tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post7199591904554476673..comments2024-03-27T00:13:45.857-07:00Comments on Tote Bags 'n' Blogs: Stationary Stationery Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14583249444580245924noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-66689012935142163092014-05-11T22:45:25.761-07:002014-05-11T22:45:25.761-07:00Well, look at all you fellow stationery fans! Than...Well, look at all you fellow stationery fans! Thanks so much for swinging by and talking about one of my obsessions! See you next month! Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-73056462905187465892014-05-11T14:39:16.234-07:002014-05-11T14:39:16.234-07:00Mason, I think there's something so special ab...Mason, I think there's something so special about a letter that you just don't get from an email, however wonderful it is. And we keep letters - I said above that I have drawers full of letters from my late mother and my late best friend. Such treasured possessions and if they'd be emails, they'd be lost forever. And there's something really nice about the fact that the personAnna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-38314420283902069842014-05-11T14:37:33.756-07:002014-05-11T14:37:33.756-07:00Louisa, what a great idea to put them in albums. I...Louisa, what a great idea to put them in albums. I have a couple of inspiration boards inthe office and the REALLY favorite postcards go there (until they curl up like dead worms - sadly, it has to be said!). Hmm, I know a lovely person who sends you cards from Australia that you have framed. Who on earth could it be? :-) Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-72697655627103159662014-05-11T14:36:35.158-07:002014-05-11T14:36:35.158-07:00Hi Teresa! Oh, I think the card idea is fantastic....Hi Teresa! Oh, I think the card idea is fantastic. I still send cards for my friends' birthdays. I also send a lot of handwritten Christmas cards. This year because of a ridiculous price hike in international postage, some of business rather than personal contacts got an e-card, but I have to say I felt a bit shabby doing it. I love that wonderful rich creamy paper with the matching envelopesAnna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-74511294660031727292014-05-11T13:19:40.560-07:002014-05-11T13:19:40.560-07:00Anna, it's nice to know someone else loves col...Anna, it's nice to know someone else loves collecting stationary. I say collecting, because I never seem to get around to writing actual letters or notes any more. My best friend and I use to write letters to each other, now we email (an even that isn't as often as it should be). I remember my Mother and her cousin writing long letters to each other years ago and I thought it was crazy. Mason Canyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10935307400882363560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-37030803927446958492014-05-11T13:15:38.154-07:002014-05-11T13:15:38.154-07:00ROFL ! Curled up like dead worms? Oh dear! That is...ROFL ! Curled up like dead worms? Oh dear! That is why I have an entire collection of postcards from Oz framed and hanging together. I also found these neat postcard albums when I lived in Germany and I have several albums in my postcard collection. Louisa Cornellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12971924594129471055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-55093629101773281142014-05-11T12:45:00.146-07:002014-05-11T12:45:00.146-07:00Hi Anna,
I so adore getting stationary & note...Hi Anna,<br /><br />I so adore getting stationary & notes for gifts. Most of my friends know I love to write. One of my missions at work was to make sure everyone got a card for their birthday. I loved writing out those cards and watching that receiver of the card smile knowing that someone was thinking about them. I did that for 15 years at my job. I still have my list of birthdays and Teresa K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02924374150166433414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-50445465437640422602014-05-11T12:08:45.743-07:002014-05-11T12:08:45.743-07:00Hmm, was that a hint at the end of your lovely pos...Hmm, was that a hint at the end of your lovely post, Diva? I love postcards too. They live a long time too - I display them until they curl up like dead worms! When I lived overseas in the mid-80s, it was the Dark Ages, aka pre-internet. I wrote hundreds of letters. When I lived in Sydney, my mum and I used to write every week. I still have all her letters - lovely to have as a keepsake. Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-86309598607931023252014-05-11T11:47:41.667-07:002014-05-11T11:47:41.667-07:00Oh, good on you! I have a friend in England who ge...Oh, good on you! I have a friend in England who gets 'real' letters from me. Recently she's deteriorated to using the typewriter but at least she mails and posts her letters so I get the envelope and the stamps. Oh, dear, I"m starting to sound like a stationery tragic, aren't I? Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-79004622564023823432014-05-11T11:46:52.279-07:002014-05-11T11:46:52.279-07:00PJ, I've got a book due this week but I've...PJ, I've got a book due this week but I've promised myself that I'll write a few letters once it's in - all these lovely cards need to spread the joy. I love the smell of paper! What a lovely idea about writing real mail to the young people in your life. And I so agree with you about it being sad about cursive writing going out of style like the dodo. It's happening here too. Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-61378985156828502222014-05-11T11:45:17.436-07:002014-05-11T11:45:17.436-07:00Annie, I love that set of Victorian cards you gave...Annie, I love that set of Victorian cards you gave me for Christmas. They're SOOOO pretty. If I had more room, I'd take pics of all the designs. Actually you're so right about stationery and readers. Definitely all the writers I know think that Officeworks is their local drug dealer! I so agree about getting real mail. The neighbours across the road saw me getting my mail the other Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-12708817962067634622014-05-11T11:43:42.250-07:002014-05-11T11:43:42.250-07:00Vanessa, isn't that funny? I was doing some ed...Vanessa, isn't that funny? I was doing some edits yesterday and that fine muscle control (which let's face it, given my scrawl, was never that fine) really has got weaker. Every year when I do the Christmas cards, I need to work up to doing a lot at the time. I just don't have the muscle power to handwrite for a long time at first. Isn't that sad? So glad you like the post - Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-64126074438607504502014-05-11T09:28:09.051-07:002014-05-11T09:28:09.051-07:00Lovely post, La Divina! Like you I adore stationer...Lovely post, La Divina! Like you I adore stationery! I was raised to write hand-written thank you notes and I still do. And I have a lovely collection of stationery. I simply can't resist a set that speaks to me. And like PJ I have heard they don't teach children cursive handwriting any longer in schools. A very sad loss. <br /><br />I do write letters, but not nearly as much as I did Louisa Cornellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12971924594129471055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-85631721708072762892014-05-11T07:17:56.110-07:002014-05-11T07:17:56.110-07:00I write letters to my bff. I write letters to my bff. dstoutholcombhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09715837468307132294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-56347477286612052312014-05-11T05:44:26.841-07:002014-05-11T05:44:26.841-07:00Hi Anna! I've been having a love affair with ...Hi Anna! I've been having a love affair with stationery since my teens. I could spend hours meandering through stationery stores. (There aren't many of those around anymore, are there?) I do still write and mail 'real' letters but mostly to the young people in my life. I want them to experience the joy of receiving hand-written letters in their mail boxes. <br /><br />I agreepjpuppymomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-36447195909909408882014-05-11T04:56:04.037-07:002014-05-11T04:56:04.037-07:00Hi Anna,
Yes, I recognise some of this too. I'...Hi Anna,<br /><br />Yes, I recognise some of this too. I've often wondered if readers are hard-wired to love stationery. I don't think I know one who dislikes it and whenever the subject is mentioned so many people I know ooh and ahh over lovely paper etc. There's nothing quite like receiving nice mail from someone special, is there?Annie Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16804740491737358014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-71211877992869285592014-05-11T03:45:52.954-07:002014-05-11T03:45:52.954-07:00Hmm, I recognise a couple of those sets in your gi...Hmm, I recognise a couple of those sets in your gift booty. ;) Love, love, love this post, Anna, because I love, love, love stationery! Especially embossed, heavy paper. I love sending and receiving 'real' letters or cards. Letter-writing is becoming a lost art. My handwriting has suffered from using a keyboard and phone so often!Vanessa Barneveldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09761556191210621130noreply@blogger.com