<3 postage stamp based mailart #1

What a fun swap! I'm in!

I do have a question/concern -- since this is international, how will we go about knowing how much/many stamps to use to decorate our envie? Do we take our blank envie with goodie inside to the post office (mine is rather far away) and have the weigh it and look up cost for that country? Then buy the appropriate stamps, come back home, decorate envie, etc?

If it was USA, I would just use stamps equalling the 49 cents, but with it international, I'm not sure how to do this other than how I described above.

No matter, I'm game for this swap, and I'll see how it turns out :)

Well, I'm in Finland so I don't know how exactly you calculate postage in the US. But here it follows weight limits. Anything up to 20 grams (~0.7 ounces) goes with the basic first class stamp which costs €1.10. With a stamp like this I could send any of those things I listed. The point is to pick something flat and lightweight to send, the main point of this swap is to send a decorated envelope.

So, it's important to know the weight limits and to have a scale. In Finland you can download a PDF file with the weight limits and costs from the post office website or use an online calculator.

Thanks! In the US, if you send within the US it's a flat fee for each weight band, but if you send outside the US it varies, depending upon where you send to. So us US folks will have to wait until we know our partners to know the cost and thus know what stamps to us. :) But we do have a week and a half to get the stamps and decorate our envies once partners are assigned. :)

I'll extend the send-by date a bit, so we have more time. Also, we have a very unusual postal strike here in Finland so I don't know when things clear up.

Aaah Finnish stamps are so pretty! And this is such a fun and inspiring idea for a swap! I think I would be interested in a series :)