For the one off to meet the baby

The team’s good luck in one envelope: a letter from everyone, the photos, the team on video. Opened on the last day.

Half price on your first, with code FIRSTLETTER

NurseryButter yellow, tiny polka dots, gingham inside, a star sticker.

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How to send a maternity leave envelope

  1. 01

    Write it, add the rest

    The letter, the photos, a video and the gift card. About five minutes, on your phone or at a desk. No account to make first.

  2. 02

    Seal it. Set the day.

    Their name goes on the front. Send it tonight, or keep it sealed until their morning, in their time zone, with a countdown until then.

    Opens on their morning · their time zone
  3. 03

    Send one link

    By text, email or any chat. They tap the seal, the flap lifts, and the pieces come out one at a time. No app for either of you.

Maternity leave envelopes

Nursery is the one most maternity leave envelopes go in: butter yellow, tiny polka dots, gingham inside, a star sticker. Pick the one that’s them. Their name goes on the front, they tap the seal, and the flap lifts.

What to put in a maternity leave envelope

Up to ten pieces in one maternity leave envelope: letters, postcards, videos and the gift card you bought. You decide what goes in and the order it comes out.

This is what they’d open.

ExampleTomas to Maren, on her thirtieth. Tap the stamp and it opens here, the way it opens for her.

Read the whole envelope

Example with made-up names. Yours opens with theirs.

Inside: his letter, two photos and a gift

Their name, on the front

PAR AVION
Maren

TAP THE STAMP

Inside: his letter, two photos and a gift

All 58 occasions

How much does a maternity leave envelope cost?

Priced per maternity leave envelope, never per piece. Paid once, no subscription, and it stays open for good.

A MATERNITY LEAVE ENVELOPE$3.99
  • Letters of any length
  • Your photos as postcards
  • The gift card you bought, wrapped
  • Up to ten pieces, sealed until the day
WITH A VIDEO+ $2.50$6.49
  • Everything in the envelope
  • A video of you, up to 1 GB
  • Straight off your phone, it plays inside
  • More videos add nothing

Half price on your first, with code FIRSTLETTER

Preview it before you pay.

What to write in a maternity leave card

For a colleague, a work friend, the boss, and anyone off on paternity or adoption leave.

  • Go and meet them. We will keep your chair warm and your plant alive, roughly in that order.
  • We won’t mention work once. Except to say the place will be quieter, and nobody else knows the password.
  • Enjoy every minute, including the ones at three in the morning. Especially those, apparently.
  • You have looked after all of us. Now let someone look after you for a bit.
  • We can’t wait to meet the baby. Bring them in when you’re ready, and not a day before.
  • Sleep when the baby sleeps, they say. We say: ignore your inbox when the baby sleeps.
  • Good luck to all three of you. The dog counts.
  • Whatever this year brings, it’s going to be the best one yet. See you on the other side.

Not sure what to write? Start from one of ours.

Whole letters, written for the occasion and ready to send as they are. Start your envelope with one and make it yours: it’s addressed to whoever you put on the front.

Addressed and signed with the names on your envelope. Change any word you like.

Dear Priya,

Go and meet them. We will keep your chair warm and your plant alive, roughly in that order.

We promise not to mention work. Except to say the place will be quieter, and nobody else knows where anything is, and we are fine. Mostly.

Enjoy every minute of it, the ones at three in the morning included. Send photos. Lots of photos.

Come back when you’re ready, and not a day before.

With love, from all of us,
Your name

When to send it

Set it to open at five on the last day before leave, when the out-of-office goes on. Or send it the week the baby arrives, so the team’s welcome is there with the first photos.

Start a week or two before, so there is time to collect a line from everyone. Babies keep their own diary, and the last day can come sooner than planned.

Opens on their morning · their time zone
Seal it. Set the day.

Their name goes on the front. The day goes on the seal.

Send it tonight, or keep it sealed until their morning, in their time zone, with a countdown until then.

Opens on their morning · their time zoneGus the goose, checking his watch

Maternity leave envelope questions

Can it open on their last day?

Yes. Set it to open at five on the last day before leave, with a countdown until then. Or send it straight away; it opens the moment they tap it.

What should I write in a maternity leave card?

Good luck, one thing you will miss while they are away, and nothing about work. The lines above cover colleagues, work friends, bosses and paternity or adoption leave.

Does it work for paternity or adoption leave?

Yes. Nothing in it says maternity unless you write it, so it fits paternity leave, adoption leave or shared parental leave just as well.

Can the collection go in it?

Yes. Buy a gift card with what the team collected, paste in the code, and it goes in the envelope wrapped. They read the letter first, then pull the ribbon.

What does it cost?

$3.99 for the letter and photos; $6.49 with the video from the team. Paid once.

What is a maternity leave envelope?

A maternity leave card goes round with a tin for the collection and comes back with a line from each of you. This is a letter from the team about what they will miss, the photo of the bump at the Christmas do, and a video of everyone wishing them well, the ones on the other floor too. Set it to open at five on the last day, and it is there to read again at three in the morning, when the baby is up. From $3.99, paid once.

It’s one link that opens like an envelope on their phone, with a letter of any length, your photos as postcards, a video straight off your phone, and the gift card you bought them, wrapped. No app and no account, for you or for them.

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Reminders

Not sending one today?

We’ll remind you a week or so before the days people send envelopes for: a few emails a year, and one click stops them.