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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.

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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 August 2, 2021 at 9:03pm

Ty sent "Alien Kite #4" To Susan Gnaedinger

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on August 2, 2021 at 9:01pm

Susan Gnaedinger's "Mermaid" postcard

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on July 31, 2021 at 9:08pm

Received from COCO Muchmore. - Excellent Quilt Postcard.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on July 28, 2021 at 6:30pm

New Cecil Dustin Linocut Print Postcard

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on July 13, 2021 at 5:11am

Steella Dara's "Telephonebooth" postcard. It is an experiment with watercolor and embossing powder.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on June 23, 2021 at 12:27am

Whirlwind postcard going out to Kit Gonzales Moore

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on June 22, 2021 at 5:22am

Hand colored monoprint postcard going to Amy Candiotti

Comment by Bradford on June 8, 2021 at 5:06pm

from awyn, a new Canadian member:

Comment by Guido Bondioli on June 3, 2021 at 9:12pm

I use the cards that comes as junk mail. It has been mailed once so I know it can slide through the post office experience.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on June 1, 2021 at 12:04am

Great abstract / mixed media PC from "awyn" in Canada

 

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