Mailing a Frisbee, and 13 ounces or less on flickr
My friends. I thought I’d better bring this idea to your attention. I know you really wouldn’t want to miss this, am I right? Last week Courtney stopped by and told me she had mailed a frisbee. That’s right, a bare frisbee and a label (Courtney, you are brilliant.) Naturally I couldn’t wait to try it myself. I have mine all ready and am headed to the post office this morning.
here it is with the mail, all set to go
(UPDATE: Mailed this off for $1.73. Not bad. More about this in Friday’s post.)
I am getting more excited about this 13 ounces or less series and all of your great ideas by the minute. So naturally, the only thing to do is to start a flickr group (my first ever!)
Introducing the 13 ounces or less flickr group. I hope you’ll upload a photo or two of happy things you’ve mailed or received for 13 ounces or less (that’s 368 grams or less). With Valentines day around the corner here, my head is spinning with the possibilities. If you mail a sweet valentine you’ll remember to take a picture, won’t you?
If you need a little juice to get you thinking about care packages of lighter weights, you may find what you need at my gift guide page for 13 ounces or less, or check out the beautiful mail already on the flickr group. A few super talented people have been gracious enough to post already.
Tags: 13 ounces or less, a little gift for a grown-up's birthday, gifts for college students, gifts for outdoors, gifts for preschool girls, gifts for school age girls, gifts for someone away from home, gifts for teenage boys, gifts that are cheap or free, inexpensive gift ideas, mailable gifts
January 27th, 2010 at 10:13 am
The frisbee is AWESOME!
I was in a swap once and we packaged our goodies in two-liter soda bottles. I’m sure that the same could be accomplished with 20 ounce bottles, too, to fit under 13 ounces. Wanna swap?! :)
January 27th, 2010 at 10:29 am
Hi! I’ve been following your blog for months, I love this place and all creative things you show us…like this project, I really love it!
January 27th, 2010 at 11:25 am
I was wondering if you or anyone reading has a favorite place to get their fun decorative packing tape? Thanks!
January 27th, 2010 at 12:17 pm
Hold up — Are you telling me that she put a label on a frisbee, stuck some postage on it, dropped it in a mailbox, and the United States Post Office actually mailed it?
January 27th, 2010 at 12:46 pm
Who knew you could mail a Frisbee! Awesome – I think I’ll send one to all my nephews this summer. Or how cool would that be as a Frisbee Golf or Ultimate Frisbee Birthday Party invite? Endless possibilities. Is there a way to email you?
January 27th, 2010 at 1:35 pm
No way! That is so cool!
I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that you can mail a frisbee. When we visited Disney, we could buy a coconut postcard. An actual coconut with a post card painted on it to write on, then you can send it through the mail just like that. Funny.
January 27th, 2010 at 5:14 pm
haha! i received a coconut in the mail from a friend that was visiting hawaii! the frisbee really is wonderful.
January 27th, 2010 at 7:55 pm
totally gonna steal that idea!
January 27th, 2010 at 9:21 pm
how much is postage?
January 28th, 2010 at 6:40 pm
Fiona: Actually I did 236 of them! I used them as invites to a family picnic at my sons preschool a few years ago. Needless to say, the invites were NOT overlooked. :)
In an experiment – someone once shipped an unwrapped rose via the USPS. It made it – though a bit worse for the journey!
So if it can withstand the wear shipping something without packaging can be a great unexpected moment. Just don’t drop it in the box… Hand cancel at the counter. Bonus points for making your local post office people smile too.
January 29th, 2010 at 12:57 pm
Hi Kristen!
Postage was $1.75. It was a heftier frisbee (i like these b/c they fly so well). I’m sure it could be done for even less with a child’s frisbee.
January 29th, 2010 at 1:46 pm
THANKS!
I’m so soo excited about this! What a great idea!!
February 22nd, 2010 at 1:19 pm
What a fantastic idea! That is SO creative!
February 24th, 2010 at 1:54 am
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March 4th, 2010 at 2:44 pm
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March 15th, 2010 at 12:39 pm
You can also mail a bouncy ball. The medium sized ones that looked marbled. Write all over it and designate a space for an address. It only costs 2-3 dollars to mail it.
March 30th, 2010 at 7:16 am
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March 31st, 2010 at 2:40 pm
Ha! This is genius. I bet they had some fun with it at the postal depot…
April 12th, 2010 at 3:00 am
I love this. See you at he park.
April 25th, 2010 at 8:11 pm
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May 19th, 2010 at 7:18 pm
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