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Seattle’s Finest

CoffeeJitters | July 8th 2009 by Judy Haley

Found some old vintage Seattle postcards… Seattle Police Paddy Wagon, ca 1919. Credit: Seattle Historical Society. Seattle police wearing their first official uniforms, ca 1906. Source: Seattle Historical Society. What is it with cops and mou read more

Nikspiks

Promotion of Roof Deck Garden Designs

Nikspiks | July 8th 2009

Roof deck gardens are becoming more and more popular amenities in the age of green living. Roof deck gardens have been around for decades but have not been constructed often due to maintenance and use of space. Maintenance issues will involve manpowe read more

EvelynYvonneTheria

The Janice Brown Puckerbrush Blog Award for Excellence 1.Postcard…

A Canadian Family | July 7th 2009 by Evelyn Yvonne Theriault

In a previous post I had mentioned that blogger Linda Hughes Hiser of Flipside had granted me The Janice Puckerbrush Blog Award for Excellence. This award gives bloggers a way to recognize fellow bloggers who have influenced them in some way. Today read more

ksanchez

Postcards for Fashion Boutiques

Kristine's Blog | July 6th 2009 by kristine sanchez

Concepts on Clothing and Fashion for Postcard Marketing and Promotions A fashion boutique business is full of color and excitement for different interesting and stylish garments change spontaneously. When promotions come into the picture, to make po read more

emele

Westie Postcards

Creative Artists | July 6th 2009 by Emily Goodwin

Today I want to feature a selection of Westie Dog postcards available from Zazzle. Many of these designs are also available on other items ranging from posters to magnets, mousepads and lots more read more

theprintinghouse

Everything you need to know about Digital Printing - part 3

Print Buying Direct for Business Cards | Postcards | Appoint… | July 6th 2009 by Peter Harrison

Everything you need to know about Digital Printing - part 3 - 6th July 2009 Digital toner production printers Today, electro photography is mainly used for smaller (or at least narrower) print formats up to A3+ sheets or 32 cm reels. True laser print read more

Texlexor

Five in a row #7

A Swedish Batman Collection | July 5th 2009 by Andreas

Another "five in a row" post with just five photos and a short description.Postcards...Walkie-Talkies in the shape of Batman and Scarecrow, from 2005.I took them out of the box for a better look at them.Corgi Batcycle from 1979.A Wrist Band from the read more

EvelynYvonneTheria

A Canadian Family Vintage Postcard Collection: NEW BRUNSWICK

A Canadian Family | July 5th 2009 by Evelyn Yvonne Theriault

Bathurst Vintage Postcard: Bathurst and the Twist! Vintage Postcard: Bathurst Pulp & Paper Mill – New Brunswick, Canada Caraquet Vintage Postcard: Caraquet, Highway Near Post Office Vintage Postcard: Caraquet, La Chapelle Ste. Anne et Se read more

EvelynYvonneTheria

A Canadian Family Vintage Postcard Collection: QUEBEC

A Canadian Family | July 4th 2009 by Evelyn Yvonne Theriault

Gaspe Vintage Postcard: Codfish Pressing on Beach at Grand Etang, Quebec Vintage Postcard: Barachois Fishing Village in the Gaspe Vintage Postcard: Little Fox River, Gaspe, Que, Petite Riviere au Renard Vintage Postcard: Marinage du Poisson, G read more

vintagepostcards

Antique Postcards Celebrate July Fourth and Uncle Sam

pajamadeen.com | July 3rd 2009 by pajamadeen

During the “Golden Age” of postcards, c. 1901-1915, people mailed postcards to one another at almost any time, including the Fourth of July. July Fourth and Halloween postcards tended to be the most fanciful and striking of all post cards; these read more

vintagepostcards

Fanciful Fourth of July Postcards with Uncle Sam and Children

Vintage Postcards: Old Antique Postcards | July 3rd 2009 by pajamadeen

Happy Fourth of July to our readers! July Fourth, with its patriotic images of Uncle Sam and Lady Liberty, and the holiday’s association with fireworks, led to fanciful, festive postcards with splendid graphics at the turn of the 20th century. read more

StudentHelp

Postcards: A Visit to the Giant’s Causeway

StudentsInEurope Blog: The Backpacking Experience | July 3rd 2009

On the northeastern coast of Ireland is a site of natural wonder. It is called the Giant’s Causeway. The site is composed of huge basalt columns that are hexagonal in shape. Today we went to visit this incredible site. After watching an intr read more

theprintinghouse

Everything you need to know about Digital Printing - part 2

Print Buying Direct for Business Cards | Postcards | Appoint… | July 3rd 2009 by Peter Harrison

Everything you need to know about Digital Printing - part 2 - 3rd July 2009 Electro photography Dry toner digital printers are used at all levels from desktop personal printers and copiers, to general commercial production print, to high speed reel f read more

EvelynYvonneTheria

Happy 5oth Birthday – St-Lawrence Seaway!

