Postcards for me 2!

Here are some more postcards I've received from being part of Postcrossing. They are from Finland, Russia, England, Japan (this one had some cute stamps on too!), USA, Germany and Belgium.

Postcards for me!

I'm pleased to say I've been getting some interesting and unusual postcards from around the world through taking part in Postcrossing. These are from Germany, the Netherlands, France, Taiwan and Romania. I love getting surprises in the letterbox!

Postcards from the past (and the Giants)

I've been featuring postcards a lot lately so it's on theme to mention the postcards I got from the Giants' farewell performance. The Giants arrived in Perth with a matching amount of hype and took over the city for three days. I went along on the Saturday and Sunday and it was mayhem! I did get to see the Giants up close on Saturday and from a distance on Sunday when they left via the Swan River. 

Part of the procession involved postcards shooting from cannons which I collected a few of. From what I can gather, they were reproductions of old postcards from war times and some were from the Postcards from Home project. This project involved people writing messages to Anzac soldiers who inspired them. There are some great images of Perth in the early 1900s with trams and horse drawn carts and wide streets (some buildings are still recognisable!). There were also reproductions of postcards sent home by the soldiers showing places they'd been such as Egypt and France and also one showing a burial on the battlefield. The postcards were linked to the Giants' story by a young girl in Albany who sent morse code messages to soldiers as they sailed away to war. Her story was featured in a giant book read to the Girl Giant who then got the idea to send morse code messages to the Diver Giant at the bottom of the sea by blowing bubbles into the ocean with a didgeridoo. At  least, I think this is what happened!

More rabbit mail!

I'm still enjoying making postcards to send to people around the world through Postcrossing!
This lot is going to Finland, Germany, Japan and Russia! Bon voyage!

Tall Rabbit in the mail!

I recently found out about postcrossing where you send and receive postcards to/from random people around the world. I thought that sounded like fun so I signed up and got my first 5 addresses. Yay! I was particularly excited to get my first recipient in Germany because I'm a bit obsessed with Deutschland. I decided to adapt some of my designs to postcards and here's my first batch - they will be going to Germany, Russia, Belarus, Japan and USA. Tall Rabbit's going around the world!