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 24, 2023 at 3:16pm: Gary greatness! Handmade postcard collage mailed in the open (should we say plein air?) from Upper Michigan

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on January 21, 2023 at 8:36pm: From Thom Courcelle

And the stamped back side

And sent in return to Thom

Postcard by Ty Hannigan - "Reaching Out #1"

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on January 14, 2023 at 7:27pm: Untitled postcard by Coco Muchmore receivedIn return Tyler sent

Postcard - ink on photopaper

Comment by Susan Gnaedinger on January 10, 2023 at 9:56pm: I know Tyler posted this earlier, but I'm posting it again. It is unusual. It looks like it was commercially printed because it is on this gloss photo paper.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on January 2, 2023 at 12:40am: Thanks to Celil Dustin for this PC !Sorry if it is upside down

Sending in return one of My modern petroglyph series #9

NOTE: When uploading images I've found that I can set the width of the images - My arbitrary choice is 270 pixels -

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on December 31, 2022 at 5:17am: Thanks to Susan Gnaedinger for hand drawn postcard

And in response I've sent the following hand drawn postcard

"Flying Flower" ink on photo paper (Note: Once ink dries it shouldn't smear

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on December 30, 2022 at 9:08pm: Thanks to Amy Candiotti for her watercolor drawing of a fox in the snow.

In return I've sent "Reaching Out #5" - hand drawn pen & ink postcard

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on December 30, 2022 at 4:44am: Thanks to Coco for the snowflake Holiday poatcard

And in return I've sent One of my "Triangle"series -

"Red Triangle" - Hand drawn - pen & Ink postcard

Comment by awyn on December 22, 2022 at 2:23pm: Received from Ty Hannigan: "Reaching Out #6". Thanks, Ty!

Comment by awyn on December 20, 2022 at 3:33pm: Received from Susan Gnaedinger

Thank you, Sue!

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