Summer may be over, but that doesn’t mean your travel plans for the year are finished!  The next time you pack your bags, add notecards to your list of travel essentials! Here are the top 4 reasons why sending a note to someone special (or to yourself) while you’re on vacay is a good idea:                                              

1. If it’s a romantic getaway you’re after, chances are, you left the kids at home. There’s no better way to say, “we’re thinking of you and we miss you” than by sending a quick handwritten note or a postcard to the little ones you left behind.    

2. Travel can be a great time for reflection. It’s a time when you get to slow down and be intentional with your thoughts. You don’t have to wait until you get home to act on them! Having notecards on hand means you can share inspirational thoughts in the moment.                                                                                          

3. Checking your work email while you are away can be disastrous. Leave work behind and in the hands of a capable co-worker. Send a note from your travels letting him or her know you appreciated them stepping in for you while you were away.                                                                                                                        

4. How many times have you gone away and tried to bottle up the feeling that washes over you. A fantastic sunset, a great dinner, an amazing excursion - don’t let those moments pass you by entirely. Mail yourself a note memorializing them. When you get home, it will be a welcome reminder of the great times you just enjoyed.                                                                                                             

We think that good stationery is a necessity. Why? Because daily life begs for a chance to be memorialized. The good, the hard, the exciting, the grateful, the momentous - are all waiting to be written down. Preferably on a notecard - to a friend, a colleague, or a relative. Not everyone will write a book in his or her lifetime, but we are all our own authors.  Stationery makes writing easy because it allows us a short and simple way of expression. Admittedly, our stationery is fancy. But the written words don’t have to be – just something simple, from someone special. We think that’s a necessity!