Mailing Guide
Sending out luxury stationery can be tricky. But we believe it is a huge part of our job to use our knowledge and expertise to prepare each piece of art for its best chance in the mail.
better safe than sorry
If you are not familiar with mailing elaborate, luxury invitations, trust us when we say there's a lot to think about. This is why we prefer for you to just let us worry about it.
You never truly know what will happen to any piece of mail that goes through the system and different postal workers will react differently to the same envelope. (We know this from experience.)
There will always be a a much bigger chance that the envelope will be lost or damaged when it goes through the mail the traditional way. This chance grows with the addition of all of our favorite pretty details, like calligraphy, certain colored envelopes, vintage stamps, and generally a thick envelope.
We want to avoid:
🔍 Lost envelopes with no way of knowing where they ended up
👻 Envelopes arriving opened and/or empty (yes, it's a thing)
🌧️ Weather damage
🤖 Damage from running through post office sorting machines
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The Safest Way
Our preferred method of sending out luxury stationery is by sending each copy in a box as a tracked package.
Why?
1. We can track each copy to see when it arrives, if it gets lost, or if it's delayed.
2. The box protects your gorgeous envelopes from damage
3. We don't have to worry about mail safety, but can design an elaborate suite with whatever thickness, weight and complexity we want.
How?
1. We still deck out your envelope
2. We pack each suite into a matching stationery box
3. We print and attach shipping labels to the box
4. We mail everything out, and send you the tracking info for every mailpiece.
However, we are willing to make exceptions.
If your Save the Dates are fairly simple, we might deem them safe enough to mail in envelopes. Or, if you'd like to send your stationery yourself, that option can be discussed. Either way, we will use our expertise to make sure we come up with the best solution for you.
Let the Experts Handle It.
Picking Gates Paper Co means not only that you will receive gorgeous stationery, but that you will have experts that make sure the process from booking to that "wow moment" at the mailbox is smooth sailing.
