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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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Latest Activity: on Sunday

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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 February 21, 2023 at 9:14pm

Going out to Coco Muchmore in Kamsas:

AND

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on February 21, 2023 at 7:53pm

Valentines postcard from Coco Muchmore - AND   Year of the Rabbit also from Coco  -  Greatly appreciated !!!

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on February 10, 2023 at 9:12pm

HEADS UP !!!

Yoy may already Know - postal rate for postcard is now 48 cents for domestic and 1dollar and 45 cents for international - thanks to Louis DeJoy's policy of destroying the US Post Office

Comment by awyn on February 9, 2023 at 2:39pm

Lovely postcard today from Gerda Osteneck in Saskatchewan, CANADA

Comment by Daniel de Culla on February 2, 2023 at 9:00pm

Esta postal es de Isabel Gómez de Diego. Season's Greetings¡

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on February 2, 2023 at 8:31pm

A great hand drawn postcard from Coco Muchmore in KansasAnd postcard in return

Zentanglish - hand drawn by Ty Hannigan

Comment by Daniel de Culla on January 30, 2023 at 6:56am

Season's Greetings¡

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on January 30, 2023 at 4:20am

Nice painting postcard I call "Abstract Dancer' by awyn

And a return postcard to awyn - a lino print beetle with added hand coloring called Zebra Beetle

Comment by Coco Muchmore on January 29, 2023 at 5:38pm

Wow, Thom! You got ripped off! ;) Thanks for posting.

Comment by Thom Courcelle on January 28, 2023 at 6:15pm

Sometimes you get a whole postcard... and sometimes the post office decides you only get PART of a postcard:

It is *STILL* mightily beautiful in its partial-ness. Achingly colorful and enthralling. Much thanks to Coco Muchmore!!!!

 

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