But sadly, ever since I moved to Seattle, I don’t get to see them as much as they are all back in Utah. We talk on the phone, play Scramble with Friends, and see each other’s pics on Instagram, but we don’t have as much of that meaningful sister time. That’s why I was happy to partner up with Avant pens, who is encouraging us all to get more personal with our connections and write to our loved ones. Not type or text, but write!

I got out some cards – cutest stationary from Lark Press, gathered my new slick pen thanks to Avant Pens, and started writing a few things to my sissies, telling them how much they mean to me.

This pen writes like magic, no clumping or skipping a step. It even has to option to interchange ink, so you can go from red, to blue, to black in a flash! And you can find them exclusively at Staples. It was perfect for lots of letter writing, as I have 3 sisters. And I hope they love my notes as much as I loved writing them. Who do you have in your life that needs a little love, a card, something in the mail or even dropped off on their doorstep? Because 6 of you have the chance to win some of these smooth sailing pens yourself, wahoo!!


This giveaway is now closed. Thanks to all who entered. I will contact you for more information. Congrats to our winners: 51 Kelly, 61 Rose, 13 Chelsey, 112 Mary Anne, 92 Janine, 91 Mindy Giveaway Entries: For your chance to win 1 of  6 pen sets from Avant, leave a comment on this post telling who you’d write some snail mail to, by Wednesday October 3rd @ midnight PST. I’ll announce the winner chosen from random on Thursday morning October 4th. Good Luck! *US and Canada residents only Extra Entries – enter a new comment for each extra entry telling what you did:

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*Disclosure: this was a sponsored post by Avant, but all ideas and writing are my own. 

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