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 5, 2024 at 2:30pm: This watercolor and ink postcard is headed to Spain this morning...

Comment by Tomoe N on January 5, 2024 at 9:53am: From Tyler in NM USA. Thank you 🙏
アメリカ、ニューメキシコからポストカード。ありがと。

I will send you back some postcard of my drawing.

- Tomoe

Comment by Coco Muchmore on January 4, 2024 at 11:13pm: Posca pen and ink drawing by me to Judi K. We did a challenge: Draw a postcard without your glasses...

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on January 3, 2024 at 6:55pm: First postcard from new member, Oceanfun Who lives in India. Thanks and welcome.

And in return I'm sending "Spirit Sign 07" a lino print with added colored ink postcard.

Comment by David Leo on January 2, 2024 at 11:58pm: from erica durante

Comment by Ioana Briana Bacriu Petrescu on January 2, 2024 at 2:29pm

Comment by Susan Gnaedinger on January 1, 2024 at 9:25pm: Received from coco.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on January 1, 2024 at 4:18am: Another nicely done "Gino Leaves" hand drawn postcard from Susan Gnaedinger. Thanks

And in return I'm sending postcard "Fiesta 23-4"- hand drawn

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on December 21, 2023 at 11:16pm: A welcome postcard to new member, Tomoe, N. in Osaka, Japan

Comment by Tomoe N on December 21, 2023 at 4:16am: Hello.
I just joined the group.

I live in Osaka Japan. Nice to meet you.

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