Yes, you are reading this correctly. . . 32 pounds of JUST cards! No envelopes, JUST CARDS!
Wow. We were taken back - as we did the math. Our boxes that we ship overseas usually hold 300 or so cards WITH envelopes and clear envelopes. They normally weigh 11-12 pounds.
We estimated over 1,000 cards were contained in these 2 boxes.
They arrived taped together. The name and address on the return label did not look familiar at all "Harmony Arbor #273 of Gleaner's". We searched and searched our database, e-mails and just could NOT locate who sent them. Obviously these were from someone connected with Stampin' Up!® - just look at the boxes used to ship them.
So we opened the boxes and this is what we found. No note inside. DARN!
And so we had to count each and every card.
This took several evenings to just get the count completed (yes, we only have evenings and weekends to accomplish all of our work at From Our Hearts!)
And, to our surprise, we were pretty much on target with our estimation: 1,126 cards!
But it gets better. As we have posted many, many times, we look at each and every card that is donated. We open them, look inside and at the backs of each - and low and behold - there is the name, hand stamped on the back of one card that rings a bell.
Nancy G from Ithica, MI.
Nancy had been in contact with us, both by phone and e-mail, alerting us of a big event she was putting on and that about 1,000 cards would be on their way to us.
Not only were cards made by the "Gleaner's group" (they boxed and shipped the cards, too!), but by her local Red Hat group of ladies as well.
The cards are still in the boxes; we only pulled out the Easter & spring cards as they will ship out next week. The rest will be readied for the "holding" boxes as we have time (and catch our breath). It is never a slow moment at the home office at From Our Hearts!
32 Lbs of cards . . . we think this may be a record!
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