How To Use Pen Pal Mail In Your JUNK JOURNAL / Beginner Friendly Journal / 3 Easy Ways To Use Mail
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
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I hope you enjoy this very chatty BEGINNER Junk Journal or junk planner video! In this video I share 3 EASY ways to use your pen pal mail, patreon mail, or happy mail in your junk journal! This video is great for beginners or anyone new to junk journaling.
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Have You ever had a pen pal??📬 Let me know your pen pal story 💌
I have 7 penpals 😅
I've never had a penpal 😢
We had penpals with our grade 6 class in the 80’s; they were from Wisconsin; but mine only wrote once😢 and then only until recently I managed to get a junk journal penpal from France and we wrote a few times but then she stopped writing too😢…I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to receive penpal mail from you 😮😮😮 🇨🇦
I had penpals from Denmark, Portugal, Australia, Japan, the Netherlands and from San Antonio here in the US. It was so much fun. I’d love to start exchanging snail mail again
My cousin and I were pen pals for years! We kept it up until we became adults. We lost touch a couple of times but always find each other again. ❤️
At one point in time, as a young adult, I had 50 pen pals all over the world. It was so much fun. My sweet husband was a career mail carrier, so it was very fitting.
Love love love all of these ideas!!! I love using pen pal mail in my daily as well I have a few pen pal mail journals!!
Me too!! Pen pal mail is the BEST!❤
I had a penpal back in the 60's during grammar school. She was from Louisiana. I still have a couple of those letters. Enjoyed receiving those letters and knowing more about her 😊
Oh you still have them!! How special!!!
Yes! I had a pen pal for quite some time. It was so much fun! ❤
I love this!!! I remember when I was a little girl, I had a pen pal in another country through a program at my church. I've since encouraged my children to have pen pals. We have a family of 7 in another state that all 6 of us write to. I have also become really close to my first Thrifty Day pen pal, and we have decided to be pen pals forever, and hope to meet one day 🥰 I have so much fun sending goodies, and get so excited when I receive things as well. These card swaps bring so much joy 🥰
Oh my gosh this is amazing!! This comment made my day friend!!❤❤❤
Great video !! And love your trinket jar! I have one with my boys trinkets they collected over the years (rocks, sticks, you name it I have it 😂😂)
Haha! That sounds like an amazing jar!!😊 I mean, honestly precious!’n
@ thank you ! It really is❤️
I had one. Met during VBS one summer and when she went back home we continued to write back and forth. It was so nice to receive letters from someone from far away...I'd love to exchange pen pal mail with you😊
That is so sweet! 🥰 I loved having pen pals! We do pen pal style swaps in my Patreon😊right now we are finishing the valentines swap but we will likely do another one for the summer❤❤❤
I had several pen pals growing up and it was always so fun getting letters from them. What I send now to friends depends on what we're doing. It might be napkins or trim. Maybe things to make a junk journal with. It's just so fun to put a little package together and send .
I always enjoy your videos! Love your journals! I used to have a pen pal in the late 70’s early 80’s. She lived in another part of the US. She even came to see me once when we were 18 / 19. Wish I had those letters too!
I bet you have some fun memories from that time! ❤ Every so often Joy, my childhood pen pal would visit too!! So fun to remember ❤
I had a penpal back in the early 70's. She lived in England. I still have all those letters!
Penpals are the BEST! 💌 My Nana was my first penpal, and we still send each other happy mail to this day!
Your nana!!! Precious!!! How Special!!!
Oh, you just reminded me that my MawMaw used to write to me and always included a stick of gum. When I went off to college, she still wrote and included a stick of gum.❤
@@lisawilson2689 I love that!
My twin sister and I were true introverts of the 80s - living our best lives via pen pals, mixed tapes and slam books! One of my penpals was a skateboarding, indie music lover with the coolest "European" penmanship from Turkey! Her name was Celine. My sister got to travel twice to spend time with her Welsh penpal (a summer in London, then Cardiff). She just sent me a huge envelope full of our penpals' stamps from USA, Europe, Australia & Africa! They're probably 35 - 40 years old. 🥰
Wow that's so cool to have pen pal stamps from all over the world!! That is really an amazing story❤
Yes! I remember penpalling as a kid! Especially when friends moved away to another state. I remember the anticipation and excitement of receiving a letter back!
