Mailing doilies/snowflakes

[Harvestar]

So I made my mom a doily and was wondering how best to mail it so it stays flat. 2 pieces of cardboard? (I'm not going to starch it since she and I both like doilies that hang over the edges of shelves, or at least have the option to do that)

 

Also, I made small snowflakes for including in Christmas cards this year - how is best to mail those? Wrap in tissue paper? Put a light piece of cardboard around them?

 

I'm just really trying to keep costs down this year since I might not get paid for working next year.

[donnalynn2]

If you aren't stiffening them, I don't see why just a simple padded envelope wouldn't work... As for Christmas Cards, I personally don't think anything is needed. The card won't be opened while enroute and so I would just send it in the card myself...

 

GOOD LUCK!!!!

[Stacey]

If it's not starched so doesn't need to stay perfectly stiff, I'd pack it the same way I used to do comic books when I was selling them on ebay--put it between two pieces of cardboard and ship in a padded envelope. Or if you're worried about it getting bent in transit, you could sandwich it between cardboard or use a paper towel tube and ship it in a box instead.

 

I'm about to mail out some doilies later this week (ha! I say that like they're finished or something!) and I'm probably going to do the cardboard thing with them.

[Julie]

I put snowflakes in Christmas cards last year with no support and they did just fine. I had no complaints.

 

I mail doilies (and large amounts of snowflakes) sandwiched between two pieces of cardboard with some of that foam bubblewrap (the really really really thin stuff). I use that mainly to keep it from sliding around if the cardboard gets bent or banged around in shipping.

[dixieredhead]

So I'm the oddball. I roll doilies around paper towel spools, then put in a tube mailer. But if its not starched a bubble mailer sounds fine. I usually wrap snowflakes in tissue paper and place inside the cards.

[Harvestar]

Thanks everyone!

 

There's other stuff I'll be mailing to my mom for Christmas, so I think I'll just put it between the cardboard.

 

And I'll go with just the snowflakes in the envelopes.

 

Thanks!

[smyz64]

No, Stacey, I roll mine, too. And I have been told to keep them in storage that way, too.