Kiki Klassen started the Lucky Duck Mail Club not long before last year’s Canada Post strike and spent about five hours driving around communities neighbouring her St. Catharines, Ont., home delivering envelopes.
"People were absolutely shocked. They had no idea how it got there," laughed Klassen
"People were messaging me on Instagram: 'You're incredible. How did you do this?' And meanwhile, I'm in my car with this thing. I literally printed out like I was in high school, trying to go to my friend's house, like a MapQuest route," said Klassen, 28.
But the artist’s mailing list has grown since then and now about 1,000 people from 30 countries have signed up for a monthly mail out of an original print, a quote of the month and messages of affirmation.
She said she won't be hand deliverin