAGAZINE CLIPPINGS, COLOURED TEXTAS & GLITTER PENS ADORNED THE ENVELOPES & PAGES INSIDE. I EVEN STARTED A 'PENPAL' CLUB IN WHICH I HOOKED UP MY PENPALS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD WITH EACH OTHER. WE WOULD SEND POSTCARDS (JASON PRIESTLY POSTCARD PICTURED, MY PERSONAL FAV!) PHOTOS, STICKERS & CUT OUTS FROM TV HITS OF THE BOYS WE THOUGHT WE WOULD MARRY (ME; MACAULY CULKIN...SWOON!). TO ART OF LETTER WRITING SADLY A THING OF THE PAST. REPLACED NOW WITH TEXT & EMAILS & PREDOMINATELY, FACEBOOK POSTS. I LOVE GOING THROUGH THESE OLD LETTERS &, IT IS ALMOST LIKE READING THROUGH A DIARY OVER TH EYEARS. SOME DATE BACK AS FAR AS 1992, ME A THEN 10 YEAR EXCHANGING LETTERS WITH MY COUSIN, USING OUR BERRY SMELL PINK PENS TO WRITE POINTLESS NOTHINGS ON STATIONARY WE HAD RECEIVED THE CHRISTMAS BEFORE. THE OLDER I GET, THE MORE I TREASURE ALL THESE LETTER VERY MUCH. AS A CHILD, & EVEN NOW, THERE IS NOTHING MORE EXCITING THEN RECEIVING A HAND WRITTEN NOTE, THE FEEL OF THE PAPER, THE CARE IN THE HAND ADDRESSING, & WHILE NOW THE SEQUINS & FURRY STICKERS ARE REPLACED WITH INKS & WAX SEALS, IT DOESN'T MAKE LETTER WRITING ANY LESS FUN. - SW