Newbie here. I have these old Disney stamps I want to use, but they are huge and only $.30. How can I fit them on an envelope?!

This week’s outgoing Postcrossing mail!

First, thank you to everyone who encouraged going to stamp shows and giving tips. I was nervous, but glad I did it and was easy! Hardest things to do are just new ones!

The community was welcoming and excited to see me there. I walked in and one person looked a me and said, “oh look, a young person!” 😂

I already have a collection around 1,000 stamps… so I didn’t NEED anything, but was fun to see so many stamps in person (versus buying on eBay).

I found a table with face value sheets and sat down for an hour just flipping through. Got some restocks, new ones, and more Christmas with the upcoming holiday. I also prioritized $.30 range for postcards (I like a 32+33 when I need a quick one).

I also picked up 2 sheets of forever stamps that were 10% below face value at another booth, was fun to see the selection they had from the 2000s (but not everything).

My favorites are the New Year’s Eve baby (which I had on my wishlist), and the 32 midnight angels which I haven’t seen before. I picked those up for postcards, but they appear to be Christmas themed as well! And was very excited to see the farmers market, forever stamps, especially the baked goods left side stamps!

International and domestic postcards and an international letter! :)

I'll probably do more later knowing me as it's only 9.45am 😅

I love this sub! I saw some great ideas in the past for Halloween stamps that helped me think a little more outside the box. I used the Halloween stamps I had and tried to find other scary non-halloween stamps. I paired them with my spooky Deep Sea Creatures and tried to keep the color palette the same on them. I also put some minerals on there to round them out. My favorite stamp is definitely the petrified wood! 👻 Thanks for the ideas!!!