A Canadian Family | July 2nd 2009 by Evelyn Yvonne Theriault

When I was growing up in 1950s/1960s Quebec, the St-Lawrence Seaway was considered a great technological triumph. The seaway is 3,700 kilometres long but what is particularly impressive is that it includes a series of 7 mammoth locks that can lift la read more

theprintinghouse

Everything you need to know about Digital Printing - part 1

Print Buying Direct for Business Cards | Postcards | Appoint… | July 2nd 2009 by Peter Harrison

Everything you need to know about Digital Printing - part 1 - 2nd July 2009 What is ‘digital print’ anyway? It is a term used for whole group of technologies that don’t fit neatly into a single definition. However, a good description would be o read more

ksanchez

White Postcards for Pediatricians

Kristine's Blog | July 1st 2009 by kristine sanchez

Effective Design Tips for a Successful Postcard Marketing Campaign Postcard marketing is a technique that most businesses and professionals use to reach out in a more personal way. When the season of giving comes in, other professionals such as doct read more

HowardLevy

Effective Low-Cost Marketing Tactic

Wake Up Call | July 1st 2009 by Howard Levy

In Madison Square Park today, people were handing out postcards with a pack of gum taped on. Free gum was an enticing offer and got me to take the postcard. The card itself had a compelling headline that invites you to find out more. Turns out, this read more

theprintinghouse

The markets tomorrow - What does the future hold for printing? -…

Print Buying Direct for Business Cards | Postcards | Appoint… | July 1st 2009 by Peter Harrison

The markets tomorrow - What does the future hold for printing? - Part 8 - 1st July 2009 Pack functionality can be broadened to show the ambient conditions it has been stored at since filling. Bioett has time temperatures tags that can be interrogated read more

Henk

Postcard from Holland

Trace your Dutch roots | July 1st 2009 by hbvk

Many bloggers post a Wordless Wednesday article on Wednesday: An image that is strong enough to speak for itself so that it does not need any words (except maybe an attribution and a short caption). Wordless articles are not so suitable for geneal read more

StudentHelp

Postcards: Searching for Nessy

StudentsInEurope Blog: The Backpacking Experience | June 30th 2009

This morning we caught a train from Lime Street Station in Liverpool to After driving through the beautiful countryside of Scotland, we embarked on our first adventure here: a visit to the infamous Loch Ness. Amidst the lightly falling rain, we hoppe read more

EvelynYvonneTheria

A Festival of Postcards (3rd Ed.) SIGNS – Call for Submission…

A Canadian Family | June 30th 2009 by Evelyn Yvonne Theriault

The first two issues of A Festival of Postcards (Wheels and Main Street) brought together dozens of bloggers from all over the world and I’m really looking forward to seeing what we all come up with for the 3rd edition of our Festival! Our the read more

theprintinghouse

The markets tomorrow - What does the future hold for printing? -…

Print Buying Direct for Business Cards | Postcards | Appoint… | June 30th 2009 by Peter Harrison

The markets tomorrow - What does the future hold for printing? - Part 7 - 30th June 2009 There are several ways to obtain power. Pressing piezoelectric materials generates electrical current, so print a button with a ‘Press here’ message. Printed read more

Bad news from Snoopy

Other Men's Flowers | June 30th 2009

No 20 in a series of extracts from The Postcard Century. There have been two for every decade of the 20th century, but now I will start to go through the book again and pick another twenty at random.November 1995: The secretary of John W Pittman II, read more

ksanchez

A Different Holiday Postcard

Kristine's Blog | June 29th 2009 by kristine sanchez

Unique Concepts to Full Personalize your Holiday Greetings The Holidays season gives you the opportunity to express your feelings to loved ones, cheer up your friends, and reach out to your lost buds and relatives; and personalized holiday postcards read more

CarportKing

Marketing Contractor Tips

Contractors | June 29th 2009 by Glen Kohlenberg

Here are some shortcuts to get the phone ringing for contractors. Let’s face it here, nothing happens until you sell something. No matter how good you think you are you still need to market your contracting business. Here is a short list for f read more

zombiecommand

Zombie Swag

Zombie Command | June 29th 2009 by Barry Smith

While laid up with my dodgy shoulder the swag has been pouring into Zombie Command HQ. Here’s what you could have won. First in was some merch from Jason over at Zombies and Toys. With such a great logo all the swag was pretty cool including; read more

ellemoss

July Giveaway!

Elle Moss Photography | June 29th 2009 by elle moss

Starting my July Giveaway early!  Comment on my blog and leave your name and email address...that's it!  No email address, no entry, sorry.  You may enter once per household.The prize:1 set of 7 postcards from ellemoss.etsy.com1 small print (4x6, read more

jjjack

A SOLITARY PERIOD

Katoomba Clippings | June 29th 2009 by Jack

A letter from Louis arrives, it's there waiting in the cold metal mailbox when I get back from another day pulling out ivy cascading down a rocky embankment. It's written over three postcards, numbered, and placed in an envelope. 1 - JR - The entries read more

theprintinghouse

The markets tomorrow - What does the future hold for printing? -…

Print Buying Direct for Business Cards | Postcards | Appoint… | June 29th 2009 by Peter Harrison

The markets tomorrow - What does the future hold for printing? - Part 6 - 29th June 2009 Getting smart More security will be built in to many print products to help brand protection, anti-counterfeiting and to keep ahead of the copiers. Many new prod read more