It was the best feeling ever getting a letter back! 💖
❤❤❤ love you journals and channel 🥰
thank yours much Becky!!
I love to send stickers and paper to pen pals but really anything is awesome!!
I had a penpal in grade school in the late 70s early 80s. She lived in the midwestern part of the states while I was in Phoenix. I remember looking at pictures she would send and how odd it was to see kids so bundled up because of how cold it got there while we wore at most a jacket to school. We wrote to each other for a couple of years before losing contact. I also got a couple postcards from another penpal in Greece. Sadly, we didn’t keep in touch for more than a few months. But I still have those postcards. Thanks for bringing back those memories 😊
Oh gosh I love that! It’s also so cool that you still have some of the postcards ❤❤❤
I had a pen pal from Russia in 6th grade. I would be so happy coming home from school and having mail from her.
I remember that feeling well! Getting mail was such a treat❤
I had a couple pen pals, so fun!
My pen pal was a cousin in England. We met when my family travelled to England when I was 8. We wrote throughout the 80s and met IRL again at my wedding in 1990
oh wow!! England!! That is so amazing!!
i use to have pen pals in the 80's and i still have pen pals now :)
Yay! Me too!!!
I always had penpals in the 80s. I’m in Australia and used to get so excited to see the airmail sticker!! ❤
Airmail stickers are so cool! I've always loved them! ❤
Hello! I just love all of these pen pal goodies! I have had a pen pal from Austrailia for over 20 years. I also remember having pen pals back in the 80s too! So fun!
That is amazing!!!
Omgosh what a great idea with the address book! I was wondering what to do with all these addresses from your Valentines card exchange, love it!
Your journals are all so adorable 🥰 I love them 😍 💕💕💌
Hello! I just found you and I LOVE your videos and work!
I was just remembering about my penpal when I was a kid. I had a few. I grew up in a small town, and our electric company had a little magazine that was mailed out. It had people in there that wanted penpals. I put my name in there and made some great friends through my younger years. Thanks for bringing back a great memory
I had a boy pen pal my age from Spain in the 70s. I was about 13 or 14. I loved seeing the airmail envelopes in the mail. I want to be a pen pal again!
Love the joy penpals bring! What company makes that clear cover travelers notebook? I love it!
I agree!! The cover is from Erin Condrin:)) I bought it online:)
My penpals were in Japan and a missionary kid in the Philippines
. I loved getting those air mail letters.
I love the idea of laminating a magazine cover! I will be doing this
So happy you liked it!!❤
I had a pen pal in England. I had forgotten about that. I think it was in the 70s. ❤
Love to have pen pal, yes did in 80s I enjoyed it. The jar is great, I have them all over, game pc jars, buttons, a bit of everything jars. They make great decorations!
I love having jars for all of my things! It's so fun to look back and remember what was going on in my life at that time.❤❤❤
I still have lots of penpals ❤ we write letters! I used to write my teachers in the summer when school ended. Then I got a penpal in 8th grade when 9/11 happened and we are still friends to this day! She lives in New York (well now Jersey) and we are trying writing again. (We wrote for ten years, finally met in person and then she was in law school and had to take a break) I have penpals all over and I write them letters on the plane ✈️ it’s so fun ❤
This is so beautiful 😍 I love it thank you for sharing this 🥳🎉🎉🎉 I remember those days back then I love this idea 🥹💕💕
Yes i had pen pals was not able to continue to ill with my chronic condition ❤
oh I understand how hard a chronic illness is, I have visual impairments and I struggle with many headaches:(
Thank you I'm sorry ❤❤ I have Lupus
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Beautiful happy mail💜💟
I want to start daily journal
I had a penpal back in the 70’s. She was a sweet girl I met at a Christian retreat in Dallas, TX. I was from Virginia at the time and she was from California so we lived on opposite sides of the country! Sadly, she contracted cancer a few years later and passed away soon after. I grieved her for quite awhile as we had grown to be such good friends during our “penpal” relationship. I still think of her often.
