postcardx

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!

2008-07-13T20:37:36Z

P.S. WE NEED YOUR LETTERS!
we are compiling anonymous letters for a book we intend to publish which borrows solely the post script "p.s." of the letters. by responding to this post, you agree to have us publish your letter, but don't be scared!

please send us emails, letters (scanned or directly to our po box!), photos with a letter, etc. but do make sure to include the letter in its entirety [though we will only use the postscript section]! & of course, please feel free to send letters in any language!

remember, by sending us your letters, you consent to letting us use do this, and we promise to be your friends! and let us tell you, we're worth it! thank you.

www.pswhatiforgottosay.blogspot.com

whatiforgottosay@gmail.com

po box 266
new york, ny 10113

Arizona Post looking for homes.

2008-07-04T20:20:24Z

On a whim, I picked up some postcards today. All five are different but all arizona. Each will be sent out with a bit of original artwork and/or poetry on it. First five addresses to hit my inbox get a postcard sent out this weekend. And to mark just how whimsical a move this is for me..what the duece is the current post card postal rate anyway??
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As of 2:3o pm 7/4/08 the offer closed--all postcards have been claimed!

hey there!

2008-07-04T07:12:33Z

hey I just made a bunch of postcards and I would love to send them out, message me with your adress if you're interested, I love getting postcards from all over the world :)

Hey there.

2008-06-28T19:28:19Z

Last night, I went alone for a run along darkened highways. It was late - that they were darkened at 10:00p.m was an oddity, not a matter of course. The light doesn't fade until after midnight, here, and the clouds were each shot through with an odd monochrome radiance. The sky wasn't merely grey, it was huge shifting patchwork of it. An oil-painting done of the sea which reflected it, in paints with elements like titanium and zinc in them. I ran until I got to the little fishing village and cruise-ship dock away from Auke Bay, still on the Glacier Highway. I looked out over the water and saw a nothing - but puckered, wrinkled, it was grey spinning towards me. You see, it doesn't really rain here. The mountains channel the clouds, and when they touch ground, everything gets wet. This cloud had laid itself loosely over the islands at the head of the Bay, and then headed inland. Standing out in the open, against the cliff wall of the highway, it slammed into me, and bunched up with nowhere to go. At first it wreathed the ships in the harbor, and then the pier structures - curiously, almost, tenderly. Tendrils from the main mass, running ahead, acting as scouts. Lost in a million different shades of grey, I sat down on the shoulder of the road, away from cars, and stared out into a space suddenly changed entirely by nothing more than water vapor. Limitless, endlessly shifting, mesmerizing, it was beautiful. It was haunting. I'm glad I was there.

I'm looking for postcard fiction. Are you the kind of person who writes it? I wonder.

Virgil Jones
4300 University Dr.
Auke Bay, Alaska, U.S.A
Apartment F1-4
99821

Thank you!

2008-06-27T21:06:15Z

Thank you Rob and Matthew for the postcards! A reply will be on the way to you both! See you around here and at http://www.sendsomething.net/

postcardx @ 2008-06-02T20:41:00

2008-06-03T03:44:15Z

I can't access the postcardx site! Anyone else having trouble?

In the meantime, I have a bunch of random things from my desk that I'd like to send out. Any takers? Comment with your address and I'll start sending :)

hello

2008-02-02T01:13:34Z

Hey I'm KT, im a 19 year old English and Drama Student at Queens University Belfast in Northern Ireland

Im a little confused as to how this community works. id there a names database, or do you just post want you want to swap and send it to whoever requests it?

Best gift from a stranger ever!

2008-01-21T04:07:00Z

amorette was kind enough to send me a box of My Little Ponies for no other reason than she felt like it. Since she was so kind and I've cherished the gifts greatly, I wanted to post images of the little ones in their new environment.

Thanks again amorette!

Mail destroyed in I-4 Accident and fires

2008-01-11T01:05:45Z

Just a head's up for anyone who was shipping items outbound from Florida, adding insult to horrible injury, about 500 pieces of mail were destroyed in Wednesday's terrible I-4 accidents.

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Quoted news article:
Most Burned Mail Came From These ZIPs
Posted Jan 10, 2008 by Neil Johnson
Updated Jan 10, 2008 at 02:31 PM

The United States Postal Service says the roughly 490 pieces of Priority Mail that burned in the Interstate 4 wrecks on Wednesday came from Southwest Florida.

The mail may have come from ZIP codes beginning with these numbers: 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 341, 342 and 346.

Here’s where you can check tracking and tracing for a Priority Mail item mailed on Tuesday to the Central Florida or Miami area. http://www.usps.com/

For information regarding claims on insured packages, go here. http://www.usps.com/insuranceclaims/welcome.htm
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Not that packages in any way are as valuable as people's lives, but it's still a piece of information people need to know if they shipped or were expecting packages from Florida.

for children or kids at heart:

2007-12-26T22:01:37Z

I have several My Little Ponies that are in great condition that I would like to give away to someone who would enjoy them. Included are two out of the three of the warm crystal breezies and all of the cool coloured ones. There are also two of the Original 1983 remakes (the yellow one and the blue one). Then, there are four others, one of which I cannot find an image for, but she's blue and green, one that was only sold in Target stores and two that were for a promotional give-a-way.

