• mamahood
    • Maxwell
    • Natalie
    • Marigold
    • Landon
    • Josiah
    • baby things
  • faith
    • 23 identities (PDF)
    • Tanzania + Compassion
    • devotionals >>
      • (in)courage Devotional Bible
      • 31 Days of Prayer for the Dreamer & Doer
    • Moody Theological Seminary
    • “letter of prayer” ministry
  • inspiration
    • our home
    • books
    • lifestyle
    • marriage
    • homeschool
    • simple living
    • we’re debt free!
    • book recommendations
  • homeschool
  • about
  • 🖤 receive a letter
  • Shop
    • Email
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest

Maggie Whitley

joy in motherhood, homemaking, faith & simple living

You are here: Home / inspiration / for fun / {sending & receiving snail mail}

{sending & receiving snail mail}

January 3, 2011 · 35 Comments
Filed Under: for fun

update: it looks like nearly 28,573 of you have written me, so i’m sad to say i won’t be able to reply back to every letter like i initially hoped/promised. if you still want to write me, i’d love to receive your words :]

letter writing is so fun — to send & receive!
if you send me a note, i’ll send you back ♥
unless, of course, 28,573 of you write me.
then i will just sit here and enjoy all my pretty mail ;]
write me?

gussy sews
po box 300544
minneapolis, mn 55403

*be sure and include a return address.
xoxo

[photo credit]

  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest
  • Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
  • Click to print (Opens in new window) Print
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn


35 Comments
Filed Under: for fun


« {December group sponsor giveaway winner}
{remembering memories :: dates with Zack} »

Comments

  1. hiyaluv says

    January 3, 2011 at 9:22 pm

    oh swoon! I adore snail mail. :)gina

    Reply
  2. Crystal says

    January 3, 2011 at 9:25 pm

    real mail is the best :) will hope to grace your mailbox with a note soon!

    Reply
    • Maggie Whitley says

      January 3, 2011 at 9:29 pm

      i’ve got a letter sitting in my “outbox” with your name on it! ;]

      Reply
  3. Jill says

    January 3, 2011 at 9:25 pm

    Fun! I sent you a snail mail package before Christmas, I hope you got it!!

    Jill

    Reply
  4. Danielle J. says

    January 3, 2011 at 9:26 pm

    Gussy,
    Does mail make you giddy? I LOVE getting mail……If it isn’t an ad or bill….!!
    -Danielle

    Reply
    • Maggie Whitley says

      January 3, 2011 at 9:28 pm

      haha, yes :]
      but only if it’s fun mail!

      Reply
  5. Ashleigh Baker (Heart and Home) says

    January 3, 2011 at 9:28 pm

    People still DO that? ;)

    I was the girl who, at 12, had half a trillion pen pals. There was a time when the mailman brought several letters each day and it was a cause for intense depression if the mailbox didn’t contain anything with my name on the label. Now? Well, hello blogging.

    {But I’m thinking it’s time to put together a box of prezzies for the Gus.}

    Reply
    • Maggie Whitley says

      January 3, 2011 at 9:31 pm

      my heart is racing. write me a letter — do it!!!!! :]

      Reply
  6. Kate @ Songs Kate Sang says

    January 3, 2011 at 9:29 pm

    You know I’m in!

    Reply
  7. Corrie says

    January 3, 2011 at 9:32 pm

    I LOVE getting snail mail as long as it’s not asking for money in return!!! I’ll definitely have to drop you a note!

    Reply
  8. Lauren says

    January 3, 2011 at 9:33 pm

    one word – FUN!

    Reply
  9. Leigh says

    January 3, 2011 at 9:34 pm

    So fun! I can’t remember to send Christmas cards until after New Years, but maybe I can try snail mail for fun! : D

    Reply
  10. Sandy a la Mode says

    January 3, 2011 at 9:34 pm

    you are soo cute!! i will write you one day, promise! i just wish my handwriting weren’t so horrible~!! maybe if i wrote you 28,573 letters it would improve?? that would be my hope anyways! ;)

    Reply
  11. Annette @ Designs By A Rose says

    January 3, 2011 at 10:47 pm

    You always have the cutest ideas! Sending myself an email so I can remember to write you a note. :)

    Reply
  12. Heather G. says

    January 3, 2011 at 10:54 pm

    I might just have to take you up on that – writing and receiving mail is one of my favorite things in the world!!

    Reply
  13. AshLemieux says

    January 3, 2011 at 10:59 pm

    is this yours!? where did you score it from! I want one sooooo bad!!!

