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Using blank cards for writing to friends can be expensive and the space is limited. What are you using for writing letters to friends? What are your sources?

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I'm currently working through a pack of Crane stationery I picked up around 2000 that sat unused for years. It's monarch size, I think. Since it's just been sitting in a drawer for almost two decades, I consider it free.

 

When I run out, I'm looking at the Clairefontaine Triomphe notepads and envelopes. I'm not sure, though, so I'm going to follow this thread.

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I've got four types of paper that I've found local sources for that I'm pretty happy with. Here's the list:

 

Rhodia no. 16 dot pad. (michaels)

Black n Red, optik. (office depot)

Strathmore, writing. (hobby lobby)

Fabriano, Eco qua. (Jerry's artarama)

 

Some of these are smoother than others, but they all behave well with fountain pen ink.

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Rhodia correspondance pads are available in plain. Supplied with a lined intersheet. Glue top bound. Pale pink, several other pastel colours and white all with matching envelopes.

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I'm currently working through a pack of Crane stationery I picked up around 2000 that sat unused for years. It's monarch size, I think. Since it's just been sitting in a drawer for almost two decades, I consider it free.

 

When I run out, I'm looking at the Clairefontaine Triomphe notepads and envelopes. I'm not sure, though, so I'm going to follow this thread.

Monarch was the size I was thinking about. I think it's the American equivalent to the A5.

Baptiste knew how to make a short job long

For love of it. And yet not waste time either.

Robert Frost

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Rhodia correspondance pads are available in plain. Supplied with a lined intersheet. Glue top bound. Pale pink, several other pastel colours and white all with matching envelopes.

The matching envelopes are a must-have. I'll check the suggestions from Hobby Lobby, Michaels, Staples and Office Depot. Will also check Crane. Thanks folks

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The matching envelopes are a must-have. I'll check the suggestions from Hobby Lobby, Michaels, Stables and Office Depot. Will also check Crane. Thanks folks

Sorry, my info is Europe oriented, hope you have it there.

 

Personal stationery is a pretty big thing in Northern Europe at moment.

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On Crane, I've heard that different finishes are more or less FP friendly. I don't know what finish mine is (I've long lost the label unfortunately), but that finish works well.

 

If possible, finding a stationery shop that will let you write on sample sheets of different types would be a good idea.

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For letters, I find myself with G. Lalo, which isn't the cheapest, but I am not a very casual letter writer so might as well make them special! For longer letters, I use the Verge paper, and for a short thank you note, the Mode De Paris cards with envelopes. I mostly use the cards, which can actually fit a fair bit of writing, especially if you use both sides. For casual letters G. Lalo is quite formal, so if I am writing a letter in the form of my cat writing to my niece and nephews about her adventures (they love my cat!), I would use Original Crown Mill's cotton or laid paper, though I find it bleeds through to the other side with a variety of inks, whereas the G. Lalo doesn't even show through. For a super casual letter, I would probably use Kokuyo Campus Shikkari A5 loose leaf paper, which holds an ink line exceptionally well, is not super thick, no bleed through, and rather smooth to write on.

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For letters, I find myself with G. Lalo, which isn't the cheapest, but I am not a very casual letter writer so might as well make them special! For longer letters, I use the Verge paper, and for a short thank you note, the Mode De Paris cards with envelopes. I mostly use the cards, which can actually fit a fair bit of writing, especially if you use both sides. For casual letters G. Lalo is quite formal, so if I am writing a letter in the form of my cat writing to my niece and nephews about her adventures (they love my cat!), I would use Original Crown Mill's cotton or laid paper, though I find it bleeds through to the other side with a variety of inks, whereas the G. Lalo doesn't even show through. For a super casual letter, I would probably use Kokuyo Campus Shikkari A5 loose leaf paper, which holds an ink line exceptionally well, is not super thick, no bleed through, and rather smooth to write on.

 

Wow! Four suggestions, and none of which I have ever heard of. I have some looking to do.

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For love of it. And yet not waste time either.

Robert Frost

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