Autumn always feels like the real beginning of the creative year for me. Summer slips away, I finally stop melting over my printer, and the shop becomes a tiny paper storm: new postcards, boxes, stickers, packaging chaos, and a lot of coffee. If youโve visited the website lately, you may have noticed a lot of […]
personal small business owner's life
My Postcrossing Anniversary: 17 Years, 17 Addresses, 17 Postcards
17
Sep
Sep
Last week I received a special email: a note from Postcrossing congratulating me on my 17th anniversary with the project. Seventeen years! When you think about the fact that Postcrossing itself is celebrating its 20th birthday, it means Iโve been part of this amazing community for most of its life. Thatโs a long journey of […]
personal small business owner's life, Small business
What to Write on a Postcrossing Postcard? (10 real ideas)
09
Sep
Sep
Iโve lost count of how many times Iโve sat down with a postcard, pen in hand, address already written, stamp lickedโฆ and then thought: โBut what do I actually write?โ Quick note before we start: I always read the recipientโs Postcrossing profile first. Most people leave hints about what they enjoy (some even list specific […]
02
Sep
Sep
August is usually a quiet month in my shop, and this year it was even stranger than usual. I was away on vacation for two full weeks, so the month ended up being half business, half holiday mode. This is the first time Iโve shared statistics like this. Iโve been thinking: why keep all the […]
08
Aug
Aug
Alright, folks, World Postcard Day is coming up, and you know what that means: it’s time to send a little piece of joy through the mail. Every year, on October 1st, we celebrate the simple art of postcards, the kind of thing that makes your day 100% better when you check the mail and find […]
01
Aug
Aug
Sometimes all you need is a cat, a cup of tea, and a window with a good view. That’s exactly how the new postcard series “The Window Diaries with Marluki“ began. I had this vague idea for a postcard series where the scene stays the same, but the decorations and mood change depending on the […]
20
Jul
Jul
(And Why Itโs Not the Same as a Vacation) Let me start with this: a workation is not a vacation. If youโre running a small online business like I do โ where every task, every idea, and every invoice goes through your own hands, you canโt exactly โswitch off.โ But you can change your view. […]
04
Jul
Jul
This week I launched Slow Summer Dreamerโs Box. Now it is time to tell you the story. Iโve wanted to create a seasonal stationery box for years. Not weeks or months. Literally years. It was one of those ideas that kept floating around in my mind while I packed orders or worked on other things. […]
personal small business owner's life, Small business
How to Restart a Creative Hobby After a Long Break
24
Jun
Jun
So… you havenโt written a postcard in months. Your washi tape is collecting dust. You open your journal, stare at the first blank page, and quietly close it again. First of all, welcome back. Youโre not late. Youโre not behind. Youโre just here. And thatโs enough to begin again. Letโs be honest, even the hobbies […]
12
Jun
Jun
Itโs been a while since I last wrote about my days, hasnโt it? Let’s fix that. In recent weeks, Iโve been busy with a fresh shop update โ summer-themed postcards, including a slightly sarcastic new series called Postcrossing Truths. Itโs made to poke fun at ourselves a little and to gently highlight just how dramatic […]