You’ve Got Mail!

Meet the Snail Mail Clubs Delivering Joy to your Mailbox

If you're like me and spend the majority of your time on the internet saving ideas for DIY arts & crafts, you may have noticed an uptick in snail mail clubs making their way across your screens. Girls, artists, and creatives around the world are creating monthly mail clubs to connect with like-minded, creative people, sending handmade art prints, stickers, and keepsakes straight to your mailbox. We talked to snail mail club founders about the creative process, the experience of running a business, and why analog connection is making a comeback.

Purrtty Sweet Mail Club

Los Angeles based artist and designer Marisol Muro is the reigning queen of Marisoland: a playful, technicolor dreamland where creatures run wild – especially cats!

Marisol’s Purrtty Sweet Mail Club delivers monthly stickers, postcards, and other little goodies to brighten your day, featuring her vintage-inspired furry little friends.

“I recently saw the rise of snail mail and how artists are able to share their art in a very affordable way,” Marisol says about starting the club. “If you really love an artist, it's such a treat to get a letter of their work, and you get to support them as well!”

Marisol’s creative process is seemingly constant. She’s always collecting photos, notes, doodles, and anything she finds interesting that makes her mind light up.

“I'm a really curious person, and I've found this is somewhat of a super power,” she says. “I love storytelling, connecting with people, and experiencing new things. It’s a never ending source of inspiration that keeps me creating.”

Fiorenza and Friends

Elena Fiorenza Gatti is an independent artist from Chicago whose work never shies away from the personal stuff, like mental health and well-being, with the hope of making people feel a little less alone.

The Fiorenza and Friends Club grew out of that same instinct. “I wanted to start a mail club as a way to meaningfully connect with my community,” she says. “I think directly dropping off an envelope from my desk to your home, packed with so much love and gratitude, is the best way I can build my community even more authentically, and hopefully brighten someone's day.”

Her creative process has no hard-and-fast rules: "I create when I can and want to, and I create even when I can't and don't want to," she says. "It's just as automatic as breathing."

Running the mail club has been one of the most challenging things she's taken on with Fiorenza Art, and also one of the most rewarding. The emails from members telling her it's the highlight of their month remind her that her hard work pays off, and she feels lucky to have pen pals all across the country.

Craftoholic Mail Club

As a self-described multi-passionate creative, Minna Abalian was struggling to choose which direction to take her art in, before asking herself: who says you can’t do it all? She branded herself as the Craftoholic, building her own business around the freedom to try all the different crafts she’d always wanted to learn.

The Craftoholic Mail Club grew as a way to share her crafts and create a community that encourages slowing down and getting back to the joy of working with your hands. Each month of the mail club focuses on a different art form, style, or motif, with curated mailers that teach members everything from calligraphy to pattern making.

What Minna didn’t expect was how fast the club would grow, or how many hats she’d wear at once: artist, businesswoman, and content creator. But what Minna finds most special is getting to hear from people about how much cheer the mail brings them: “I wouldn't trade the endless hours of work to get it on their doorstep for anything,” she says. “Never underestimate what a little color can do to brighten someone's day.”

Written Mail Club

What started as a love for stickers and journaling has turned into Written Stationery, a shop and monthly mail club run by 20-year-old Masha, where every month brings a new surprise — from kindness punch cards to bonus art prints.

“I saw mail clubs going around and it felt like a fun way to challenge myself artistically,” Masha says. “Having to come up with a whole new design every single month really pushes me. It's helped me figure out what kind of art I like and develop my style."

On the business side of things, her biggest lesson has been balance. "There are months where I don't feel inspired at all. I've gone through multiple full drafts only to scrap everything and start over. I've learned to have grace with myself, but also not to slack off. Those two things can coexist."

Club Ren

Artist Lauren Crawford started her mail club, CLUB REN, after missing the feeling of opening your mailbox to something handmade and meaningful, rather than bills and junk mail. CLUB REN was the answer: a curated envelope of art, affirmations, and keepsakes that feel like a gift to yourself each month.

Lauren's process usually starts with a feeling, theme, or season of life she's moving through, drawing on colors, music, photography, and memories to create art that connects emotionally and visually. She wants each envelope to feel immersive, like opening a tiny world designed to invite reflection and play.

"I've learned how powerful small moments of joy can be," Lauren says. "People really crave tangible connection and thoughtful experiences, especially in such a digital world." Watching people collect and display the mailers has shown her the importance of art as a source of comfort, community, and in reconnecting with our inner-child.

The Cycle Snail Mail Klub

Kilter is doing something unique: making period education fun, approachable, and analog. The small but mighty team behind Kilter runs a monthly mail club, The Cycle Snail Mail Klub, and creates period-tracking stationery and educational tools designed to help you understand your cycle in an accessible way, especially for young people who are just starting to figure out their bodies.

"Your mailbox should bring you joy, and your body should make sense to you," says the Kilter team. The creation of each mailer starts with a brainstorming session, determining which phase of the cycle to celebrate that month. Once the team lands on a theme they love, they design and make almost everything by hand.

"One of our favorite surprises has been watching members repurpose and upcycle our mailer items in their junk journals," they say. "Seeing people give our stuff a whole new life is honestly the best feeling." Gender-inclusive and made for ages 10 and up, Kilter offers calendars, cycle guides, stickers, recipes, and more.