Florence

she/her ✒️ 25 ✒️ USA ✒️ married ✒️ open to new pen pals!

[mrsflorence]

pen pal letter received 3.18.2023

i always look forward to letters from this pen pal! she has a sort of classic vibe that i like with her envelopes. she's interested in old things and history, so i always try to give her letters with my wax seal on them

[mrsflorence]

letters sent to pen pals

3.3.2023

with these 2 letters i sort of tried to match the vibes of the letter i responded to. the first one i went for more of a cute, crafty vibe and i included a mini hangman game. i also used green as a theme since my pen pal used blue as a theme for my letter.

for the second letter, i kept it to my typical letter formal and paper, especially since this one was more content heavy. we usually write longer letters to each other, which i enjoy, but it's harder to go really cutesy on these. i always try to keep my envelopes fun, though!

3.10.2023

these two letters i wrote to 2 of my best friends. we wanted a way to keep in touch better and we thought letters would be sort of low pressure and fun! i sent one of them stamps since they've been having a hard time getting transportation to get their own. these are fun bc i already know them, so i feel like i can have a little bit more of a natural conversation with them :)

[mrsflorence]

Pen pal letter received 2.28.2023

This pen pal usually sends really cool postcards with their letters! We were bonding about having goofy partners this time around!

[mrsflorence]

2.23.2023 letters to pen pals

Just sent a few letters out! I'm starting to get the hang of writing, but I'm still trying to figure out what I can add to my latters to make them fun for me and my pen pals!

I added my younger sister to my pen pals since she thought it would be fun. Maybe it'll be a new way for us to keep up with each other now that we're in different states <3

[mrsflorence]

Pen pal letter received 2.15.2023

Pen pal letter received 2.23.2023

I'm starting to really feel the back and forth of having penpals!! I thought the excitement of seeing a letter in the mail would wear off, but I'm feeling juat as excited as the first time lol >.<

These were really pretty letters, and I'm loving the different vibes I'm getting from my different penpals. Obviously they're gonna be different since everyone has their preferences with decorating, but it's still pretty cool to see.

I'm interested to see whether they each have their own style or whether I get different types of little decorations each time!

Also, I feel like I get inspiration for what to send to my pen pals. One of them sent me a "This or That" card and I definitely think i want to do something similar for future pen pals! Seems like a fun and easy way to learn a lot of little things about new pen pals.

[mrsflorence]

1.23.2023 first pen pal mail!

i was ECSTATIC last week bc i got my first pen pal mail! she sent me a lot of pictures that are really pretty, two of them are postcards.

i wrote her back a couple days a go and sent it off too. i also got confirmation from one of my other pen pals that she got my letter! she said she'll be sending out her response, so I'll be looking forward to that in the next week or two 📬

I've been having a lot of fun with pen pal-ing so far! I've only sent a few and received one, but I've also been exchanging emails with a couple digital pen pals living in Japan. i think i prefer the slow communication of writing letters, but both are pretty nice ways to spend my time.

and learning about my new friends is great too 😌

[mrsflorence]

1.21.2023 letters to my new pen pals

I just finished sealing and writing the addresses on this batch of pen pal letters! i wasn't having very much luck finding penpals on tumblr, so i switched to reddit, and i found a few people.

i offered to write the first letter to 3 of them since i was already planning to write to 2 of my college friends. writing was pretty fun and making the envelopes was cool with my decorative paper. i cant wait to see what my pen pals send back since a couple of them said they like crafty cards

[mrsflorence]

first time writing a letter to someone! this was really fun, but i started getting nervous near the middle of it. i havent heard from my penpal since we exchanged addresses. i started wondering whether theyd actually answer or if they would even like my letter and zine

whatever the case, i had fun making this!

i ended up having to make my own envelope bc i couldnt find ours. spent a hot minute trying to find a template and trying to find folding instructiosn for standard sizes. then i just ended up doing it myself, using an old envelope as the guide. it turned out fine tho, so that slays. you kno whats not slay tho? the fact that my leaf stamp is off center 😭 didnt realize until it was too late r.i.p.

we need to go to the post office to get stamps, but hopefully i'll get to send it off tomorrow!