Hand Made Postcards

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.

  • 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 keep the artist's name under a file called IUOMA or Mail Art. I also maintain a sub-file for the…

    By Tyler Hannigan

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  • Paper type and thickness for handmade postcards

    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 400 series 200 g/m2). The thicker ones tend to have more texture, so they are sometimes harder to…

    By Tanushree V

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