The Handwritten Note – A Lost Art
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One of the many things I was taught at a very young age was to always write Thank You notes for gifts, after staying at someone’s home, and as I got older – after job interviews. There is something about a handwritten note that is so personal and heartfelt.
I was told by one of my past employers, that aside from my experience, one of the reasons why I stood out was because I sent a handwritten note thanking him for his time.
I make sure that my boys follow in my footsteps when it comes to this as well. I instill in them thankfulness and appreciation. Something as simple as the handwritten note can means something so much to the recipient, as it always does to me – and I want them to understand that.
The boys have a few days after their party or the holiday to relax, but then I am on them to get the cards completed – with a personalized little note and into the mailbox.
I also have a thing for stationary (and pens) so you can imagine the note cards I have accumulated over the years!
When each of the boys were born, I had note cards printed with their names on them to use as Thank You notes or to accompany the newest baby picture. (Yes, I am also old school in that I still mail out to my family the boys’ school pictures.)
Below are some of my favorite designs. Click on any of the images for more information.
I have a penchant for monograms. I have notes monogrammed with my initial(s) similar to these:
General Thank You cards, “general” in the sense of usable for any occasion, but super cute!
Notecards with cute emblems:
Which ones are your favorite?
I love hand writing letters and holiday cards. Thanks for sharing!
Holiday cards too – I totally forgot to add those to the blog post! I love sending and receiving holiday cards as well!! 🙂
I love theses they look so beautiful
my favorite is the polka dot one. I wish my hand writing wasn’t so ugly to write more hand written notes
Jessica, I am sure your handwriting isn’t ugly LOL.
Your mother taught you good (-; I was taught the same. There are so many in the world now days that won’t send a thank you card or even give you a quick phone call to say Thanks for the gift. Your cards are very pretty, and what a better way to say thank you then sending a handwritten card.
I agree Linda! It amazes me how many parties we go to, where we don’t get a thank you for the gift in return. Not that I am looking for a Thank You, but it’s common courtesy!
Always gotta keep a few blank cards around for that special occasion. You can really change someone’s day or touch a heart through writing a card. Thanks for sharing 🙂
You are so right, Dayne. It means so much to me to get that little notecard. 🙂
We wrote thank you notes as kids and it really is something I’ve carried with me my entire life. Everyone I send them to is always so surprised, but for me they are a staple. Especially hand written ones. A big pet peeve of mine is when newlyweds don’t send anything to acknowledge they’ve gotten gifts and or cards. There is so much chaos at weddings that I mainly want to know the love was received by them and it didn’t get lost somewhere! Loved all those cards, I’m especially a sucker for monogram.
I’m so glad I’m not alone – maybe the art hasn’t completely died!! I agree with you regarding wdding gift acknowledgements. After my honeymoon, I sat down and wrote all of them out. I wrote out the envelopes before the wedding so that was one less thing I needed to do when I got back.
I love handwritten notes! I do a ton of birthday cards, I hate writing a birthday note on facebook. Everyone I know still gets an actual card whether I see them daily or not. You’ve chosen so beautiful cares to showcase!
Angela, you and I are eye-to-eye! I love meeting people that share the same passion!