And she's back!!

Hello Hello!!  It's a bit after 3:00 in the morning here and I have spent my entire Friday night taking pictures and uploading dozens of my received postcards via postcrossing.com. I found one random one to Germany that I never registered.  I have already contacted her with an apology and asked to send her a make up card.  :)  I am sharing a few of my favorite cards here tonight but should you need a bigger fix you can checkout my received postcards directly at http://www.postcrossing.com/user/postcrosseratx/gallery. 

 Please forgive the poor quality of photos on these.  It was my first time taking pics with my iphone and I think I'll stick with scanning from here on out.  

A glittery Hello Kitty postcard from Japan!  When I saw it I thought it would be difficult to top, then I turned it over and it actually had a Hello Kitty stamp!  I love the polka-dotted washi tape at the bottom as a background to the stickers too!  

This postcard is from Finland.  It is a photo from the 1900's taken in front of Stockmann department store.  I just love the entire shot from the vintage color, to the clothing, and the action of the women crossing the street. What a historical treat!

This Albanian postcard is so special to me because it is such a rare country to receive a card from via postcrossing.  This is only the 124th card to ever be sent from the country via postcrossing.  When you realize the thousands of cards that travel in a day via there site you realize what gem this one is!    As of today, there are only 6 members of postcrossing in the entire country of Albania!  There are 39,236members here in the US alone!

 

This postcard came from the next state over but is one of my top 10.  I love the women of the World War II era and this photo of a reenactment is awesome. The hair and makeup of that time was impeccable.  This museum is in New Orleans, Louisiana.   I would love to visit it one day on a vacation.

Hello Indiana!

HOBART, INDIANA USA

I decided I would change it up and not just send postcards internationally.  I must say the postage is much cheaper!  $0.35 vs. $1.05!  In fact I barely had enough stamps for this domestic postage because I have used so many on my international cards.  I had to get creative and use .05 stamps and ran out of room towards the top.  Hope it's not an issue and it gets there just fine!

So my first USA card is going to Hobart, IN. Three sisters all collect and send cards from postcrossing.com! I think it such a great experience for all ages and was telling a good friend yesterday that I think her kids would enjoy it. I collect Hello Kitty and decided to send this card to the three sisters. I have liked Hello Kitty since I was just a child and hope they like her too. This postcard would take over 19 hours if I was driving straight through to Hobart, IN. It is 1,164 miles away and pretty close to Chicago, IL. I hope it get to these girls quickly! :)

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I was able to get this new address because my University of Texas postcard finally made it to Germany. It took about two weeks and traveled 5,330 miles!

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