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Hand Made Postcards

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 February 17, 2022 at 7:49pm

Sending to Pam McVay.

Linocut Print with added Hand Coloring

Comment by awyn on February 15, 2022 at 7:27pm

Received from Susan Gnaedinger, a beautiful handmade art postcard inspired, she tells me, from visits to the Arizona desert.  My photo does not do justice to her drawing or its brilliant colors.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on February 12, 2022 at 5:13pm

Postcard received by Richard  Canard from Carbondale, IL

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on February 7, 2022 at 2:00pm

Received a delightful hand drawn landscape postcard from Susan Gnaedinger.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on January 30, 2022 at 3:39pm

Received from Coco Muchmore of Perry KansasPostcard - "Last Cowboy Sunset"

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on January 29, 2022 at 9:07pm

Received from George Stone of Ontario, Canada"Runnaway Paisley" postcard

Comment by Susan Gnaedinger on January 26, 2022 at 10:08pm

Comment by Susan Gnaedinger on January 26, 2022 at 10:06pm

Received from AWYN. The front of the card is actually a collage.

Comment by Coco Muchmore on January 26, 2022 at 6:09pm

Original art goodness mailed in the open as a postcard from Susan Gnaedinger--Always a treat! Thank you!

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on January 25, 2022 at 4:43pm

Here are e some color added to the beetle print shown earlier.Top one is "Ribbon Dance" and the second is "Fire Dancer"

 

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