Do you make postcards by yourself?

[samaya]

I

love making and receiving handmade postcards. I made a few flower and abstract postcards and sent them out to different people.

Here are them:

[Appaloosa05]

I like to make and send and receive handmade cards (they are always unique!), but I try to send only to profiles which request them, or as private swaps. I put time and effort into making cards and I don’t want to send them to someone who won’t appreciate them. I also try to match the subject matter to the receiver’s wishlist. If I don’t have something I think they’d like, I’ll just send a normal postcard.

I mostly paint mine with watercolors and so far they’ve held up well and been well received, even when I’ve sent without an envelope.

[RESHMARESHMA]

Hi all,
I too did few postcards…
Rather I converted my hobby…a bit of pencil art work into a post Card…
Sent to my friend too…
They liked it.

[RESHMARESHMA]

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[barbaritus]

Hi! I make my own postcards too, but I didn’t send it yet because I’m afraid with the rain and the post Office.
I made it with acrylic paint and ink pen.
Do you recommend me some protection or it will arrive safe without it?

Thank you!!!

Bárbara.

[TiggyUpland]

You can even mail a coconut or an orange as long as it has a valid address on it. I wonder if anyone has done that through Postcrossing.

[smth_synthetic]

I’m sure it’d count as shipping a “package” rather that mailing a postcard though Could be a problem fitting narrower mailboxes that only have a slit for letters, too

[toadallycool]

You could seal it! Modge podge, maybe? I’m not well-versed in paint, maybe a waterproof protectant.

[TiggyUpland]

Ha – I hadn’t thought of those things!

[Borborhick]

My town that I live in is only 2,000 people so we don’t even sell postcards. I made two but only sent out my first one today because all of the user profiles before that stated “no homemade cards”. I’ve had to buy some off of Amazon, I guess that I’ll look for cards when I travel. Here’s two that I made of my town. I seal them with a watercolour sealant before mailing them.

[DeeReflected]

I noticed underneath the profile settings it says as below, so if the guidelines allow handmade so be it?!
Reminder: please use your profile to write about yourself . Making demands about what you want or don’t want to receive is not allowed by the Community Guidelines and may put your account at risk.

[KimberKS]

Both of your ‘handmade’ postcards are beautiful! I would love to receive an artistic postcard!

[dictionary]

Mod podge works wonderfully. Ive tested 2-3 coats on collage of postage stamps…very low rate of damage.

[dictionary]

I’ve mailed things naked in the mail for swaps on swap-bot! Favorite one? Message In a Bottle…shipping a water bottle full of goodies thru the mail. Postage attached to the bottle itself.

[gailthesnail]

I paint all my cards and worried out the watercolours running. Sealants are expensive so I experimented with clear shoe polish. It smells for a couple of hours. Doesn’t leave a residue and works PERFECTLY for repelling water.

[barbaritus]

This is a fantastic idea! I will try It! Thanks a lot!

[gailthesnail]

But clear shoe polish doesn’t work on metallic pen ink as it smudges. Can’t figure out why though. I avoid using metallic pen on paintings. Rubbing beeswax over the dry watercolour works, too. Smells beautiful!!

[Borborhick]

Aww how lovely, thank you @KimberKS

[barbaritus]

I’ll try some samples first. I use acrylic paint and India ink.
At this moment, I put hairspray and it works. But I think it’s not very safe.

[gailthesnail]

Definitely experiment. I used hairspray all the time but tested it against wax based coatings and the hairspray was not permanent and colour lifted off. Hairspray is good for chalks and charcoal, though.