A Personal Touch

Technology is great, it’s something that has become integrated into our daily lives, but it leaves people increasingly disconnected. There once was a time when personalized letters were the only form of communication between friends, lovers and family.

For my 22nd birthday, my mother gave me the greatest gift, a box of old love letters from my father. It inspired me to bring that tradition back, not only in my personal life, but as well as in my professional life.

When you write someone a letter you show that you care. It shows them they’re worth your time. Your able to share your ideas, your innermost thoughts, things that have been going on in your life, and more. It is much more intimate than an email or a text.


Letters and notes also help develop vocabulary and expressive language. It isn’t uncommon to write better than one speaks. Technology has, unfortunately, become written speech; we now write fragments and do not use proper grammar or punctuation. Letter writing is a way to
put proper language skills into practice.

Personalized stationary allows the writer to express themselves not only with their writing but with their choice in stationary.

I have special corporate station with my companies’ logo that I often send out to clients and partners thanking them for their help or business. I also have fun more feminine stationary I use to send to friends to just say hello or to congratulating them on a promotion or just for being a great friend. I love sending old fashioned post cards, or even taking a photograph and using it as a postcard.

You can get personalized stationary almost anywhere they sell greeting cards. However some of my favorite stationary comes from Etsy. It’s all handmade by real people and it’s unique and allows for a lot of expression.

Get your own stationary and write someone a note. You're sure to always get a smile out of them.