    Reply
  14. Evienlizzie says

    January 3, 2011 at 11:25 pm

    FUN! I am so in on this one!!!

    Reply
  15. Steph says

    January 3, 2011 at 11:44 pm

    fun idea! maybe i just will, as long as you don’t write back and send MN weather down to IA!

    Reply
  16. Suzanne - the Farmer's Wife says

    January 4, 2011 at 7:28 am

    You’re gonna get writer’s cramp!! This type of project is alot of fun. I do Postcard Projects from time to time where I send postcards to my blog readers.

    I love the typewriter and I love snail mail. Electronic communication cannot compare to a good, old-fashioned hand written letter.

    Suzanne, the Farmer’s Wife

    Reply
  17. Marcy says

    January 4, 2011 at 7:55 am

    I LOVE mail!! And this year we just moved and didn’t get 1/4 of the Christmas cards we normally get so I would LOVE mail from you!!! ;) SUPER CUTE idea!

    Reply
  18. Sarah says

    January 4, 2011 at 8:11 am

    If I had that adorable seafoam green typewriter I might write oodles of letters…it just begs for paper!

    Reply
  19. Sarah-Anne says

    January 4, 2011 at 8:37 am

    Fun, fun, fun! I’ll get Mama to count it as my social studies or something… ;)
    Sarah-Anne

    Reply
  20. Southern Gal says

    January 4, 2011 at 9:30 am

    What a fun idea! Real letter writing is becoming a lost art. So sad because t’s such a thing of beauty. My grandmother used to write me letters all the time. Sometimes I wondered why she didn’t pick up the phone and just call me. Now that she’s not with us anymore I cherish those letters. They are a piece of her I keep with me. Wow. That took me down memory lane. Thanks.

    Reply
  21. Sidnie says

    January 4, 2011 at 10:04 am

    How fun.
    I would love to be pen pals.
    Snail mail is THE best during deployments.
    With one headed our way soon, I would love to write you a letter every now and then.
    :)

    Reply
  22. Meghan says

    January 4, 2011 at 12:08 pm

    I can’t wait to send yours out :) Want me to send it to the address you DM’d me with?

    (hug)

    Reply
  23. Jennifer says

    January 4, 2011 at 9:02 pm

    I love mail!! :)

    Reply
  24. Rebecca says

    January 4, 2011 at 10:13 pm

    I loooooooooove snail mail. Even correspondence to friends that I see on a weekly basis is sent through the mail. It’s so quaint and it definitely means a lot!

    Reply
  25. Lauren says

    January 5, 2011 at 12:10 pm

    Excellent. I love snail mail. If I remember, I’ll try to send you a note!

    Reply
  26. jenelle hatzung says

    January 5, 2011 at 10:44 pm

    oh so fun! I am in…

    Reply
  27. Tara @ Tara Being Tara says

    January 8, 2011 at 3:34 pm

    I am swooning over that typewriter. I have wanted one since I was about eight years old!

    Reply
  28. Tiffany says

    July 8, 2011 at 9:00 pm

    I enjoyed reading your story Angie. I agree with you on so many points about being your own biggest critic, same here! I used to scrapbook as well and feel like now I get to be even more creative. Good Luck with your store and the necklace with the 5 beads is my fav.

    Reply
  29. Tiffany says

    July 8, 2011 at 9:01 pm

    ARGH wrong post!

    Reply

Trackbacks

  1. {look what the mailman brought me!} says:
    January 12, 2011 at 6:24 am

    […] a week ago I promised to send a letter back to anyone that wrote me a letter. And look {up} at what I received today!!! Mail — woo […]

    Reply
  2. {a couple things to share: letters & winners} says:
    January 20, 2011 at 4:06 pm

    […] off — I’ve been loving all the pen pal cards/letters that have shown up in my PO Box. If you write me, I’ll write you one back! Promise :] Last week I received a few dozen and […]

    Reply
  3. :: LWM – Girls who love letters :: « ANNIE HORN says:
    March 23, 2011 at 2:44 am

    […] Gussy Sews: Mailing Info […]

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

MAGGIE WHITLEY WEAVES HER WRITINGS around joy in motherhood, homemaking, faith, and simple living. She homeschools her children, enjoys a quiet room while reading, and roars with laughter over the challenges and delights of motherhood. Maggie and her husband, along with their five young children, live in northern Michigan. She has been writing online since 2008. CLICK TO READ MORE ♥

Categories

Archives

Copyright © 2025 · Divine Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in