All the Things

A blog post about easy gift wrapping has been hard to write, and I am unsure why. Letting go of perfect can make the most awkwardly shaped package fun to wrap. It is all about the top side of the ...

After the cataract surgery

A few weeks ago, I had cataract surgery, first one eye, then two weeks later the next. Before you have surgery, everyone that knows someone who has had that surgery weighs in, and the consensus is ...

Making it pleasurable

Here are card and letter-writing hacks that have helped me sit down and get mail into the box. Put time aside away from your phone. Get an address book; it does not have to be fancy, but each ...

Others find snail mail magic or the rewards of writing a thank you note

I got sent this article by friends three times in one day because I love mail, and my friends know it. It has a lot of good juice about writing thank-you notes. The same day I listened to a talk on...

Love Means Saying Sorry

Today on Marc Maron's podcast with comedian Tommy Tiernan, he mentions the importance of the making amends part of the 12-step program. It brought up a touching story from the Heartfelt days. One S...

More Gift Guides!

I have small business friends; we support each other, go into the weeds with marketing, and they, not I, talk spreadsheets. I love helping them this time of year, and a few of you have asked me for...

The Friday that is hard

Black Friday was hard for Heartfelt. I would call my friend Hugh and say, "no one was in the store; this year is bad." He would say, "it's early." And I would feel comforted and go back in until I...

Hail the Snail Mail unboxing on HI Noel

Hail the Snail Mail was featured on the HI Noel YouTube channel last week with an "unboxing" of the September, October and November subscription packages. You can watch the video below. It is so fu...

What do I regret?

I was asked on a Live Instagram with Coach Kate Blake last week, "What do I regret most?" or "What would I have done differently?" ,,, this was a spontaneous question, and my answer came up immedia...

Giving Gives Agency

We offer a subscription because cards are time-consuming to buy; when you need one, you usually need it right then. I have access to beautiful cards that one might not find in one shop, and each mo...