Smilers

Having used Smilers for the last 2 years, I thought I would share this way to personalise your post.

Smilers ! What is it I here you cry ?

Well Smilers is an ingenious idea by the royal mail, where you choose one of your favourite photographs, to customise your stamps.

Upon choosing your favourite photograph, you then have to pick a smilers to go along side your photo, currently there are 12 smilers to choose from which are as follows:

Dennis The Menice,
New Baby,
Moving Home,
Love,
Flowers,
I Love You,
Cartoons,
Teddy,
Hello,
Cheers,
Thanks,
Best Wishes,
Father Chrtistmas.

You can only order in multiples of 20, and like most things the more you order the cheaper it gets...

20 1st class smilers £ 14.95 (per 20)

40-80 1st class smilers £ 13.95 (per 20)

100-180 1st class smilers £ 11.95 (per 20)

200+ 1st class smilers £ 11.50 (per 20)

Now how do I customise my stamps I here you ask ?

Well you can either call 0845 074 2000 to request a leaflet and order form or you can visit the royal mails website www.royalmail.com to either download your order form or if your photograph is in a JPEG format, you can complete the whole process online, as well as being able to pick up a leafley at your local post office.

There are a couple of things you have to make sure of, your photograph must be in a potrait format (taller than it is wide), The photograph can be from passport size upto the standard 7" x 5" photograph.
If posting your order then it has to be a photograph it cannot be a slide or a negative.

When I first used Smilers I couldn't believe the thanks and response I got from relatives and friends as there Christmas Cards arrived with a picture of my 3 girls on the stamp, now they all look forward to thier yearly updated pictures.

I think the little things you do in life make it special and Smilers is one of those things, It takes a boring stamp and adds that personnal touch for very little effort, Give it ago and see the response you get.