Hello all! I'm still very new to the world of letterboxing. I'm
pretty excited about it, and can't wait to go on our next hunt. I
have a question for you though: When did you place your first box?
You don't have to be "seasoned" to place them do you? I've been
thinking about this for a bit, and have picked a spot where I know
there are no LB's. I even tried my hand at carving-a new found joy!
It was much easier than I thought it would be, and, tooting my own
horn here, my stamp turned out pretty good for anything that I've
ever done. Anyway...I can't wait to start planning the LB, but am
curious about how you went about placing, or deciding to place your
first LB's.
Thanks in advance!
Melissa in WA
aka 4cookiesrwe
F: 2 VLB: 3 All the rest are 0's :D
Placing Letterboxes ?
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Started on 2004-02-04
Placing Letterboxes ?
From: Melissa (fourcookiesrwe@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2004-02-04 20:48:43 UTC
Re: [LbNA] Placing Letterboxes ?
From: (mjpepe1@comcast.net) |
Date: 2004-02-04 21:18:05 UTC
Welcome, Melissa, to our addiction!
We always have room for more letterboxers. There is no proper time to start placing - just jump in - the boxing's fine!
The fact that you are carving already is a plus. We started with bought stamps which we will replace now that I have the carving bug.
Have fun and just get out there & box!!!
Mark Pepe
http://pepeanddavidow.blogspot.com/
We always have room for more letterboxers. There is no proper time to start placing - just jump in - the boxing's fine!
The fact that you are carving already is a plus. We started with bought stamps which we will replace now that I have the carving bug.
Have fun and just get out there & box!!!
Mark Pepe
http://pepeanddavidow.blogspot.com/
Re: [LbNA] Placing Letterboxes ?
From: dave & diane (vonderinsel@cox.net) |
Date: 2004-02-04 21:14:13 UTC-05:00
My first stamp is fairly weak, but I'm proud of it as a first attempt. Diane and I started finding letterboxes, and after a few I started to gather materials. Placement was easy - my town has a small artillery fortification that we were all fixing up. By the time I'd carved the stamp and placed the box we'd had about twenty finds.
I guess it depends upon your level of interest in either aspect of the game! Some folks get a real kick out of carving stamps, or pointing out great spots to us others (and even Rhode Island seems so much bigger now that we've hiked so much of it), but others prefer the getting out and solving clues.
Your fun, your call. "No rules, just right"
Dave
the von der Insels
----- Original Message -----
From: Melissa
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 3:48 PM
Subject: [LbNA] Placing Letterboxes ?
Hello all! I'm still very new to the world of letterboxing. I'm
pretty excited about it, and can't wait to go on our next hunt. I
have a question for you though: When did you place your first box?
You don't have to be "seasoned" to place them do you? I've been
thinking about this for a bit, and have picked a spot where I know
there are no LB's. I even tried my hand at carving-a new found joy!
It was much easier than I thought it would be, and, tooting my own
horn here, my stamp turned out pretty good for anything that I've
ever done. Anyway...I can't wait to start planning the LB, but am
curious about how you went about placing, or deciding to place your
first LB's.
Thanks in advance!
Melissa in WA
aka 4cookiesrwe
F: 2 VLB: 3 All the rest are 0's :D
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I guess it depends upon your level of interest in either aspect of the game! Some folks get a real kick out of carving stamps, or pointing out great spots to us others (and even Rhode Island seems so much bigger now that we've hiked so much of it), but others prefer the getting out and solving clues.
Your fun, your call. "No rules, just right"
Dave
the von der Insels
----- Original Message -----
From: Melissa
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 3:48 PM
Subject: [LbNA] Placing Letterboxes ?
Hello all! I'm still very new to the world of letterboxing. I'm
pretty excited about it, and can't wait to go on our next hunt. I
have a question for you though: When did you place your first box?
You don't have to be "seasoned" to place them do you? I've been
thinking about this for a bit, and have picked a spot where I know
there are no LB's. I even tried my hand at carving-a new found joy!
It was much easier than I thought it would be, and, tooting my own
horn here, my stamp turned out pretty good for anything that I've
ever done. Anyway...I can't wait to start planning the LB, but am
curious about how you went about placing, or deciding to place your
first LB's.
Thanks in advance!
Melissa in WA
aka 4cookiesrwe
F: 2 VLB: 3 All the rest are 0's :D
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Re: Placing Letterboxes ?
From: zed_boxing (szorzi_1999@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2004-02-05 04:49:02 UTC
Melissa, welcome!
I sure hope you don't have to be "seasoned" to place them, because
I've only found 2 but I've placed 8 so far and have 4 or 5 more to
place this weekend.
There is only one in my city placed by someone else, and only one
other within 30 miles, which I haven't been able to find in 2
attempts.
I've not been able to travel to more heavily-boxed areas since I
started the hobby. (That was in November.) I made one trip to
Oakland, CA at Christmas with my family but they are not boxers so I
only got to search for and find one box. It may be Spring before I
get to really go "hunting" but I'm not waiting - I decided it could
be just as fun to plant as to find.
I've carved about 25 stamps so far, including about a dozen which
won't go in letterboxes. I carved them for a a project for teenage
girls in a juvenile detention center. We wanted to help them make
note cards as a Christmas gift for their mothers or grandmothers.
Since they are in jail they can't shop and don't have money. Store-
bought stamps are expensive, so I volunteered to carve Christmas-
themed stamps for them. They were a hit - and great practice for me.
I can testify that practice really improves one carving ability! My
first boxes had pretty lame stamps, but they are getting better
every time. Even having some luck with letters...
So, plant away!
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Melissa"
wrote:
> You don't have to be "seasoned" to place them do you? I've been
> thinking about this for a bit, and have picked a spot where I know
> there are no LB's. I even tried my hand at carving-a new found
joy!
> It was much easier than I thought it would be, and, tooting my own
> horn here, my stamp turned out pretty good for anything that I've
> ever done. Anyway...I can't wait to start planning the LB, but am
> curious about how you went about placing, or deciding to place
your
> first LB's.
I sure hope you don't have to be "seasoned" to place them, because
I've only found 2 but I've placed 8 so far and have 4 or 5 more to
place this weekend.
There is only one in my city placed by someone else, and only one
other within 30 miles, which I haven't been able to find in 2
attempts.
I've not been able to travel to more heavily-boxed areas since I
started the hobby. (That was in November.) I made one trip to
Oakland, CA at Christmas with my family but they are not boxers so I
only got to search for and find one box. It may be Spring before I
get to really go "hunting" but I'm not waiting - I decided it could
be just as fun to plant as to find.
I've carved about 25 stamps so far, including about a dozen which
won't go in letterboxes. I carved them for a a project for teenage
girls in a juvenile detention center. We wanted to help them make
note cards as a Christmas gift for their mothers or grandmothers.
Since they are in jail they can't shop and don't have money. Store-
bought stamps are expensive, so I volunteered to carve Christmas-
themed stamps for them. They were a hit - and great practice for me.
I can testify that practice really improves one carving ability! My
first boxes had pretty lame stamps, but they are getting better
every time. Even having some luck with letters...
So, plant away!
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Melissa"
> You don't have to be "seasoned" to place them do you? I've been
> thinking about this for a bit, and have picked a spot where I know
> there are no LB's. I even tried my hand at carving-a new found
joy!
> It was much easier than I thought it would be, and, tooting my own
> horn here, my stamp turned out pretty good for anything that I've
> ever done. Anyway...I can't wait to start planning the LB, but am
> curious about how you went about placing, or deciding to place
your
> first LB's.