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Other Men's Flowers | July 16th 2009
No 21 in an occasional series of extracts from The Postcard CenturyFebruary 1905: Lottie to Miss Hollands in Higham, Kent from Rochester: Hope you will like this one of course my dear you know the history of this place... The Jezreelites temple had n read more
scrambled eggs
[ kept in a jar ] | July 15th 2009
There's a lost seagull chick trapped on our roof at the moment. I've named him Basket.He has spent the last 3 days squeaking and wandering around aimlessly, and yesterday I thought he had died but he was just having a nap in the sun.Today I saw him t read more
When Aliens Invade Vintage Postcards
JazJaz | July 15th 2009 by Danny
A curious mix of rampaging aliens and idyllic, pastoral settings. A Flickr set by Franco Brambilla. [via Drawn] Related Posts: Watch 10 Classic Films Online Vintage Trippy Ad for Shell Motor Oil Vintage Menus and Brochures Flickr Gallery V read more
Swiss Invaders
Tom Shea Art | July 15th 2009 by Tom Shea
Italian illustrator Franco Brambilla has created some great work by incorporating alien invaders into old swiss postcards. Cool! Check out his Fickr Photo Stream or click his name above to go to his website for much more. Found via…Drawn.ca Ci read more
Third London 2010 postcard coming soon
The British Postal Museum & Archive | July 15th 2009
We will soon be publishing the third in a series of postcards raising awareness of London 2010: Festival of Stamps. The postcard is a limited edition of 5,000 and will be released at this year’s Autumn Stampex (16-19 September 2009). read more
Vintage Postcard: Beauharnois, Quebec (Howard Smith Paper Mills)
A Canadian Family | July 15th 2009 by Evelyn Yvonne Theriault
Howard Smith Paper Mills Limited Beauharnois Division Makers in Canada of High Grade Papers Related Posts: A Canadian Family Vintage Postcard Collection: QUEBEC read more
New Look Website for The Printing House
Print Buying Direct for Business Cards | Postcards | Appoint… | July 15th 2009 by Peter Harrison
New Look Website for The Printing House Website - 15th July 2009 We’ve been working in the background to create a new look and some new content for The Printing House Website. Please take a look and let us have some feedback. Some of the new co read more
Postcard from Maastricht
Trace your Dutch roots | July 15th 2009 by hbvk
This postcard, sent from Maastricht to Hillegom in 1903, shows a canal in Maastricht. This is probably the canal from Maastricht to Luik (Liège) in Belgium, opened in 1850 and filled up again in 1963-1964.Trace your Dutch roots, your Dutch read more
Updating My Postcard Collection
Barb's Blog | July 14th 2009 by Barbara
Recently, Miranda sent me a lovely postcard from Wisconsin, so I put it together with Petra’s from Graceland and New Orleans. Also, I found an old one sent to me from Morocco and then I found one from the Mackinac Bridge, Niagara Falls, Washing read more
Vintage Postcard: Sorel, Quebec
A Canadian Family | July 14th 2009 by Evelyn Yvonne Theriault
This is a vintage (ca.1906), b/w postcard of the rue du-Roi in Sorel, Quebec Reverse of Postcard of Sorel, Quebec Addressee: Miss E Neumann, 83 Beaumont St., Brooklyn, N.Y., N.Y. Message: Sunday 8-9-26 Hello Elizabeth, We made Sorel by 7 PM. I read more
Everything you need to know about Digital Printing - part 9
Print Buying Direct for Business Cards | Postcards | Appoint… | July 14th 2009 by Peter Harrison
Everything you need to know about Digital Printing - part 9 - 14th July 2009 High speed inkjets Inkjets are another major process, already dominant in wide format work and very widely used in desktop personal printers, high quality photographic print read more
Five in a row #8
A Swedish Batman Collection | July 13th 2009 by Andreas
A quick one...Wind-up Robin figure. I think it was available at McDonalds some years ago... (thanks to Batfan93 for the info)A bootleg t-shirt.Hot Wheels Hero Cycles; Joker cycleBatman: TAS Thermos.A very rare Swedish 70s postcard with Batman (Läde read more
Everything you need to know about Digital Printing - part 8
Print Buying Direct for Business Cards | Postcards | Appoint… | July 13th 2009 by Peter Harrison
Everything you need to know about Digital Printing - part 8 - 13th July 2009 Indigo Drupa 1993 saw the official launch of the first Indigo colour press. For most of the 1990s, Indigo and Xeikon were the only full colour digital presses on the market. read more
Las Vegas Business Card Printing Resources
Las Vegas Marketing, Web Development, Graphic Design Blog | July 10th 2009 by Michael Gazzano
So you have a final business card and you’re searching for a company to have your professionally designed business card? Perkolate works with many printing companies in Las Vegas and beyond. We put together a list of local Las Vegas printing read more
GenealogyWise & Postcards: A New Place To Meet
A Canadian Family | July 10th 2009 by Evelyn Yvonne Theriault
Readers who are part of the genealogy/family history community will have undoubtedly heard the buzz about the new social networking site GenealogyWise. If you’re like me you might be thinking “Yikes – another site – enough alr read more
How NOT to Do Postcard Marketing
Compelling Marketing Blog | July 10th 2009 by Tracy Needham
Here’s a great example of what NOT to do with a postcard. Postcards can be a very affordable and effective direct mail piece–done right. Or even mostly right. This one, however, is nowhere close. There’s… – NO headline t read more
Vintage Postcard: Ste-Anne-de-Beaupre, Quebec
A Canadian Family | July 10th 2009 by Evelyn Yvonne Theriault
Main Street, St. Anne de Beaupre, Quebec Canada (Columbus House, Irish Shop, Colisee(?), Royal …Museum) Detail: Vintage Car in Ste-Anne-de-Beaupre Reverse: Ste-Anne-de-Beaupre (Quebec) Postcard Information: The Post Card read more
Make a Wish: Collecting Sage Advice and Best Wishes from Guests
Rex & Regina | July 10th 2009 by Teresa Lee
One of the best things about weddings and other special events is being surrounded by people you love and enjoy. Finding ways to capture their presence that day that are unique and fun will help you, as the Bride & Groom or guest of honor, remem read more
Here, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty!
