Essence of Written Letters Of Affection

Do you remember how you used to get handwritten letters from friends, family or lovers?

Did they ever put a bit of their perfume or cologne on the paper for you to smell as you read the words they took the time to write to you?

Remember the memories it brought back to you as you read them?

Did you also touch and caress the letters on the page to get a feeling of their essence as they wrote those words on the paper?

New is not always better. You can write lots of letters and correspondences through e-mail and the internet and on text messages. These are all good but not if you want to be able to hold onto a person's essence and love that they put forth to write a handwritten letter.

Electronic letters don't allow you to smell a person's frangrance and it will not be able to bring those kinds of memories to you to cherish forever.

Here are a few things to get you started.

Letters of Affection don't always come from lovers but from Grandparents, Parent's, Siblings and Friends.

What a joy to recieve a card that is handwritten and made by your true love or a picture of them included in the card or letter. I am no poet and have tried several times to write such but I have several places where you can read and ponder of what kind of words, language and things you would like to say to your oved one.

This site is about letter writting and there are love letters from the ?Civil War that you may want to read to get you some ideas abotut your writing and how to write something romantic:

http://spec.lib.vt.edu/cwlove/

Here is a site that has many quotations in Old English so that you may understand and write some of these to your loved one also:

http://www.giga-usa.com/quotes/authors/old_english_writing_a001.htm

If you would like something from the Bible there is an excellent book written therin that has such beautiful words:

http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/www/Bible/Song_of_Solomon.html

Now you have something to ponder and possibly write in your card or letter of affection. Do it right and write it in Calligrapgy. They will get a lovely surprise from you when they open up the letter or card and they will know that you have put alot of effort behind your words.

Here is a good site that you can learn how to write calligraphy:

http://www.expertvillage.com/video-series/231_calligraphy.htm

Now it is time to go and find some good quality card stock. Card Stock is heavy paper and you can use it for cards, creative wrapping for the gifts that you may want to include with your letter.

Let your iner child come trhogh with this project. Add ribbons and bows and button and scents for the nose. A flower petal is a good thing to add to your letter or you could use a pressed flower of your choice. They are easy to do. Just press the flower petals sandwiched between two sheets of wax paper in a large book. Your recipient will know and feel the love that you put into their letter or card.

There are many places to get your paper from. Office Supply stores all the way to Michaels and JoAnn's to Walmart and small Mom and Pop Stores. Be creative.

This will be somethig that will be cherished all their lives.

Now you are ready to hand write your Letter or Card of Affection.