going soon to a post box near me

I'm finally really settled into my place - which means I'm resuming my "old postcard project". These are going out in the mail tomorrow.

They're beauts aren't they?

The moose one is from 1958. The surfing one doesn't have a date.

swingin' in technicolour

I sent these two postcards out to two lovely ladies as thank you cards for...

...this AMAZING vintage dress they surprised me with for my birthday! It is cut like it was made specifically for me and I'm totally excited to find an occasion to wear it! Doesn't it scream spring?

Xmas Post

I'm not all that into sending Xmas cards. Actually, it's not that I'm not into it, I just don't do it - though I'd like to start. There is something nice and old-fashioned about it that I like... but I'm so cheap and lazy...

Anyway, this year I was inspired to send out exactly two Xmas cards and these were them:

Isn't this one with the elves and the baby donkey and the polka-dot mushrooms the very best thing?!?! It was hard to send that one because I really liked and wanted badly to hoard it.

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cliff house

Oh boy. I've been neglecting this project.

I have sent a few postcards out but haven't documented them all...

Now that life is calm again - after all the hullabaloo of holidays and the tyranny of new year's resolutions - I'll try to catch up. I'm still determined to send out all these postcards. I don't know very many people's addresses though so if you want to get some vintage postcard action in your mailbox, send me your address and I will make it happen.

Here's the challenge though, if you want to send me your address privately you have to figure out my real name and look up my website. There is an email address on that website that you can send your address to!

It's not that hard of a challenge really, I'm not very top-secret about my secret identity... but I lay it at your feet anyway.

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I sent this "Cliff House" postcard out as a Thank You card to an aunt who let us (me, Husband, and a friend) stay at her own cliff-side cottage on the west coast.

birthday postcards

These two were sent out as birthday greetings... but it was so long ago that I can't remember any of the details about the images.

To my step-mom (because my Dad probably took her somewhere as cheesy as this):

To my sister (I couldn't resist adding the speech bubble):

double up uh uh

The problem of how to send out the cards that have already been written on has been solved!

What I'm gonna do is cut card stock to the size of the postcard, draw some address lines on the back, and tape it to the postcard on one side with clear tape. I found these cool, clear, circular tab things that are perforated down the center - I'll put one of these on the other side. Basically it makes a little card that you can rip open. This method will allow me to send the card "postcard style" (writing and stamp on the outside) but still retain the original message (on the inside). The recipient gets a full-on-double-postcard with my message and a random historical message - which I think is pretty cool!

Below is the prototype. I'm sending it to a cousin who loves the 50s/60s era. I think he'll really like the art.

I scanned the back so you can read the touching original message from a Father to his daughter.

The bottom image is what I've taped to the back of the card.

So, this particular card has had the stamp ripped off but, and I don't think I've ever mentioned this, judging from dates on other cards around this one in the album I think this card is from 1960!! I can't believe it's 50 years old!! I mean, I can believe it but yet, I can't...

theory of relativity

These both went out to relatives living in far-away cities.

"A" is for appropriate....

The name of the cousin that got this card starts with "A"... Also, since she's at school right now, she's probably cheering "Gimme an A" all the time.

(I didn't write "our house" on the card. That was already on there.)

And this went out to a sibling celebrating a birthday. Hope he got to eat somewhere as fancy as this restaurant in San Francisco.