The Plug's Desperate Penpal Experiment, Vol. III

You remember all the fun I've had with The Plug. If not, click that there link.

Okay, now that you're all up to date on the story, here's more from that witty Jay.

He enveloped his letter in a lovely, stiff manila documents folder. And, apparently, I am now incorporated. Good gravy - I surely have my patent around here somewhere...



Documents enclosed: a letter, nothing more.

EXCEPT --- (ta da da DUM):



...there was a secret message! And it's uber-meta. *shiver* My cup runneth over.



So he got some Wallace & Gromit goodness in return, with some juicy old stamps.

Wallace and Gromit: teatime

Here's another fabulous Chronicle Books fold and mails, again of the Wallace & Gromit variety. This time I DID photograph the other side:



I've found it's best to "help" the glue of the fold-and-mails by adding stickers, because some folks have reported that they've arrived intact but unglued. So I thought a skull would be the perfect accompaniment to this twee tea party.

My response to The Letter Writing Project

I see a lot of cool letter projects in the "letters to strangers" posts on A Passion for Letter Writing, and I have much fun blogging about them here. Last month, there was Sign up to get a free letter, about a new Letter Writing Project. I didn't even have to write this fellow first, I emailed him with my address as directed, and I did indeed get a very sweet letter from him. It took me a couple of weeks, but I did write him back. I do encourage you to check up on the progress of his Letter Writing Project, which I see has gathered a lot of steam. He has a Facebook page for it, but I don't do Facebook so you can get the link from any of his posts I've linked here.

Technical details on the letter above: it one of the Chronicle Books fold and mail lovelies, specifically of the Wallace & Gromit variety. I added a few dots of Stickles glitter glue for some bling. You may or may not be able to see them here at this smaller size, but they'll pop out if you take a peek at the larger size photo. I don't know why I didn't photograph the other side, which actually shows Wallace & Gromit themselves, but I didn't. C'est la vie. Next time.

The day I wrote 9 letters

I do write a lot of letters, but 9 heading out on one day is prolific even for me. This is what I did with my spring break.



These babies all headed out on March 19, so yeah, I'm behind on this happy blog... but I think it's apropo of the timing of snail mail... you just gotta wait for it, and that's part of the joy. Plus, these letters have already arrived by now (I hope!); I hate to ruin the surprise of letting recipients know exactly what their letter is going to look like before it hits their hot little hands.

I can't believe my luck!!

The other day I was wondering around in my favorite el cheapo super-discount store, when I hit the jackpot in the stationery aisle -- a whole slew of Chronicle Books fold and mails on sale! These puppies retail for at least $8, but they were only a dollar a piece. Of course I bought out most of their stock. I got 5 (FIVE, people!!) Wallace and Gromit, 2 Catwoman, 2 Pink Panther, plus an Opus and a Mutts. Zowie. I have plenty of fold and mails now! Also picked up some cute notepads, too - not Chronicle Books, unfortunately, and the paper is not as fountain-pen friendly as I'd like (just in the little notepads; the fold-and-mail paper is great for FPs), but hey - it's fun to match the Catwoman fold-and-mail with Catwoman notepaper.

For anyone who lives in Massachusetts or Rhode Island, I found these in an Ocean State Job Lot. The various stores often have similar stock, so maybe you'll find some in a Job Lot near you!

More fold and mail: Wallace and Gromit

With bat stickers.



I wish these weren't so darn hard to come by. I love 'em.