Card Box/Mail Box
April 25th, 2008 @ 11:35 am by Mrs. Gingerbread
I have a couple of these boxes in my office. I think they’d make excellent card boxes and they’re 2 for $3.99 at Ikea!
But then I started thinking about how much I love mailboxes like this. Having spent part of my childhood in Sweden, they have a nostalgic feel for me. I would love to use this as our card box at our reception and then later use it as our mailbox. Such a nice way to be reminded of our wedding day every time I go to the mailbox (and not because we charged the whole wedding!)
So now the question is where the heck can I find a “Post” mailbox? Mailbox Shoppe has them in a variety of colours, but sadly, they do not ship to Canada 
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15 Responses to “Card Box/Mail Box”
try a hardware store. i have seen those at Lowe’s, but they don’t ship to Canada either
I love the vintage mailbox idea, especially that cute red one. Every time you went to get the mail it would be a little memory trip back to your wedding!
I think the boxes are cute too, though, esp if you have them stacked like that, but cut out so that they are actually one big box.
@jackie: Thanks for the Lowe’s tip. I might just have to cross the border and go to the nearest Lowe’s. The more I think about it, the more I desperately want this mailbox!
If you can’t find it in a brick and mortar store, try internet stores or catalogues that specialize in restoration materials. They often have repro details like these.
SO CUTE - I might have to steal this idea, sorry.
Can you make it? It’s looks like just thin sheet metal, pretty easy to work with. The trick part would be the “Post” lettering, but you can use a stencil to paint it. Just a thought.
Weddingbee keeps stealing my ideas! Every time I come up with some idea that is different, next thing I know, I log onto Weddingbee, and one of the bee’s has my same idea (making it seem like I’m just ripping everything off of here). =P
As for the mailboxes, I would suggest checking Ebay. I’ve also scoured some local antique stores/antique fairs, and haven’t come up with anything really useful yet (be careful, because some vintage mailboxes will be too small).
You could also buy a new mailbox that just looks old. You can find those online, as well as places like Lowes or Home Depot.
Here are some that I found on ebay:
This one is made of clear glass!
http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Glass-Mailbox-Circa-40s-50s_W0QQitemZ150239076838QQihZ005QQcategoryZ20599QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
I hope this helps you!
Great ideas! I’ve got striped Ikea boxes in my office as well - what a clever idea to use them as card boxes. That said, the post box is darling.
The victorian english mailbox I ordered for my wedding just came in yesterday! I love it!
Those boxes are on sale this weekend at Ikea Emeryville for you Bay Area Bees….2 for $1.99!
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Mrs. Gingerbread, Vancouver
Age and Occupation: 32, Psychologist
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 33, Software Engineer
Engagement Date: Sometime in the fall of 2004
Wedding Date: July, 2008
Blogging Since: March 24, 2008
Venue: Rainforest wedding, beachfront restaurant reception
About Me: I recently moved to Canada from Southern California. Trying to plan a wedding in a new city, not to mention a new country, is tough, but the fact that we can get legally married here more than makes up for it! The wedding will be an opportunity for most of our family and friends to see our new city for the first time so it will be both a wedding and a reunion. Besides my future wife, I am also madly in love with a good bargain, Swedish pastries, Tivo, and my two dogs and calico cat (in no particular order).
Can you have it shipped to a friend in the US and then have them ship it to you? Or if they are guests, have them bring it to the wedding?