Aloha, all!
For some reason (certainly not my own ineptitude?!) my Christmas Week posts did not managed to see the light of day. I really like the pictures, though, and would like to share them with you, albeit late!)
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I’m speaking, of course, about getting my own cards in the mail. I’m finally about to send the last of them out, and what an array of postage to go along with the wide array of cards! In case you’re as late as I am in getting these wonderful handmade cards off to friends and family, here’s a bit of advice on packaging and stamping (the postal variety) them.
If you write one of those one-page Christmas letters, fold it and, instead of putting it inside the card, place it in front of any card that has any mettalic or sharp embellishments. That will help keep your envelope intact in the mail.
Weigh your card (in the envelope, with the Christmas letter). Then massage the envelope a bit to figure out if there’s anything thick or rigid about it. Here are the current postage rates for the variety of cards I’m sending out:
- Less than one ounce, no brads or hardware type embellishments and it’s rectangular: 44 cents
- More than one ounce (but less than two), no brads or hardware type embellishments, and it’s rectangular: 61 cents (extra 17 cents for going over the 1 ounce)
- Less than once ounce, but there’s something thick about the card or there’s some kind of rigid embellishment or it’s square: 64 cents (an extra 20 cents for the thick, rigid or square)
- More than once ounce (but less than two), with thick/rigid elements or it’s square: 81 cents (extra 17 cents plus extra 20 cents)
So here I sit with my 44 cent, 17 cent, and 64 cent stamps, weighing away!
And another beautiful poinsettia from our garden to distract me!