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 Susan Gnaedinger on June 26, 2022 at 1:18am: Pen and ink drawing by Tyler

Comment by Susan Gnaedinger on June 26, 2022 at 1:05am: Coco can sew. Received this collage from her.

Comment by awyn on June 19, 2022 at 1:54pm: Received a hand-painted postcard from Tyler. Thank you, Ty!

Comment by Susan Gnaedinger on June 13, 2022 at 3:25pm: Oil pastel resist from Coco. She's working on a series.

Comment by Susan Gnaedinger on June 10, 2022 at 2:07am: Received this print, made with the reduction method, from Amy Candiotti. i hope I have it positioned correctly.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on June 9, 2022 at 9:05pm: Thanks to Coco for her lovely hand drawn "Dance" postcard

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on June 4, 2022 at 5:09am: Sending postcard "Hot Sky" pen and ink to Kit Gonzales Moore.

Comment by Susan Gnaedinger on May 30, 2022 at 1:46am: Received from Coco. I like the way the images are repeated but in different sizes.

Comment by Susan Gnaedinger on May 26, 2022 at 3:39pm: Hand drawn postcard from Tyler

Comment by awyn on May 25, 2022 at 2:29pm: "Stars Over the Sea", received from Susan Gnaedinger. Thank you, Sue!

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