Today I’ve been channelling my inner Swedish housewife by baking some cinnamon buns and walnut and sultana bread. As I haven’t managed to leave the house yet (it’s so warm and smells so good!), I thought I’d write an overdue HOT about Telegramstop.
Everyone’s communicating via the electronic world these days. I confess that I write emails to my friends more often than I call them, RM often likes to send me hyperlinks to articles and my mum forwards me Youtube clips. So when RM and I wanted to send our guests a ‘Save the Date’ notice for our wedding, we didn’t just want to just ping a mass email or post a cream-embossed card with calligraphy and pink hearts on it.
Enter Telegramstop. I don’t normally review online businesses as generally there’s nothing specifically Melburnian about them. However, in this case I know that Telegramstop are based in Melbourne and I think they deserve a lot of love. Basically, the easy-to-use website allows you to write a personalised message (with STOPs!), which is printed on authentically vintage paper and date-stamped in a wonky post-office-worker kind of way. The telegram is then popped into a bright yellow envelope and can be posted to anyone in the world for US$4.70.
I was one of the first bulk orders they received and the service I was received was thoughtful and patient. Most importantly, all of our guests located all around the world loved receiving their telegrams!
love the new blog site. i have now subscribed! and yes, the telegram was the coolest idea! getting it in the post was the most exciting thing. hope all’s well in melb, love to all back home.
Hi Miranda
Glad you liked your telegram. Just wait until you receive the wedding invitation – it’s been almost 6 months in the works and we’re very excited about it! Might make you feel a bit homesick for Melbourne…
Jetsetting Joyce
Just to clarify, telegrams haven’t stopped. Western Union’s telecommunications network circuits were sold off in the 1980s to MCI. The telegram service is now run by International Telegram (iTelegram). Customers can place telegrams using the iTelegram web site or through a phone operator.
http://www.iTelegram.com
Telegram operator (USA): 1-800-995-1844
Telegram operator (Int’l): 00 +800 TELEGRAM
Hi, thanks for clarifying – I had no idea that a Telegram Service still existed. Who uses it these days? It seems like such an old-fashioned method of communication.
Jetsetting Joyce