From the Frozen North (Norway)

Ann-Tove is AWESOME. What more can I say? Firstly, she emailed me this photograph of herself above her township holding the postcard I had made for her. At 10.30 pm. Obviously, it's summer in Norway at the moment - the land of the Midnight Sun.

Secondly, she also sent me a second package of goodies! This included two Nordic postcards for my workmate and friend, Amii, who has a bit of an obsession with Norway and vikings (And boy was she pleased!) but she also sent me some more lovely postcards, including one of her own beautiful art.

Alas, as I opened the package at work, I did not scan the cards for Amii. However, here are the ones for me:

Firstly, here's a lovely piece of original art she made for me:

Ann-Tove likes horses, as you can see!

She also sent this postcard print:


And these nordic Troll Postcards are smashing!


And here's the rest! What an awesomely eclectic collection.



Thanks Ann-Tove!
(Aren't I SO lucky?)

From the West Indies (Trinidad and Tobago )

This delightful package arrived coutesy of Jeustar, a lovely lass I found via Interpals.

Postcards! What a beautiful country. Love the buildings. As a New Zealander, beaches are not such a novelty. Still, it does look like a glorious place to visit.

Money $$$. this is the $1 bill. She also sent the coins but I did not think they would scan so well.

Pretty fishie stamps!

She also sent a ceramic hotplate which was really nifty but suffered injuries on the journey and needs a bit of minor surgery.

Lovely postcards from Romania

Personal trade with Raluca from Romania.

Costa Rica is WILD!

I adore this set I received yesterday as part of an organised trade.

Isn't the eyelash viper beautiful?

United States

The last few days have delivered some treasures from the United States.

The first comes from New Hamphire, featuring a cute red fox and her cub, and was part of an organised personal postcard trade:

The second two come from the lovely Linda, who received an official Postcrossing postcard from me - my handdrawn Tawaki, and was so pleased she sent me something in return:

Which was so sweet of her!

Art Postcards from Egypt

Postcards from Iran

My Handmade Postcards

I have been sending out handmade postcards as personal organised trades, and I thought I would showcase a few of my favourites:

And this one I sent as an Official:

If you wish to own such a postcard yourself, please let me know. I am currently endevouring to get my art into as many countries as I possibly can, and still have rather a few to "Conquer". For more details, visit my webiste page on "conquering the world with art".

Received to date

I joined Postcrossing 67 days ago and have been receiving loads of awesome pictures and meeting people from all over the world. So I thought it hightime I create a blog to showcase my collection.

Here are the "official" postcards I've received to date:

From Finland


From Germany


From Belarus


From Taiwan


From Ukraine


From Russia


From Netherlands


From US