{"id":71257,"date":"2021-10-07T06:00:31","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T10:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/?p=71257"},"modified":"2021-10-05T12:49:38","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T16:49:38","slug":"thursday-treats-world-post-day-10-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/thursday-treats-world-post-day-10-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday Treats – World Post Day 10\/7"},"content":{"rendered":"

When was the last time you wrote a letter?<\/strong> Not a text message or an email, but an actual physical letter? I know, handwritten letters can, quite literally, be a pain to draft. \u201cOld ways are hard,\u201d writes Wesley Baines<\/a>. \u201cThey\u2019re time-consuming. And how we spend our time is a language unto itself\u2014a letter written by hand creates a much different set of feelings than a simple email \u2026 Writing to someone, taking the time to craft each letter, to buy a stamp, to select an envelope, to travel to the post office\u2014none of this goes unnoticed. A letter, before the content is even read, has already said, \u2018I care about you. You\u2019re someone special.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

This Saturday, October 9th, is World Post Day<\/a>. So named by the Universal Postal Union (UPU) Congress in 1969, it marks the anniversary of the establishment of the UPU in the Swiss Capital of Bern in 1874. More than 150 countries around the world celebrate World Post Day in various ways, including an International Letter-Writing Competition<\/a> for students aged 9-15.<\/p>\n

We think World Post Day is the perfect opportunity to celebrate the value of letters in our own roles as family historians. So, to that end, we have combed through the Shoppe for kits, cards, and templates you can use to create scrapbook layouts about and including letters.<\/p>\n

\"Pen<\/a> \"Pen<\/a> \"Across<\/a>\"A<\/a>\"A<\/a>\"Y<\/a>
\n\"Brook's<\/a>\"Owl<\/a><\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>\"You've<\/a>\"Christmas<\/a>\"Brook's<\/a>\"A<\/a>\"Christmas<\/a>\"Cindy's<\/a><\/p>\n

Looking for ways to include a letter in your next layout?<\/strong> We\u2019ve got some suggestions:<\/p>\n