Dear Penpal

we are not the most qualified people for this. and yet. 🛍️💌

This week a listener asked Parker and Judit for frugal penpal tips. This same week Parker and Judit bought a lot of stationery. We are doing it anyway. We also have an honest penpal life check in and an update on Parker reaching out to stationery brands for gifted products because transparency is important to us.

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• Instagram: @dearpenpalpodcast
• Email: [email protected]
• Write to us: 290 E L St, PO Box 223, Benicia, CA 94510

Are you a frugal penpal or a maximalist? Be honest 👀💌

#DearPenpalPodcast #Penpals #SnailMail #FrugalLiving #StationeryAddict #LetterWriting #PenpalTips #SnailMailCommunity #StationeryLovers #PenpalLife

new era unlocked 🖊️🎨💌

This week is a cozy life update episode, Judit decorated her journal and something in her has been awakened, Parker got a Paper Republic and her first fountain pen and some ink and there is no going back now. We are gushing over Martina Calvì's sticker book, launching our very first community traveling sticker card project, and reading your messages because you are all so amazing 🥹

CONNECT WITH US:

• Instagram: @dearpenpalpodcast
• Email: [email protected]
• Write to us: 290 E L St, PO Box 223, Benicia, CA 94510

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she found us. she mailed us her zine. judit subscribed. 🥹✂️💌

This week Parker and Judit are talking with Emily (@junk.this.universe), zine maker, snail mail club founder, junk journal lover, former Disney cast member, traveling journal curator, and someone who mailed over 100 letters on a Wednesday evening like it was completely normal. Her snail mail club junk.this.zine sends a different themed zine to subscribers every month, rip it, read it, stick it in your journal, and we are obsessed.

Also her brand new website is dropping this week and we are so excited for her 🎉

CONNECT WITH US:

• Instagram: @dearpenpalpodcast
• Email: [email protected]
• Write to us: 290 E L St, PO Box 223, Benicia, CA 94510

FIND EMILY:

• Instagram & TikTok: @junk.this.universe + @emily_made_universe
• New website: junkthisuniverse.com
• Use code GRANDOPENING for 10% off through July 1st 🎉

Are you a junk journaler? Tell us! ✂️💌

#DearPenpalPodcast #JunkJournal #Zine #SnailMail #SnailMailClub #JunkThisZine #LetterWriting #Penpals #TravelingJournal #ZineCommunity

we have some things to report 👀💌

This week Parker and Judit are reading your messages, sharing a truly beautiful letter that arrived at the PO box, and a penpal update from Poland, an actual art restorer, and addressing the most important news of the week which is that Judit currently has 26 active penpals. Twenty six. We talk about it.

CONNECT WITH US:

• Instagram: @dearpenpalpodcast
• Email: [email protected]
• Write to us: 290 E L St, PO Box 223, Benicia, CA 94510

How many penpals do you have? Be honest 👀💌

#DearPenpalPodcast #Penpals #SnailMail #LetterWriting #PenpalLife #SnailMailCommunity #ListenerMail #PenpalCommunity #SnailMailLover #Correspondence

We are going to Disneyland and we are doing it for the penpals & junk journals 🏰💌

This week Parker and Judit break down almost everything you can collect, save, buy, and lovingly hoard at Disneyland to send to the people you love through the mail (or just keep for yourself). We are talking pressed pennies, actual mailboxes inside the park with its Disneyland postmark, park maps, food packaging worth saving, the best postcards and where to find them, a land by land guide to what is worth collecting where, and five themed penpal letter ideas you can build entirely from your park haul.

Whether you are going to Disneyland next week or just dreaming about it from your stationery desk, this one's for you.

