One of the most frequent ways members find out about Postcrossing is through penpals… which leads us to believe that many of you love to write long letters as well as postcards! So for those of you, today we have a recommendation of a special league, a sort of penpal club with a twist… meet the League of Extraordinary Penpals!
The League of Extraodinary Penpals (LEP for short) was started by Laura of Please Deliver To and Julie of Penpal of the Week, both postcrossers and penpals. Their goal was to connect lovers of letters and postcards with other extraordinary mail enthusiasts.
You might be wondering what makes it so extraordinary… well, everyone in the league goes by their superhero alterego, complete with superpowers! These range from “composing legible letters while hurtling through the New York City subway system” to the ability to make “super duper awesome envelopes”. :)
Subscription is paid but well worth it: members have access to their monthly newsletters, filled to the brim with interesting articles, printables, member’s spotlights, mail challenges, stationery offers and of course, penpal opportunities! Plus, there are exclusive LEP groups on several social media websites, on which you can chat and exchange ideas with other members of the community. But be warned – they’re extremely addictive in their contagious enthusiasm for all-things snail mail & stationery!
Sounds interesting? Then head over to their page for more details!
12 comments so far
As a certified member of LEP and I confirm it is completely awesome and full of fantastic, funny, warm and sunshiny people.
Unfortunately my English is too poor for understanding (or taking part of) this project. Not able to write long english letters...postcards are SUPER!!!
I think the price would put a lot of people off...$36 dollars a year?
I'm a member, and I love getting the monthly newsletter with the printable and swap/challenge. The member stationery is pretty cool, too!
As a member myself, I can vouch that it's worth every penny to be a part of the LEP!! It's so much fun and I have so many fabulous new penpals and friends!
I think like zeroday: Too much money. I recommend to go outside, join for the money a "real live" club and meet people in person.
Too much money...
money~
little expensive :/
Nice to know! I browsed the 125 members avatars, which showed mostly women. And also a lot of grey avatars from which you don't know.
Would be nice if they had offered a discount for postcrossers signing up now Postcrossing put them in the spotlight on the blog.
I have the impression it's mainly a girl-business. But also in postcrossing more women participate then men.
Thank you for this, never heard about it before! :)
I love it and I don't mind investing a bit of money on it, sounds like a super fun, happy group of people! :D I just signed up! thank you for sharing!