The more digital everything becomes, the more luxurious the hand-written – and mechanically typed – starts to feel. A fountain pen and ink; a sheaf of monographed paper; a red vintage typewriter? All somehow madly flattering both to receiver and giver.
Personalised paper and envelopes £48, memopress.co.uk
Red ink £38, montblanc.com
‘With love’ stickers £8.50, choosingkeeping.com
Address book £29, papier.com
Vintage typewriter £230, londontypewriters.co.uk
Hay Apex desk lamp £89, selfridges.com
Correspondence cards, box of 10 £28, smythson.com
Kawaco fountain pen £26, papersmiths.co.uk
Tilde pencil case £8.95, domesticsciencehome.co.uk
Peanuts stamp set £13.60, shop.royalmail.com