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 June 23, 2024 at 3:51pm: "Cherish Your Elders" , a pen and ink drawing with highlights postcard from Kitty Gonzales Moore. Thanks

And on it's way back to Ocala is my black rubber stamped with added white ink postcard.

Comment by Tomoe N on June 19, 2024 at 4:42am: Hello Tyler,

Thank you for posting my works.

I am glad to know if it get there.

There were cheery trees bloomed during May - April at the burial mound park near my house.

The red cat, I drew with a plastic template. I think it is a cheetah.

Tomoe

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on June 17, 2024 at 9:29pm: Sorry Tomoe for the delay - life has been hectic lately.

Received package with two postcards. One a nice original photograph of cherry blossoms. The second a mixed media "Red Cat". - Thanks

And in the return mail is a hand drawn (Colored pencil) postcard named "23-Whirlybird"

Comment by Tomoe N on June 14, 2024 at 2:36am: Hi Tyler

It’s been more than a month last time I inquired about my mail. Have you received my mail?

Tomoe

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on June 13, 2024 at 7:24pm: I received this well designed photo postcard from IUOMA artist in Kenmore, Washington State.

And I'm sending in return "24-Petro-04" lino cut print with added hand coloring postcard.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on June 11, 2024 at 4:32am: Thanks to Susanne Mitterwieser of Germany for her woven paper postcard.

It creates an interesting abstract.

And in return I'm sending a hand drawn postcard called "feather-ish-03"

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on June 10, 2024 at 11:19pm: Missing postcard replacement of to Coco -

This is rubber stamp (4) with added pink ink.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on June 8, 2024 at 10:08pm: Thanks to Stephan Mitterwieser in Germany for sending this Dottyland postcard (My name).

And in return I'm sending him the rubber stamp "Tumbleweed" postcard of various size stamps.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on June 7, 2024 at 10:44pm: Here is a replacement postcard for the one our lovely Post Office lost!!???

It has 4 rubber stamp impressions (Curved Triangles) with dded white ink.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on May 30, 2024 at 5:03am: Received a really nice hand drawn card of a loving moon - Thanks

And in return I'm sending a rubber stamp with ink of "Curved Triangles"

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