On January 1, 2019, Germany’s Packaging Act (VerpackG) came into effect, imposing requirements on online retailers (including Etsy shops) selling to buyers in Germany. The Packaging Act promotes recycling and reuse of packaging materials (e.g. cardboard boxes, tape, and bubble wrap).

My company CalamityGen is registered with LUCID, which is the Packaging Register of the Stiftung Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Foundation Central Agency Packaging Register – ZSVR).

Producers/distributors pay a license fee to the dual system for the collection, sorting and recycling of the packaging they introduced to the market. My Dual System partner is Activate by Reclay.

Please recycle when you can. Thank you.

I guarantee shipping within one business day. For Canadian buyers, Canada Post office pick up time is 16:00 ET. If I receive an order before 15:00 and I’m home I will mail your order the same day. Note that there is no service Saturday and Sunday. If it’s a holiday I will let you know when the next working day will be.
For international buyers, pick up is at 7:00 pm, so sometimes if you order later than 4:00 pm I will still send it the same day.
During the summer, I spend sometimes at my cottage, and can push my shipping to two days. I will extend my shipping times in the system and let you know when I will send your package.

My shop is located in my house and all the art works are decorating my home waiting to be adopted… We are a non smoker family but where lives my dogs, cats and birds. I clean and wash everything and make sure all is prepped out before being shipped. But mistake happen and I’m apologizing in advance if not.

There is also my husband and son’s who were very (sometimes not so much ) patient when I brought all my mom’s vintage inside our house.

Mint: Pristine condition
Very Good (VG) – Top grade - with all pages present, clean covers, no tears or stains noticeable. Looks practically new!
Good/Very Good (G/VG) – complete and clean possibly with minor light cover wear or light aging.
Good (G) – Definitely looks its age, but complete. Covers may be slightly soiled or creased, and some fraying of the spine edge may be present. Possible small cover edge tears or light stains.
Fair/Good – Well read, and not stored well. Wear to the covers, with possible edge tears, stains, writing, library markings and partially loose pages.
Fair – Readable and complete. Well read, and not stored well. Wear to the covers, possible edge tears, stains, loose pages.
Collage: incomplete

For all patterns, magazines, buttons and small items: I will use Canada post regular mail. It’s the cheapest fastest way of sending items in Canada, no tracking number will be included.
For all bigger packages, I use private companies. With them you will receive a tracking number.
If for any reason you need a faster service, please let me know before you order. Depending on the size of the item and where you live I will calculate the extra shipping cost and your different options. Sometimes it’s not really worth it, depending on your location.
Please take note that I ship from Montreal.

I use two private shipping companies, chitchat and Stallion express. They both bring shipments to the border, to USPS within the first day. If I ship an item, by noon of the next day, your package will be in the USA.
You will see on your package a USPS label. The price only includes the US portion, explaining the difference between what you pay and what’s on the label. The smaller packages are only partially tracked within Canada. Tracking will finished when it will be held to USPS.
For bigger items it usually includes full tracking.
You have an option to upgrade shipping to fully tracked items for sewing patterns at checkout.
Please note that I will reimburse excess shipping cost over 2 dollars.

I use Stallion express that partners with NL (Netherlands).
Timing for international shipping depend on factors like holiday, weather, customs and your location inside your country. The fist date on the delivery is the usual date but I fix a range to include contingencies.
For all countries, it will be taken in charge by NL until it’s given to your local postal service. For smaller items it’s partially tracked until it reaches Europe.You can decide to upgrade shipping at checkout.
Note that for Great Britain it’s fully tracked and handle by Royal Mail.
Here is the link to track the items.
https://stallionexpress.ca/track/
https://www.postnl.nl/en/
By telling me when you receive an item you help giving accurate infos to others.

I usually send patterns and magazines with regular mail. It’s the fastest way, but there is no tracking. If you are in the biggest cities it can be as fast as ten days.
For everything else I use Stallion Express that partners with a Netherlands company NL. They have an agreement with you local mail services, so you will have full tracking within Australia Post. With them I’m able to offer shipping at raisonnable prices. Because it has to go to customs counts between two to four weeks depending on where you live for deliveries.
If the tracking link is broken use these ones. Copy your tracking #
https://stallionexpress.ca/track/
https://www.postnl.nl/en/
If you want upgrade shipping please let me know I will gladly give you options.

As per the USMCA agreement, Us customers buying goods from Canadian sellers have a minimum threshold of duty free of 800 USD.
Their is a list of restricted goods in the internet but it usually does not applies to sewing patterns, magazines, books, vintage clothings or other small decor items.
As I don’t pretend to be a specialist or it can always be exception, for full confirmation you can have access to lots of informations online provided by your government.