Whatever | July 10th 2009 by Okami
A postcard exchange buddy from The Fountain Pen Network sent this very cool hand-drawn kitty. If you would like to see more of the art of this very talented person head on over to the site deviantART. You can even see the original of this lovely ca read more
Everything you need to know about Digital Printing - part 7 - 10t…
Print Buying Direct for Business Cards | Postcards | Appoint… | July 10th 2009 by Peter Harrison
Everything you need to know about Digital Printing - part 7 - 10th July 2009 taken an alternative route with its VarioStream engines, which can be specified with highlight colour units. A full four colour version is called ColorStream. The company in read more
Medical and Dental Practice Postcard Design Ideas
U Printing Blog - Printing and Marketing Blurbs | July 10th 2009 by carmelo
A large portion of our promotional postcard printing customers are medical and dental practices who really “get” the effectiveness of direct mail. If you want to be one of them, but are stuck for postcard design ideas, here are some of our most p read more
Fundraising for an Outreach Program: A Good Project for a School…
Katrina's Blog | July 10th 2009 by Kat Nocom
An outreach program can be a good project for a certain student organization. This is because the activity aims to build a positive bond between the school and the community. A project like this encourages students in helping other people outside the read more
Roller Coasters and Amusement Parks = Summer Fun - Reading, That…
Ms Dow Antiques TIQUE TALK | July 9th 2009 by Ms Dow Antiques
Summer's in full swing, and that means it time to have some fun. I used to enjoy roller coasters and amusement parks, but these days I'd much rather read about them.Here's a link to Arcadia Publishing's list of boooks about U.S. amusement parks histo read more
Vintage Postcard: Verdun, Quebec – Church Avenue (rue de l’Eg…
A Canadian Family | July 9th 2009 by Evelyn Yvonne Theriault
Church Avenue, North View, Verdun P.Q. L. Lemieux Dry Goods was located at 73 Church Ave., Verdun (Source: Lovell’s) This ad on the left is an enlargement from the right hand side of the postcard. It read more
Everything you need to know about Digital Printing - part 6
Print Buying Direct for Business Cards | Postcards | Appoint… | July 9th 2009 by Peter Harrison
Everything you need to know about Digital Printing - part 6 - 9th July 2009 The past three years have seen three new Japanese manufacturers join the digital colour production club. At Ipex 2006, Canon showed its long awaited entry, imagePress C7000VP read more
Vintage Postcard: Traymore Restaurant, Montreal, Ste-Catherine St…
A Canadian Family | July 8th 2009 by Evelyn Yvonne Theriault
Traymore Restaurant, Drummond Bldg., Peel & St. Catherine St. Montreal (1932) Reverse of Postcard Addressee: Mrs. A. A. Rugg 246 David St. Greenfield, Mass. Transcript of Handwritten Message: Wed. July 20/32 I suppose you heard all the news read more
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
Promotional Postcards
Philippa's Photography - Incurable Hippie | July 8th 2009 by incurable hippie
I've just created two designs for postcards, which I could get free through Vistaprint.I made them in Photoshop, to promote my t-shirt (and other product) design site, lovelytees.co.uk, and I'm really pleased with the look I created.The back: read more
Everything you need to know about Digital Printing - part 5
Print Buying Direct for Business Cards | Postcards | Appoint… | July 8th 2009 by Peter Harrison
Everything you need to know about Digital Printing - part 5 - 8th July 2009 Digital colour production print was so attractive that other companies wanted to build their own. In particular Xerox, which had been the biggest seller of Xeikons, announced read more
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
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