Postcards for a Purpose
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Picture Postcards for Collecting and Sharing News
Recently, I've decided to begin collecting them again and have even created a few of my own via my shop, Poetic Creations by abitosunshine. So far, most of my picture postcards were created for a special purpose in mind, a message of one kind or another I wished to convey in a rhyme and/or design.
Now, I need to check with the post office to see if they have a real sunshine stamp or, better yet, an abitosunshine Zazzle stamp creation of my own! Wouldn't you just love to receive a bit o' sunshine in your mailbox?
I've always been, and still am, a letter writer. I so enjoy writing and receiving handwritten letters from loved ones. However, sometimes there's little new news to share and that's where postcards come in handy. Jot down a short message just to spread a bit o' sunshine into the day of another.
Picture postcards are also a wee bit cheaper to mail than a greeting card or full-length letter in an envelope. Especially in unsteady economic times this makes sending a post card a thrifty thing to do.
Image Credit: Allposters.com
Contents at a Glance
Are you a deltiologist?
Yes, deltiology is the official term or definition of studying and collecting postcards.
Education Empowers
Education - Postcards for a Purpose - Illiteracy
I ran across a photo of an abandoned bus tucked into bush and brush. The morgueFile.com photographer's comment sadly stated, "This item has been decaying into the landscape forever." It made me think of our education system and I thought of illiteracy ... Ill litter I see. Hence, I created the first of my Postcards for a Purpose.
Whether our children attend public or private schools or are home-schooled, we are instructing them to the tune of The Three R's - Reading, wRiting, and aRithmetic. Let us all remember there are three more R's of importance - Right, Responsibility, and Respect. Education should be considered a Right for one and for all; education should be considered a Responsibility by one and by all; education should be treated with Respect by one and by all.
Education empowers. As we gain knowledge, we also gain self-confidence, self-respect, and self-satisfaction. Let us put education back on the bus and in the driver seat by encouraging the three R's and then some.
I say we should...
Let not our funds for education shrink; let not the numbers of our educated sink; let not our minds be left untrained to think.
Help put Education Back on the Bus
School Bus
Best Gift to Buy for Teacher or Bus Driver
Adorable School Bus Planter Great Gift For Teachers, School Bus Drivers,Home Decor
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Put education back on the bus with this token of appreciation. Add a plant to the planter or use it to hold sweet treats for those who teach. Sure to be a favorite gift and give the receiver's spirit a lift.
Nelson Mandela...
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."
Hi from Ohio
Ohio - Postcard for a Purpose - Ruthi
Of course, I had to design my very own picture postcard for exchanging with others across the globe. I feel my postcard is sure to spread a bit o' sunshine here, there, and everywhere. A worthy purpose, don't you think?
Same Name, Same State?
USA Postcards
The first post card exchange within the USA occurred between myself and Squidoo Lensmaster Marsha32. Marsha was actually adding my Ohio postcard to her daughter Jasmine's collection. I enjoyed the discovery of the native sunflower being the state flower of Kansas. Squidoo Postcard Lens Links
Share your Squidoo Postcard Lens
Are you a post card collector who has created a lens or two or more reflecting your interest in the hobby? If so, please add your links here. Don't forget to refresh and vote for your lens!
Postcards for a Purpose
I began my first postcard collection many suns ago more...2 points
Postcards from Rome
When we travel, we love to send postcards to loved more...2 points
Postcrossing
Postcrossing allows me to connect with people from more...2 points
50 States Lapbook
We started out by exchanging state postcards throu more...1 point
Write A Great Postcard that Your Friends and Family Will Enjoy and Remember
I love to write postcards, and I think the people more...0 points
Poet Postcards
I found this lovely postcard book at a yard sale years ago. I bought it for numerous reasons: I'm a poet, I collect postcards, and I love books. Most importantly, however, I picked this book up and thought to myself, How I'd love to one day see a collection of my poems as a postcard book just like this one.
