This holiday season, why not upgrade your gift by adding a personal touch – a handwritten note or letter. Menw Hurkens will inspire you to do just that. Based in the Netherlands, she’s a project manager by day and an avid collector of vintage ephemera by night.
Her collection includes anything and everything, through which she revives the ancient art of letter writing. “Creativity comes from a long way back, and has developed throughout the years in an always present character trait,” she recalled in an interview with Surely Simple. “As a kid, I was always busy collecting things, wooden boxes, postage stamps, poetry illustrations, books, paper, but also ladybugs or tadpoles.”
“Some of my favorite things to do is decorating envelopes, making flipbooks and collages and write letters,” she went on to say. “I seriously get happy by unpacking mail and discover a little bit of the world from the person behind it.”
Her collection includes postcards, stickers, washi tape, and original wax seals. Some of which she also sells on her Etsy shop. Prepare to fall in love with paper:
