Remember the notice that Crane & Co. wants pen pals? Of course I did write in a letter, though we all know I don't need any more pen pals... I somehow doubt the lovely marketing lady really intends to correspond long-term with anyone, but it's a nice thought and I wanted to send a supportive gesture. And hey, the possibility of winning some goods from Crane & Co. paper was a nice incentive, too. So I had to make my letter nice and pretty, since I'm sure she's getting quite a deluge of pulchritudinous post. I used some washi tape, Japanese decorative masking tape, and my own Missive Maven-designed stamps and stickers, with white ink on a red envelope.
That's my dandy new return address sticker (a la moo.com) on the back.
I know of one person who said she'd heard back from the official pen pallers at Crane. I know a lot of us have written - anyone else heard back? I have a feeling that they didn't quite know what they were getting into when they asked for handwritten mail on the Crane blog, but I hope they are enjoying the letters that are coming their way. Read the details of their offer here.
yep I heard back from this glorious lady as well and wrote a reply as well so we shall see if she continues to correspond .
ReplyDeleteI received a lovely letter in return within about a week.
ReplyDeleteI heard back.
ReplyDeleteI sent a Crane note card with a fountain pen motif. Wrote a few words about collecting fountain pens.
The response was on a Crane note card too. A hand written response, with mention of the weather (Irene had recently visited) & with a comment that indicated Jessica had actually read my card.
I received a reply, about two or three weeks after I mailed my letter. It was a nice note, too :)
ReplyDeleteYep! I wrote and recieved a reply and wrote again as there was no specification on whether this was a one time mailing or an active correspondence. I too doubt they will continue it for long. I sent mine on some of the vintage papers in my collection since I have very, very limited quantities of Crane.
ReplyDeleteI am so glad to hear that all of you have received excellent letters in response! That's great news.
ReplyDeleteI'm curious to know how many letters they've received to date: Are they keeping a log?
ReplyDeleteMissive Maven: Since you are quite possibly the only person I know who happens to love all things mail-related as much as myself, I thought you might be interested in reading my blog (http://sorcha-sidhe.blogspot.com/) on Mondays: I've started a weekly feature where I can indulge in my postal obsession called Monday Mail Out.
Hope you hear from Crane & Co soon ~ no doubt you'll blog about it. ;)
~S.
I got a response, too. And I have a response to that in my mailbag for lunchtime writing today. My mom used to say a letter isn't a letter until it has a response (which has added a whole other level of guilt to my very long turnaround time, but that's a subject too complicated to get into), so I just can't leave the short, but sweet note I received unanswered.
ReplyDeleteI sent a letter not too long ago, so haven't heard back yet, but it sounds like they really are responding to everyone thus far!
ReplyDeleteHmm... I meant to write, but I haven't written any letters in, well, over a month. Maybe two. Just too many things on my plate. :(
ReplyDeleteI mailed mine within the last of weeks. I haven't heard back yet, but it sure does sound like I will. :)
ReplyDeleteI didn't have any Crane stationery to write on, so I made my own and used a mail art envelope. Hope they like it.
Sharon
It's interesting to hear that other people thought about writing on Crane stationery. I do have a fair bit of Crane, but I decided to use non-Crane because I figured the recipient saw a lot of Crane cross her desk, and I wanted to send something she might not have seen. But I certainly did consider the "sending on Crane" angle!
ReplyDeleteLove that Crane is responding! It's interesting to note that almost everyone expects it to be short-lived. :( Is that due to past flakes, or just that it is a company? I wonder if people want to write to more companies like this if they felt it would be long-term.
ReplyDeleteI'm bummed, I wrote my letter ages ago but didn't hear back at all.
ReplyDeleteSharks - Jessica has gotten a LOT of letters, and she's still responding to them! I haven't heard back either, but I know she's gotten my letter and will respond.
ReplyDeleteAnd who am I to be picky? I have somewhere around 100 letters in my "needs response" pile! (I keep meaning to count them, but then I think it would be kind of depressing to do so.)