Letters from Laura

Letters from Laura — A real letter, once a month
Laura writing letters at a warm wooden table with tea and dried flowers
Letters from Laura

A real letter,
once a month.

Things happening in my world, maybe yours too. Recipes, home ideas, small things that make you slow down and think. Real connection, through the mail.

Subscribe — $15/month
Hand-addressed by Laura
Mailed from Connecticut
Arrives every month
$15/month — shipping included
What this is

Not a newsletter. Not a box.
A letter.

It arrives in your mailbox in a real envelope — hand-addressed, stamped with a seasonal design, sealed and sent with care. Inside is a letter I wrote to you from my kitchen, my porch, my Connecticut life.

Something is happening in my world every month. A recipe I've been making. Something on my counter. A small shift I noticed. I write it down, print it out, fold it up, and send it. The way people used to.

There's nothing to click, nothing to scroll, nothing to save for later. You just read it. That's the whole point.

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Every month includes

What arrives in the envelope

✉️
The Letter
Written from my actual life — my kitchen, my porch, my garden. Seasonal, personal, unhurried. The kind of letter a friend sends.
🌿
Laura's Little List
Four things worth knowing this month. A thrift find, a seasonal tip, a small joy, something I discovered. Specific and real, never filler.
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A Recipe Card
Printed beautifully, fridge-worthy. Something I'm actually making this month. With a note about how I know what I know.
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A Seasonal Insert
Something useful or giftable — a styling card, a botanical postcard, a guide. It ties to the letter. If it feels like filler, it doesn't go in.
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A Beautiful Envelope
Copper-embossed seasonal stamp, hand-addressed. Changes every month. By December, you'll have a small collection.
This year's kitchen thread

One kitchen skill a month, May through December.

The vanilla extract you start in June will be ready for your holiday baking. The butter you make in September leaves you buttermilk for October's ranch dressing. By December, the whole year connects in your kitchen. That's slow living on purpose.

May
Simple syrup — plain + lavender, mint, rosemary
June
Homemade vanilla extract — start it now, ready by December
July
Herb markers + kitchen herb garden
August
Homemade mozzarella + peak summer caprese
September
Homemade butter — save the buttermilk
October
Buttermilk ranch from scratch
November
Buttermilk pancakes — slow morning breakfast
December
Irish cream — made with your June vanilla
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Things happening in my world, maybe yours too. Recipes, home ideas, small things that make you slow down and think. Connection — through the mail.

— Laura
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From Laura

Twenty years of making things by hand.

I've been a maker my whole adult life — skincare, candles, woodworking with my partner Gary, craft shows, two retail storefronts. I've made a lot of things. But the letter is the most personal thing I've ever sent.

It comes from my Connecticut kitchen and my front porch and my garden. I write it the way I'd write to a friend — because that's exactly what it is.

— Laura
Connecticut · Letters from Laura · Olive My Home
Hand-addressed, copper-embossed, and stamped with something seasonal. A different design arrives each month.

Something real in your mailbox,
starting next month.

$15 a month. Cancel whenever you want. No inbox, no algorithm, no noise. Just a letter, once a month, from my kitchen to yours.

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