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Sally Hedges-Blanquez PPF

Where Do You Find Postcards?

May 29, 2025
by Veronica Martinez

From PPF committee member Sally Hedges-Blanquez:

Where Do You Find Postcards?

Your home: During Covid lockdown I made postcards from cereal and cracker boxes.

Costco: I get a couple poster board dividers that are found between the stacks of toilet paper or paper towels.

Friends: Tell them you’re looking for postcards. They may have some to share.

Thrift stores: Just last week I visited a store that had a shoebox filled with postcards.

Thank you, Sally! There are so many creative places and ideas for postcard poets to find and make postcards!

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1 Comment

  1. Jennifer Dotson
    Jennifer Dotson on June 3, 2025 at 11:37 am

    Gift shops at museums or zoos or other destinations are good sources. You can also look online. Of course, those cost money. I always admire those intrepid folks who can create their own. I tried doing a card collage on top of old postcards but i must have used the wrong type of glue because they curled up and no amount of setting heavy books on top would correct.

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