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Five years of smiles!

So, we've just spent a few hours putting all of your submitted photos for the birthday contest together in a little video and we have to confess that we are currently feeling a bit teary-eyed... The two-hundred and seventy smiles that we have received from all over the world that have swept us off our feet.

Just look for yourself:

Thank you all, you're the best! Paulo and I are currently wishing we could make a biiiiiig roadtrip around the world to hug each and every one of you! :)

Paulo's little random number generator selected the following winners for this contest: Miza, arlene037, Mayalost, Patflash and Angerona. Congratulations, we'll be in touch to deliver the code for your new pack of 60 MOO postcards!

No luck this time? Don't worry - we have a new contest coming soon!

PS - Do you subscribe MOO's newsletter? They featured Postcrossing on their newest issue, and offered everybody 15% discount on postcards using the coupon 9MW4J4, until August 15th. Now's your chance to make some neat postcards :)

Posted by meiadeleite

on 1 Aug, 2010
Tags: 5, anniversary, contest, moo, postcrossing, video

85 comments so far

Awesome video! Congrats to the winners. I love all the bright colors used for mailboxes around the world and my favorite pictures were those of kids. :D

Posted by yvi-1 on 1 Aug, 2010

I loved this snapshot of our wonderful postcrossing members. All those smiles and postcards. I even saw Paulo and a cat. Congratulations to all the members who entered the competition. You made my day.

Posted by Mundoo

on 2 Aug, 2010

Very inspiring vedio!I even found my mailbox in it and it was shot by another girl!

Posted by yunxiao333 on 2 Aug, 2010

very cool!!!!!! :)
congrats everyone, and happy birthday to postcrossing :)

Posted by rnbastos on 2 Aug, 2010

awesome video!Great Work.

Posted by motherbrando

on 2 Aug, 2010

Lovely! I see Paulo sneaked a shot of himself in there, lol! :D

Posted by scrutiny

on 2 Aug, 2010

LOOOOVE the vedio!! It's really nice to see so many beautiful smiles from all over the world, the colorful mailboxes, and the postcards which are going to pass on the senders' smiles to the receivers. :) This vedio truely touches my heart...

Great work!! Everyone!

Posted by shui on 2 Aug, 2010

Great Job! It's nice to see so many happy faces. Just think there will be happy faces where the postcards go too. Postcrossing is a wonderful way of uniting the world.

Posted by FloridaGirl on 2 Aug, 2010

Looooooove it!

Posted by zasa

on 2 Aug, 2010

Wow! That's such a great video. Really reminds you that it's all about connecting with people. :)

Posted by TrickySticky on 2 Aug, 2010

Haha, there I was! :D Nice video :)

Posted by afternoonkid on 2 Aug, 2010

wiiiiipiii!!!!! i'm there!!!!!

Posted by baypkee on 2 Aug, 2010

Beautiful !!!!!!!!!!! Makes me whipe away a tear, so many wonderful people getting connected.

Posted by Dreamweaverbird

on 2 Aug, 2010

Such a great video..love it! :)
Even saw familiar faces..so nice!

Posted by MarianneJH on 2 Aug, 2010

very nice and I was here!=))

Posted by Tentacion on 2 Aug, 2010

It is a wonderful mailbox and a great response to those who say "no one uses the postal system anymore." Just show them the video and say "Look at those smiles, and multiply by thousands ... and it only keeps growing."

Posted by Zmrzlina

on 2 Aug, 2010

woo i love it! this project gets better and better :)

Posted by britgirl on 2 Aug, 2010

awesome video!!

Posted by hadassah on 2 Aug, 2010

Great video :-) it was so moving. I even managed to recognise some people from the Postcrossing forum and I was so excited :-)

Posted by NessaSaelind on 2 Aug, 2010

So beatiful :) If i ever feel sad, i will play this video and watch all these smiling people and feel better instantly. Thank you paulo and nice to see so many people smiling with mailboxes. Loved the music also!

Posted by dollart on 2 Aug, 2010

How many pictures did you received for this competition? Did they all fit to the video ?

Posted by dollart on 2 Aug, 2010

I'm in it!!! Love the video so much..very colorful from all across the globe~ =)

Posted by Rozlinda on 2 Aug, 2010

Wow! Postcrossing people are the best. A joyful video. Thank you to everyone.

Posted by suzred on 2 Aug, 2010

The best ad for postcrossing!!!
You look all so happy! :-) :-) :-) I like that!

