100% Handmade Postcards

Handmade Postcard by Yellow Mita | 純手工明信片

This is one of handmade postcards I've made. I sent it to Austria a month ago. The cover is the place where the address and stamp are! And the back would be all yours! My friends say that my handwriting is super small that I can fit a page of letter into a normal postcard. I guess it's quite true if you see the picture below...

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這張是我上個月寄到奧地利的明信片。可愛封面是寫地址和貼郵票的地方，背面都是隨便讓自己寫或畫畫，都可！我朋友曾經說我是明信片達人，因為可以把一封信通通都擠在一張明信片上。ㄜ，好像真的有道理～請看以下的圖...

Spacious for your creative ideas | 發想的自由空間

Postcards I sent from Indonesia | 從印尼寄的一些明信片

These are others that I sent to Ireland and USA. Aside from sending my own handmade postcards, I also sent some nice ones from places I visited : ) (The one at the bottom of the other two postcards on the left is a postcard from Bali.)

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這些是寄到愛爾蘭和米國的手工明信片。除了寄自己做的，我也會寄在我旅遊的地方買來送給朋友^^～(最左邊下面那一張是八里島的明信片)

Cheers,
Mita xoxo

Welcome to Yellow Postcard!

朋友寄來的明信片們 | Postcards from my friends

「我最愛明信片了！」

這麼小小的一件事情，寫、寄、或許製作明信片真的帶給我一種樂趣。旅行的時候，第一件事情一定會想到要買明信片、郵票、和找郵局或郵筒。明信片就是明信片，電子卡或是e-mail根本無法取代一張實體的明信片。我不知道總共寄過幾張，至少有50張以上...吧！？

去年四月初，生平第一次飛去歐洲英國參加研討會。以前會常常收到朋友去旅行時候或在其它國家的朋友寄來的明信片。我只能默默收集，因為我都一直躲在台灣都沒有出去。所以，我那時候開始很熱血想要寄明信片給親朋好友和在遠方的家人。除了寫明信片，我也常常亂寫有的沒有的來發洩自己的不平衡。我覺得還蠻有效的！真的會平靜很多很多，然後過了一陣子回頭看，會覺得：「我的媽呀！我怎麼會這麼憂鬱？」或是「啥咪～！我怎麼寫這種東西！？」。

後來去歐洲當交換生的時候，有去旅行的時候都會買當地的明信片然後寄給朋友和家人。不太會買東西，我都把錢花在買明信片和郵票上了（p.s.:奧地利郵票很貴，要1.40歐！捷克很便宜，大概跟台灣差不多！西班雅和義大利大概要0.80歐，英國之前要0.60英鎊左右？法國我忘記了 XD）。我也喜歡買古老明信片，在Prague的時候有買一些，都是黑白的！很有fu~ : )

可是今年四月去日本大阪那兒交換的時候，都找不到很當地的明信片。後來，逛學校的文具店的時候，想說要找個明信片。沒有什麼當地的明信片！都是可愛可愛那種明信片 T^T 我就絕望了，想一想之後有去玩再買很正統日本明信片吧！後來看到一些材料，有各式各樣的厚紙板、紙、等等...突然想到：「阿～乾脆自己生明信片呀！」

透過這小小部落格想要跟大家分享我對寫/寄/製作明信片的興趣！呵呵～


奇兒私，
咪搭

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"I love postcards!"

Writing, sending, receiving or even making them, really makes my day. When I travel, the first thing to cross in my mind is buying postcards+stamps, and of course, finding a mailbox or post office to send them to where it should be : ) Postcards are postcards. They can't be replaced by the e-cards or e-mails. I don't count how many postcards I had sent, but I am pretty sure the number will be above 50.

I officially started sending postcards to friends since I started travelling to England last April. I also love writing letters and journals which is very therapeutic and often makes me feel better.

So, I used to buy postcards from bookstore or old bookshops that sell vintage postcards. I found some beautiful ones when I was in Prague. They're black and whites! But when I was in Osaka, Japan, I hardly found any nice postcards to send to my friends and family. One day, I was in a stationery in the campus to buy some postcards--if I could find nice ones. Unfortunately, I didn't find what I wanted. Seriously, Japanese stationery is high quality and extremely functional, as well as aesthetically beautiful and ergonomic. Then, I was in the paper section and found nice cartons. An idea came across my mind! "Why don't I make my own postcards?" my brain exclaimed. Then I bought some other materials that would make the cards look cute and pretty.

Since then, I have been making my own cards and sending them to my friends. Now, I would like to share the joy of sending real postcards to bring smiles to your friends and loved ones! : )

Cheers,
Mita xoxo