On The Straight & Narrow
What It Is: A writing guide for those of us who want to improve their penmanship when addressing letters. The Lettermate is an extremely simple concept – a thin plastic guide – that provides a polished-looking finished result. While the art of letter writing may be a dying trend (but honestly it’s super fun if you haven’t tried it in awhile), there are certain occasions – like Christmas cards, invitations, thank yous, and so on – where handwriting is either a must, or preferred. This simple guide fits a range of envelopes and, using the handy tutorial videos available on The Lettermate‘s website, can actually help you produce some pretty lovely results.
Who It’s For: That pal with the messy writing. Your spouse, as a stocking stuffer they’ll actually use. Your crafty friend, because the envelope is just as critical as the handmade card they’ve stuffed inside.
What It Costs: Just under $20 Canadian for the guide, plus $1 or so shipping.
Where It’s At: You can buy it on Etsy.
BONUS entry into this month’s Nourage giveaway! Tell me in the comments below – would you be interested in this nifty gadget?
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could use this I am a messy writer
I think this is a great idea! I love mailing out letters around Xmas and I’m sure this would help me lots.
I love this little handy gadget. I could use this!
Seems like to much work to me!
Since penmanship is no longer taught in schools, I’d gift this to my young grandsons who I hope would use it..
This would be great for my kids
I think this would be a great gift for a bridal shower.
Yes, I love stuff like this.
Yes, I would love this! I am always embarrassed when the writing on the envelope looks so crooked and slants downward to the right side. Thank you!
I just don’t write many letters anymore – would not be interested.
I like this but wouldn’t spend the money for it.
I don’t think I would spend money for this simply because I cannot think of anyone to give it to.
Perfect for me. Although I’m a neat writer, I do tend to slant to one side.
I would LOVE a lettermate. Our printer always seems to cop out at the perfect time, and I ‘have to’ handwrite envelopes…in my awful penmanship, in crooked lines…
I’m not sure that I need one of those, as I write many letters all the time without worrying about whether they are straight or not.
Wow this is an incredible idea! We would use this so much as we send a lot of letters & parcels! Thanks for reviewing it! 😉
Nourage bonus entry: haha I would totally be interested in this nifty gadget … I pinned it 17 weeks ago!
Yes, I would be very interested in this nifty gadget.
its pretty cool! i have a tendency to let my writing get a little out of control!
To me this is a total waste of money.I couldn’t be bothered.
I would LOVE to improve my penmanship but I don’t know about spending money on this.
Absolutely love this idea! It would definitely help me out! :p Thanks for sharing! 🙂
I could totally use this. All my writing tends to slant up or down!
I don’t know if I would. It’s so easy to print an address using a printer, and most of us don’t address too many envelopes anyways.
I could definitely use this! I hate writing out addresses on envelopes and having the lines go all wonky.
I’m interested! I could definitely use this!