Photojournalist Jill Krementz captured the essence of each of the poets in this collection beautifully. Her artwork is outstanding, her unique visual style apparent, as she offers up thirty poets in this literary collection.
Postcard Books
by abitosunshine
Art Postcards - Postcards for a Purpose - Poetic Creations
This postcard I've created is used as a sales tool and it comes with a matching magnet, too.
Customer Care Card and Magnet
Merry Christmas Postcard
Every year my Aunt Helen creates her own handmade Christmas greeting cards. I look forward to her latest and merry artistic talent arriving in my mailbox each year. This past Christmas (2010) was no exception. I was delighted to receive JOY in the mailbox with this lovely holiday postcard and personal message on the post side.I don't think Helen had an idea that I'd started a new postcard collection, so this was indeed a pleasant surprise. I'm thinking she must have been guided by a sunshine choir angel ... smiles.
Postcard Christmas
Post Card Paraphernalia
BuckHawk Center Animal Rescue
The BuckHawk Center is a nonprofit organization providing rescue, rehabilitation and adoption where possible for animals in need, located in Southern Missouri.
Postcard Angels
I thank you!
There are angels in our midst here at Squidoo!
They visit our lenses and bless them, too!
This lens has been Blessed by the following Squidoo Angels:
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Comments are Collectables
Thank you for adding to my collection!
The Three Friends by OctopusLove
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orange3
May 29, 2012 @ 9:34 am | delete
- I love writing, sending and receiving postcards! I think a hand written note is very special these days :)
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Deadicated
May 20, 2012 @ 4:43 am | delete
- Cool Lens, I use to collect vintage Halloween postcards, in better times; I had to sell most of them when my mother was ill. I love Ellen Clapsaddle.
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Lifeboost
May 11, 2012 @ 8:38 am | delete
- A lovely collection of postcards - I have a very small collection, but this has inspired me to expand it! :)
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EditorDave Apr 25, 2012 @ 12:25 am | delete
- When I was a kid, my folks (who were teachers) tossed my sis and me in their station wagon and we'd drive from New Mexico all the way to visit our relatives in Pennsylvania ... then across the country in the opposite direction to Montana to visit our best buddies (and adopted grandparents), then back down to New Mexico -- and one of the things my sis and I did was collect postcards from all the states and places we visited. Then we traveled overseas--to Guam, Japan, Hong Kong, Philippines, Taiwan, Okinawa, and a bunch of places in between -- we, of course got postcards in each of those places, too. I think my kids have picked up the habit, too. Congrats on a Squidoo masterpiece.
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bloomingrose
Apr 22, 2012 @ 3:10 pm | delete
- Lovely lens, blessed and pinned out to my board - Writing. I love writing postcards, glad to see I'm not the only one.
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TheLifestyleChanger
Mar 26, 2012 @ 6:26 am | delete
- I love postcards and consider it a ritual to send them to special people whenever I travel. Am trying to instill the same gesture into my daughter.
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mamabush
Mar 20, 2012 @ 2:15 pm | delete
- I love postcards, but I don't collect them. I just really enjoy looking at them wherever I go! :)
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JJNW
Mar 5, 2012 @ 6:29 pm | delete
- I love the idea of having your own trading postcards. Really nice! *** Blessed ***
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OhMe Feb 15, 2012 @ 8:16 pm | delete
- I have had a postcard collection since I was a child but don't have it organized or anything - just stuck in a box and I keep adding to it. I need to do that. I love your very own picture postcard for exchanging with others across the globe. Wonderful.
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JoshK47
Feb 4, 2012 @ 10:33 am | delete
- How interesting! Never seen anything quite like this before. Blessed by a SqudiAngel!
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I enjoy collecting postcards from around the world so if you would like to exchange cards just let me know via the contact button on my Squidoo profile.
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Poets (Postcard Books)
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I've had this book of postcards for several years, purchased at a yard sale, in perfect condition. Photographer Jill Krementz captures the human factor of this wonderful collection of poets. This book stays upon my desk and the picture postcards of the poets inspire me to continue to hone my own poetic talent.
