The weird & the ugly

My second Vegas card arrived in Poland to a girl and her boyfriend who were excited to get a postcard from such a famous city here in the U.S..  My next outgoing card is this slightly weird postcard of a painting of very young birds. It is from the Griffin & Sabine series of postcards. It is on it's way to Finland to a woman who likes weird & ugly things as well as animals. Isn't this perfect?!

Austin to Germany

One of my postcards finally arrived to it's new home. The Vegas card made it all the way across the 4,881 miles it need to get to Portugal. Soon there after, it was favorited by it's new owner, Rui. Since he registered my card I was able to send a new postcard out into the world. This card is being sent to Thomas in Germany. He prefers cards from your home. UT happens to be the largest universities in Texas and I live maybe five miles from it's campus. Now, hopefully this week I will receive a postcard from one of the Postcrossers who received my address. I cannot even imagine where in this expansive world it will come from.... but I can't wait!

And so it begins....

This week I joined the wonderful world of  postcrossing.com For years I have collected postcards from my vacations, bookstores, gift shops, as well as my family, friends, and acquaintances.  If I hear of someone vacation my ears perk up and I have no mercy asking pretty much Anyone for a postcard.  It's a fix that a collector can only understand.  That being said, I found the mother load at   thanks to a friend posting a link on her Facebook page.  Thank you, Lauren!  I set up my account and immediately dove in to send as many postcards as possible. Fortunately, they limit you to only five to start. I have the postcards, do I have the postcards, however I do not have the postage just yet.  Tomorrow I will head to the USPS and stock up.  These are the six I started with... Yes, six.   

Wonder Woman was my first card to send to The Netherlands.  I then realized that each of my new contacts have a profile describing what type of postcards they enjoy.  Since I had completed the WW card already I decided to just send it as an extra surprise.  

I read that Jessica's birthday is in February and she loves birds and I had the perfect gift.

My next contact, picked at random would be a member from Singapore who has sent SO many postcards in the last two years.  I figured she gets tons of postcards, so I would send her one of my favorites, a Blythe Doll.  Which also happens to be a current obsession of mine.  I must say, I was a bit sad to see that she had sent so many of the same post cards from her country but then again maybe she got a deal in bulk for the hundreds that go out from her alone! If you want to get lost in postcards, check out the pages of them she has received through the years.   Ashlyn_Lee gallery.  I visited for quite a while and from what I could tell, this will be her first Blythe postcard.  

Next my postcard will travel nearly 6,000 miles to Russia!  This might Alena1972's lucky day.  She like Harry Potter and Hello Kitty.  I have been collecting Hello Kitty for over a decade now.  I made sure to add Hello Kitty stickers to the back of  her Harry Potter postcard.  I just visited his Florida over the holidays. Lucky for her I visited his Wizarding World in Orlando, FL.

My last two are both Vegas postcards, purchased a couple years back when I was there for my birthday.  The card that is on it's way to Portugal is going to a man who likes buildings and architecture.  I came across this post card and thought he might like it if he doesn't have a Las Vegas card already.  I mean seriously, one of the building has a roller coaster! 

My final post card this week goes to Natalia over in Poland .  She happens to like night scenes and well, Vegas certainly has that down!  

After seeing the random nations I was given to send my postcards to, I cannot even guess where mine will come from.  I look forward to sharing as they come in!  

FYI - Click on any of the places and see a map to there from Austin.