The Snail Mail Revolution

In-Person Meetup deets below:

Where: This meetup is at Sulzer Regional Library, located at 4455 N Lincoln Ave in Chicago. We'll be meeting in the small meeting room.

When: Wednesday, July 22, 2026 from 5:30pm-7:30pm (no obligation to stay the whole time)

What to Bring: Stationery (cards or letter paper) to write on, pens/pencils/markers, stickers, washi, etc. to decorate cards and letters with, and feel free to bring items to share, if you would like.

If you do not have someone to write, feel free to bring other stationery-adjacent things to work on, like: decorating your planner, drawing, coloring, painting, paper crafting, etc. It's not mandatory to write letters to attend.

Note: RSVPs close 24 hours in advance. If you RSVP yes and do not show, you will be removed from the Snail Mail group for no-showing. Please change your RSVP to no, if necessary, to avoid this.

Hope to see you there!

You will find this post at the beginning of each month. If you're birthday falls in that month, simply leave a comment indicating as much. Then, everyone who would like to send you a birthday card will RSVP. Please understand that your card may arrive a little late or a little early for your big day depending on when it's sent, but think of it as celebrating your birthday month instead of just one day. :)

Each month The Birthday Club will open one month in advance to give you plenty of time to sign up. One the day of the event, I will send out the addresses of our "birthday celebrators" for that month to everyone who has RSVPed. The event will then be closed for any additional birthdays. This month we're celebrating August birthdays!

If you've commented that it's your birthday, please make sure I have your address so I can send it out to everyone. If you've RSVPed, please send your card out sometime during that month. That's it, my friends! We're just here celebrating each other, and we're gonna do all year! Woohoo!

Note: Receiving cards cannot be your first event with our group.

Friends, have you missed the swaps? I have. 🥹 They're back! 😁

Traveling is one of my favorite things! It might rank #2, right behind my love of mail. :) This swap is all things travel themed. Your swap can include stationery, stickers, washi, notecards, pens, used tickets, air mail stamps, etc. Anything related to travel is fair game!

Let's each send at least 3 items for this swap. What counts as an item?

• a couple sheets of stationery
• a folded note card with envelope
• a flat card with envelope
• a postcard
• a writing instrument (pen, pencil, marker, etc.)
• a few stickers
• a sticker sheet
• washi sample
• decorative paperclip
• a couple sheets of themed scrapbook paper
• at least 82 cents worth of stamps
• feel free to go off of the list and include other travel themed items!

So how does this swap work? You RSVP, send me your address, and then on the date of this meetup I will send you the name and address of the person you will be sending your Travel Themed Swap to! That's it! You will then send your Travel Themed Swap out by August 31, 2026. In return, you will receive brand new travel themed items from someone else!

Note: While no shopping is required for this swap, please send items that are new, clean, and unused. All items should be non-offensive, not political in nature, and homemade is welcome as an addition to the swap but does not count as an item.