Fabric Postcards

Thought I should change the subject line to further this discussion. I
would love to hear from some postal workers about the cards. Is it an
extra problem for them to handle handmade cards? Does it brighten
their day to handle something different? The government spends all the
money to automate the post office and then allows items to be sent for
regular low postage rates which need to be handled individually.
Somehow this doesn't seem right. If we are going to send a bumpy card
or a shaped card (these are more store bought than handmade) should we
be expected to pay more? Of course I think all that junk mail should
be going for much higher rates than letters but that is for another
discussion. Right now I would like to take about fabric post cards.
Does anyone have a friend or family member who works for the post
office and could ask about the postcards?

Susan

"Susan Laity Price" wrote in message
...
Thought I should change the subject line to further this discussion. I
would love to hear from some postal workers about the cards. Is it an
extra problem for them to handle handmade cards? Does it brighten
their day to handle something different? The government spends all the
money to automate the post office and then allows items to be sent for
regular low postage rates which need to be handled individually.
Somehow this doesn't seem right. If we are going to send a bumpy card
or a shaped card (these are more store bought than handmade) should we
be expected to pay more? Of course I think all that junk mail should
be going for much higher rates than letters but that is for another
discussion. Right now I would like to take about fabric post cards.
Does anyone have a friend or family member who works for the post
office and could ask about the postcards?

Susan



My husband has talked about that. He didn't work in the post office, but we
collected stamps and postal cards and know there are strict limits for
mailing or prices go up. For instance, if the post card is thicker than the
limited thickness, it has to be mailed first class. If the card can't go
through the machine and has to be hand stamped, the price goes up again,
I"m not sure how much. These post cards should be hand carried to the post
office so the worker could tell you the proper cost. Kay

Maybe this is what you were talking about before but I just received Elly
Sienkiewicz's Applique Paper Greetings.... Has anyone made any greeting
cards with fabric? Surely looks like fun... and a great way to use up small
pieces. Seems to me I have also seen scrapbook pages done this way, too???

I'm anxious to hear about sending the postcards, too. Do they survive the
mail rooms intact?

There's no end to the reasons to keep buying fabric!

Leanne

"Susan Laity Price" wrote in message
...
Thought I should change the subject line to further this discussion. I
would love to hear from some postal workers about the cards. Is it an
extra problem for them to handle handmade cards? Does it brighten
their day to handle something different? The government spends all the
money to automate the post office and then allows items to be sent for
regular low postage rates which need to be handled individually.
Somehow this doesn't seem right. If we are going to send a bumpy card
or a shaped card (these are more store bought than handmade) should we
be expected to pay more? Of course I think all that junk mail should
be going for much higher rates than letters but that is for another
discussion. Right now I would like to take about fabric post cards.
Does anyone have a friend or family member who works for the post
office and could ask about the postcards?

Susan

I made some quilted fabric Christmas cards one year- about 15 of them.
It was a lot of work, but the recipients were delighted! I haven't
done it since, as I didn't want folks to get to expect a handmade
quilted card every year! vbg There's no reason you couldn't make
them for any occassion. It could be a very special gift and memorial
for a sympathy card.

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

Leanne wrote:
Maybe this is what you were talking about before but I just received Elly
Sienkiewicz's Applique Paper Greetings.... Has anyone made any greeting
cards with fabric? Surely looks like fun... and a great way to use up small
pieces. Seems to me I have also seen scrapbook pages done this way, too???

I'm anxious to hear about sending the postcards, too. Do they survive the
mail rooms intact?

There's no end to the reasons to keep buying fabric!

Leanne

"Susan Laity Price" wrote in message
...
Thought I should change the subject line to further this discussion. I
would love to hear from some postal workers about the cards. Is it an
extra problem for them to handle handmade cards? Does it brighten
their day to handle something different? The government spends all the
money to automate the post office and then allows items to be sent for
regular low postage rates which need to be handled individually.
Somehow this doesn't seem right. If we are going to send a bumpy card
or a shaped card (these are more store bought than handmade) should we
be expected to pay more? Of course I think all that junk mail should
be going for much higher rates than letters but that is for another
discussion. Right now I would like to take about fabric post cards.
Does anyone have a friend or family member who works for the post
office and could ask about the postcards?

Susan

One of the members in my guild, sent me a postcard she made, and it went
through the mail just fine, and it had regular postage. I have never paid
extra to have anything hand stamped, and I have sent things that required
that.

Sherry Starr

"Susan Laity Price" wrote in message
...
Thought I should change the subject line to further this discussion. I
would love to hear from some postal workers about the cards. Is it an
extra problem for them to handle handmade cards? Does it brighten
their day to handle something different? The government spends all the
money to automate the post office and then allows items to be sent for
regular low postage rates which need to be handled individually.
Somehow this doesn't seem right. If we are going to send a bumpy card
or a shaped card (these are more store bought than handmade) should we
be expected to pay more? Of course I think all that junk mail should
be going for much higher rates than letters but that is for another
discussion. Right now I would like to take about fabric post cards.
Does anyone have a friend or family member who works for the post
office and could ask about the postcards?

Susan

I'm a retired USPS employee. In general, they will charge extra if the
item cannot go thru the high-speed sorting equipment. This link gives
specific size details.

http://www.usps.com/consumers/domestic.htm

If your postcard is machineable, the odds are that no one but the
carrier who delivers the card will ever see it and maybe not even then.
The mail is sorted for him/her before they get it. If your card has
dangly things, they may actually refuse to accept it as it could get
caught in the equipment. For example, they will refuse parcels tied
with string.

Luck, Shana

I have made and sent several of these quilted postcards, and I put a
first class stamp on them, and put a note on it with a sticky, asking
for it to be hand cancelled. I did take the first one to the Post
Office, and the person there said it would be no problem to just send
them through the mail, and he said he enjoyed seeing them when they
came through. My first one had little beads on it, and it went just
fine.

Laura in Chesapeake, VA

craftydragon1951 wrote:
I'm a retired USPS employee. In general, they will charge extra if the
item cannot go thru the high-speed sorting equipment. This link gives
specific size details.

http://www.usps.com/consumers/domestic.htm

If your postcard is machineable, the odds are that no one but the
carrier who delivers the card will ever see it and maybe not even then.
The mail is sorted for him/her before they get it. If your card has
dangly things, they may actually refuse to accept it as it could get
caught in the equipment. For example, they will refuse parcels tied
with string.

Luck, Shana