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Catching Up on Correspondence

Catching Up on Correspondence

InCoWriMo 2021, International Correspondence Writing Month, has gone by in a flash. It’s February every year, and you’re supposed to write a letter each day, or if not a letter, maybe a greeting card or a postcard. In years past, we did a little more celebrating, maybe ran a pen pal match up if I recall correctly, but this year, things have just swept along and here I am in March.

March 12, 2021 — Liz Chan
Christmas Cards

Christmas Cards

There was snow on the car this morning, which feels like a personal attack. 
December 03, 2020 — Liz Chan
Pen Pal Match Up Out in the Wild

Pen Pal Match Up Out in the Wild

The pen pal match up is, at long last, completed. It was a beautiful, cumbersome beast, and I can’t wait to do it again.
November 21, 2020 — Liz Chan
Another Pen Pal Match-Up

Another Pen Pal Match-Up

If you’ve been reading the blog lately, you’ll know that I’ve been catching up on long overdue correspondence, digging through and organizing my stationery supplies, accumulating postage stamps. It’s been great. Some of you have been lamenting that you need more people to write to, and so here we are!
August 26, 2020 — wonderpens
Canada Post and Vintage Stamps

Canada Post and Vintage Stamps

I’ve been experiencing my own snail mail renaissance over here. It’s been lovely.
August 19, 2020 — wonderpens
Snail Mail

Snail Mail

I’ve been spending a bit of time catching up on snail mail these days. It’s been a relief and a pause, digging about in my stationery stash, affixing stamps. I mostly do it during homeschooling time. Much of Caleb’s homeschooling time I am doing the blog or on my screen in some way, and it’s nice to also do some analogue things while he is scratching away on paper and pencil. His mama in fact is not bionic.
July 10, 2020 — wonderpens
On Writing Postcards

On Writing Postcards

For the last couple of years, we’ve had Wonder Pens postcards with various pictures on them. Sometimes we print out ones for special events or occasions, but mostly they are scenes from our shop and our favourite stationery supplies. 
June 17, 2020 — wonderpens
Tags: Letter writing Letters mail Postcards Snail mail
Canada Post Stamps

Canada Post Stamps

We have a Lettermail shipping option, which is for lightweight, flat things which can ship in a cardboard mailer (notebooks, converters). Although it doesn’t come with tracking or insurance, and can sometimes take a while, it’s a pretty popular option because it’s cheaper, especially if you only need a few packs of cartridges or some stickers.

May 24, 2020 — wonderpens
Letter Writing These Days

Letter Writing These Days

No better time, both because this is an excellent way to spend an afternoon or evening, if you’re spending lots of time at home, and also because this is a truly excellent way to stay in touch. It’s always been a great way to stay in touch, but now, with so many other ways of staying connected removed from us—meeting up in person, bumping into someone on the street, coffee dates, seeing people at work or at school—it’s even better.
May 01, 2020 — wonderpens
Pen Pal Match Up Opens Again: One for Adults, One for Kids

Pen Pal Match Up Opens Again: One for Adults, One for Kids

We’re doing it again! We’ve done a few pen pal match ups in the past which have always been exhilarating, consuming, exciting and a lot of fun. Lately, with so many of you in unusual circumstances, some of you with more time on your hands than you’ve usually had, we’ve been receiving more requests to run our pen pal match again, and so here we are. We are nothing if not here to meet your stationery needs, which occasionally may involve finding you someone to write to.

March 30, 2020 — wonderpens