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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Latest Activity: May 7

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Managing Our Postcard Collections 1 Reply

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

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Started by Tyler Hannigan. Last reply by Lulu Flanagan Mar 24.

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 7, 2025 at 2:11pm: Just received a unique collage postcard from Angie Naron of Chicago -thanks.And in return I'm sending "Fan-like -04", a rubber stamp with added black ink postcard.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on May 7, 2025 at 4:53am: Postcard received from Cut and Post

The more you look the more you well see - - -

And in return I'm sending "25-Contemporary Taos Petroglyph #2 "

from a new pen and ink series.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on May 1, 2025 at 4:55am: Susan Gnaedinger has sent a great "ceramic" postcard. Thank You !

And in return I'm sending "25-Oct-01" a new postcard series I've started working on. It's a hand drawn postcard on black.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on April 18, 2025 at 4:46am: Thanks go out to James Chester for his abstract postcard.

And in return mail I'm sending "Four Pack -01", a rubber stamp with added ink.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on April 15, 2025 at 12:21pm: Received Nice double rubber stamp 'storm' from Stephan Mitterwieser - Thanks.

And in return I'm sending "Second Octagonal" a hand drawn postcard

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on April 6, 2025 at 3:41pm: Received a delightful mixed media postcard from Yooper Hill. - Thanks

And in return I'm sending one of my hand drawn postcard called "curved Petals in red and white.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on April 3, 2025 at 8:49pm: Thanks to Susanne Mitterweiser for this neat combined Lino print and rubber stamp postcard.

And in return I'm sending "24-t and c" a hand drawn postcard.

Comment by Susan Gnaedinger on April 1, 2025 at 10:11pm: I think someone sent me a friend request and it disappeared. If you sent me a friend request and I haven't responded, please set it again. Thanks

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on March 30, 2025 at 9:13pm: Thanks to Susan Gnadinger for her graphic triangles postcard.

And in return I'm mailing "Nikesh-02" a rubber stamp with added ink postcard.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on March 29, 2025 at 3:42pm: Receive mixed media postcard - Ferlinghetti "Liberty" speech from "awyn". Thanks to our Canadian member.

And in return I'm sending "Split Hex" a hand drawn postcard from a new series of Hexagonal & Octagonal designs. - Ty

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