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Even with ever-popular e-mail and social-networking Web sites that provide a fast way for friends and family to connect, nothing takes the place of postal notes and cards arriving in the mailbox. There will always be a place for a handwritten note or beautiful card to cheer someone along in life. To enjoy this personal art of communication, the key is to have everything you need within reach and an assortment of pretty stationery to filter through and decide who gets what.

We converted a wonderful hinged wooden box into a decorative, antique-looking stationery gift for Mother’s Day.

The portability of this box is ideal for taking one’s letter-writing to the outdoors or even to bed at night to jot a few words down to loved ones before you drift off.......

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