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

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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 awyn on July 19, 2024 at 12:35am: Thanks, Ty, for your "Nike-ish 01" postcard. It's machine-postmarked on the wrong side, and upside down. :( Louis DeJoy's improved postal services, I presume, which the latest increase in cost of stamps helps fund. Have a great summer, stay cool!

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on July 17, 2024 at 9:01pm: Thanks to Sandra Lafever of Sarasota, FL for this hand printed postcard that I call "Cats Play".

And in return I'm sending "24 Curved Tri-06" a rubber stamped with added white ink postcard.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on July 15, 2024 at 1:39pm: "Snuggle Bunnies" A nice hand drawn postcard from Theo Nelson. Our neighbor from the North - Calgary, Canada.

And in return I'm sending "24-Every Which Way", a rubber stamp postcard with added hand drawn ink.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on July 9, 2024 at 11:20pm: "Two Blackbirds in Love" (My Name) hand painted postcard received from "awyn" in Canada - Thank You!

And in Return I'm sending a rubber stamp with added ink postcard called "Nike-ish 01"

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on July 5, 2024 at 11:30pm: "Reaching for the Sun" (My name) hand drawn postcard from Susan Gnaedinger. Thanks Susan

And in return I'm sending "Imersion-03" a hand drawn postcard.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on July 1, 2024 at 5:59pm: An abstract postcard from Coco Muchmore in Kansas. Nice colors - thanks!

And in return I'm sending one of my "Feather-ish " hand drawn postcards

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on June 27, 2024 at 11:02pm: Received experimental gel-plate with paperclips from James Chester - nice card - thanks.And in return to California is one of my new hand carved rubber stamp postcards.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on June 24, 2024 at 9:08pm: From Lulu Flanagan - postcard with 3 square doodles;

And in return I'm sending a Scratch/Neurographic postcard -

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on June 23, 2024 at 3:51pm: "Cherish Your Elders" , a pen and ink drawing with highlights postcard from Kitty Gonzales Moore. Thanks

And on it's way back to Ocala is my black rubber stamped with added white ink postcard.

Comment by Tomoe N on June 19, 2024 at 4:42am: Hello Tyler,

Thank you for posting my works.

I am glad to know if it get there.

There were cheery trees bloomed during May - April at the burial mound park near my house.

The red cat, I drew with a plastic template. I think it is a cheetah.

Tomoe

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