Show us your handmade postcards and Mail Art

Lyra34 · February 17, 2021, 1:58pm

This one is so beautiful! I love it

Lyra34 · February 17, 2021, 1:59pm

Okay the others are too - I really like them!

snegele · February 17, 2021, 2:45pm

All of them look really well done- there is an rr for handmade cards on the forum…

brighteyes · February 17, 2021, 2:51pm

They look great! Those watercolour fish are lovely!!! Minimalistic and bright. Really nice

pmimmy69 · February 17, 2021, 3:02pm

what is an rr? Sorry quite new to this

taebbig · February 17, 2021, 3:37pm

Always welcome to join And if you have any question, just write me a message.

wurzelsofie · February 17, 2021, 4:35pm

An hommage to the eternal pile of unread books all booknerds know and nurse at home.

meiadeleite · February 17, 2021, 7:40pm

I like your version of this famous staircase!

_Hawkwind_ · February 17, 2021, 8:09pm

Livraria Lello in Porto!

Lyra34 · February 17, 2021, 9:05pm

I’ve been there and it is really nice JK Rowling lived for a while in Porto so she got a lot of inspiration there. The Bookstore is one of those places and that’s why it’s really crowded nowadays.

_Hawkwind_ · February 17, 2021, 9:29pm

I took this photo on a rainy Saturday morning in March 2018 before they opened at 10 o’clock. I didn’t go inside because they charge you 5 € for entry. And there was always a line outside.

cali29 · February 17, 2021, 10:10pm

I remember visiting that bookshop!! It was amazing. We bought a Harry Potter coloring book from there And postcards of course.

Larch · February 18, 2021, 5:14am

I like decorating postcards and envelopes with scrap papers and the edges of postage stamps (that usually thrown away), but rarely take photos because I’m not very confident over them.

Jarulf · February 18, 2021, 7:29am

I think the lot of you should set up a postcard business online. It’s almost a crime not to have these fantastic creations available to everyone.

Seriously, you guys are absolutely amazing and I love seeing your posts here.

There, just wanted to express my humble admiration. ‍♂

meiadeleite · February 18, 2021, 8:57am

I agree with @Jarulf — these are all just amazing! I’m thinking I should write a post for the Postcrossing blog featuring some of these, so that other postcrossers can be inspired as well. Let’s spread some beauty and creativity in the community!

Lyra34 · February 18, 2021, 11:25am

Maybe that Blog Post would also help to “improve” the image of handmade cards. Some people might realize that handmade doesn’t always mean cheap & ugly! And that if you say no to handmade cards you might miss out on some real art

But to be fair: everyone saying no to handmade increases the chance for me to receive some beautiful cards, so it’s kind of okay with me

Cassiopheia · February 18, 2021, 12:25pm

I’d love to see a blog post about these

youandme · February 18, 2021, 12:35pm

pmimmy69 · February 18, 2021, 12:41pm

Another mixed media card. It says: come on, let’s dance!
Hopefully, soon!

S_Tuulia · February 18, 2021, 1:04pm

Listening to a webinar I started to cut all the paper scraps into tiny hearts, and then found this funny bird image from an old book and combimed them