The First Official Letterboxing Club Meeting, Cancelled

Because of snow our meeting was cancelled this month, but next month on the 26th at 1:00 p.m. we will try again.  This time it will be at a new location that is more central for people, hopefully.  One of the things I wanted to discuss at this months meeting was how to make a reusable envelope for postals.  Good news everyone I posted step by step instruction on just that.

Holy Cow it's SNOWING!  In Portland?
That white blotch in front of the car is an extreme close up
of a snow flake. 

What you will need is a standard size bubble mailer.

Some packing tape,a pair of scissors,
 and the address of the person you are sending the postal to.

First add your address and your return address to the envelope.

Second start engulfing the entire envelope with see through
packing tape.

Tape all around the front...

and the back until it is all wrapped up.

Then cut out and fold your senders address, this is so you can
send out a quisp if you want to this makes a nice little pocket

Now add tape.

For the upper left corner of the senders address label you want
to make a tab with the tape like this, this is for an easy way for
the person to remove the address label so they can add their own
for the next person.

As you can see the tab in the left corner of the senders address
 label.

Remember the pocket here is a quisp along for the ride.

Now add the letter box.

Do not I repeat Do Not Remove this adhesive strip.

You need to create your own adhesive strip by rolling up a piece  of
packing tape.

And here it is the new adhesive strip you made.

Seal it up.

Add more tape to close it.

It's closed, sealed, and ready to be mailed.

Remember that tab here it is in action.

If your reusable envelope is done right the envelope will not
 tear, but the address label might.  That's okay.

The label is off and the envelope is fine.  That's it.  I would like to
 thank Moose On The  Loose from  Ashburnham Massachusetts
 for introducing me to the wonderful world of postals, 
she took the time to show me how it's done.