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 6

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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 Susan Gnaedinger on July 14, 2022 at 5:39pm: Received feel mail postcard from Coco. It didn't scan real well.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on July 14, 2022 at 5:02am: "Misty" postcard by Ty Hannigan Sent to Amy Candiotti

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on July 14, 2022 at 5:00am

Beautiful Floral reduction print postcard drom Amy Candiott"Misty" hand drawn postcard sent to Amy Candiotti

Comment by Pam Chatfield on July 13, 2022 at 10:02pm: I received this lino print with added hand coloring post card from Tyler. This is a fun design. Thanks Tyler!

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on July 12, 2022 at 5:03am: Received from James - Thanks Jim

Collage - photo copies of my original 2"by2"s.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on July 10, 2022 at 5:13am: this psychodelic Beetle Is off to visit "Awyn" in Canada.Thanks for her "suume" card

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on July 8, 2022 at 7:43pm: Excellent postcard received from Sue Gnaedinger

Comment by Susan Gnaedinger on July 8, 2022 at 1:18am: collaged postcard from M. tephens

Comment by Coco Muchmore on July 2, 2022 at 8:58pm: Yaaaay!!!

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on July 2, 2022 at 12:56pm: To Coco Muchmore -Hand drawn, Pen & Ink postcard

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