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 Tyler Hannigan on March 19, 2023 at 11:10pm: "I Found A Feather" postcard Thanks to Coco Muchmore

Return PC by Ty Hannigan - "Carium #4"

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on March 18, 2023 at 9:47pm: Scanned copy of my original 6 "2by2s" sent to Lulu Flanagan

Comment by Susan Gnaedinger on March 8, 2023 at 10:02pm: I really like the direction Tyler is going with his mail art.

Comment by Coco Muchmore on March 5, 2023 at 5:48pm: Hey! It's a double!! Thank-you so much, Tyler Hannigan! A reply is on the way!

Comment by awyn on February 28, 2023 at 5:12pm: Received from Tyler yesterday!

Thank you, Ty! We still have way too much snow up here for the geese to be thinking of returning anytime soon! :)

Comment by Daniel de Culla on February 21, 2023 at 10:06pm: In Freedom and Love

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on February 21, 2023 at 9:14pm: Going out to Coco Muchmore in Kamsas:

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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

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