Pocket Letters

Last year when I started this blog I said I was going to talk about Pocket Letters as that was my big obsession back then. I still like Pocket Letters (I'll refer to them as PLs for short), but I haven't made one in months, mostly because I don't have anyone to swap them with.

If you don't know what PLs are here's a quick explanation by PL creator Jannete Lane:

"I created Pocket Letters as a new way to send letters to your new or existing penpals. Basically, you fill all the pockets of a 9 Pocket Trading Card Protector and send the whole page to someone who wants to swap with you. This can be a one-time exchange or you can keep exchanging Pocket Letters indefinitely. You fill the pockets with anything you like. A short note or letter is included and tucked into one of the pockets. Then the Pocket Letter is folded up and sent in a standard 10 size envelope. It's the perfect way to send and collect letters from other Pocket Letter Pals around the world and a convenient way to store them. They fit perfectly in a binder!"

Pretty simple right? Most people like to get creative and decorate their PLs in various ways, there's even themed PLs (Like these below that I made):

Coffee and donut themed PL

Floral themed PL

 But you can totally go about this whatever way works for you! That's te beauty of projects like this you can just let your creativity flow. And you get to make new friends in the process who might stay in your life for a long time.

More PLs that I've made:

I've had some bad experiences though. As with any swap you run the risk of, well, not getting anything in return. It's happened a couple of times and maybe that's why I stopped doing them for a while. And then I went back to it and it happened again. I don't like letting bad experiences ruin the fun for me though; I have several PLs that lovely ladies had swapped with me and I thank each and everyone for not letting me down. The most important thing is comunication. Talk to your PL pal before you do a swap. Try to understand if they can't actually send their PL to you and if all else fails don't let it discourage you! There's a lot of great people in the comunity that are not gonna let you down!

If you want to know more about Pocket Letters you can visit Jannete's blog here.

Have a great weekend!

Selene Ledezma