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: Apr 11

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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 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

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on July 2, 2022 at 5:17am: Thanks to Coco for this hand painted postcard on one year anniversary of our trading.

Comment by awyn on June 29, 2022 at 2:55pm: Two wonderful hand-sketched and painted postcards received from Susan Gnaedinger.

Comment by awyn on June 29, 2022 at 1:57pm: Beautiful handmade postcard received from from Gerda Osteneck (CANADA).

Comment by Coco Muchmore on June 28, 2022 at 1:21pm: Susan Gnaedinger also keeping the hand in handmade, odd shaped postcards!

Comment by Susan Gnaedinger on June 28, 2022 at 3:08am: two postcards from coco. The second one is irregularly shaped ( the white area doesn't exist) and it made it through the mail just fine.

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