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 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, 2025.

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 Pizo on December 16, 2025 at 12:03pm: Thanks Tyler! Yes! That was my Ray like bunny typing mysterious letters! ;)

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on December 14, 2025 at 7:37pm: I've received another great postcard from Ed Giecek. Possible mixed media with ink, wash & ? watercolor.

And in return I'm sending "Flames" a peb & ink postcard.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on December 14, 2025 at 7:32pm: Thanks Leslie, I thought it might be Pizo but not sure.

Comment by Leslie Levenson on December 14, 2025 at 12:18am: Tyler, that looks like Pizo’s work. It’s a good one!

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on December 13, 2025 at 2:23pm: Here is a mystery postcard that arrived from Houston, TX. that I call "The Author". Can anyone translate the cryptic text?

And in return (I think) I'm sending this card off to Houston. It's a pen & ink drawing over tracings I call "Rorschach -10"

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Comment by Susan Gnaedinger on December 7, 2025 at 3:53am: Received from Georgie Stone. This is " Wow" mail art. Its a vibrant purple but if didn't scan well because of the glitter paint.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on December 4, 2025 at 10:05pm: Received lovely watercolor painting of trees postcard from Ed Gieceka

Thanks a million.

And Heading back to Wash. State is my Hand drawn, pen & ink postcard called "Core-03".

Comment by Daniel de Culla on November 29, 2025 at 7:08pm: Season's Greetings¡ and Hapy 2026

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on November 29, 2025 at 2:23pm: Welcome new member, Debra Mulnick from Bois Idaho. Here is a hand drawn pen & ink card I call Taos Petroglyph #15.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on November 24, 2025 at 10:36pm: Trick or Treat came in the mail from Peter Wilson. Thanks Peter for your mixed media postcard.

And heading back to Ohio is my "Mod-Tri-09" hand drawn pen & ink postcard.

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