Hand Made Postcards

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Hand Made Postcard Exchange.

Please no commercial postcards.

Categories / media - drawing, painting, watercolor, print making, mixed media, original photograph.

Mailed postcards have an advantage being postmarked they record the time and place where created.

Note: pastel, collage and embellishments do not travel well and may cause postal machinery damage/breakage.

My address is on the last comment page.

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Managing Our Postcard Collections

All suggestions and comments are welcome here ?Ty Hannigan here. -- Here is what I do (currently)1st:I scan new postcards when they arrive and file the image in my computer under the artist's name. I…Continue

Tags: maintain, store, postcards

Started by Tyler Hannigan Feb 2, 2024.

Paper type and thickness for handmade postcards 12 Replies

Does anyone have recommendations for paper types/thickness they use for handmade postcards? I've tried sending some in the mail, but suspect they need to be thicker (I'm using Strathmore printmaking…Continue

Started by Tanushree V. Last reply by Guido Bondioli Oct 21, 2023.

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Comment by Tyler Hannigan on May 22, 2023 at 4:52pm: Thanks to Lulu Flanagan for her neet geometric postcard

And in return I'm sending "Flower Quad #8"

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on May 7, 2023 at 6:52pm: Received Postcard with some of the collage torn or gone. Still loks nice - from Cocio Muchmore.

And sending back to Coco in Kansas "Flower Quad #2" a Lino print card with added hand coloring.

Comment by Susan Gnaedinger on April 28, 2023 at 3:27pm: Received from Tyler

Comment by Susan Gnaedinger on April 25, 2023 at 1:03am: I looked at this postcard from Coco and went wow.

Comment by Coco Muchmore on April 19, 2023 at 2:15pm: Going out to Kennewick, WA today!

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on April 18, 2023 at 12:21am: "No Zen Left" Hand drawn Postcard by Coco Muchmore

And in return:

"Edna-ish #2" Hand drawn postcard by Ty Hannigan

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on April 14, 2023 at 11:09pm: "Crow" Linocut print postcard from Amy Candiotti

And in return "Curium #5" linocut print with added hnd coloring.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on April 14, 2023 at 11:04pm: Watercolor Fun postcard from Lulu Flanagan

And in Return - "Petro #10" Linocut print with added hand coloring.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on March 20, 2023 at 9:19pm: Thanks to Susan Gnaedinger for lovely tissue paper colored Postcard.

And in return Ty is sending postcard "Curium #6"

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on March 19, 2023 at 11:10pm: "I Found A Feather" postcard Thanks to Coco Muchmore

Return PC by Ty Hannigan - "Carium #4"

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