POD Postcard
A growing collection of postcards vetted for print quality, interest, novelty and humor. I search POD sites constantly, primarily Zazzle. Print on Demand sites give you the power to customize what you buy. When I find a great postcard, I verify quality best I can, checking front and back to be sure the card is up to standard for postcard collectors. Share proudly! If the postcard passes my test, I post it and write a little something informative or fun about the location or the topic.
Thursday, February 23, 2023
Something for the Grandkids
Saturday, August 20, 2022
World Ocean Day Postcard
Sometimes I design a postcard for a day of the year event we've all heard of. And then I wonder what the day is about and why it was created in the first place, which means I have a research project on my hands. Back in 1992, the great nation of Canada proposed a World Ocean Day at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Eleven years later, this started to become a reality when a website was created to support organizers in as many as fifteen countries. A total of 25 events were held at aquariums, zoos and museums and a multi-year campaign was launched to create action around World Ocean Day. These efforts resulted in a petition being circulated and four years later, in 2008, the United Nations officially recognized June 8 as World Ocean Day.
30 X 30
Today the World Ocean Day website states its goal as being to protect thirty percent of all land and water on the Earth by the year 2030. This will be done by putting pressure on government agencies all over the world to create regulations and laws in furtherance of protection of nature in all forms. The catch phrase is 30 X 30. If you go to the website you will find there are more petitions for you to sign.
As I write this blog post in 2022, I am wondering how we are going to change laws in towns, cities and countries all across the world by 2030 after taking so many years to start a website and get signatures on a petition. We have eight years left, to accomplish the rest of the work--and the rest of the work would be the hard part. But my blog is just about pretty and interesting and novel postcards, so let's stick to that. Being a fan of nature, I have designed quite a few ocean themed cards.
Krill Postcard
Fish in Hawaii on a Pacific Ocean Postcard
Thanks for reading!
Sunday, July 31, 2022
Find the Perfect Rhino for your Postcard Collection
Rhinoceros for Postcrossing and Collecting
Earliest Rhino Image in Europe
Rhinoceros on a postcard as depicted in the days of Queen Victoria
Cigar merchants may have been unaware of any such tensions between the elephant and the rhinoceros, when they created an attractive piece of rhino memorabilia. Known popularly as Love on the Nile, the vintage cigar box label dates from the Victorian era. Along the banks of the Nile, with the pyramids in the background, Mr. Rhino holds a beautiful bouquet of flowers and is courting Miss Elephant. Again, quite a bit of artistic license is taken. If you are curious about whether any species of rhinoceros ever inhabited the northern reaches of the Nile, you could always check a historical range map.
More realistic Depiction of Rhinoceros
A renowned Swiss naturalist known for his lovely lithographs of mammals, birds and reptiles, Karl Joseph Brodtman was highly skilled at capturing the beauty of animals and did so with a high degree of scientific accuracy. As such we find that his Indian Rhinoceros sketch made in 1827 is very true to life.Rhinos on the Brink
The Rhinoceros and Biodiversity
Being one of Africa's Big Five, the rhinoceros holds a special place in the amazing array of animal life we currently enjoy in our world. This lovely purple postcard shows the rhinoceros along with just a few of the thousands of creatures making up the world of wildlife. With its aged and worn look, this attractive purple grid of animals would be warmly received by any animal-loving postcard collector, or anyone interested in conservation.
Cute Baby Rhinos and Fun Rhinoceros Puns on Postcards
Here's a fun rhino postcard perfect to send to a grandchild who loves rainbows! You will find it comes in several colors, but my favorite is the Rhinbow Rainbow on the Hot Pink.
Rhinoceros in Art
Rhino Postcard Variety and Another Woodcut View of The Rhinoceros
As you can see, there are plenty of options for postcard collectors looking for rhinoceros postcards, and for that matter, those working to assemble a postcard collection of Africa's Big Five. It used to be that hunters would go to Africa hoping to bring home the head of an elephant, a lion, a leopard, a buffalo and a rhinoceros. Now more people go to Africa armed with cameras, and they are still looking for the Big Five. If you can't get to Africa or to India just now, get yourself some postcards of rhinos and other charismatic megafauna. And keep a few on hand. You never know. When you draw your next Postcrossing address--your Postcard collecting friend may want to receive a wonderful postcard of a rhino!
If Zazzle should send me a penny or two when someone buys something I have carefully chosen to display on this blog, the price stays the same. The card costs nothing extra. For the reader, my quest to find and post some nice cards in which you might be interested, adds no cost.
Friday, July 22, 2022
Zodiac Signs on a Postcard
Zodiac Signs on Postcards
Sending a postcard for a birthday?
