April is National Letter Writing Month

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Has your letter writing slacked off since the big push in February during InCoWriMo and A Month of Letters? Are you ready to get re-invograted and reply to that stack of letters sitting in your in box? Well, let April be your inspiration since its National Letter Writing Month. And ther are lots of things to help inspire you.

From Me to You Forever Stamps

First, the USPS just released the new From Me To You Forever stamps designed by Michael Osborne. Around the postage are useable stickers with designs and messages to embellish your letters, cards or envelopes.

Laura from Suburban Pen Pal created a video on how she makes mail art. Jazz up your letters with some of her techniques. (link via Letter Writers Alliance)

Paper Crave collected ten great cards to use to write your April missives.

And finally, Egg Press created their own 30 day letter writing challenge called Write_On and offered others free cards to inspire them to connect with others through letters. (link also via Letter Writers Alliance)

There’s still plenty of time to write some letters this month. Send a thank you to a friend for just being there, mail some birthday cards instead of just saying “happy birthday” on Facebook, or send a love note to your significant other.

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