Postcrossing’s 21st anniversary is almost here (hurray!), and we’re bringing back something we tried last year and ended up loving: the Postcard Lounge!
For those of you who have not joined the last time, the idea is simple: an online space where the community can quietly write postcards together. Everyone joins on video but stays muted — just a shared little window into desks, postcards, pens, stamps, and people writing mail in different corners of the planet.
We first tried this during Postcrossing’s 20th anniversary and then again for World Postcard Day, and both times were really cozy experiences. There’s something comforting about sitting down to write a few cards and knowing that, at that exact moment, other postcrossers are doing the same thing somewhere else in the world.
So we’re doing it again for the 21st anniversary! On July 14th, the Postcard Lounge will be open for a few hours (in UTC), and you’ll be able to join through this page:
That page shows the opening hours in your own time zone, so you don’t need to do any time zone math. On the day itself, it’s also where you’ll find the button to join the call. If you can’t join the video call directly, you’ll still be able to watch the livestreamed grid of participants on the same page.
As before, this is meant to be a calm, friendly space to write postcards in good company. Bring a few cards, your favorite pen, maybe a cup of tea or coffee, and come hang out quietly with postcrossers around the world for a little while.
We hope to see you there on July 14th — and we hope many postcards will start their journeys from this tiny online lounge!
5 comments so far
What time exactly please?
If you click on "Postcard Lounge" within the article, it will take you to the start/end time in your time zone. Happy Postcrossing!
Excited.
Will there be any link to join
I copied and pasted this link https://www.postcrossing.com/events/postcard-lounge
to my calendar for easy access on the 14th!
Hope to see you there!
Lovely idea. Maybe I'll join.