Posted by MrsTaavi on 2 Aug, 2010

Great video! So nice to see people from my country :)

Posted by Iruniks on 2 Aug, 2010

The world is so small :)

Posted by Nimi on 2 Aug, 2010

Loved the video!! It's so inspiring and it's great to see all of those postcrossing members!

Posted by ingiegirl on 2 Aug, 2010

Loved the video, all the people, all the mailboxes, all the postcards, wauw! This video truly grasps the essence of postcrossing =)

Posted by maud560 on 2 Aug, 2010

that video makes me smile :D So many different people all over the world and they are all combined in one idea, that's so cool!

Posted by kissyberlin on 2 Aug, 2010

Great video! Such fun to see the mailboxes from different countries--I'll have to watch the video several times until I figure them all out.

Posted by mebertram on 2 Aug, 2010

Yeah! I'm in the video!!! It's surprised me a lot!!!! Thanks!!
I'm so happy now!!! ^_____^
It's nice that I've seen so many people from Belarus..Very pleasant to look to our postboxes :D

Posted by Depeche-ist on 2 Aug, 2010

all those smiles are a wonderful keepsake to treasure :-) I'm proud to be part of it, and my husband too ! thanks to the Postcrossing staff for this great video !

Posted by juliearthur on 2 Aug, 2010

Oh I cried! It's so emotional and sweet to see so many people from around the world offering friendship - what a small world we live in! I am amazed by the wonderful project everyday.

Posted by Mama-Bear

on 2 Aug, 2010

Great video!!! I was here =) I love Postcrossng!!!!!

Posted by venera93 on 2 Aug, 2010

I cried to! So touching! Just LOVE the video.
Postcrossing really connects people and I even recognized xtlera and Ipuenktchen. :D
I am proud to be a part of postcrossing!

Posted by isagv

on 2 Aug, 2010

:-D I feel so proud to me among all the smiling people! I saw some familair faces come by. And look at the kids, they are the new generation Postcrossers!
And yes...I was sobbing too!

Posted by dandilion

on 2 Aug, 2010

Wow, this is amazing. Being part of such a great friendly community is just an overwhelming feeling!

Posted by Alina92 on 2 Aug, 2010

oh and saw paolo and honeybee and...and....just great!

Posted by isagv

on 2 Aug, 2010

It's the most special video I've ever seen. And it's nice to see some familiar faces including mine. :D

Posted by Jetske

on 2 Aug, 2010

Oh, what a lovely video! Made me cry a bit... The world feels smaller:) It's great to see how this project makes people smile and connects people from all over the globe.

Posted by Feiticeira on 2 Aug, 2010

I word: beauty

Posted by nimium on 2 Aug, 2010

That was really 7 minutes? Flew by so fast.. just like the years we've been sending out postcards.

Posted by AlvinLong on 2 Aug, 2010

Love it!
And I love to be part of this community ;-)
Big hug to all of you
Diane

Posted by Luxi

on 3 Aug, 2010

Thanks Paulo and Ana for putting together this really cool video slideshow!
I'm there, at 0:37 in front of my home in Texas!

Posted by micklpickl on 3 Aug, 2010

Beautiful video!

Posted by JulieMary on 3 Aug, 2010

Great work on the video. And I like the music that was added to it. It fit pretty well with the video. What is the name of the music that was played on the video? I like it.
Big hug to all of you too.
Cheers!

Posted by solarts66 on 3 Aug, 2010

Love it! Great to see all the smiling faces :)

Posted by elwingelfje

on 3 Aug, 2010

So excited to watch such a video!I've even sent it to my friends!Hope to see more smiling faces and I will collect them from my friends!Happy birthday to POSTCROSSING!
ps:I recognized the smile at 00:13 was photoed at the beautiful destination-Wuzhen,China!I just traveled there 2 months ago. Postcards bought from there are tremendous!

Posted by Eason_k_cathe on 3 Aug, 2010

nice video~oh I am in the video!!!how amazing:D
haha~
everyone have nice smiling face. soooo nice~
Best wish~

Posted by kristichang on 3 Aug, 2010

Loved watching the video- so interesting to see all the coloured postboxes from all around the world. Loved the smiling faces, especially the children!

Posted by rosejoy on 3 Aug, 2010

Yay! Great to see so many members!! Thanks for putting together a lovely video :-D

Spotted myself, but the cat posting a card was my favourite!

Posted by lucymonty

on 3 Aug, 2010

waw, what a sweet video! Loved to see all those different types of mailboxes

Posted by Wendela on 3 Aug, 2010

wo～ great video !

Posted by Esau on 3 Aug, 2010

Great video! There's something very touching to see the photo of me and my son alongside so many others from all over the world... really special!

