I know its been a very long time since my last update on blog - you know i had around 5 months to enjoy my life without the school things ( homeworks, exam etc ) but yeahh i'm not updating my blog either. But hey, i'm right here now! So today i would like to share something that i think it is like precious or worth to do while you had too much free time. Actually, you can also spend some time to make it happens because it is not too complicated. So here!
PENPALLING // LETTERING // SNAILMAIL !!
(have y'all heard about it? no?)
Okay, let me make it clear to you. Penpalling, lettering and snailmail are the same things actually - to me. It's just like having a pen pals all around the world whether from America, Philippine, Korea, Japan, Malaysia or wherever it is, it just fine. If you want to have so many pen pal, you can search it as many as you can, but remember, you have to make sure you have a plenty of times if you want to have so many pen friends because yeahh ofc you need to reply all of their letters asap! Oh, before that, you should know how to handle a letter because penpalling world mostly using a letter ( handwriting writing letter ) as a medium to communicate between each others. So you had rather to know how to use a stamps and how to post off a letters at the post office :) As me, i just learnt it from one of my friends haha !
Just follow these simple steps :
1. Search for a pen pal. You can use hashtag #penpalswanted on social media such as instagram or maybe twitter (?) Or maybe you can search it through a web, just type penpalswanted. Simple right! Ok next!
2. Write a letter. For the first time, just introduce yourself in the letter like your real name, age, hobbies, your interest or whatever it is as an introduction of yourself. You can write as many as you can - one page two pages three pages or even more! I think it's more worth to write up to two pages if you're using a4 paper. If you're using a5 / a6 paper, make sure you write up to three pages! Just spill about yourself because pen pal usually loves to read more and more haha. Actually, if you don't get any ideas to create a letter, you can google it or search it on youtube. There's a torns of video that can inspire you, seriously! So, just search! Next,
3. Decorate your letter. If you're a talented person, it's not a big deal for you right? Okay yes,you can draw something on the envelope, put some washitapes, cute stickers, wrap it with a cute paper and so on. Just use your creativity. Because every people got a different ideas right? For me, decoration is the most happening time when you write a letter. Oh ok, if you think that you're helplessly no idea or you are out of being a creative person, no worries okay. There's a book where you can buy out there that apparently you can use for snailmail. It's called BOOK FOR PAPER LOVERS ! This book are really really amazingly great you know. You will not regret if you bought them! Because it's urghh awesome! So, you don't need to worry if you're out of creative, this book can truely help you!
4. Tadaaa, your letter already done and ready to be send out to your pen pal. Just put some stamps and an air mail sticker (not too important ) and it's ready to go! Yeayy!
Okay, it is a cool things right? Yeah, i know people nowadays don't use such as letter things these days, yes i know right, i know. Why we want to put ourself in a hard time like old people a decades back when we here live in a well develop communication facilities right? We have WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and etc as a medium to communicate today right? So why we would bother to use the old way - writing letter? It's lame! Oh God. Basically, people will say like that haha i know. But yeah, why not we try something different? You'll get a new experience tho, get to know others people cultures and stories! It's fun, trust me. :)
So yes, you can follow all aforemention steps, if you still don't understand how it works, just let me know. I'll help you to understand it well. Oh yes, well you can find me on instagram - my username is heart.melon ! So, if you read this, don't forget to say hi to me on instagram : P .
This is all that i can do. You should make better than me! Ofc you can do it !
( for my pen pal from NYC, USA and CANADA, and postcard swap go to TURKEY! )
