by Annastasia | Jan 8, 2018 | An envelope of snippets, Inkdrops
We’re a whole week into 2018. It’s been busy but fun, and a promising start to the 51 weeks still to go. Hopefully, our planning for the year ahead has paid off – and there has been some learning about not overestimating what you can achieve in a...
by Annastasia | Jul 10, 2017 | Inkdrops, My life in stationery
We’re past the longest day so no excuses! Get out there and do that summer stuff. Get round to all the activities you said, back in January, that you’d do when summer arrived and the weather was warm. Carla has been making more of an effort to sit in her...
by Carla | Nov 2, 2014 | Creative, Handwriting, Inkdrops, Letters, Photographs
I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I mentioned the C-word… but I’m sure if you’re a crafter, like me, you’ve at least thought about it, right?! I didn’t blog on Friday, because I wanted to feature this year’s Christmas cards on the...
by Annastasia | Oct 18, 2013 | Handwriting, Inkdrops, Letters, Living
Way back in May, Ink Drops took our typewriters along to the Make Me Joyful letter-writing salon. While I was there I wrote several letters. Mainly to friends offering thanks for their friendship, sunny thoughts and support during tricky times ahead. I also wrote...
by Carla | Jan 17, 2013 | Handwriting, Inkdrops, Letters, Photographs
When was the last time you printed an image? Hand wrote on the back of it who was in it, and put it in an album to look over at a later date? I was round at my parents’ recently and they have piles and piles of real photographs. Over the years, they have had these...
by Annastasia | Nov 30, 2012 | Inkdrops, Letters, Living
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...
by Carla | Oct 5, 2012 | Articles, Handwriting, Inkdrops
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...
