Postcards from the world
Handmade postcards are like little cute birds that fly into your home and sing to you.
iHanna
Postcards that I have received from the lovely participants of my postcard swap – from the spring, continued from here, here and here. I hope you like em’ and feel inspired to make your own handmade mail art!
DIY Postcard by Fran P, Texas, US.
Postcard received in iHanna’s DIY Postcard Swap, made by Sophie, Canada
DIY postcard by Sarah M., California, US. Sometimes you have to take chances.
DIY Postcard for iHanna made by Tina, US.
“Now relax. There’s a lot of summer yet to get through.” – one of the most reassuring things I’ve ever read.
DIY Postcard made by Angela T, Virginia, US.
DIY Postcard? made by Holly P, Texas, US.
DIY Postcard made by Ileana, NY, US.
DIY Postcard made by Kathy, South Carolina, US
DIY Postcard? made by Julie, Texas, US.
DIY Postcard for iHanna made by Mary S, Florida, US.
A DIY Postcard for iHanna made by Sherry, Alaska, US. This is a textile background with glitter and sewn details along with the cards of “useful birds of America” – I got the Kingbird.
DIY Postcard for iHanna made by Pat, US.
DIY Postcard for iHanna made by Bobbi, US.
“Let it shine.” DIY Postcard? made by Radha, North Carolina, US.
Blue bird DIY Postcard made by Patricia P, Rhode Island, US.
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DIY Postcard made by Teresa, Ohio, US.
DIY Postcard made by Davida, California, US.
“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow”. A DIY Postcard made by Jen, California, US.
Watermelon slices DIY Postcard for iHanna made by Cathy G, Connecticut, US.
Cathy did something interesting and printed a little blurb of a letter to paste on the back of her postcard. In this way of course you can say a lot more than if you hand-write a greeting like I’ve always done. It’s not as “personal” but still I really liked it. What do you guys think, should I try it for my next round of postcards?
DIY Postcard for iHanna made by Susan, Maryland, US.
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DIY Postcards for iHanna’s DIY Postcard Swap spring 2020, made by Marcia C, Texas.
Jana does a lot of colorful collages that I really like, she is @janaclinardharris on Instagram. She also included a postcard print in her envelope. Extra fun!
DIY Postcard made by Shawnie, California, US.
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DIY Postcard made by Becky M., Virginia, US.
DIY Postcard made by Ruth P, Australia.
DIY postcards made by Jaci, Florida, US.
DIY Postcard made by Jaci, Florida, US.
DIY Postcard made by Wendy, Washington, US. Wendy used her color mixing charts as a postcard, I love that!
Share your Inspiration Ideas
Feel free to pin your favorite ideas to your own Inspiration boards on Pinterest, or check out, follow and pin from mine called DIY Postcards – full of yummy mail art, happy mail and handmade postcards from the world!
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I love when people write a little bit about their process or inspiration of their postcard on the back! Gives me new ways to look at and enjoy the artwork. But that’s just my opinion. :)
I agree! And that’s why we used to have blogs for… I’m kind of sad that so few of the participants have blogs these days, but happy when I find one and someone takes the time to writes about their postcard process too. :-)
So many lovely postcards! I’m curious as to how you store (or display?) your postcards. You must have thousands by now! :-)