Waffle PostCard

First things first, Happy Galentine’s Day to all my lovely lady friends!  I love you and cherish our friendship even if we are far apart. 

Are you confused? Galentine’s Day is a fictional holiday made up by Amy Poehler’s character, Leslie Knope, on the long running and still playing on Netflix, sitcom, Parks and Rec. Leslie explains it as a holiday to eat brunch with your girlfriends celebrating lady love and the friendships that make our lives worth living.

"Oh, it's only the best day of the year. Every February 13th, my lady friends and I leave our husbands and our boyfriends at home, and we just come and kick it, breakfast-style. Ladies celebrating ladies. It's like Lilith Fair, minus the angst. Plus frittatas." (Leslie Knope, Parks and Rec)
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Leslie loves waffles and some may say that they are a supporting character on Parks and Rec, so I decided to make waffle postcards to send to my gal pals.

Materials:
Model Magic air-dry clay, 3 single packages per waffle (White)
Craft Paint (White, Yellow, Brown)
Parchment paper
Elmer’s Glue
E6000 Industrial Strength Glue
Cardstock
Colored Pencils

​Step 1:
I combined three packages of clay to create enough dough to lay in my cold waffle iron and press into the shape of a waffle.  Do not turn on the waffle iron. I cut around the extra with scissors and with it created small flat squares for butter pats.

Step 2:
The clay needs to dry for 24 hours before it can be painted.  I did a base coat on the waffles and then used a dry brush technique to highlight the raised areas and make them a little darker like they were cooked.  I painted the butter pats with bright yellow paint. I set everything aside to dry overnight.

Step 3:
I took ½ cup(ish) of glue and put it in a plastic cup and added brown paint to look like syrup.  I then poured the glue over the waffles and let it dry for 24 hours.  (Hint: it will dry darker)

Step 4:
After the waffles were dry I colored cardstock with colored pencils to recreate the waffle look and address them to my friends. I used strong glue to glue on the butter pat and the cardstock.

Now they are ready for the mail.  They only weigh a couple of ounces but have them weighed at the post office for proper postage.  I have mailed them before and they have arrived perfectly and how fun it is to get a waffle out of the mailbox!
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Issue: The post office in my little town had never seen anything like this and refused to treat them as a “first class letter” instead wanted them to go as a package.  I don’t mind paying the postage, but packages get large stickers with tracking codes that my post officer wanted to put right across the butter!! In the case of dealing with people that just don’t get it, don’t create a scene, just put them in a padded envelope. The waffle postcards that is, not the people.
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Enjoy your waffles on Galentine’s Day and remember, “Ovaries before Brovaries!”