costly cute idea

[Jodi Frye]

U.S. Personalized postage stamps

http://photo.stamps.com/PhotoStamps/?source=si10427619

...Something one might consider for Christmas card mailings or just personal correspondences to people that matter...certainly not for everyday use....unless of course you can afford it.

[kayser]

Hey Jodi- Both Mary and I did this and were happy with the results. Of course, I got 37 cent ones, not realizing the price would go up, so now I have to stick extra postage on, and it just ruins the whole effect.:mad: I did it with pictures my husband had taken of animals around our yard, and he really liked them. Definitely not for all your postage needs, but a fun gift idea.

[jazzfisher]

I did it too, They came out very nice. Gave them as a present.

[TonyW]

It was in fact Australia that pioneered the idea although a lot of countries are now doing it. They're also becoming collectibles:

http://www.stampprinters.info/SPI_Smilers.htm

You can get UK ones at:

http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/jump2?catId=3800007&mediaId=3800008&campaignid=smilers

And Canadian ones at:

http://www.canadapost.ca/personal/collecting/default-e.asp?stamp=postage

Tony

[Jodi Frye]

Indeed it sounds like something fun to try. Not sure I ever will tho. Just sounds like fun.

[dpw9272]

last year was the 5th anniversary of our dance school and our arts and crafts teacher made a quilt out of panels that each student in the school created. i used the picture of the quilt and used photostamps.com to make the stamps of the quilt. they turned out beautifully. so then i made notecards out of the picture and in the small print on the back of the card said the significance of the quilt. so until the recent increase in postage, it was quite a nice combo to send notes... that is... until the postage increase in price.

[jazzfisher]

The really only "extra" cost is having them shipped to you--it was not that much (for the US ones) otherwise the stamps just cost what the stamps cost.

[Mary]

oops - The stamps that I purchased at Christmas time added at least 20 cents to each stamp. Now they are priced at 17.99 for a sheet of 20 stamps. That makes it 90 cents per stamp. Did I order from a bad place?:)

[jazzfisher]

I bought one sheet of 20-- .39 cent stamps --it was about $20.....

[cathy]

i did this for a christmas present for my son and daughter in law..
granddaughterhttp://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f291/cathymiller/granddaughter.jpg


sorry it is so big..... and yep it was $20.00... one time thing...

[Dorrie H.]

Hi Gals,

If I'm not mistaken, 20 stamps costing $20.00 equates to a $1.00 per stamp. Whereas 20 stamps x 39¢ = $7.80 regular stamp price. In my book it had better be a Very Special Occasion before I pay $1.00/stamp.:)

Cathy, A beautiful picture of your granddaughter and surely worth the cost for that special occasion.

Dorrie

[Jodi Frye]

Cathy, that's really nice ! I bet they loved the stamps !

Yes the stamps would be used on special occasions like Christmas, birthdays, invitations etc......or gifts ! Unless you are Ray then you can afford to use them everyday..he has alot of imoney. :)

[cathy]

It is a one time thing and the parents were shocked when they rec'd them in the mail......well worth every penny spent.

[Mary]

I used them on some of our Christmas cards and it was a fun extra thing that a lot of people really enjoyed. I am really glad I did it for those special cards.:)