The Well-Traveled Envelope: One Year Later

A year ago, I sent out a particular trade package with the intention that the bubble mailer (and packing supplies within) be reused as many times as possible, giving it the chance to visit as many bloggers and collectors as possible.

Here's a list of bloggers who've received and sent out the envelope, at least to my knowledge, along with a link to their blog entry showing the cards they received and the cards they proceeded to send out to the next recipient. (Please add a note in the comment section if I missed your stop.)

4/11/19 (Oregon): Gavin from Baseball Card Breakdown

4/29/19 (Ontario, Canada): Angus from Dawg Day Cards

8/7/19 (Rhode Island): Shane from Shoebox Legends

8/14/19 (New Jersey): Chris from The Collector

8/22/19 (Ohio): Adam from Cardboard Clubhouse

1/24/20 (Illinois): Nick from Dime Boxes

Then Nick sent the envelope to Greg from Night Owl Cards (New York), and I believe Greg sent it on to the next collector, but that's where my trail stops.

Regardless, that makes eight collectors. Pretty cool! 

What's even more cool? Over this past year I've realized that many collectors already do make it a practice to reuse envelopes, as well as supplies like top loaders, team bags, and nine-pocket pages, when sending out cards. Nice going, everyone!

But what does that mean for this particular well-traveled envelope, especially with the current epidemic out there? 

The original idea was that I'd compile its travels at the one-year mark and see if it would be worth tracking for another year. It's understandable if some folks would rather hold off on receiving mail for a while, but for those who want to keep the cards moving, I'd say by all means, keep sending it around (safely), adding your info to the sheet (safely), and posting about it on your blogs (have you wiped down your keyboards and phones lately?). In your post, feel free to list the States or countries it's already visited.

Most importantly, keep making all your envelopes well traveled by reusing as much material as you can (safely). It's good for the environment and good for your wallet.

If you haven't yet received the well-traveled envelope but would like to participate, feel free to comment below. That might give the current envelope holder an idea of who to send it to.

So, where will the envelope visit next? How banged up has it gotten? What cards will it contain? Hopefully we'll have many more installments over this next calendar year.

Thanks for reading. (And participating!) And stay safe, wherever you might be.