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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Paper type and thickness for handmade postcards 13 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 Josofa Sep 1.

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

Tags: maintain, store, postcards

Started by Tyler Hannigan. Last reply by Lulu Flanagan Mar 24, 2025.

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Comment by Susan Gnaedinger 10 hours ago: received this interesting collage postcard from d bailey.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan 15 hours ago: Collage postcard received from Stephen Mitterwieser of Stradtbergen, Germany - Thanks Stephen.

Comment by Daniel de Culla on Friday: Lovely¡

Comment by Daniel de Culla on Friday: Helen Amyes' nice card to me. Thanks and Greetings¡

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on Friday: Shown here is another of my Octopus postcards going out to "awyn" in Quebec.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on October 23, 2026 at 10:23pm: OK, I've received a new postcard from Ed Giecek I'll call "Victory Fingers"

It is a mix media with linoprint and colored marker/watercolor. - Thanks

And in return I'm sending "Taos Triskel Petroglyph-02" a linoprint with added ink stippling postcard

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on October 18, 2026 at 6:58pm: Thanks to Ed Giecek for his "Rock Star" lino print postcard.

And in return I'm sending a hand drawn pen and ink graphic postcard "Mod Triangle"

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on October 16, 2026 at 8:57pm: A very nice postcard has arrived from Susan Gnaedinger. -- Thanks a bunch.

And on it's way to Susan.

I've started doing some lino prints after 2 years off. I Call this postcard "Taos Triskel Petroglyph" - Lino print with added colored inks by hand.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on October 6, 2026 at 4:22pm: Her we go - another great postcard from Ed Giecek. "Zig Zag" a lino print over multi colored Spirals. Thanks Ed

And From Me I'm sending "Octopus Professor". This is a lino print postcars with added hand stippling.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on September 11, 2026 at 11:14pm: Ed Giechek has sent a lino cut print of a tree on his latest postcard. Thanks Ed - I like it !

And I'm sending a red tumbleweed rubber stamp postcard.

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