Snail Mail Love.

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I'm baaaaaack!

December - and the holiday season in general - is one of my favorite times of the year. I thrive in the celebratory spirit, the sappy sentimental music, and of course, the glitter and sparkles. So what better time to make another attempt to make a comeback!

Today we're talking snail mail, both for others and for you! This year, like last year, I'm participating in something called 12 Days of Love Letter Writing. It's a special project that's part of More Love Letters, a website that focuses on leaving little notes of encouragement out in the world and sending snail mail to some people who need it most.

Every month, there's a request for a certain someone who's going through a rough time. Everyone who wants to participate mails their letters in to the website's P.O. box, where the letters are sorted and collected into bundles. The 12 Days project is a little more hardcore: twelve days, twelve separate bundles, twelve calls to action for twelve special people.

You have no obligation to write for all twelve bundles - last year, I wrote four or five. I want to encourage all of you to participate, especially if you love sending snail mail! It's so fun and rewarding to write notes to people who need the extra boost. Visit More Love Letters or their Facebook event page for more details and to sign up!

And now onto the goodies for you: if you want some pretty mail in your real-life, non-virtual inbox this years, fill out the form below for a holiday card from me!

More Love Letters.

If you follow me on Twitter, you may have heard me tweet a few things about More Love Letters. If you've been to my blog, you may have seen this pretty little badge go up in my sidebar:

So, what's all this love letter business about? That's probably what you're asking, because I'd be a little curious, too.

It started with a girl named Hannah and her amazing blog, of which I'm an avid reader. I'm mostly a silent fangirl, in awe of her way with words so much so that I couldn't compose many comments other than 'wow, that was amazing.' Hannah eventually went on to launch a project and website called More Love Letters. As you may expect, it's all about spreading the love by writing love letters to strangers and leaving them in random places, or sharing love letters on the blog to cheer up the random reader.

This holiday season, the 12 Days of Love Letters was born. A little more back story: on the website, you can sign up for a monthly love-letter-writing campaign. You'll get an e-mail with a brief description of who's receiving that month's bundle and an invitation to write and send off a love note.

The 12 Days of Love Letters is a twelve-day, letter-writing marathon version of the monthly bundles. For the past ten days, a new recipient has been revealed each day, and we've got two more to go (including today's). Via the e-mail list, I signed up specifically for two days, but have found myself writing nearly every day.

It's a little late in the game, but if this sounds really wonderful to you, all of the recipients are still up on the moreloveletters.com blog - just scroll through the posts and you'll find one through eleven. Grab some stationary and a pen and write to one, three, or all of the people in need of a little love this season.