{"id":8193,"date":"2011-05-12T16:56:32","date_gmt":"2011-05-12T23:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/?p=8193"},"modified":"2011-05-12T21:40:39","modified_gmt":"2011-05-13T04:40:39","slug":"writing-in-style-the-art-of-the-handwritten-note","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/valleygirlblog\/art-music\/writing-in-style-the-art-of-the-handwritten-note\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing in Style: The Art of the Handwritten Note"},"content":{"rendered":"

Who isn’t obsessed with Facebook and Twitter? \u00a0If it’s longer than 140-character these days, it seems that our society wants to have nothing to do with it.\u00a0What happened to the romantic days of handwritten love letters? Or thank you notes? Even invitations for fancy soirees are now sent in the form of E-Vites<\/a> or Paperless Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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But there are benefits to picking up that pen and paper. Not only is it more special to those you are writing to, it really gives you a reason to slow down, think about your feelings and put your articulated, official communiqu\u00e9 on record.<\/p>\n

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Cindy Zimmerman, who is a Valley resident, is a published author and advocate of the handwritten note. So much so, that she founded Writing In Style<\/a>, an organization dedicated to preserving the written word. Zimmerman was nice enough to offer AZFoothills.com and Arizona Foothills Magazine<\/em> a few tips when it comes to getting into the groove of paper correspondence.<\/p>\n