Disclaimer: we are penpal lovers first and Disney experts never, but we did our best and we think you are going to love it. 🎀

CONNECT WITH US:

• Instagram: @dearpenpalpodcast
• Email: [email protected]
• Write to us: 290 E L St, PO Box 223, Benicia, CA 94510

Have you ever sent someone something from Disneyland in a letter? Tell us! 🎢📬

#DearPenpalPodcast #Disneyland #SnailMail #Penpals #PressedPennies #DisneyMail #LetterWriting #DisneylandTips #AnalogLife #PenpalCommunity #junkjournal

Your envelopes are about to get a serious upgrade ✉️🎨

This week Parker and Judit are talking with Brenna Malmberg (@brennamedia) — San Diego based mail artist, Paper Source content creator, and someone who has completely transformed the way we think about envelopes. We talk about her process, her Posca pens, what it's like to create content for a brand you love, mailing things from London like a true mail girlie, and why the envelope is just as important as the letter inside.

CONNECT WITH US:

• Instagram: @dearpenpalpodcast
• Email: [email protected]
• Write to us: 290 E L St, PO Box 223, Benicia, CA 94510

CONNECT WITH BRENNA:

• Instagram: @brennamedia
• Shop: @snailmailedit
• Website: snailmailedit.com

What does your envelope decorating process look like? Tell us! 🖊️💌

#DearPenpalPodcast #MailArt #EnvelopeArt #PoscaPens #PaperSource #SnailMail #Brennamedia #LetterWriting #Penpals #SnailMailEdit

This week we sat down with Hope Steinle (@hopesteinle) — pressed flower artist, founder of The Wildflower Post snail mail club, and a genuinely open guest. We talked about pressing flowers from her Kansas garden, saving color when flowers dry, her husband's handmade flower presses, the bug situation (you'll have to listen), and what it looks like to grow something beautiful slowly and on your own terms.

We left this conversation feeling really inspired. We hope you do too.

CONNECT WITH US:

• Instagram: @dearpenpalpodcast
• Email: [email protected]
• Write to us: 290 E L Street, PO Box 223, Benicia, CA 94510, USA

Have you ever pressed a flower and sent it in a letter? 💌🌼

#DearPenpalPodcast #PressedFlowers #SlowLiving #SnailMail #WildflowerPost #HopeSteinle #PressedFlowerArt #IntentionalLiving #LetterWriting #Penpals

A cozy and very honest episode 💌

We're reading your messages and checking in on our real life penpal situations and sharing some updates.

CONNECT WITH US:

• Instagram: @dearpenpalpodcast
• Email: [email protected]

#DearPenpalPodcast #Penpals #SnailMail #LetterWriting #Stationery #Stickers #ListenerMail #PenpalLife #SnailMailCommunity

400 downloads in?! We're celebrating! 🎉💌

This week Parker announces the penpal starter set giveaway winner, shares a community penpal search update (the connections you've all been making are everything!), and goes down a Royal Mail rabbit hole; turns out you can write to royal families and sometimes get a letter back. Which one should we try first?

Plus: fountain pens that arrived from Japan and were immediately forgotten, a postcard stamp deep dive, and the great custom stickers vs. postcards debate.

CONNECT WITH US:

• Instagram: @dearpenpalpodcast
• Email: [email protected]

Should we make custom postcards, stickers, or both? Let us know! 👑📬

#DearPenpalPodcast #Penpals #SnailMail #StationeryDesk #FountainPen #RoyalMail #PostcardStamps #Stationery #LetterWriting #PenpalCommunity

Local stationery and junk journal communities are thriving! 📓✨

This week we're talking with Janielle from SF Junk Journal Club (@sfjunkjournalclub) about running a local junk journal meetup, the recent SF Stationery Festival, and how in-person stationery communities are popping up everywhere!

FIND SF JUNK JOURNAL CLUB:

- Instagram: @sfjunkjournalclub

CONNECT WITH US:

- Instagram: @dearpenpalpodcast

- Email: [email protected]

- PO Box: 290 E L St, PO Box 223, Benicia, CA, 94510, USA

Do you have a local stationery or penpal club? Tell us about it! 💌

#DearPenpalPodcast #JunkJournal #SFJunkJournalClub #StationeryFestival #LocalCommunity #Penpals #JunkJournaling #SanFrancisco #StationeryClub #SnailMail