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

Thank you, Sue!

Comment by Susan Gnaedinger on November 29, 2022 at 11:36pm: Received a couple of pieces of mail art from Coco. This is postcard size so I thought I'd post it.

Comment by Coco Muchmore on November 28, 2022 at 9:11pm: Great postcard from Ty! Thank you, sir!

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on November 28, 2022 at 3:52pm: Another great watercolor Postcard from "awyn" - Thank you

"Reaching Out #6" Ink on photo paper

Postcard going out to "awyn"

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on November 22, 2022 at 7:22pm: Received From Coco Muchmore - Nice simplistic landscape - Thanks From Ty back to Coco

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on November 15, 2022 at 12:22am: New hand drawn PC from Ty - going out to Susan Gnaedinger

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on November 15, 2022 at 12:21am: Thanks for the happy checkerboard experiment from Susan Gnaedinger.

Comment by Susan Gnaedinger on November 13, 2022 at 4:09pm: A little sunshine from coco

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on October 25, 2022 at 8:51pm: Print, Media Postcard from from Amy Candiotti - Thanks for the Kitty

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on October 25, 2022 at 1:35pm: Linocut Print Postcard received from Tanushree V. - Excellent

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