{"id":9866,"date":"2018-08-30T06:00:07","date_gmt":"2018-08-30T05:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becster.com\/?p=9866"},"modified":"2021-03-23T22:23:53","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T22:23:53","slug":"world-letter-writing-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becster.com\/cy\/world-letter-writing-day\/","title":{"rendered":"#AD World Letter Writing Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9871\" src=\"http:\/\/becster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img_3421.jpg\" alt=\"World Letter Writing Day header with six different mini images \" srcset=\"https:\/\/becster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img_3421.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/becster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img_3421-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/becster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img_3421-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Back in the day I had a lot of penpals&#8230; and I miss those days. The days of rushing home to see if Mr Postman had brought me a nice letter or two. Well on Sunday the 1st September 2018 it&#8217;s World Letter Writing Day and Viking have paired me up with a international penpal, and sent me lots of goodies to get started.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>World Letter Writing Day<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9870\" src=\"http:\/\/becster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img_3422.jpg\" alt=\"Flatlay photo of all the goodies received from Viking including the various pens and personalised paper. There's a half written letter on the desk\" srcset=\"https:\/\/becster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img_3422.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/becster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img_3422-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/becster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img_3422-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>World Letter Writing Day is a relatively new thing. It was founded in 2014 by Richard Simpkin to encourage people to write letters rather than be immersed in the digital age.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve found that taking time out to write a letter relaxes me as it frees me from the digital chaos in my life. It&#8217;s actually a really lovely hobby. Not only is it relaxing, but it also keeps my gossipy nature happy. I love chatting and pair that up with pretty paper and pens and oh heaven!<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Pretty Stationery<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9869\" src=\"http:\/\/becster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img_3423.jpg\" alt=\"Three images of the Viking stationery box including the quill sey, the mini stampers and the wax seal set\" srcset=\"https:\/\/becster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img_3423.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/becster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img_3423-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/becster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img_3423-800x400.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So let&#8217;s take a look at what the lovely people at Viking sent me. In the box we had:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Personalised paper<\/li>\n<li>Quill set with ink and nibs<\/li>\n<li>Mini stamper sets<\/li>\n<li>Envelopes<\/li>\n<li>Coloured pencils<\/li>\n<li>Fineliner pens &#8211; my fave!<\/li>\n<li>Washi tape<\/li>\n<li>Wax stamp kit<\/li>\n<li>International stamps<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;ve never seen anything so pretty! I tested out the mini stampers straight away! Also did a test of all the different pens. The quill will take some getting used to as I&#8217;m not used to writing with real ink. I do love the Staedtler Fineliners &#8211; they&#8217;re my favourite pens.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Best Bit &#8211; Making Friends<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9874\" src=\"http:\/\/becster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img_3460.jpg\" alt=\"Close up photo of letter received and letter to Roxanne\" srcset=\"https:\/\/becster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img_3460.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/becster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img_3460-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/becster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img_3460-800x450.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The best bit of letter writing though, is making friends. I&#8217;m still friends with some of the penpals I had back in my teenage years although we&#8217;ve stopped exchanging letters now. But, that&#8217;s what&#8217;s so great about penpalling is that you can make lifelong friends. For Viking&#8217;s International PenPals campaign, I&#8217;ve been paired up with Roxanne who blogs over at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Roxxy84.nl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roxxy84.nl.<\/a> Her blog is in Dutch but thanks to the power of Google I can read it in English. I&#8217;m really grateful to Roxanne for writing to me in English as I cannot speak a word of Dutch! But here&#8217;s to a longlasting friendship and who knows, I might pickup some Dutch whilst I&#8217;m at it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So what are you waiting for? Pick up paper and a pen and get writing!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>(This post is part of Viking&#8217;s #VikingInternationalPenPals campaign. All stationery was kindly gifted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.viking-direct.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Viking<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in the day I had a lot of penpals&#8230; and I miss those days. 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