There is no catch. Just let me know that you want them, I'll give you my email, you send me your address and I'll mail them out in the morning the next day (so long as it's a week day). Again, I really would like them to go to someone who would really enjoy them and/or play with them. They were a gift, but they are collecting dust in our home.

SendSomething.net

2007-11-20T17:03:31Z

If you've been keeping up with the conversations on the Official PX Google group, this isn't news to you, but there's a lot of px members who don't check there so I thought I'd relay the information here as well.

With the rampant troll infestation and continual deletion of every single address repeatedly the last couple weeks, a few px members took it upon themselves to make another site. I'm NOT involved in it and I have nothing to do with it's development or management. So this isn't personal spam, just a head's up for anyone who was looking for alternatives. They took what was great about px and kept it but fixed what was terrible. (Like the uncontrolled deletions, vandalization and related.) It just went live but there might still be some bugs to work out.

So feel free to post your address over at sendsomething.net if you're looking for an additional place to mail random goodness.

Because I could...

2007-11-20T05:31:31Z

I created a community on facebook.

Everyone is free to join or not join!

more deletions

2007-11-15T16:46:17Z

seems everything has gone again.

would anyone else be prepared to use this space for the time being?
we could make friend only posts and add our profile and address here, then it can't be deleted. tag each entry with "profile" or "member" to make searching easy.

good idea? bad idea?

Since it is 2007 and everything, and other things seem not to be working...

2007-11-10T06:46:04Z

Okay, as much as I love postcardx
I really don't want to see the database get built up, piece by piece, over months, to be washed away yet again.
So, I was thinking we should start a postcardx group on Facebook.
Because, while facebook is as ridiculous as all that sorts of things, it does seem like it would have a pretty good way of keeping people's addresses. I think we could make the group invisible to those outside, if that was wanted.
Are many people on here on facebook? What do you think of this idea?

postcardx @ 2007-11-06T20:52:00

2007-11-07T02:57:35Z

Someone deleted everyone again?!! All I'm getting are names like "nsync" and "Avril Lavigne". Does anyone know who actually started the site? I feel like they should make it so you can lock your profile somehow. Anyone else having trouble?

eh?

2007-11-05T18:33:23Z

So this morning I can only find one entry on postcardx.net
Did everything disappear or am I looking in the wrong place?

postcardx @ 2007-10-02T00:06:00

2007-10-02T04:06:12Z

Hey everybody. I started a swap on swap-bot...one of those free ones. The only money you spend is to ship your items.

http://www.swap-bot.com/swap/show/8019

check it out. ;)

Crys

postcardx @ 2007-09-29T23:05:00

2007-09-30T03:05:28Z

Is anyone interested in participating in a Halloween-themed postcard swap?

At the moment, there are 9 open spots. You make 9 postcards--preferably themed Halloween or spooky--and send 'em out. ^-^

Signups are over at the forum: here's a link.
Please?

hey guys

2007-09-10T01:30:18Z

im new & love this community. what an awesome idea.

soo i want to make little collages / random stuff, & swap with someone. like an ATC (artist tradin card) but not the same dimensions, just a mini collage.

if anyone is into it let me know, we can think of a theme & swap! ;D

possibly x-posted

2007-09-09T23:17:27Z

I have just joined this community and I come with an idea!

Is anyone interested in swapping home made postcards with a music theme?

My idea is that you specify who your favourite band at the moment is and I'll do the same and then we'll each decorate a postcard with images of that group and lyrics. It'll be like being sent a mini-shrine to your favourite band! I'm feeling creative(ish) at the moment but I am low on cash.

Anyone want to swap with me? I'm in the UK I'm afraid XD

postcardx @ 2007-09-09T15:54:00

2007-09-09T19:54:24Z

Does anyone want a postcard from me? =]

I just got a bunch today and I wanna send them out!

Letters! Whee!

2007-08-04T01:27:10Z

I've been in the mood to write lately.

Anyone want a handwritten letter / some stickers / doodles?
It'll either just be me rambling, or you could give me a topic to write on or a question to answer or whatever. I just feel like writing to someone!

You don't have to write back, but I'd love to get mail of some kind in return. (Who doesn't?)

Comment if you're interested. Can give me your address here or via email, whichever you prefer.

Is the postcardx site down?

2007-06-23T20:42:37Z

Is is me/my computer, or is the site down? I have not been able to pull it up for several days now.... :(

silver jewelry and costume jewelry

2007-06-23T18:46:12Z

Hello!

I have a few rings and pendants and a pair of pierced ladybug earrings that need a home. I don't have a good place to get rid of them and some of them are sort of meaningful to me, but I'll never wear them again again for one reason or another.

I want to send them all off in one package to save on postage... so, if you like only three of these, you'll still get all of them and you may do with them what you wish. The rings are between sizes seven and nine. Oh and there are a set of ladybug earrings that are not in the pictures below.

The images can be seen here.

First come, first serve ;)

Edit: The jewelry is taken :)