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: 9 hours ago

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Managing Our Postcard Collections 1 Reply

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. Last reply by Lulu Flanagan Mar 24.

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 9 hours ago: Here is a 'graphic' postcard going out to new group member Pizo Meyer of Houston ,TX.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on Saturday: Lulu Flanagan has made her first print. I've put a stamp and mailed it to myself as a 'postcard'. - Thanks Lulu

And in return I'm sending "25-Follow the leader-02" - a hand drawn design using pen and ink with stencil.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on November 3, 2025 at 4:56am: Tip of the hat to Susan Gnaedinger for "Sun Girl" postcard - drawing with watercolor.

I'm sending her in return my pen and ink over tracings postcard.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on October 31, 2025 at 6:56pm: Thanks to 'nolocal variable' for his great multi rubber stamped mixed media postcard called "Nothing".

And heading back to Oregon is my one of my 'Contemporary Taos Petroglyph' , hand drawn postcards.

Comment by Coco Muchmore on October 24, 2025 at 9:43am: I received this lovely card from Ty, and sent this in return:

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on October 20, 2025 at 2:36pm: Thanks to Ed Giecek for sending a wonderful ink/water color abstract postcard.

And in return I'm sending "Rorschach #5", a hand drawn pen and ink postcard.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on October 16, 2025 at 11:05pm: Have received a exciting postcard from Coco Muchmore celebrating my future "Earthship". Thank's Coco for sharing our excitement. Our new home will be built using a 3-D printer. Groun breaking is due in a few weeks.

And in return I'm sending one of my 'Rorschach' series postcards.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on October 15, 2025 at 9:19pm: Yooper Hill has come out from under the palm trees in Florida to send this mixed media postcard about Love.

And in return I'm sending #03 from my 'Follow The Leader' series, a hand drawn postcard utilizing a tracing.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on October 5, 2025 at 11:13pm: Coco Muchmore has been busy and has just sent another card I love. -Thanks Coco.

And in return I'm sending "New Age Plant #4" a hand drawn with stencil pen and ink postcard.

Comment by Susan Gnaedinger on October 1, 2025 at 8:36pm: I went to the U S post office today and they were open. I had mail art for Canada they wouldn't accept because Canadian postal carriers are on strike.

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