It’s beginning to feel like summertime here. So to celebrate, today I am going to the post office and mailing a shovel to a little girl I know. My local post office is starting to know what to expect from me, and all of the workers have a great sense of humor. But if they look at me strange, I’ll just explain that tomorrow, I will mail a bucket.

If you decide to give this a try, you can print postage at home and just drop your shovel in a mailbox, but it’s so much more fun handing it to a postal worker and waiting for them to say, um, I guess there’s nothing liquid, perishable, or potentially hazardous?

UPDATE: Just as a little FYI, the shovel was $1.22 to mail. Not bad. And the postal worker didn’t even flinch when he had to find a place for the postage sticker. The bucket goes out tomorrow.

And in case you’d like to print off some quick summery labels, I’ve included them as a download.
Summer Labels (260)
(helpful hints: You  might have to right click and choose “save link as” or “download linked file.” Also, you can resize these once downloaded by inserting them as a picture into a Word document. And finally, if you need printable label paper, I bought this kind and have been very happy with it.)

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If you’re just joining, today’s post is from a series I’ve started on GiversLog that has become a favorite for me. I’ve been mailing gifts that are 13 ounces or less (because in the U.S., they qualify for inexpensive, first class postage). If you come up with any fun mail and send it for 13 ounces or less, be sure to add it to the flickr pool, we’d all love to see.

Tags: 13 ounces or less, gifts for nieces and nephews, gifts for toddlers

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