Flea Market Love Letters

Dear Mis Heather, Hoping this finds you all in Bushy Park very well, as I not so bad. I got over all right and feel a nice crossing. I landed in Glasgow at 1100 Friday morning reached here at 5 in the evening. I was simply fed up with traveling and waiting on trains. Well Miss Heather I am here in uniform enrolld and starting duty on Monday Morning. There are about 200 kids here all together, they are very nice and [unreadable] , but others of course are quite the opisit to

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Our October 2026 Newsletter.

A blog talking about tips for writing and sending more postcards.

Xx I am writing this to you at Ormond Rd. hoping you will be there. Anyway I will write home as well on Saturday. You haven’t got a letter from me for a while now. I am at work now, as I got a lift all the ways this morning as the man who usually brings me is on vacation. From your letters I see that things are O.K. and I am puzzled as to how Charlie is [unreadable]. Is it serious? I asked Betty to advice Dadda not to be confiding in everybody in Lackelly. Anyway I do hope yo

Dear Beth, You [unreadable] mad with me for not writing to you sooner, but really I can’t get down to writing at times. Anyway, I always tell Mamma to pass on the news to you. How are you anyway? I suppose everything is pretty much the same in Dublin. As for me Beth, T.G. I am feeling fine anyway, and I have been to the doctor again on the 7th of this month. This time he didn’t examine me like previous times, just a test for blood pressure + checks my weight. I have already

September 2026 Newsletter.

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This August, I'm putting my letter writing skills to use for good. I've created 31 letter writing prompts for A Note a Day August, and I'll be writing one handwritten letter every day throughout the month in support of From Me to You. By the end of August, I'll have donated 31 letters through the charity's Donate a Letter program. I'd love for you to join in too. Use the prompt list below to write one letter, a few letters, or even all 31 throughout August. Every handwritten

Our June 2026 edition.

On Paper Fest Summary

We're no strangers to loving a wax seal here at Flea Market H.Q. In this post from 2024 I shared a bit about the history of wax seals plus some shots of our own small collection of the tools necessary to achieve a seal. So when I saw this collection on popular second-hand resale site 'Vinted' I knew they had to come home with me. This is by far the largest collection of 'incomplete' wax seals I've come across as a collector. With over 30 different seals and wax colors the my

Longtime readers here at Flea Market H.Q. will know that we not only love the letters themselves but have in recent years expanded to collecting the various bits and bobs -- accoutrements, if you will -- that are letter adjacent. Back in 2021 we shared our collection of antique letter writing 'guides' as a monthly series. That's why in London earlier this year on a letter ladies themed weekend, we were thrilled to be gifted this delicate relic of postal history: a pocket lett

The thing about a letter is the best ones rarely arrive when we're expecting them. That goes for passion projects, too. 9 years ago I started photographing envelopes and sharing them on Instagram. And now we're here looking at almost a decade of a project and the community that has knit itself together around it. Creating this space has been one of the greatest joys of my life. It has brought me friendship, allowed me to explore the world differently and do my absolute favor

Hello Letter Lovers... Letter Writing Habits Chances are if you're subscribed to this newsletter — thank you, again! — you're a letter writer, or someone who wishes they wrote more. Letter writing has been proven to benefit both the writer and recipient, mentally and physically. But like any habit, it takes intention. Which is why in 2026 it's more important than ever to make time to sit down, slow down and write. Recently, I found myself in the uncomfortable realization that

3 tips to cure a letter writing dry spell

An introduction to Liz Maguire, creator and curator of the project.

April 2026 edition.

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