How’s it going this week with using/panning stationery, a no buy, or low buy? How is stationery bingo going? Feel free to share. Did you do a new journal spread? Break out a favorite pen? Use some pretty washi?
I hosted a letter writing meetup and was happy to send a lot of cards out into the world. I used up several boxes of art cards in my stash!
I’m crossing off the send snail mail square after hosting a letter writing meetup this weekend! A group of us met up from the Random Acts of Cards subreddit and mailed almost 70 cards! As part of that, I finished three boxes of art cards I thrifted from a stoop sale for a dollar each last year that my neighbor bought on trips to the Louvre and the Rijksmuseum.
this weekend was our fourth nyc meetup with another lovely group of new and returning faces from new york and new jersey. nine of us spent the afternoon chatting, writing, and artfully decorating with lots of washi, stickers, and stamps.
fun facts: we wrote 67 cards!! it’s a record for the nyc meetups (same with attendance!). cards are making their way to 5 continents, 16 countries, and 20 states in the us!
thank you so much to everyone who attended for a cozy afternoon of snail mail!
u/jester_magpie - thanks for the vintage flower card!
u/creativechron1cles - thank you so so much for the dino card!!!
u/xjanedoe - thanks for writing and telling me about your day! there is an all-romance bookstore by me too that i took my friend to for her birthday (it's called the ripped bodice, haha).
u/ventriada - thank you for the vermeer card and the stamp is AMAZING with the nyc subway nod!!
u/oceanfrenn - hiiiii so nice to get surprise mail from you and i love the design!! i am also a big stardew valley fan and had been playing the day i got your card! i named my horse nacho after one of my dogs :)
u/sable__ x4 - thank you for the miffy mail! i'm laughing because i was about to write to you from this same set :) response to come!
u/nomnommacarons - thanks for the thank you card :)
u/marbled-godwit22 - thanks for the dorothy liebes card!! she seems amazing and i'm going to look her up to learn more.
u/unicorn_potatoes - thanks for the art card!! i love this
u/mission_cow_6742 - aww thanks for the cute smurf card!!
u/knightinthesky - thanks for the cool card and author recs! i just finished the fifth murderbot book so i hope you enjoy!
u/blackberrysimple1730 - thanks for the cute snoopy card and that horchata cold brew sounds so good!!
u/indiegoes - ooh thanks for this cute peter rabbit card!
u/followingthebeat - katie daisy! i love her designs. thanks so much for sending me one of her cards :)
How’s it going this week with using/panning stationery, a no buy, or low buy? Feel free to share. Did you do a new journal spread? Break out a favorite pen? Use some pretty washi?
I finished my semester (I work and am in grad school), so I have more time for my hobbies again! Hoping to do some stationery bingo soon. I did buy a box of cards this weekend but I am very okay with it because they are very cute and I’ve been feeling good about my low buy.
u/rebelraf - thanks for the cute earth day card!
u/elleeb8 - thanks for the cute plant card and telling me about the louise penny books! I recently read an obit about one of the sisters in the New York Times.
u/emmasaysouchies - thanks for the pretty plant postcard, and i love that you could find good cards to thrift! It’s hard to do by me but i occasionally get lucky.
u/mission_cow_6742 x2 - thanks so much for the cyanometer mail! Two showed up, so i gave one to my neighbor who also loves mail and she is a fan. Right now we’re a 2 at 7:30 p.m. :) thanks for such a unique card!
u/wabisabi_sf, u/chiquita61, u/littlemermaidxx, u/unseenbowl, u/alluu3, u/capybaracrossing - thanks for the meetup card!!!! If you’d like one from our upcoming nyc meetup, let me know :)
u/spaaaaaacey x2 - thanks for the mail! I love love love this emily winfield martin card you sent. Responding soon!
u/rare_cranberry_7861 - thanks for the mary chapin card and telling me about your reading! I will respond by mail soon.
We have a meetup in NYC in May, and I'm building our mailing list! If you're in the US and would like a card or postcard, fill out the Jotform here: https://form.jotform.com/253447941989072 AND comment below (no comment, no card...)
We'll try to get through as many cards as we can. If you'd like to attend, feel free to DM me.
