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 Susan Gnaedinger on August 27, 2021 at 8:09pm: i still dont know the sender of this mail art. Im posting the front side of what i previously posted. It has a lot of depth.

Comment by Susan Gnaedinger on August 24, 2021 at 4:30pm

Comment by Susan Gnaedinger on August 24, 2021 at 3:32pm: I received a postcard and I would like to send a postcard in return, but I don't know who sent it. I can read part of the postmark and I think it is from WA?

Comment by awyn on August 18, 2021 at 5:14pm: Tyler Hannigan sent a hand-drawn experiment with watercolor brushes ("Sunset") today. Thank you, Ty.

Comment by awyn on August 6, 2021 at 6:48pm: Received today from Jacqueline Perkins. Thank you!

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.

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