Machine Embroidery
Handmade Cards & Tags

Sizes for Mailing

Keep these U.S. Postal Service guidelines in mind if you want to mail your handmade cards:

• Minimum size: 5" long x 3 1/2" high
  
• Maximum size: 11 1/2" long x 6 1/8" high
  
• Maximum thickness: 1/4"
  
• Square envelopes usually require additional postage.
• For complete guidelines visit www.usps.com.
  

Source

Hot Off the Press Inc., (888) 300-3406, www.craftpizazz.com provided the Cardmaker's Christmas Creative Pack and Mixing Christmas Papers, available at craft stores nationwide.

Author

Rebecca Kemp Brent is a freelance author, educator and designer specializing in machine needle arts and a member of the Embroiderers' Guild of America. Her work has appeared in Sew News, Creative Machine Embroidery, and in machine crossstitch collections from Sudberry House.

From the December 2004 issue of Sew News magazine.