I like the idea of address books - I still have one with all of my family and friends. I’ve started a new one recently with all the addresses of people that participated in the Christmas and Valentine card swaps on your Patreon. It has been so much fun to participate and hopefully it will continue! I love your channel and you are so inspiring, Leah!❤️
Keep doing what you do so well!
Very helpful as usual!!! ❤ I have 2 penpals and it’s so much happy fun to send them a package! Thank you for that inspiration on Patreon ❤
So fun❤❤❤
Thank youuu❤
Love this idea so much. Thanks for the ideas Leah. ❤
I'm so glad you liked it!! ❤❤❤
Yes, in the 80’s from Japan! She would send me origami and paper dolls she, herself made ❤
Love!
Awww thank you❤
I love these ideas. I have old cards and envelopes from family and friends and this is a good way of using those. I had a pen pal in the 80’s but for the life of me I can’t remember her name. I know she was from Germany.
I thought about doing something like this for just my swaps I’ve been in too.
Great ideas. Now my brain is thinking. ❤
It's so fun to incorporate old mail into your journals! 😊 so happy to inspire ❤❤❤
My pen pal era was short lived, but I enjoyed it. I actually miss having a pen pal lol
For sure! Pen pals are so fun!!
Loved the Pen Pal mail and the journals. I didn't have a pen pal😊❤❤
I just love your videos, ideas and your makes. So unique, thoughtful and fun. I don't have many penpals and would love to find some. It is so rewarding to curate for someone you know. I just joined your entry level and will be watching for open spots in the future. You have inspired me sooo much. TFS ❤
I’m so glad you found the video inspiring! Thank you so much for watching ❤
Hi! New her with u on youtube and patreon with u for just a couple weeks. Im so excited with your junk journaling vibe! Thanks for all your videos!
I am so glad you're here!! Welcome!!❤
Yes, I had a pen pal in the 80's who lived in Czechoslovakia, which now is not even a country. I do have a postcard she sent me.
I want a penpal 😭I never had one that’s so sweet love 💗 it so much I really enjoyed this video thank you for sharing it 😍💗💌🎉🎉💕
I’m in England and my pen pal lives in Germany and we have been corresponding for 32 years and we will carry on writing hopefully for the rest of our lives x
That is AMAZING!!!!
@@thriftyday It really is. I was 13 when I was on an exchange program. I stayed in Germany for a couple of weeks with my exchange friend and she did the same with me. Her best friend stayed with a girl from my school. Anyway my pen pal is actually my exchange friend’s best friend as we got on well she asked if we could write to each other and 32 years later we still are. We are truly blessed
My first pen pal was when I was in high school in the 60s and for several years after. She was in England. Sure wish I was still in touch with her!
Oh that’s awesome Mona!! I would love to visit England ❤
@ me too!
I had a pen pal from Germany. She knew English though. That was back in the 60s.
Where did you get the binder with the clear cover for your travel journal? Great idea!
Hi! It’s from ErinCondron, I actually linked the original RUclips video with more info in the description😊
I had a pen pal! There used to be a magazine 8 can’t remember the name of it that would have pen pal information in it. I found my friend in that magazine!
I remember magazines like that!! I remember music fan Zines like that in the 90’s❤❤❤
I’m new please be my pen pal lol
Haha awww! I do have swap mail over on patreon❤❤❤ I think our next planned-ish swap is a summer swap
Oh my! I had a pen pal in the 89's and she was from Chicago. Her name was Rebecca and my middle name is Rebecca. How similar to your story, is that?😂
Oh my gosh we have the same pen pal story lol!
@@thriftyday ❤️
My pen pal was my cousin ❤ We wrote so many letters back and forth and I think I kept every one of them. How do we get started with Pen Pals now?
That’s awesome! To get a pen pal now I highly encourage you to join facebook groups or patreons to get connected ❤ I chatted about it on my most recent JOURNAL TALK TUESDAY actually ❤
@ oh, awesome! I will check out your Journal Talk Tuesday! Thank you!