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In correspondence
I owe my discovery of correspondence cards to a slight obsession with woman's lifestyle magazines in my mid-twenties. Travelling all over the place by bus meant I was always buying magazines both to get some change and for something to occupy me on the journey. And I...
Memories tied up with ribbon?
Do you keep your personal correspondence? Do you look through it on a rainy afternoon and recall memories of people and places long gone? The idea of a stack of letters tied up with a ribbon is glorious. The reality is less romantic and much messier. The ribbon is...
Friendships by letter…
Starting Ink Drops has made me think back, nostalgically, to my childhood and youth - before emails, mobile phones and MSN, we communicated by letter. My friends and I wrote letters to each other at all ages, to keep in touch across countries (my best friend moved to...
The marriage of pen, paper and postbox
My sister got married last week. It was unexpected. It was only a few hours before that I found out. I turned up to meet her because she’d invited me to afternoon tea. Maybe I would have dressed smarter If I’d known what was in store. At least I wasn’t in...
The final countdown…
Well, somehow the days turned into weeks, the weeks into months. Tomorrow is the 1st of November, our official launch date. Eeeek! We will be blogging more regularly once we are up and running. For now, I am putting the finishing touches to the website and the shop,...
On handwriting…
Spotted this lovely article in my peruse of the internet this morning, which nevertheless made me sad in places… “You and I might have received a handwritten letter this week, but most people have not.” So true – and so tragic! One of the things we hope to achieve...
ooh… Inkdrops is real
Hello lovelies! Welcome to Inkdrops' blog. Here we shall post about all things stationery and letter writing, craft and correspondence. And the ups and downs (and no doubt sidewayses) of life. It would be lovely if you joined us for the ride...