{"id":8475,"date":"2005-11-02T18:02:26","date_gmt":"2005-11-03T01:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2005\/11\/02\/variation-on-a-greeting-card-theme.html"},"modified":"2005-11-02T18:02:26","modified_gmt":"2005-11-03T01:02:26","slug":"variation_on_a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/11\/02\/variation_on_a.html","title":{"rendered":"Variation on a Greeting Card Theme"},"content":{"rendered":"

The USPS is now offering an interesting (and very clever) combination of “e-cards” and postal service<\/a>. You can design a greeting card by hand (even uploading digital images to it), define your message, even include a gift card in it and define what sort of stamp to use, and the USPS will then snail-mail the result to the recipient of your choice.<\/p>\n

I will have to try this some time to see what it’s like (and what it costs), but it’s a great way to combine the convenience of e-cards with the “tangibility” of real greeting cards. Nice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The USPS is now offering an interesting (and very clever) combination of “e-cards” and postal service. 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