Sometimes when we are surfing around on the interwebs, we find little pearls that we want to share with you all. Today we want to tell you about the “World’s smallest postal service”!
Anyone can use this to create the tiniest and cutest little letters. Here’s how it works:
“You write a letter (up to 120 words!) and it is transcribed onto tiny stationery (1 × 1.5 inches) with a magical transcription device. It then goes into a tiny envelope which gets addressed, stamped, and sealed with a minuscule wax seal with your initial on it.
The letter then goes into a see-through folded coin case and is packaged up with a magnifying glass in a larger glassine envelope, finished off with a large “World’s Smallest Letter” wax seal. It is put in a sturdy mailer for shipping. I can send your letter directly to a recipient of your choice, or to you if you would like to distribute it yourself.”
The result is completely adorable and the only problem is that we might want to keep it for ourselves instead of giving it someone else! And it can be used for so many things: thank you letters, birthday cards, super cute love letters – they even have a “World’s smallest card from the tooth fairy” one!
This idea was created by Lea Redmond, who explains it like this:
In the summer of 2008, the idea just popped into my head and it was so hilarious that I had no choice but to materialize it. For the first “performance”, I strapped my miniature desk to my back inside my grandmother’s old wicker suitcase, filled the milk crate on my bicycle with tools and supplies, and coasted down to Sweet Adeline Bakeshop in Oakland, CA, nervous as all heck. I was delighted to find that there are lots of people out there that are equally charmed by these little curios.
Impossible not to love it! And if you are San Francisco area, you can actually see it in person and get a handwritten version of it! But if you are not, you can order everything online and she accepts international orders so be sure to check the website for more information about it!
PS: Do you know other postal-related cuteness online? Share it with us!
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It just so happens that I have used the World's Smallest Postal Service to send my boyfriend a Valentine's Day card this year. I had read about this neat website earlier this year via another blog and I couldn't resist!
Here in Portugal we have "chocotelegram". We choose the letters to form the words and they use small squares of chocolate and deliver it like a telegram.
It looks so cute!!!! :D
cool idea but can you translate this article in german?
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This is adorable and awesome. :) I will keep this in mind for gifts!
That's pretty awesome!
Just a general word about your blog tags: "stationary" means standing still; "stationery" (with an e) means writing paper etc. (Mnemonic: a stationer sells stationery.)
@thomasina: Thanks for the heads-up! It's updated! :)