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01/15/2006
I save those envelopes that come in junk mail as they come in handy for several uses. I send lunch money and money to cover any field trip expense to my children's schools in those. I just cross out the address and write my child's name and what the envelope is for. I have used these to safely hold my children's pictures to hand out to relatives. I've used for holding coupons or reciepts in my purse. Sometimes I'll write my grocery list on the back of one and put the coupons inside. If you really want to be frugal and recycle, I suppose you can take an opened envelope and use the plain back for a note or list. We have a big recycling program in our community so any junk mail, sale ads, etc that come to the house on an almost daily basis gets recycled if nothing else. Oh and some of the ads and such can get shredded for packing material!
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12/19/2005
As mentioned above, BE SURE TO MARK OUT THE BAR CODE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ENVELOPE, because the post office's automatic sorter uses this code to send the envelope to the ORIGINAL address, not to the address you wrote on it.
This also may happen to letters you forward; they will come back to you, and you lose your postage. Oooops.
By
05/28/2005
This may seem a but overly frugal, but why toss something away that's useful. If you hate buying envelopes, save the ones you get in the mail. Turn then inside out and reuse them.
By Ardis Ilene Barnes
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03/18/2005
The envelopes that I receive in the mail with bills and such (ones that I don't need the return envelope) I just reuse. I put a label over the clear window portion and use the envelope as I would normally use. This saves on envelopes as well as recycling which is good for the environment.
By Natalie
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01/05/2001
You can also use these for mailing! Use a label over the preprinted address and write in your own. The only thing you need to do is use a dark marker and cross out the bar code located at the bottom of the envelope. (if you don't, it will go to the preprinted address!) I use the 'window' envelopes just as you described, and the all paper envelopes for mailing. If you're really on top of it all, pre-print the mailing address on the labels for the common bills.
Here is an easy solution for all those envelopes that are left over from your bills. I now use bill pay for the majority of my bills, but sometimes I need to mail out a check or paperwork. Most of those envelopes have those windowpanes. I attach the address of the organization I am sending information to the inside of the envelope's windowpane. This also frees up my usage of my plain white envelopes. Recycling and repurposing, all in one.
By Georgetta from Waterloo, IA
Shared on: 07/06/2011
If you have been lucky enough to receive those beautiful Christmas cards, don't be so quick to throw away the envelopes. In my life the number of cards I receive varies from year to year, as well as how many cards I mail. I have noticed because of the economy, and the price of stamps, many are not doing cards like in previous years. The ones you do receive can save you in days to come.
Cards come in lots of different sizes whether we pick them up at the drug store, the dollar store or post office. It is very noticeable the paper on these has gotten thinner to save money in production. The more expensive ones are thicker. Before I throw away the envelopes from the cards I look see if I can remove the return address, if they use the self adhesive ones or if I can cover it my own.
Same thing with where your address is written, it usually can easily be covered and readdressed. Not every card will arrive in a reusable envelope however, but most do. They take up little room to keep, but saves so much money when you reuse them.
I keep mine in a file with the rest of my mailing items. I keep a glue stick (can use tape) with my stamps and other legal envelopes. Don't throw away any unused cards you may have, Christmas will be here same time next year.
Source: I didn't have a nice envelope. Now I recycle everything. It's what is inside that matters; colored ones makes letters and notes feel special.
By Luana M. from San Diego, CA
Shared on: 12/21/2011
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