The Happy Mail Project

One of my favourite things to do, and something I do at least once a week, is sit at my craft table and make cards. I love working with paper, cardstock and ink, creating beautiful cards for any occasion. I find it very relaxing, and I love to give the cards I make and see the smiles the create. 

Over Christmas I was talking to someone and they mentioned how they hadn't received a single Christmas card, and they couldn't remember the last time they had pulled anything other than bills and junk mail out of their letterbox. 

That just about broke my heart. Loneliness comes in a shapes and forms, and not getting a simple letter or card in the mail is just one form, but it's a form I can do something about. 

This year I've started the Happy Mail Project. 

Every week throughout the year my aim is to make some cards and send them to people, just because, to hopefully brighten their day and make them happy. 

I'm not planning on writing a great, long, screed, just a short note saying hi, I'm thinking of you, thought this would make you smile sort of thing, to let folk know they're not forgotten and that they are important every day, not just on special occasions. 

Every Thursday I'll do a post office run and drop that week's happy mail in the box, hoping the cards will brighten someone's day.