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You can still enter our active giveaways.
I love it when my job introduces me to people I didn’t know and when I can then introduce you all to those people. This week’s giveaway is from someone I just had a chance to “meet,” Ruth of Black Sheep Note Cards.
This Maine-based business produces note cards with knitting and crochet themes as well as sheep jewelry.
Ruth was kind enough to send me one of each of her five notecard designs to share with you.
The cards measure 4.25 by 5.5 inches and envelopes are included.
To enter to win, leave a comment on this post before the end of the day Sunday (March 10). I’d love to know if you still send people notes or letters in the mail. I have one friend in Massachusetts who I write actual letters to, and my daughter loves drawing pictures and mailing them to her grandparents. It’s so cute!
Thanks for your interest and good luck!
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By Sarah White
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83 Comments so far
I used to have penpals all over the world- Japan, France and Italy! I’m still in touch through social media now, but I do keep letter writing alive! My sister and I regularly write letters, notes and postcards.
I do still write notes; although not nearly as many as I should.
I love sending notes, especially to my fellow knitters.
I love sending notes, cards. I had a pen pal growing up. Started in 3rd grade and we wrote letters often. We finally met in person when she came for my wedding…
I still like to send notes and cards in the mail. I sent a thank you note out today. I would love to win these to send to my knitting friends.
I rarely send letters anymore, but I do like to have a stash of nice cards for the occasional time I need to send a thank you or something. A lot of the potential recipients are knitters, so these cards would be great!
I’m ALWAYS sending postcards to my family and I love collecting them too! I have a drawer full of ones from really exotic places. xx
I send thank yous through the snail mail. I appreciate the thought that someone has taken in a gift so I return the kindness in turn with a handwritten note.
I’m a spinner and a knitter and so are a lot of my friends. I’d love to send them one of these cards.
I write notes to parents. I am an elementary school librarian…. I love sending interesting note cards of things that I love…like knitting and books.
I do still write letters, especially to far-flung loved ones. I’m working on teaching my kids write letters as well. My 16 yo son has old fashioned penpals in Hong Kong, London, Korea and San Francisco. Personally, I would love to send a yarn-inspired card to my fiber loving friends.
I mail out thank you notes, and also birthday and New Year’s cards. I also participate in a crafty swaps and would love to use these notecards for that!
I seldom send any letters on its own, but I’ll include a note card in all the snail mails i send for exchanges.
I do still write notes to family. I may be old fashioned but I love snail mail!
I still write thank you notes! These are lovely cards…
I do love to send cards especially on birthdays, thanks!
These are adorable! I do send notes and cards. And these cards would be so cute to accompany a hand made gift! I love sheep!
These notes are so cute!
I still send notes via snail mail and love receiving them too!
I still write letters to my Mother who lives too far away for visits in person very often but likes to read and re-read letters. Sometimes just for fun I send a letter to my grand children because receiving something in the mail is always a nice surprise.
Ah the lost art of sending notes…. So glad I’m not alone…. Send about a dozen a week….well somebody’s got to keep the post office in business….! I Would be honored to have these beautiful cards to send out to my note writing friends…..
I don’t often send letters as such, but I do send a lot of blank cards. I use them for thank yous, little updates, and just to brighten someone’s day
These fiber and knitting cards are adorable. They would be fun for sending to my knitting friends! Thanks for the great giveaway!!
Writing letters is now the way to really show someone that you care. I can’t remember the last one I received. Although, I do try to send some now and then. And having a pretty card gives me a good “excuse” to write to one of those special people! Thanks for the giveaway!
I still write notes, although probably not as often as I should. Most often I write to fellow knitters/crafters and these cards would be perfect!
Love to send these cuties to my girlfriends across the country!
I still send short notes by mail, but very rarely write letters any more. Such a shame as I know I love receiving long letters!
These cards are wonderful. My favorite is the kitty on the balls of yarn.
I still use snail mail to write notes and cards to friends and family and my nickname is miss hallmark!
My mother, a knitter, sends cards all the time. I would love to give these to her (and maybe keep one myself to send to her!).
I’m a shepherd, I would LOVE to have these! I’m off to check your website.
Although this seems to be something that is not as common… I still send cards and notes to family who live afar!!
I still write notes (and even letters!) to friends. I write more (meaning longer) than I do in emails and the notes/letters are normally filled with cute quotes.
Love your cards!!!! Not only do I adore knitting,sheep and cats … But put them all together as cards and it’s perfect!!! Plus my best friend had an antique shop called Black Sheep Antiques…
Ellen
Yes, I send notecards to family — we are all so far-flung anymore, and I don’t really care to use Facebook for personal communications. Plus the cards can be passed around; my neices love them.
