I've had a few participants cards seem to get lost in the mail and then show up 10 days or more after the send date. One of them was you and you remade your cards and sent them. Then both sets arrived the same day!! How frustrating! Anyway, I wouldn't...

Did I step into the Twilight Zone and now have service through the Pony Express and not the USPS?? Maybe izts not zvhe Twilight Zone. I svee zvhat youst poot DC ast zhour locazhion. Zvhat place hast und cvertain . . . aura abvout it. Perhhaps zvhe p...

I was in a postal tracker. My package made it back to me before it had gone around the ring, which confused me, and I couldn't tell who had mailed it to me, but from the logs, I knew it hadn't gone all the way around yet. It was being sent from I thi...

It's not just you. I sell on eBay and have had 2 packages disappear into the twilight zone recently. Both were sent first class mail. One took a month and a half to arrive! According to the tracking, it sat in a post office about an hour from me fo...

OMGosh!! That is crazy! It literally when back and forth like 10 times! Super bizarre!

I dont usually have trouble with mine, but one took 14 days once. That's insane. However, sometime I get mail in NY from California a day and half after it's sent. So weird.

I've been encouraged by these trackers (well, two of three) to do more art than craft. By this I mean that prior to these I got into an LTC sync: find an image to carve from the internet, carve, craft an interesting background, package and send. The...

Yeah, I hear ya. Even though I've done a lot of original art in the past it is kind of easy to fall into the shortcut of using an Internet image. We are enjoying the process of creating art of our own. I consider all LTCs "art", but I'm really looking...

I have renewed hope. Today one of the missing trackers that was on its return home to me got here today. Posted June 6th!!! A month, for real?!? Pony Express for sure! So maybe there's still hope for my lost set.

I frequently send care packages (if it fits, it ships small box, priority, with tracking) to my son in Washington DC. On two instances in the last six months, my packages were correctly labeled at my local post office but instead of going from Clayvill...

Clayville to Providence to DC, one package went: Clayville, Providence, St Paul Minnesota, San Francisco, Charlotte North Carolina, Wash DC The other went: Clayville, Providence, Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas/Fort Worth, Atlanta, Wash DC I be telin...

Animal Silhouettes. The send-by date is October 20, so you have plenty of time!

I'm carving something right now that is really pushing my limits and is making me just about loose it. I didn't think it would be this difficult and it's starting to own me. So I decided to take a break and look at my book of LTCs. It is full of beauti...

They are little pieces of each of you...time you have invested...little gifts... I agree. :^) Thanks for this wonderful post, Linden Leaf!

I agree that art mirrors their maker. I understand the sentiment that you think of the person that the card is for as you make it too. I feel that way about quilts. When I sew for someone, I think of the person while making the quilt. Then, when so...

That's good to know, because when I join or list a tracker I choose my image from what calls to my deepest depths. A lot of times there's personal emotion or memory/experiences in my image choices.

I think most people that stick around in doing LTCs feel similarly. I do the same thing, I start to create the card, then change things based on how I think people would like it. It's been a while since I've done any, but maybe this fall, I'll make a...

I love seeing everyone's skill levels change as they get better with each contribution! LTC's are a lot of fun!

I was going to ignore this thread and chalk it up to random-ness. But, I'm sitting here next to a package I just got today. It was mailed out back on 4/24/17.

Have you tried brand new envelopes with clear tape and printed labels? Maybe that's an experiment you can do?

I had one ltc that was made for a tribute to a letterboxer who had passed. It reminded me how brave she was and I actually put it on my bedside table while I recovered from a difficult surgery. Some ltc's are fun, some are cute and some are awe inspiri...

I really enjoy your post. Thank you. <3

:( One of my favorite subjects and it filled up so fast!

I'll add you to the waiting list, if you'd like! Just let me know.

Please do!

Done! :^)

I am going to duck out of this one so Peachfaced can join. Thank you.

Okay folks, I'm hosting my first LTC swap, in anticipation of co-hosting my first LB event! Wish me luck! If you like video games, carving for events, and making LTC's, then please join my tracker! Woo-hoo! https://www.atlasquest.com/showinfo.html?tr...

lol, this sounds like a fun event. will there be annoying music to follow us around while we hunt for the boxes?! will have to see if I can send a stamp with LTC's

It should be a very fun event! Now I can't give away our secrets, but I do realize that music is an important element in video games. ;) I hope you can participate in one way or another!