All the signs
Some cards feature all the signs of the zodiac, such as this reimagined version of a vintage drawing by by Louis-Félix de La Rue. If you look carefully, you will see a pictorial representation of every sign from Virgo to Leo.Each sign of the Zodiac
Sagittarius on a Postcard
Capricorn on a Postcard
Aquarius on a Postcard
Pisces on a Postcard
Aries on a Postcard
Taurus on a Postcard
Gemini on a Postcard
Cancer on a Postcard
Leo on a Postcard
Virgo on a Postcard
Libra on a Postcard
Scorpio on a Postcard
A Cat for Every Zodiac Sign
If nothing above strikes your fancy, check around for more of the numerous imaginative options. Or maybe your intended recipient would prefer this cat zodiac postcard showing every sign from Pisces to Aquarius. Adorable!
Millions of Postcards Sent
Just through one service, Postcrossing. com, 67 million postcards have been received to date, with 334 thousand postcards traveling as I pen this blog. Yesterday I took receipt of my first card from Australia, and just this morning, I sent one off to Malaysia. Sharing postcards, whether they show Zodiac signs or lemons or angels or lighthouses or anything else, is a super fun way to appreciate a little bit more about the world. Try it out!
If Zazzle should send me a penny or two when someone buys something I have carefully chosen to display on this blog, the price stays the same. The card costs nothing extra. For the reader, my quest to find and post some nice cards in which you might be interested, adds no cost.
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Starfish Postcards
Starfish on a Postcard
Having such an iconic shape, sea stars make lovely postcards, be they realistic, funny, antique, or hand-drawn. In searching for good examples for this blog post, I even found a Starfish Independence Day Card to share with you, among several awesome vintage or vintage-inspired cards. Pick up a few starfish postcards. They are particularly great for penpals and postcrossing in the summertime.
Say Happy Summer with a Starfish Postcard
Underwater Bliss
Upload your own photo to this pretty starfish postcard
The starfish, sea urchins and glittering seashells are beautiful as they perfectly frame this postcard. The orange and teal aqua beach theme postcard offers a replaceable template for a photo of your own family. Personalize your correspondence with this lovely elegant sea-themed card. It's a simple matter to pop in your own family picture, or a special photo of of your baby or grandbaby. Order a few and send them to friends and relatives at the holidays.
Scientific Starfish Cross-Section Postcard
The Grouchy Starfish Smirk
A Steampunk Starfish Postcard
Sea Star Photo Postcard
Other Sea Creatures on a Postcard
Fourth of July Starfish
It's nearly Independence Day in the US as I write this blog post, so I will close with wishing you a happy celebration with the Red White and Blue. The adorable yellow starfish holds an American flag and looks up a towering fish dressed like Uncle Sam. Cute!
Whether you are sending starfish postcards, or planning a mini fish art gallery for your wall, happy postcrossing, happy postcard collecting, and I hope you are off to a great summer!
If Zazzle should send me a penny or two when someone buys something I have carefully chosen to display on this blog, the price stays the same. The card costs nothing extra. For the reader, my quest to find and post some nice cards in which you might be interested, adds no cost.
Wednesday, June 1, 2022
Cactus on a Postcard
Cactus and Succulents on Postcards
Beautiful Cards
I've been searching Zazzle for all the usual suspects, this time regarding the enticing topic of Cactus. I have found so many to share with you. If you look you will find so many more; just click on any of the cactus postcards shown here to get in and begin your search for the perfect personalizable POD cactus postcard. I've chosen one or two funny cactus postcards, cactus postcards with a cat, vintage cactus postcards, surface design cactus and original art cactus, including one night time view. I thought I would even throw in a cactus card you can make yourself from your own photo of a cactus, just in case you have been to the desert recently with a camera!
Botanical Illustration of Cactus on a Postcard
Funny cactus postcard
The Antidote
The words on the card, by the way, are in a personalizable field. Click through if you would rather have this postcard printed with your own name or message instead of the scientific name of this beauty.
Put your own cactus on this postcard
Nude Woman and a Cactus
Getting Close to a Cactus
A Coyote and a Cactus
Red Flower on Cactus Postcard
Cactus and Aloe on Surface Pattern
Closing up with a Cat on a Cactus Postcard
Thanks for joining me on this cactus postcard journey. We've been through a large range of possible cactus postcards, from original art, to priceless historical vintage botanical illustrations, to cute photos, to wildlife. I've learned it's not just a cactus....it's always a certain kind of cactus. There's a story behind each variety of these interesting succulents, a scientific name, a range of which part of the world where it's found. Each variety of cactus has its own list of benefits, its hazards, its habits, it's synchronicities, its own spot on an endangered list, or not. It's a wild world out there. Let's go out and enjoy it! And send some postcards along the way.
If Zazzle should send me a penny or two when someone buys something I have carefully chosen to display on this blog, the price stays the same. The card costs nothing extra. For the reader, my quest to find and post some nice cards in which you might be interested, adds no cost.
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Signs on Postcards As signs are pieces of art, we often find them on postcards Businesses and government agencies identify themselves with s...
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Angels Appear A wide array of angels appears on postcards because people love angels and find them comforting. They are commonly found becau...
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