Show us your handmade postcards and Mail Art

meiadeleite · February 17, 2021, 7:40pm

I like your version of this famous staircase!

_Hawkwind_ · February 17, 2021, 8:09pm

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

Blue69 · February 18, 2021, 3:43pm

Hello
My last one made with tea and tea bag
Love create

braskelina · February 18, 2021, 4:01pm

Stunning!

cali29 · February 18, 2021, 4:31pm

I can’t remember If I have showed these specific cards on here

reisegern · February 18, 2021, 6:30pm

This is my latest mail art letter. Maybe I should write less postcards in order to have time and energy to do more mail art and handmade cards?

Most of my other recent handmade cards can be seen in the galleries (gallery 1 / gallery 2) of the Handmade RR.
It’s definitely worth to have a look there if you like to see a huge and creative variety of handmade cards.

MissesHaid · February 19, 2021, 9:03am

Jarulf · February 20, 2021, 8:32am

Not sure if my own photos counts as handmade, but I had this made at Zazzle as a test.

Blue69 · February 20, 2021, 3:04pm

Today, we have wind, lot of wind
So i stay indoor and create some envelope and postcard