Connect Write

Recently, on my Instagram account, a discussion commenced about the importance of written communication, specifically in reference to small business owners sending notes to their clients. Thank you notes.

Not just any thank you notes … handwritten thank you notes.

I know someone who will buy consistently from the same company because of the handwritten thank you they place inside each order. Not the discount, not the quality of the stuff … the personal touch through a quickly scrawled thanks.

With our ever-increasing techno world,  ever-increasing options for distraction and disengagement, could it be that our need for connection will also be ever-increasing?

What do we do with that?

Thank you notes can still be the answer.

I love to get a piece of snail mail. My son will walk to the mailbox every day looking for mail, even if he only gets some on his birthday. Could it be that a client or a coach or a teacher may feel the same way? Sometimes, one note makes a huge difference. 

In combination with my love of watercolor and lettering, I began making my own thank you cards (sure, I can buy a thank you note and write in it … a great option for saving time, btw … but I enjoy making things and can never quite find cards in my style for my specific purpose or audience).

If you are like me, and like to put pen or paint to paper, here are five ideas for making your own thank you cards:

1. Watercolor wash blend background

 

2. Minimalist doodles in mixed colors

 

3. White on black

 

4. Dotted colors

 

5. Watercolor flowers and ink

 

Go ahead. Try a thank you note. Buy one or make one. Then, fill it with a hand-written note for your customer, client, coach, teacher, child, family member, or friend.

There’s always time for a hand-written note. Watch what it does for the connection in that relationship.

When has a written note touched your heart?

Happy creating!

Joanne