A few years ago, I probably would have called all of these things the same. Mail club. Subscription box. Happy mail. Monthly stationery package. At some point, the internet became full of all of them, and now they somehow mean slightly different things depending on who you ask. Some people want a huge mystery box […]
Author Archives: Salomeja
15
May
May
Lately, it feels like mail clubs are everywhere. Sticker clubs. Bookish boxes. Stationery subscriptions. Cozy monthly mail. โHappy mailโ memberships. Tiny mystery envelopes filled with paper goods and surprises. I understand why people are looking for them. We spend most of the day staring at screens, scrolling through content that disappears five seconds later, opening […]
01
May
May
After talking about Postcrossing on Instagram, I realized how many questions people actually have. Some are practical, some are a bit worried, and some are just trying to understand how this even works. People donโt just get curious. They get very specific questions almost immediately. If youโre new to Postcrossing, or thinking about trying it, […]
20
Apr
Apr
Is Postcrossing an expensive hobby?Short answer: it can feel expensive, but in reality, itโs one of the most flexible and affordable hobbies you can have. Iโve been in the world of Postcrossing for more than seventeen years. In that time, postage prices have changed so much that the old rates now feel almost unreal, like […]
07
Apr
Apr
If youโve been in Postcrossing for a while, you start noticing patterns. Not the obvious ones like โpeople love catsโ or โcoffee postcards always work.โ Those are easy. I mean the small things like the quiet annoyances. The stuff people donโt always say directly, but definitely feel (and they are discussing in close forums or […]
26
Mar
Mar
If youโve been on Postcrossing for a while, youโve seen every kind of profile. Some are short and sweet. Some read like a shopping list for the universe, o like a contract you didnโt agree to sign. โI love nature, but not mountains.โโNo animals, except wild ones (but not birds).โโNo ad cards, no handmade, no […]
18
Mar
Mar
If you send postcards through Postcrossing or swap mail with penpals, you probably know this small problem: after a while, it becomes surprisingly hard to choose a card. You open your drawer, look at the pile, and suddenly everything feels either too random or too ordinary. That is exactly why I like postcard series. One […]
06
Mar
Mar
At first glance, postcards seem like a simple thing. A small piece of paper, a picture on the front, a few handwritten lines on the back. But if you enjoy sending postcards through Postcrossing, swapping mail with penpals, or simply collecting them, finding good postcards online is not always as easy as it sounds. Many […]
04
Mar
Mar
When people visit my shop for the first time, they often see many different postcards and assume they all appeared one by one. In reality, many of them belong to something much bigger: a series. Some series start as a single experiment. Others grow slowly over years. And sometimes a postcard unexpectedly becomes the beginning […]
26
Feb
Feb
One of the most common situations on Postcrossing is receiving an address with a blank or very short profile. When there are almost no preferences listed, choosing the right postcard can feel like guessing. You open the received postcrosser’s profile. You scroll down. And the profile says: โ…โ Nothing. it is empty. No favourite themes. […]