Mailing Plates

Miss Hailey and her Pink Plate

A few weeks ago I stumbled across yet another very cool mail blog:  Epistles - Minor and Major by M. Howard.  One of the very first posts I read was this one, where Ms. Howard mailed a neon green plate, as is.


"Epic!" I thought. "I am totally doing that!"  So I made my very first visit to Dollar Tree, where I discovered that the plates come in both green and pink.  They each come in a four-pack, so $.25 per plate and $1.95 to mail in the US.  It was the first time I had ever mailed anything not in a box or envelope.  The mail clerk at my local post office was shocked when I handed him the plate, but he took it anyway.


I sent a pink one to Miss Hailey and a green one to Mr. Preston, each asking them all kinds of questions about their favorite summer foods.  


I sent a green one to Auntie Pat telling her about my favorite memories of her food and how I strive to be as good in the kitchen as she is.  It was more a green plate food love letter :-)


A pink one went to Alison and to her I wrote my very favorite summer recipe.  Her mailman won't deliver anything that won't fit in her mailbox so she had to make a trip to the post office to pick it up.  I knew that when I wrote it so I apologized on the plate to her for having to make the trip.  Apparently as her kids were bringing it to the car Alison thought it was a frisbee :-)  


Another pink one went to Christine, who I met at a job interview.  I told her about the plate I sent to Alison and she wanted one.  Since we both laughed until we cried during my job interview, she sent me her home address so I could stalk her by mail.  


One green one ended up at the fire station near my house as part of a bribe (long story).


So I have one pink plate and one green plate left just waiting for owners!


I had so much fun doing it that I sent Ms. Howard a thank you post card for the inspiration and the fun.


So now I am dying to get my hands on one of these pigeons so I can have some more unusual mail fun!  I think one of them wants to make a trip to Hawaii.