Diagnosis: Hallmark Life Infiltration

          Hallmark has a way of producing shows that are so good, and so addicting, that you find yourself thinking about them constantly and doing and buying things simply because they are somehow related to them. I like to call this phenomenon: Hallmark Life Infiltration. It’s one of the most positive diagnoses you will ever receive and one of the best problems you will ever have.

          For the majority of Hallmarkies, the diagnosis came after they got addicted to Hallmark’s hit original series When Calls the Heart. About to premiere on its eighth season, it is by far Hallmark Channel’s most popular show. It has become so popular, in fact, that there are “Hearties” reunions every year where fans travel from all over the world to meet other Hearties and the show’s cast.

          For me, the diagnosis came after I became addicted to the Hallmark Movies and Mysteries series Signed Sealed Delivered. I watched the pilot movie and was immediately hooked on it, but I didn’t know at the time that it was the first installment of a former Hallmark TV series that turned into one of their movie series. When I discovered one of the later movies a few years later, I was sucked in once again, and finally realized it was part of a series. I binged all the movies I could possibly find for free, I started speaking like the characters, and every decision I made was influenced by details from the show. Normally, you might say I had a problem. A major problem. But it’s Hallmark. Hallmark is all about positivity and being uplifting. I think almost everyone would agree that out of everything I could’ve been watching, Hallmark is far from the worst.

          Fans of Signed Sealed Delivered (SSD) are called POstables because the four main characters work at a Denver USPS post office in the dead letter office. I joined Twitter not too long after I rediscovered the show (for a completely unrelated reason) but lucky for me, I happened upon a whole digital community of POstables who are just like me - completely obsessed with and addicted to SSD! We are proud of it though because the show is so unique, uplifting, and inspiring! It truly couldn’t have more positive messages in it. Tons of the POstables I have connected with (including a few I’ve even had the privilege of meeting in person) can testify to the fact that it’s almost impossible to love SSD and not let that love takeover everything you do. They have bought, cooked, crafted, and just plain designed and created so many things simply because they were related to SSD. While I can’t show you all of the wonderfully cool things that have been born out of SSD inspiration, I can show you how my obsession... I mean my love... for SSD has infiltrated my life. 

Here is a photo gallery (in the form of a video because it is complete with music and captions too) that showcases all the things I have bought or been gifted simply because they were somehow related to SSD.

I give you: How Hallmark Personally Infiltrated My Life Through SSD