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Old 08-08-2010, 09:15 AM
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A couple of years ago I sent my mother, who lives just 30 minutes away, a fabric postcard. It took 5 days to get there, but I thought it was a neat idea. I would like to send another one, but this time I'm thinking of trying to find somekind of plastic clear envelope. Has anyone here sent a quilted postcard? Did you cover it or just send it as is?
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Old 08-08-2010, 09:26 AM
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a few years ago i participated in a group fabric post card swap, we mailed them to each other just as post cards, part of the fun was the postmarks. i don't remember any problem with them taking a long time to get to each other, i do know we had to have them 'hand-cancelled' and some post-offices ( that don't specialize in customer service) don't like doing it. but we sure made some cool postcards :)
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Finally found a picture of the one I did....

[IMG]http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...inpostcard.jpg[/IMG]

I may have to give it a try again, I do remember my post office being very very grumpy about it!
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sorry it posted twice
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Old 08-08-2010, 10:10 AM
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You could put it in an envelope but then there won't be a postmark on the postcard. 8-)
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I sent one to my GD for her B'day........put a stamp on it and put it in the mail. It arrived in perfect condition.
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Old 08-08-2010, 11:09 AM
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Quilted postcards are so cool, thanks for sharing your photos of them
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Originally Posted by KellyPA
A couple of years ago I sent my mother, who lives just 30 minutes away, a fabric postcard. It took 5 days to get there, but I thought it was a neat idea. I would like to send another one, but this time I'm thinking of trying to find somekind of plastic clear envelope. Has anyone here sent a quilted postcard? Did you cover it or just send it as is?
I recently got one in the mail and it came in a clear plactic celophane type envelope. I can inquire as to where you get them if you like.
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hi kelly, try your local scrap book store for it, it's like a report cover thickness, usually sold in paks of 5, i think it takes so long coz everyone at the po has to se it and shoe it off. i sent one to dh at work 3 yrs ago and he never got it. someone at the po has it, probably
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My postoffice postmarked my post cards for me then I put them in an envelope to mail of course I paid twice the postage but it was worth it
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