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Post by writingrav on Jul 31, 2015 11:34:06 GMT
Here's another topic for folks to comment on. I get lots of tuck-ins from a percentage of my pen pals. All appreciated, some more than others. I've sent a few myself, but soon run out of ideas, resources and time. How do some of you decide what to tuck-in?
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Post by sgtstretch on Jul 31, 2015 14:28:48 GMT
I haven't sent many tuck-ins. Usually, it only happens if I find something or see something with that person in mind. I have a penpal that is in Advertising Design, and I sent her an old Wrigley's Gum ad from an old newspaper I found. The envelope I sent you was because I have a stack of them, and I couldn't figure out what to do with them, and am hoping that other people might have a use for them.
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Post by Mia on Jul 31, 2015 18:25:11 GMT
I don't regularly enclose anything with letters, but if I have a newspaper clipping of interest (I do actually have a stash of them), or postcard or perhaps mini tourist map I think my penpal would like, I send (if I remember). From a Dutch penfriend, I receive the occasional teabags (herbal / fruity). Reminds me, there was something funny in today's paper I think I shall sent with the next letter I write!
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Post by skye on Aug 1, 2015 0:34:04 GMT
for me it depends on the penpal. For my tea drinking penpals I will send 2 bags of tea. Sometimes 2 of the same bags, other times 2 different ones. If I had a newspaper subscription I probably would cut up the daily cartoons and send them along. If you have a penpal who likes to read bookmarks are always a good idea. Can always send postcards of places youve been or of something local that may be of interest.
I have had people tuck in seed packets, washi tape covered plastic cards (like old/used goft cards) drawings they have made, stickers, personal calling cards, nibs, extra blank sheets of paper (usually a brand local to them), recipes, crochet/knitting/sewing pattern.
Eons ago when I was learning to play chess, a penpal used to send me a card (about the size of a business card) with the chessboard layout after his move and on the reverse was the last 5 moves we made. At that time I had another penpal who used to write out on a small card a favourite line from a song or even a quote he liked and sometimes I received a piece of poetry he liked. He and I would also play guess the next music line (this was way before one could just type it into any search engine and get the answer). Of course that could explain why our letters were usually 10 sheets long, hmmm.
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Post by tiffanyhenschel on Aug 3, 2015 0:32:09 GMT
Sometimes I'll tuck in something that reminds me of a particular pen pal, and other times it's a general tuck in that I send to everyone in that batch. I like the art on book plates, so sometimes when I buy a new pack I enclose one in each of several letters. Even if the recipient doesn't use it as a book plate, it can be a bookmark.
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Post by Mia on Aug 3, 2015 10:59:54 GMT
Ooo, and I've just received Stroopwafels in the post!
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Post by writingrav on Aug 3, 2015 11:35:42 GMT
Ooo, and I've just received Stroopwafels in the post! Received what?!
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Post by Mia on Aug 3, 2015 12:36:43 GMT
Stroopwafels are very naughty treacle waffles from the Netherlands.
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Post by jimothy on Aug 3, 2015 20:32:06 GMT
I'm not really a tuck-in kinda guy. If something strikes me as appropriate for a particular person i'll go with it, but for me it is very much the exception rather than the rule. For example, I have a pen pal in Louisiana who is a fan of "The Prisoner" so I have used a number of greetings cards from Portmeirion in my letters, and another in Georgia who is a Lewis Carroll fan so I sent some relevant postcards etc. But that's about the sum total of my tucking in. Sorry to be so miserable
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Post by vertolive on Aug 5, 2015 0:30:03 GMT
I love sending tuck-ins, but get a varied response.
I've sent Fortune Telling Fish, postcards to color, yarn samples, odd business cards, stamps, offbeat playing cards, children's valentines, and Failed Pet Polaroids TM.
I'm open to anyone sending me Stroopwafels...
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Post by sharmon202 on Aug 9, 2015 19:33:57 GMT
I have gotten tuck-ins ranging from stamps, origami, bookplates, fortune telling fish, tea and more. I have sent recipes on a Levenger post card, carts, a few other things but do not recall what. They are fun to send and receive. I just have to give it some thought in advance to think of something and sometimes do not have time to think.
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Post by legallyinked on Aug 9, 2015 23:31:12 GMT
Probably my most common tuck-in is a postcard if I have been somewhere recently. I don't like mailing postcards most of the time and this way people can pass them on.
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Post by sinistral on Aug 19, 2015 22:24:09 GMT
I would like to send more tuck-ins, hard to know what to put in. I was wondering is there resources for letter tuck-ins?
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Post by sgtstretch on Aug 19, 2015 22:29:07 GMT
Not really. I've received all kinds of things, from stickers to postcards to photos. I've received newspaper/magazine clippings, bookmarks, and articles on artists and their work.
It all comes down to what you want to send and include with your letter. Anything can be a tuck-in really.
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Post by writingrav on Aug 20, 2015 11:49:48 GMT
I would like to send more tuck-ins, hard to know what to put in. I was wondering is there resources for letter tuck-ins? You can always try stoop waffles.
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