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{sending & receiving snail mail}

January 3, 2011 · 35 Comments
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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

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  1. hiyaluv says

    January 3, 2011 at 9:22 pm

    oh swoon! I adore snail mail. :)gina

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  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!

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    • Gussy 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

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  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

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    • Gussy 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.}

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    • Gussy says

      January 3, 2011 at 9:31 pm

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

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  6. Kate @ Songs Kate Sang says

    January 3, 2011 at 9:29 pm

    You know I’m in!

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  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!

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  8. Lauren says

    January 3, 2011 at 9:33 pm

    one word – FUN!

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  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

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  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! ;)

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  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. :)

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  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!!

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  13. AshLemieux says

    January 3, 2011 at 10:59 pm

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

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  14. Evienlizzie says

    January 3, 2011 at 11:25 pm

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

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  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!

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  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

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  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!

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  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!

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  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

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  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.

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  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.
    :)

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  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)

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  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!

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  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!

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  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

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