Pen Pal Swap Celebrating Women's Friendship Month

September is International Women's Friendship Month, so this will be an international pen pal swap where you send a long letter to one partner in a decorated envelope.

The idea is to meet a new friend and make a new pen pal, one you will hopefully strike up a true friendship with and correspond with long term.

You don't have to be a woman to participate in this swap (there's just no way to double check for that on the Internet), but you do need a sincere interest in finding long-term, platonic, friendly correspondence with a female pen pal.

Your letter should be a long letter, at least five pages if you write and three A4 sized sheets if you type, and include at least two things about you that go beyond the basics - something that your real friends already know but your casual acquaintances do not. Be sure to include your mailing address so your new friend can write you back.

Also, please send your letter in a decorated envelope that will make it stand out in a mailbox full of white envelopes. Add color, rubber stamps, doodles, pictures from magazines, whatever you think would make your new pen friend smile when she sees your envie.

Finally, this is my first time to host a letter swap so if I left something out -- or things are unclear -- please do not hesitate to ask!

To Summarize:

-- Send a long letter (at least five pages written or three pages typed) to one swapper -- Include at least two things about yourself that only your real friends would know -- Include your address so your new friend can write you back -- Put the letter in a decorated envelope

And be sure to write back once you get your letter from your other partner!

Have Fun, Onyx