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 Coco Muchmore on January 11, 2024 at 2:59pm: Hey Aurora--

This group really focuses on handmade, not copies.

If you send copies, you may not get a reply or may get a copy in return. Like I said, that's not really the jam here.

Keep the hand made in Hand Made postcards!

Coco

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on January 10, 2024 at 10:25pm: "Bird In Paradise" Great watercolor postcard from Susan Gnaedinger - Thanks !

And in return I'm sending "New Journey #4" - a rubber stamp with added black ink postcard.

Comment by Daniel de Culla on January 10, 2024 at 12:02pm: Season's Greetngs¡ with Lutz Anders

Comment by Tomoe N on January 10, 2024 at 2:44am: Hi Aurora, I am new to this group too. I can send you postcard.

I used to live in San Francisco.

Anyone in the group welcome to exchange.
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Tomoe Nakamura

2-22-2 Daiho Kanancho Minamikawachi-gun

Osaka 585-0005 Japan

Comment by Tomoe N on January 10, 2024 at 2:40am: Hi Tyler, I just sent you an envelope with different postcards. I hope you like them.

- Tomoe

Comment by Coco Muchmore on January 9, 2024 at 10:41pm: Postcard mailed today to my art pal who couldn't come play because of the snow. 8F with wind and snow here!

Comment by Coco Muchmore on January 9, 2024 at 6:52pm: Hi Aurora! Welcome! Sure! Let's do it! :)

Comment by Susan Gnaedinger on January 5, 2024 at 11:06pm: Collage postcard from Mim

Comment by Coco Muchmore on January 5, 2024 at 2:30pm: This watercolor and ink postcard is headed to Spain this morning...

Comment by Tomoe N on January 5, 2024 at 9:53am: From Tyler in NM USA. Thank you 🙏
アメリカ、ニューメキシコからポストカード。ありがと。

I will send you back some postcard of my drawing.

- Tomoe

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