Make Someone Happy With a Personal Note
In the old days, a letter was sealed by a wax seal. This seal served two purposes of providing a tamper-evident closure for the envelope and identifying the correspondent. These days, envelopes are available that close with lickable glue or self-sticking glue. The sender identification is provided by return address labels that are stuck in the upper-left area of the envelope. These address labels can be generic in appearance, or you can order custom-printed labels. Custom-printed labels can have a small decoration for your envelopes, and any small decoration is an advantage.
Most people look forward to the arrival of the daily postal delivery. Even though the mailbox usually holds a dull collection of junk mail or bills, it often contains the treat of a catalog. Sometimes, contudo, our feelings of anticipation and suspense is rewarded with something personal, such as a greeting card or a travel postcard. We look forward to receiving such a gesture from a friend or loved one. These tokens of love and remembrance brighten our day more than any email message or phone call could ever do.
The old saying, To have a friend, be a friend, can be morphed into a new saying that says, To receive mail, send mail. But beyond just a message that can be filed away for future perusal, a message can be made more memorable by making it artful as well as meaningful. Begin with the message inside. The simplest correspondence is a thoughtful hand-written note on plain but nice stationery. The next step up is letter paper with some adornment or small illustration that expresses the personality of the sender. If the paper is decorated, most likely the envelope will be colored, too. The colored envelope stands out from the bills and junk mail as a harbinger of a fun time to come.
Even more enjoyable is a greeting card. Even if its just a simple birthday card, always, always add a short note to the person. é claro, we’ve all seen greeting cards with an envelope that is more brightly colored than any stationery envelope. These provide a truly festive touch in the mailbox. Getting back to address labels, now that you have an envelope that stands out for your distinctive personal message, decorate it further with a custom-printed address label.
Before we close the topic of personal mail, lets look at the address on the front of the envelope. The United States Postal Service has provided a set of rules for the mailing address on the envelope. The Service wants you to type the address in all capital letters without any punctuation. The last line of the address should contain the city, state, and ZIP code. The previous line this should show the street address. If there is a suite or apartment number, these should appear on the same line as the street address and not on a line below. Since it is difficult to read all capital letters in a typeface with serifs, it is better to use a sans-serif typeface such as Arial rather than one with serifs, such as Times New Roman.
