Well, everyone should know how I package mine: every card in a plastic sleeve and a 4x6 index card folded in half to protect the cards a little more. No chance of index cardstock slicing through the envelope. I'm sure zipping through the machines at the PO is the culprit.

I have received quite a few damaged envelopes. Can we just not use cut up cardboard - it seems to cause problems. Using cheap cards seems to work fine, but why not buy a ton of 4x6 index cards at WalMart and make your own? Much more cost effective.

I receive many, many cards in the mail; both for myself and Cowgirl. I would like to make a few observations:

-heavy glitter gets everywhere and is usually not on the card by the time it gets here.
-it is hard to log cards that don't have titles or names clearly on the card somewhere
-plastic sleeves really do help protect the cards during shipment

I can't believe how many cards I have in my collection now... I'm gonna have to buy another notebook soon!

~SHH :-)

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(or swallows with the LTC on a line between them ;)

African or European swallows?

Hee hee!
Tyra

i like your little plastic sleeves. where did you get them? i was thinking of making paper ones if i have the time. not sure if people want them or not. i got a packet of cards in a paper sleeve from inky jedi.......it was great and got here in great shape.

condo

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i like your little plastic sleeves. where did you get them?

You can get the plastic sleeves at a coin/card trading hobby shop, or at Hobby Lobby in the coin/card trading section. I believe I've also seen folks post they got them at Walmart. They work out to be 1-2 cents each; a good investment for the protection they provide. I think the one box I bought will last forever because I take the LTCs I receive out of them when I put them in my display pages; then recycle the sleeves onto the cards I make to trade. Only a few have been messed up enough to throw away.

BL47

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(or swallows with the LTC on a line between them ;)

Would that be an African Swallow?

Ki
Spiralseekers
Hi Wassa

Would that be an African Swallow?

Ki
Spiralseekers
Hi Wassa

Unladen, naturally. Hi Ki.
-wassamatta_u

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(or swallows with the LTC on a line between them ;)

African Swallows or European Swallows?

3 Blind Mice

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Unladen, naturally.

But how would they grip it?

3 Blind Mice

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It's not a matter of where he grips it, it's a matter of weight ratio.

Well, two sparrows, maybe.

3 Blind Mice
We know its only a model

I'm glad to know this about ruined envelopes, and cardboard. I love using cut up cereal boxes for the recycling "good karma" - but not if the envelopes are torn, and the card ends up landing on the floor of some PO facility, being stepped on (a thought that makes me depressed...... ;-)). So I will go to index cards, and make a clever stamp to put on them, a la SHH and others! And the cut up cereal boxes just became "glue" stations. When they get too gluey, they can go in the wood burning stove ;-))

If anyone has lost cards I sent because of a torn envelope, please let me know!!

Re: glitter on cards - being a preschool teacher, I LOVE glitter, I get PAID to glitter - lol!! But I've never put it on my cards. However, I did happen upon a neat product at ACMoore - glitter glue in the kids craft section. It comes in different colors, though it is fairly translucent. I used some on some fairy wings (Garden Fairy, for those that received it) and it's sparkly, and (as far as I know) doesn't shed. THe glitter is very fine and (naturally), mixed with the glue. Just a thought for fellow glitter lovers!

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I can't believe how many cards I have in my collection now... I'm gonna have to buy another notebook soon!

~SHH :-)

We must have been thinking this at the same time!!! I recently moved my collection to a "nice" larger notebook, and it's already almost full - woo hoo!! And I have one swap in the mail back to me, and 3 more poised to send back - it's gonna be a great mail week pretty soon!!!

Loving these LTCs - especially on days like today when it's pouring cold rain outside..... :-P

Mama Fox