12.05.2011

Blog Tour: World's Smallest Post Service + A Giveaway

I'm so excited to be kicking off the official "blog tour" for Lea Redmond's genius World’s Smallest Post Service stationery kit...


The project, a collaboration between Lea and Chronicle Books, is artful, thoughtful and exceedingly clever. It feels like the ultimate reflection of Lea's childhood passion for creating whimsical things combined with her interest in "the ways that artifacts and words can catch our attention and invite us to have life-changing insights". I think ultimately what makes Lea's art so unique and special is her insatiable curiosity and her highly diverse background (among other endeavors, she's worked at Alice Water's The Edible Schoolyard in Berkeley, California, served an AmeriCorps stint on the Oregon coast at the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, and assisted a scent alchemist.

The kit is little box packed neatly with all the supplies you need to create insanely cute diminutive letters and gift boxes, including a fine-tipped micron writing pen, mini writing sheets + envelopes, seals, mini gift boxes, Kraft wrapper paper, a (brilliant) miniature "newspaper", twine, postage stamps and special delivery stickers.

It's sweet, small perfection.

To celebrate the blog tour, Chronicle books is giving away a kit to one of my readers. Just leave a comment on this post by Sunday, December 11th, and I'll announce a winner next Monday.

*For those of you who can't wait, you can buy the kit
here...And be sure to take a peek at day two of the blog tour tomorrow on Refinery 29!

58 comments:

Heather said...

Gah, this is totally hitting my tiny-is-awesome button. Love it.

RAENOVATE said...

i LOVE snail mail, obviously i love this.

lotus lovely said...

Love this.

nicole said...

i met lea at a local shop a couple of years ago when she just started her postal service. so cool...actually all the fun projects she does are cool.

Amelia said...

This is adorable! I've loved going to the post office since I was a little kid. I've had a pen-pal in Finland for nearly 20 years, so I've spent my fair-share of time there :-)

AlyLiving SF said...

Absolutely love this kit! I hid mini letters and packages for my friend one time and it was such a sweet surprise!

aly said...

This looks like such fun!

Julie said...

very adorable!

West Oakland said...

I want!

katie//salt+pine said...

I have loved her idea since I first came across it a year or two ago. I don't know if I can wait to see if I win! I foresee some major teeny correspondence from me and my kiddos to far-flung family very soon...

Megan Taylor said...

You're right: insanely cute!!! xo

Shooting Stars Mag said...

this is adorable. i love fun things like this.

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Kristen said...

This is so cute! Thanks for the chance!

Zachary said...

I love this too...I actually made my own little letters without the kit, but the kit would have made it sooooo much easier! I love Lea's other projects too! She is so creative!

sydney85 said...

Too adorable! I still mail a lot of letters so this would be fun to use.

Jessie B. said...

So sweet!

s. said...

Aw it's so cute!

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Secondhand Stella said...

So cute! I hope I win!

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Anonymous said...

i'd love one c:

Krista said...

love it!

Justin and Racquel said...

So cute and love your blog!

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Lauri said...

So cute!

spooky_nine said...

So in love with everything she does. I've sent tiny letters and packages to friends and family, and they always love them.

orange sparrow said...

this has been on my wishlist for a while! Oh, I love tiny things and I love mail (sending and receiving!!!)

ka said...

Love all of her work, especially this and her barter chips. Keep creating!

Kate said...

not only is she full of whimsical ideas, Lea's an exceptionally helpful and efficient person! she expedited my order the last time when my message got lost in the electronic ether so that I could receive my item on time! Tiny postal service with a BIG heart!

Tamara said...

oh yes i've had my eye on this kit for ages. what a lovely giveaway! fingers crossed.

Jennie said...

So very cool!

Anonymous said...

oh cool, i've seen this little kit around and loved it! thanks for the giveaway!

Carole_W said...

How cute. I don't get it, but how cute.

kkendall said...

How adorable! What fun my daughter will have delivering tiny pieces of mail to her neighbors!

twocreatives said...

have had my eye on this....so so clever. thanks for the reminder and the loveliness of your blog.

Sally said...

Wow. oh Wow. Tiny perfection. Love it!

ale norris said...

that's adorable! cute idea.

welliewalks said...

i love it! my daughter would think it perfect and loads of fun!!

Anonymous said...

Big fan of Lea's and would love to snatch one of those little parcels for my own!

Gina200 said...

So cute! I love mail! (just not bills!)

Lucy Jones said...

save the post office!

Ellen said...

Too cute!

kimiko26 said...

What a fun kit!! I can only imagine how cute it is in person.

Sarah said...

Very sweet! Thank you!

Rachael said...

I actually still write letters! I would love something sweet like this to aid me.

Anonymous said...

so fun and soooo cute!

Hanna said...

nice!

Nosideup said...

I'm finding it hard to make sense right now because I'm suffering from an AWESOME ATTACK! This is brilliant!

Anonymous said...

I've ordered her letters and they are magical!

molly said...

it is so small and perfect :)

kim said...

I love the kit - such a fun way to encourage good old school communication!!

Katia said...

It's almost my birthday! Hooray for Sag's!

Ula said...

I would love this! So cute :)

maria said...

So tiny and fun!

Meg said...

Adorable!! Tiny things make me happy.

Unknown said...

LOVE! Everything is so much cuter when it's tiny! :) Tiny things are squeal worthy!

cerebral e said...

I have admired this from afar for a while...glad I can buy my own kit now!

Melanie said...

The kit is awesome!

Jessica said...

This kit is brilliant!

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Unknown said...

I want one where can i get one