Wednesday and Holiday Mail

It's that time of the day when I become mostly useless.  I needed to take a break from work and realized that I hadn't tended to my blog lately, so here I am!  Hello, dear readers! (the few of you who are still left, that is)

I worked hard to get Halloween mail out to everyone, and I thought I did a decent job, but this weekend I found a stack of envelopes I'd stamped and addressed, but hadn't sent.  Oops.  Hopefully some of you still have the same address next year!  It seems a bit late to send it out now, since Thanksgiving is only a week away.

So, my goal is to do better with the Christmas mail I'm sending out.   I haven't really decided what I'm sending out yet, so I suppose I need to do that first!  But anyway, the goal is to actually send it all out before Christmas, or at least before New Year's.  I guess I'm just not a particularly speedy crafter. 

How early do you start on your holiday mail?  Do you have a system?  I'd love to hear about it!


Okay, back to work. 

~ Anne

Getting Organized: Before

Hello everyone!

I recently posted about my utter lack of organization when it comes to my mail, and asked for input/advice.  Fortunately for me, I received many great suggestions!

So, I'm now going to try to follow through by organizing my mail!

pile of mail*

Stay tuned for my new and improved mail archive! :)



~ Anne
* growing by the day**...
** except Sundays

PS: if you have any more tips for me (or other snail-mailers) please let me know.  I'm not organized yet!

Question!

Hello dear readers,

I'm hoping to learn how you all manage to keep your mail organized.  I'm pretty sure I misplaced a letter from one of my pen pals and didn't respond (even though I remember thinking about what I was going to say!).  (Leah, I didn't forget about you!)

How do you keep track of what mail you received and when - and then whether or not you've replied?

Also, do you hold on to everything you've received?  So far I have every letter that I've received as part of this project, but they are in a big pile!


Thanks for the input!
~Anne