Posted by Rrraven on 3 Aug, 2010

Oh, I thought you will use those photos to make a "smile". But nice to see myself and so many other postcrossers in the video! I love postcrossing, happy 5 years!

Posted by mhsoft on 3 Aug, 2010

Wonderful video! So uplifting to see all those great smiles and colorful mailboxes around the world! Thank you!

Posted by schwan272

on 3 Aug, 2010

Great video! Very funn yto see yourself up there and be like, Hey,that's me! (in 4:53.)

Posted by peridotlake1 on 3 Aug, 2010

Just great to watch and see the diferences of mailboxes, happy faces and to see some people I know!

Posted by WesleyGuijt4 on 3 Aug, 2010

Lovely video! :-) Even recognized some mebers and/or mailboxes!

Posted by Marcie08

on 3 Aug, 2010

Lovely to see faces, hands and mailboxes behind our postcards
5 years of success reflected on everything
:)

Posted by Luziaceleste on 3 Aug, 2010

JUST GREAT!! THANK YOU...

Posted by jolo on 3 Aug, 2010

You are so right, this video is a tear jerker!

Posted by Willemijn

on 4 Aug, 2010

Really cool idea - I loved it!!

Posted by Mama_Bear on 4 Aug, 2010

C'EST MAGNIFIQUE !! ce soleil , ces visages..... Un superbe message de paix et d'amour..... j'ai été très très émue - M.E.R.C.I !!!

Posted by zaboul on 4 Aug, 2010

IS WONDERFUL! the sun, the faces ..... A beautiful message of peace and love ..... I was very very bewildered - THANKS!

Posted by zaboul on 4 Aug, 2010

Cool video !!!! Thanks ...

Posted by andre46397 on 4 Aug, 2010

Superrrrr !!!!!

Posted by Miercoles on 4 Aug, 2010

The video is very nice, it makes you realise that postcards are connecting people who don't have anything in common at first sight. I love it. And everyone looks beautiful in the pictures! Thank you!

Posted by jsmvlagsma on 4 Aug, 2010

I love all the photos! It is amazing to see all these people smiling and to know they are all connected by one commmon idea!

Posted by iloveletters

on 4 Aug, 2010

Wow, so amazing! What a wonderful idea to combine all the photos to make a video. I can see myself coming back to watch this over & over again. Thanks Paulo & Ana!

Posted by lieselgrobler on 5 Aug, 2010

It's just beautiful. Really. Yes.

Posted by Liel on 5 Aug, 2010

Great video, I saw even photo's I made.
This video brought a smile on my face.
Thanks for starting postcrossing, even more smiles!!

Posted by Stephany

on 5 Aug, 2010

wonderful smiles!!!! cool!!!!

Posted by kazinhabueno on 6 Aug, 2010

Ohcrapohcrapohcrap I totally forgot to send a photo, damn! Here's a virtual smile from me an dmy mailbox :)

I love the video :)

Posted by Delenna on 6 Aug, 2010

omg, I'm late. Just took a photo of me and my baby, and realised I'm lateeeeeeee. :(

Posted by ZenaNaBrodu on 6 Aug, 2010

I cry and smile and cry and smile...
I see myself, and I see you...!!! ^___^

Posted by tingchuancheng on 6 Aug, 2010

this is so amazing :)!

Posted by LouiseLesley

on 6 Aug, 2010

Wow, Genial :)

Really guys, amazing video!

Posted by duhbm on 8 Aug, 2010

"You make me smile"! Thanks for the great video and to all who participated!!!

Posted by civrob on 9 Aug, 2010

who can tell me the nome of this song??? thank you very much

Posted by Rose_Ring on 10 Aug, 2010

Beautiful video! Me too I cried a bit, it's so emotional! I'm so proud and happy to be part of this wonderful project that is postcrossing! So many smiles around the world thanks to Postcrossing! :-D

Posted by cerisette79

on 14 Aug, 2010

Wonderful this video. I'm lucky because the first photo shown in the video is mine!! Wauw...it really makes me smile :-))

Posted by Hetjuffie

on 18 Aug, 2010

Wow! It was amazing! I'm very glad to be the part of our huge Postcrossing family! and I love those happy smiling faces))) Keep smiling and happy postcrossing for everyone!!!!

Posted by Nata_Le on 21 Aug, 2010

I just came back from my vacation and saw the video. It was so nice to see all the smiling faces and I am proud to be a part of this wonderful community.

Posted by honeybee

on 21 Aug, 2010

really GREAT video ^_^

Posted by sincerely-hope on 1 Oct, 2010

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