CITY/REGION: McKinney, Texas
MEETUP PLACE: Holiday Inn & Suites McKinney-N. Allen
DATE: Saturday, March 9th, 2024
TIME: 12PM CST
MEETUP PLAN: Join us in McKinney, TX for Postcrossing and an opportunity to buy some vintage postcards! This meetup will take place at the Greater Dallas (McKinney) Postcard, Photo, and Paper Show.
$5 Admission to the postcard show
NOTE- This meetup will take place at the Courthouse Square Antique Postcards Greater Dallas (McKinney) Postcard, Photo, and Paper Show. The postcard show is two days long, but out meetup will take place on Saturday, March 9th (the second day of the show). Admission to the postcard show is $5. During the meetup, we will have our own table at the show for Postcrossing and socializing!
After our meetup, those of us who wish to visit the Collin County History Museum located in McKinney’s historic post office will be meeting there at 2:30pm. This excursion after the Postcrossing meetup is optional! The museum is free to the general public, but the museum requests $7 admission per person for a guided tour. There is free public parking to the museum.
Full meetup place address:
Holiday Inn & Suites McKinney-N. Allen
3220 Craig Dr
Hotel Direct Phone: 469.952.2044
take a look the Hotel and directions and more:
https://www.ihg.com/holidayinn/hotels/us/en/mckinney/mcktx/hoteldetail
Read more about the postcard show here- Courthouse Square Antique Postcards:Postcard Show Schedule
Collin County History Museum address:
300 East Virginia Street, McKinney, TX 75069
Read more about the Museum here- https://www.collincountyhistorymuseum.org/
Special meetup postcards will be available for everyone to sign! We have 2 designs.
Please RSVP using this Google Form- https://forms.gle/kfx3fuTgSuMKVAJQA
Please make sure to read the Meetup Guidelines before signing up for a meetup.
More info:
What are we going to be doing?
-Spend the time getting to know our fellow postcrossers
-Share our postcrossing experiences/stories
-Postcard swapping
-Sign designed postcrossing meet-up cards
-and of course…write as many cards as we can to send out to the world!
What should I bring? (not mandatory, just some suggestions):
-Pens, markers, stickers, washi tape, decorative stamps etc. (anything you like to write or decorate cards with)
-list of addresses to send too.
-Postage stamps (so we can mail as many cards as we can!)
-Postcards to trade/swap
-Postcards you would like to send out at this meetup
-Postcards you want to show off
-A smartphone/iPad/tablet for connecting to postcrossing.com
The ultimate goal of this meetup is to share our collective joy of postcrossing, to make good, positive, and wholesome connections with another human beings, and to spread that positivity and happiness to our fellow postcrossers across the globe!
Event organizers: @Courtneybblooms @heidiblooms @peachesandlola
