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 Carmela Rizzuto on August 1, 2022 at 5:07pm: Sent to Self-portrait Mail Art Call July 15, 2022, Uppsala, Sweden. Blindfolded contour drawing with Ink and Neocolor II crayons on Canson Mi-Teinte paper.

Comment by Pam Chatfield on July 30, 2022 at 6:40pm: I received this bug PC from Ty. Thanks Ty! I love the eyes. He looks like he's going to scream and swat the human. lol

Comment by Coco Muchmore on July 29, 2022 at 2:39pm: Love this one! Thank you, Thea!

Comment by Susan Gnaedinger on July 24, 2022 at 7:06pm: I am enjoying Tyler's recent postcards.

Comment by Susan Gnaedinger on July 24, 2022 at 6:56pm: Amy Candiotti sent a red bird.

Comment by Coco Muchmore on July 16, 2022 at 2:33pm: Susan--I like the feel mail heart better like that, don't you?

Comment by Coco Muchmore on July 16, 2022 at 2:32pm: Deee-licious mandala from Susan Gnaedinger... mailed in the open... someone tried to take a bite!

Comment by Susan Gnaedinger on July 14, 2022 at 5:39pm: Received feel mail postcard from Coco. It didn't scan real well.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on July 14, 2022 at 5:02am: "Misty" postcard by Ty Hannigan Sent to Amy Candiotti

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on July 14, 2022 at 5:00am

Beautiful Floral reduction print postcard drom Amy Candiott"Misty" hand drawn postcard sent to Amy Candiotti

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