hello and welcome to day 8 of my 2026 gift guides! earlier this year i read/listened to the book The Correspondent by Virginia Evans and it was a 5-star read for me. I loved the story, I loved Sybil (and her name!) and I loved how the book was entirely made up of email and letter correspondence back and forth.
if you, or any of your friends, loved that book and left it feeling inspired to start writing more letters, this gift guide is the perfect one for you! ✉️
one: no letter is complete without a fresh wax seal adorning the back (imho). this poppy brass wax seal kit from Anthro is lovely.
two: second to a wax seal is a beautiful stationery set to get started with. this one is a folio-style set with 12 notecards, matching envelopes, tucked inside a coordinating folder with a ribbon-tie closure. WANT. *adds to cart*
three: maybe you aren’t quite ready to fully enter your pen pal era, but you DO want to start leaving more notes around… from your child’s lunch box, to notes on the fridge, these ‘love in a note’ mini notecards are the perfect gateway into letter-writing.
four: i just found out there’s a Deluxe edition of The Correspondent which will be perfect to add to your bookshelf if you don’t own it already.
five: these stamp shaped coasters are perfect for any writing desk, dontcha think?
six: these little mini beeswax candles stay lit for 20 minutes, making it the perfect little timer for you to sit down and write a few notes to some of your favorite people.
seven: this is the PERFECT gift — this letter writing set has 40 sheets of letter paper, 20 coordinating envelopes, 20 embossed adhesive wax seals, a pen, and a writing guide to help keep your lines straight. talk about
eight: alternatively, if you already have a bunch of cards or paper laying around and you don’t want to fuss with a legit wax seal, these adhesive wax seals are a game changer!
nine: HOW CUTE ARE THESE LITTLE CROISSANT CARDS IN THE LITTLE MINI ENVELOPES?!! sorry to yell, but imagine getting this tiny little card in the mail (!!!)
ten: round out any stationery-esque gift with the gateway to all things mail: a book of stamps
eleven: if you want to be a letter writer, but you are looking for a more prompted way to write them, this year of letters has little starts on the back of each letter (example: "It was a delight when you…”) so you can think of someone and pop off from there.
twelve: ugh, on of my fav pen pals sent me a note on this set of notecards from Mr. Boddington’s Studio — no envelope needed. just a pen and a stamp and some rambles!
thirteen: last, but not least — if you want to have a crafty hand in the card you send before you send it, or you have an artsy friend, these watercolor notecard sets are perfect (and you can pair with a small set of watercolors, if you wanted to go above and beyond!)
Alright, that’s all for today! xoxo