Yes, I love sending cards to family and friends. I will even make my own. I think they are so much more personel then an e-mail.
I still do send “snail mail” mostly pick me up and “hang in there” cards to friends or family who are struggling with something. These look amazing! I would love to send them
I have treated myself to cute yarn-themed note cards, but I can’t send them; I want to keep them for myself! I have a few framed and sitting on my yarn storage shelves. Thanks for the giveaway.
Very sweet! There’s nothing quite like receiving a handwritten letter or card in the good old fashioned post! I’m in my mid-20′s and think it’s a bit of a shame that most young people barely write anymore.
I’m a big advocate of thank you notes, and would love these!
These are adorable, and I love sending folks mail they don’t need to pay for
I love to send note cards & my grandson is learning to send thank you cards from his stepmother. Would love to win these!
Oh !!! I would love to win !
I like sending cards and notes to the g-niece and g-nephews – kids love getting mail! I usually tuck stickers in the envelope and put a few on the outside – hopefully they’ll continue the handwritten tradition when they grow up!
i love sheepy note cards!!!!
I write mostly to my family. My Mother enjoys the stationery I give her every year for Mothers’ Day.
I still write notes, and I love to find neat blank cards to write them in
What wonderful note cards! I am involved in a lot of exchanges and I always include a handwritten note.
Those are so cute. I still write cards to people, especially thank-yous. Needlework cards would be so great. Thanks for the giveaway.
I often send cards to family and friends because I still love getting them myself!
Sweet cards! I still write notes and would love to use these. Thanks for the giveaway!
These cards are lovely! Yes, I still write and send cards. My Mom raised us that we always sent Thank You cards for gifts. My Grandparents and Godparents lived in Europe so writing letters was a big part growing up. I’m hoping that writing and sending physical cards doesn’t die away to emails and ecards.
Thank you for a great giveaway and a chance to win.
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Those are fabulous! I still send lots of letters through the mail. And most of them come with a surprise package too!
These are such clever reminders of a more relaxed and simple lifestyle.
It would be nice to include a tea-bag along with the note to your friends…a subtle message to say “slow down, girl!”
We all go too fast.
Love it, Buttermilk Lane!!!
I send lots of notes, especially thank yous.
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The cards are really cool!
I have a few close friends to whom I send various notes and cards in the mail. Also, my kids love to receive little notes in their lunchboxes.
I do still write notes, but defintely not as often as I should – especially at the moment, seem to be very behind. I think they are lovely to recieve so like to send back too. These are such sweet cards.
I love to write notes and letters to people, and to receive them!
These are so cute. I love to send notecards. There’s nothing like getting a real piece of mail these days!
I sometimes use note cards and write notes, even if a greeting card would be easier. My friends appreciate the fact that I take the time to write.
Yes, I do send notes. It’s amazing how it brightens someones day and lets them know that you are thinking of them.
Oh, and I love the sheep!
I love sending notes and letters and receiving them, so much nicer than email.
I love to send notes to people they love it people these days only get bills in the mail. Those cards would look great with a sticker on the outside to match the cards. I also send cards for notes to the teachers.
my daughter loves to write thank you cards! I’ve gotten in the habit also for dinner invites, favors done for me, etc…
I send notes and letters to my nieces and nephews and friends who are deployed.
I send cards and letters to my elderly aunts abroad who have landline telephones and no computers.
Oh gosh, those little lambikins are just too dang cute. I still do alot of penpaling and send note cards to widows.
Oh those are so cute. I love sheep on things.
I still send notes, mostly to my kids at school. These would be great!
I would love to have a set because I do still send notes to my friends.
I send notes to my loves still… about 2-3 notes a week in total… These are great and I’d love to writ eon them!
theese look so sweet, i love the one with the cat!
I still write letters, but very few. I do belong to a postcard exchange on Ravelry and it’s nice getting cards from all over the world.
Yes, I do still send cards and notes to people through the mail! I have a number of older relatives who do not use computers and they love to get fun mail!! These cards are so great, especially love the sheep themed ones!
What lovely cards! I still send cards by mail- mostly thank-you’s. Not nearly as many as in the pre-email days, though!
I mail my grands notes even though they live in the same town, I am afraid the art of mailing will have disappeared by the time they are grown.
I DO send cards, especially to those in the older generation.
I still send a lot of cards. Everyone likes to receive a card and they are always a nice surprise.
I can never avoid places that sell cards, be it mseum shops or handmade from the market, I need more friends to write to!
i use snail mail with my family and close friends! its fun getting mail
I don’t write letters nearly as much as I used to, but I still send a few here and there. I always send notes in cards, which I do still send for birthdays and holidays. The Black Sheep notecards look so cute!
Most of the cards I send are thank yous.
Thanks for the chance to win!
I love making cards.