Monday, July 13, 2009

Postcrossing

So I've joined this postcard exchange club-of-sorts called POSTCROSSING. The goal of the Postcrossing project is to allow people to receive postcards from all over the world. The main idea is that: if you send a postcard, you will receive at least one back from a random Postcrosser from somewhere in the world. Why? Because there are lots of people (like me) who like to receive real mail. Most people write a profile of what they like and it's fun to try and find a special card that you know they will like, based on their preferences.

My user ID is chandlerguera. Actually I have a second account for my niece, so she can receive postcards, too (ID is Emmalani). Here are a few more of my favorite postcards; some I've sent, some I've received and some I just saw on the website.Here are a couple of postcards that I made! One for someone in Finland who loves frogs and the other for a gal in Brazil that likes jokers.
I've also sent pictures that I've taken, as a postcard. You can put a special sticker on the back so you can write on it, fill out the address and postage, etc. I sent some cemetary postcards to a girl in Puerto Rico who has an interest in that. These pictures were taken in Hawaii.I also sent a picture of Ernesto and I on his motorcycle to a Finnish Postcrosser, since motorcycle postcards are hard to find!
"Gemelas" by artist PeachyCreek:I'm starting to have a lot of postcards on hand to send and it's been great shopping fun to find new and unique postcards, including art cards, Dia de Los Muertos, Black & White, celebrity, and I found vintage motorcycle photo postcards at the Harley Davidson store in San Francisco! This is an interesting and inexpensive hobby and it's nice to get something in the post.

1 comment:

  1. I found your blog via postcrossing.com.The site is becoming better.Your blog is so informative. I hope we will catch up soon.thank you
    Kiron Manuel

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