I’ve only a few postcards with album download codes left, so I decided to pop them up on bandcamp. It’s a nice little way to buy my record for a friend – I’ll post them the download code with a little note on a postcard.
I’m a big fan of postcards – I have an on-going postcard project of customised cards that I send to a friend. There’s something really lovely about getting something in the mail that isn’t a bill, don’t you think? Recently I even bought a little letter-writing pad and matching envelopes; I needed the pad to write notes for some of the CD sales and I’ve ended up writing some actual letters since then.
Half of the reason I love shopping online so much is receiving the packages in post. But I love sending postcards mostly because they’re a nice little way of thinking of someone that is a lovely surprise for them to receive too. I used to have a penpal when I was a kid, but it wasn’t something that really lasted for me, and honestly my love of snail mail only really formed when I was writing letters to one of the first guys I dated. We lived quite far apart, and actually met online, then started sending each other letters before we ever actually met. I’ve a complete soft spot for physical mail ever since then.
I thought I’d find posting out the CDs to my funders a bit of a chore, but I quickly discovered that it completely fed into my love of sending things through the post. I loved bringing boxes of packages to the local post office after packing and addressing a load of cds. It really is a random simple little joy.
Send more postcards; send some love.
