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.

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 8, 2022 at 6:28pm: Hand Drawn Postcard by Ty Hannigan - Ameba Dreaming #6 - sent to Tanushree V.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on May 2, 2022 at 4:40am: Thanks to Steve Black For postcard - "Prison Images"

Comment by Maxima Strange on April 22, 2022 at 6:53pm: From Susan Gnaedinger

Comment by Susan Gnaedinger on April 18, 2022 at 3:33pm: A couple of very cool postcards sent to me by Steve Black.

Comment by Coco Muchmore on April 14, 2022 at 5:09pm: Received from Texas--Happy Easter everyone.

Comment by Susan Gnaedinger on April 14, 2022 at 3:38pm

Comment by Susan Gnaedinger on April 14, 2022 at 3:38pm: received watercolor postcard from AWYN. And the back is great too.

Comment by Susan Gnaedinger on March 26, 2022 at 9:18pm: postcard from Amy Candiotte. I asked her about it and she said it was 2 Speedball Easy Cut blocks.

Comment by Susan Gnaedinger on March 26, 2022 at 9:04pm: Circle postcard from Mim

Comment by Susan Gnaedinger on March 17, 2022 at 3:03pm: Illustration from awyn. I'm liking it.

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