Postcrossing Blog

Some time ago, we were contacted by Wanting Luo (Celery0625), a student from the University of Cincinnati who was using Postcrossing as a theme for a design projects. His idea was to create a infographic which would show the project’s evolution throughout the years.

The result is the lovely graphic above. It features a lot of facts about Postcrossing, including our growth curve, most important milestones, which countries have been more heavily represented throughout the years, and a lot of other interesting details. Have a look and let us know what you think!

PS – This is a big image, so depending on your screen, you might have to scroll the window sideways and vertically to see it.

Ever heard of Kickstarter? It’s a platform that allows people to start and support great projects, the kind which are sometimes too small to be on everyone’s radar. A place to discover and fund creative endeavours, if you will.

Now and then we have fun browsing the website and checking out what everyone is up to – we especially like stationery related ideas!

A project that caught our eye last week is called Going Nowhere – we’ll let Andrew and Jake tell their story:

As big fans of both roadtrips and postcards, we can’t wait to see what this duo of photographers will come up with! For more info on their project, check out their Kickstarter’s page.

In other news, we have the results of MOO’s giveaway from last week! Over 300 people left a comment telling us which pack of ready-made designs they preferred – thank you all for your enthusiasm! Sadly, Paulo’s little script could only pick three postcrossers… and so the 3 lucky winners are skybluestain, Saouri and irisseraphic :) Congratulations!

PostEurop is once again hosting their yearly competition to choose the best EUROPA stamp of 2012!

As some of you might know, the theme for 2012 is Visit… and the idea was for each country to showcase itself, and promote tourism.

Here is a small selection of the 51 stamps in the run-up:

Aren’t they all lovely? We already feel like going on a European roadtrip!

To see all the stamps and vote, go to the competition page and pick your favorite. May the best stamp win!

PS – We’re always curious to know… which one did you choose?

Hi everyone!

We know you’ve missed our irregular contests and giveaways – and we’re pleased to announce that we have a great one for this week!

First of all, MOO is having a huge Spring sale, with 25% off selected printed products until the end of this week. That means business cards, stickers, labels, greeting cards and of course, postcards – all with 25% discount!

On top of that, MOO is offering a $30 voucher to three lucky postcrossers, to use on any MOO products!

For a chance to grab one of these, all you have to do is visit their gallery of ready-made postcards at MOO’s website (under Products > Postcards > Browse MOO designs), and leave a comment below, telling us which artist or collection is your favourite. For instance, we really like Blanca Gomez’s Gentle festive greetings!

When the week ends (midnight GMT on Sunday, April 22nd), we’ll close the comments and pick 3 winners at random. Good luck everyone! :)

PS – Every time you make a purchase on MOO using one of the links above, Postcrossing receives a small commission, which helps support this project. So you’ll not only be purchasing outstanding products, you’ll also be helping Postcrossing!

Jany, (aka jany_gurb) is one of the top postcrossers in Mexico. She is passionate about traveling, walking in new cities and discovering foreign cultures.

Here is what she had to say to our interview questions:

How did you come across Postcrossing? What got you hooked?

Since I was a little girl I loved postcards, my dad used to buy some of them when he was in another cities, and with the time his postcards became mine.

I was looking in the internet a place where you can exchange postcards in Mexico, and in one page there was “Postcrossing”, I read about it and I was surprise that one web like this exist; imagine you can swap a postcard with someone in another country – to me it was amazing.

So from that day (that was 3 years ago) I became a huge fan of this page!

Do you have any other interesting hobbies?

I like photography, jogging, watching football on TV, reading, listening to music and my passion is travelling. I love walking in a new city and talk with people and know their culture.

Show us your mailbox, your mailman/mailwoman, your postoffice or the place where you post or keep your postcards!

Here is my mailbox:

These are my mailmen:

Here is where I mail and buy my postcards:

And this is where I keep them:

Show and tell us about your favorite received postcard to date, and what makes it special.

About my favorites: all of them are favorites to me, I think each postcard I received is special because everyone has something specific to tell.
But with the very first one from Finland (left) I saw that it was a trusting postcard web project!!! And my favorite postcard #2 is this Neuschwanstein castle’s postcard (right), since it was my first postcard with this amazing castle.

Have you been surprised by any place that you have received a postcard from or sent a postcard to?

Yes when I received postcards from countries like Israel, Qatar and United Arab Emirates they really surprise me. Those countries are so far of mine that I couldn’t believe that i got postcards from them!!

Have you met any other members in real life?

Yes i went to Italy a few months ago and I met DavideGE. He waited for me at the train station and he show me his beautiful city Genoa, also we exchange some postcards. He is an amazing guy I had a great time!!