Hi fellow stationery lovers! I wanted to share a spring stationery bingo we're starting over in r/stationeryprojectpan in case you're interested in participating. If you're not familiar with panning, it comes from the makeup community and it's about using the things you already have. For our spring bingo board, the idea is to draw from your existing stationery collection to fill out the bingo board's different themes and challenges. I'm sharing the board here and you're welcome to share updates in r/stationeryprojectpan if you wind up participating! Thank you u/Big-Spirit317 for permission to share here 😄
Some more notes:
* The squares are intentionally broad so that it makes it easier for more of us to participate, since we all have different ways we use our stationery. If you can’t complete a square but have a way you can approximate it, that’s totally cool.
* You can use the same items for multiple squares but use them on separate occasions. For example, if you do a journal spread with lots of pink flower stickers for the “Flowers” square, I’d suggest doing something separate for the “Pink” square, like a card using the same pink flower stickers.
* **Themes:** Many squares this time are broad themes, such as spring, books, art, and outer space. Feel free to interpret broadly. For art, maybe you’re sending Frida Kahlo postcards you have or writing in your journal about a trip to a museum. For outer space, maybe you have star washi tape or space-themed stickers you want to use.
* **Colors:** This board also includes five color squares. Bonus points if you use multiple shades and, say, show off all the purple items you use for something.
* **Three things you are avoiding using:** This is for those items you are holding onto because they feel too nice to use.
* **Two favorite items:** Show off two of your fave parts of your stationery stash!
* **Go all out:** A maximalist square. Break out your supplies and go all out! For me, that might look like writing a letter where I decorate the envelope and card with stickers and washi, use different colored pens for each page, and pick out some extras to send along.
* **Sticker bomb something:** Cover something in stickers. This could be a card, a journal spread, your water bottle, your laptop…anything goes.
* **Do a stationery inventory:** For this square, you’d take stock of your collection and document what you have (list and/or pictures—pictures encouraged!). This is common in the makeup panning community where people will line up all their supplies, sort them, and often make spreadsheets to track things. You’re welcome to do a full or partial inventory. For example, I did an inventory of all my boxed cards at the beginning of the year and have been posting monthly updates on using them.
A thousand Thank Yous, shining bright,
u/Destalena’s reached a dazzling height.
Now an Emerald Flair begins to glow,
A green‑lit mark of the kindness they show.
So here’s to u/Destalena, shining through,
With 1000 reasons we’re grateful too.
May this new flair glow bold and rare,
An emerald crown they proudly wear.
(Thanks for the poem, u/MonetMonkey!)
u/sneakerlambs - thanks for the pinup postcard! for octavia butler, i recommend parable of the sower, kindred, and fledgling if you like vampire books...
u/regnbueurora - thanks for the ice card! i love it and i'm putting it up in my card display on my door. you drew the penguin sticker?? i love it!
u/tyedyeamish - thanks for the dog postcard! 10/10
u/cookiecriminal - thank you for the pretty daisy postcard! hope you're enjoying the nice weather minus that awful rain on saturday!
u/west_tell1391 - thanks for the pretty little bee card!
u/chichi134340 - this lunar new year card is stunning! thank you so much for sending this, and the bunny envelope is also so cute 😄 hope your year is going well!!
u/mission_cow_6742 - thank you or this lovely qantas card and sharing about the designer! i'm also loving the red panda stamp you used!
u/blackberrysimple1730 - thanks for the richard scarry card and book recs!
u/t3ctim - thanks for the postcard from your travels!! always lovely to hear from you. can i still send mail to your po box?
u/october_surprise56 - thanks for the sloth card! it's so cute 😄
u/imaginary-flower-849 - thanks for this lovely katie daisy card!! i love her designs
u/craftedit - thanks so much for the charade card (love!!) and book recs 😄
u/paperscrapmae - thanks for the magazine card! i will check it out. mail is on the way to you soon.
mystery sender - did you send me a cloud poem on a card from katie daisy's 100 postcards box? let me know!
u/tubbytits - thanks for the cat card and elephant stamp!
u/_norhternlights - thanks for the pretty flower card!
u/wenvandam - thanks so much for the card! i don't think i've ever gotten one from indonesia before.
u/ravenzsnow - thanks for the pretty moon card and stationery fest goodies! the cat washi tape with laser light eyes is amaaaazing.