In this video I share an idea given to me by my pen pal "B" in New Zealand - who told me all about her Pen Pal Notebook - it's such a great idea I wanted to share it here! I find that this is going to prevent me from ending up with more shopping bags full of old letters (I have 2 full ones from my first 2 and a half years of pen pal letter writing). It is a practical way to record topics you wrote about, the pen/inks used and also a great place to preserve bits and pieces from the letter such as stamps, things shared that you'd like to keep but would otherwise end up in a drawer or on your desk tucked here and there!
You can use any notebook you have ... literally. I repurposed a notebook that started out as an Ink Journal before I transitioned to Lochby Tomoe River 68 gsm white paper. So, I'm using up the Rhodia Goalbook for my first "Pen Pal Notebook". There are no rules. In my case I'm choosing to record:
* date I mailed the letter and to who
* topics discussed
* anything they sent me
* anything I send them
* stamps from the letter
* washi or other bits I want to save
* misc things or parts of the letter or even the whole letter ... just depends
NOTE: I just keep the notebook right beside where I write so that as I'm putting together the reply I just naturally make entries into the Pen Pal Notebook - it's not elaborate and doesn't really take more time.
In the video I rambled quite a bit about other journals too and I even showed my great-grandfather's composition book commonplace notebook. Side note I forgot to mention: my cat Willy is named after my great-grandfather Willy G. Stoddard. Willy the cat came at a time when I needed comfort and he has very zen wise qualities I know my great-grandfather also possessed.
So, I hope this video will inspire you to think of creating a Pen Pal Notebook as a way to preserve parts of letters without ending up with bag fulls of hoarded letters ... and also as a way to organize notes about correspondence. I don't know WHY I didn't think of this.
Coffee Mentioned: Cafe Ole' Medium Roast Cinnamon Hazzelnut by H.E.B. made in San Antonio Texas
Notebooks talked about:
Rhodia Goalbook in Chocolate brown: www.gouletpens...
CVS Caliber Composition book: www.cvs.com/sh...
Mead Composition book (not too fountain pen friendly depending on the pen/ink) I found a link but they are cheaper IN STORE during back to school time in the US like right now (Aug/Sept 2020) I can find them for 50 cents in store but online they are more.
Family Dollar lined business journal - the paper in these will hold SOME fountain pen inks and I really like it for collaging and writing a mixed journal! (the blue one with the mask sticker from Rickshaw that I showed): www.familydoll...
Thank you very much for watching!!!! I hope you are staying safe out there!!!! My thoughts and prayers are with you!
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