Category: Tips
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Stop Foxing Around: How to Prevent and Remove Foxing on Postcards
If you collect postcards, you may come across postcards with a type of discoloration known as foxing. Foxing is a common problem with vintage paper items, and it can frustrate collectors who want their postcards to look their best. In this post, we’ll explain what foxing is, and what causes it. We’ll also give you…
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Best Gifts for the Snail Mail Enthusiast
No matter how well you know someone, it can be difficult to find the right gift. But what do you get for the person who loves sending letters, decorating envelopes, and sending postcards? Here’s our Holiday Gift Guide to help you find the best gifts for the snail mail enthusiast in your life. Waterproof Inks…
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3 Interesting Ways to Use Vintage Postcards
If you’re reading this blog, there’s a good chance you have a minor (or major?) obsession with postcards. Over the years I’ve sold thousands of postcards, and during that time my customers have amazed me with their creative projects. Here are 3 interesting ways you can use vintage postcards – all of which are inspired…
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Postcard Lingo Every Postcrosser Should Know
Once you’ve been on postcrossing long enough, you’ll start to see lingo and abbreviations that you may not recognize. Here’s a quick rundown of what I think some of the most important postcard lingo every Postcrosser should know about.
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Best Postcrossing Supplies for New Postcrossers
Since Joining Postcrossing, I’ve send hundreds of postcards and tried countless supplies. Here’s the supplies that I use for postcrossing everyday and have stood the test of time The Best Supplies to Protect Your Postcards Waterproof Pens and Inks It’s no surprise that postcards take a lot of abuse on their journeys across the globe.…
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Here are the best postcard shops in Austin
Austin has no shortage of funky local gift shops. Here are the best postcard shops in Austin, no matter if you’re visiting for ACL and looking for tourist postcards, or a local searching for postcards by local artists The Best Postcard Shops for Tourist Postcard Austin Gift Company – South Lamar If you’re looking for…
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How to Find Postcards for Postcrossing
There are lots of places to find postcards for postcrossing – here’s the less obvious places a postcard collector visits to finds his