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Rusty Blazenhoff 4:57 am Wed May 19, 2021

Dandelion Post: Spread the love with aerogramme snail mail "seeds"

My ears always perk up when I hear mail-art purveyor extraordinaire Lea Redmond of Leafcutter Designs has a new project. "Dandelion Post" is her latest and it doesn't disappoint: 

Dandelion Post is a set of nesting stationery that reaches more and more people as it radiates through the postal system and flutters around town.

— Read the rest

Rusty Blazenhoff 11:20 am Wed Jul 22, 2020

Lick-and-stick these 'tiny protest signs' onto your mail

Make your anti-racist voice heard every time you send a letter. Oakland-based Lea Redmond of Leafcutter Designs makes it easy through her new Postage Stamp Project. She's offering these "tiny protest signs" to "lick-and-stick" onto mail (just don't confuse them for real paid postage). — Read the rest

Rusty Blazenhoff 6:30 am Sat May 23, 2020

This deck of wholesome activities inspires mini-adventures

We've been writing about Lea Redmond since 2009 here on Boing Boing. She's just one of those kind of people who consistently makes neat things — a real Happy Mutant! Well, her latest creative venture is Home Sweet Home, an activity deck for kids (and the young at heart). — Read the rest

Gareth Branwyn 9:54 am Fri Apr 17, 2020

Send inner-home post cards to fellow family shut-ins

Our friend, Lea Redmond, she of the World's Smallest Post Service, has a number of fun little Print + Play paper projects on her website. One of them is a set of printable inner-home post cards: "Greeting from the couch," "…from the yard," "…from the corner of the room," etc. — Read the rest

Rusty Blazenhoff 12:00 pm Tue Sep 24, 2019

The Lucky Penny Press will put poems on pressed pennies

Put poems on pressed pennies? Sure, why not?! Oakland-based artrepreneur Lea Redmond (previously) has a dream to crowdfund a Lucky Penny Press, a hand-cranked machine that will dole out pressed pennies with short poems on them. I wasted no time getting on this because a.) — Read the rest

Rusty Blazenhoff 1:44 pm Mon Apr 29, 2019

The World's Smallest Post Service to open a magical brick-and-mortar experience in Oakland

After ten years of making and sending custom tiny mail for people via her online transcription service, Postmaster/artist Lea Redmond is dreaming big. She is currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter to bring a magical brick-and-mortar World's Smallest Post Service to a vintage storefront in downtown Oakland. — Read the rest

Rusty Blazenhoff 6:07 am Wed Dec 12, 2018

Leafcutter Designs' mini mailbox is made for the tiniest of letters and packages

Leafcutter Designs of Oakland, California now has adorable mini metal mailboxes ($18 each) made to stuff full of their tiny letters and packages. Wee key included. You may already know that Leafcutter's founder Lea Redmond is behind the popular World's Smallest Post Service. — Read the rest

Rusty Blazenhoff 12:00 pm Tue Aug 21, 2018

This deck of cards will spark small, IRL experiences

The fabulous Lea Redmond of Leafcutter Designs (previously) has launched a brand new project. It's called Lively Matter and it's a 52-card activity deck to create grand adventures and experiences out of the ordinary.

She writes:

Each card in the Lively Matter deck gives instructions for a tangible, mini adventure that you can do by yourself or with friends.

— Read the rest

Mark Frauenfelder 3:07 pm Tue Jul 29, 2014

Tiny post office in a tree hole

The spirit of Boo Radley lives on in the hole of a tree growing in the hills above Berkeley, CA. Gareth says, "Lea Redmond, of Leaf Cutter Design and the World's Smallest Postal Service, did a photo illustration for Borg Like Me. — Read the rest

Gareth Branwyn 11:09 am Thu Jan 29, 2009

Down the Rabbit Hole with the World's Smallest Postal Service

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Ed Note: Boingboing's current guest blogger Gareth Branwyn writes on technology, pop and fringe culture. He is currently a Contributing Editor at Maker Media. Recent projects have included co-creating The Maker's Notebook and editing The Best of MAKE and The Best of Instructables collections. — Read the rest

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