Wish You Were Here! Postcard Swap!


Hello hello! So this is the post I was referring to in my last one when I said I had a fun little project that I hoped to get people excited about. My 'Wish You Were Here' Project! Right now I'm only doing it for myself but if others wanted to get in on a mega-swap, I'm sure we could make it happen! Basically the jist is this: Mike and I are obviously moving into a new place in the next few weeks and we don't have any furniture or any decorations, but I was thinking about thrifting some coffee/side tables, cool frames, etc, and then doing collages on them and sealing them with polyurethane so I could have my own custom collage table! Well, I don't know how easy that is to do, but regardless, I thought it'd be cool to decorate with postcards and such from all around the world! I was thinking this could be a great way to decorate on the cheap, but still have TONS of personality!

The idea is simple: You send me a postcard... it can be from anywhere in the world. A town, a state, a country... whatever! You can write on the back if you'd like, but leave the front unobstructed. I will, in turn, send you one back if you'd like! (Just make sure there's a return address on it and I'll pop one in the mail to you!). It's similar to my penpal thing, but you don't have to write anything if you don't want to! Just zip a postcard to me in the mail and I'm going to try to decorate in different ways with them!


Of course if I come up with anything super cool I'll definitely post it here (and a tutorial too!) I was sad when the flood hit because I had a growing collection of magnets from all the countries I had been to (silly, I know.. but it was something I made a tradition with every country) so I lost them all. My friend Kayce has this awesome map of the US on her fridge as she has one of those little state magnets from each state and they're put in their respective places (so I was insanely inspired by that and I want my own one day, too!) But I know magnets can be costly so we can stick to postcards if you'd like! I'd love to hear some of your favorite things about the city/state/country that you send me, too! There will definitely be a lot of traveling in my future so maybe I'll be inspired by one of your cards and come visit! 

Anywhoo, if you're interested, just let me know! You can start sending postcards at any time to:

Kaelah Bee
649 Thomas Avenue
Hohenwald, TN
38462
USA

Please don't send them to my NYC address unless you KNOW they will get here before the 22nd of July! I will be leaving and anything sent to this address afterwards will be lost forever! Oh noezzz! If you send it to Hohenwald, I'll get a weekly list of your names/addresses to mail out to! I'll have a new address (yet again!) in a few weeks so I'll update everything then!

Don't be worried about having the same city/state/country as someone else! There are tons of postcards out there and even if I received the same one twice, I could easily use it for two different projects! Now send away! I'm loadddddeddddd on NYC postcards! (Seriously... I have well over 100 right now...) 

What are your thoughts on this? Interested? Think it's dumb? Let a girl know!

xoxo


PS; Would you want to be involved in a mega swap? I'll have to figure out how to organize it but it could be a great way for you to meet new people, too! 

32 comments:

  1. One from London coming to you!!!
    What a great idea!! I'm looking forward to sending you one!

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  2. i love this idea. i think you may be a bit like me and love to get just about anything in the mail. i found this site about a year ago that allows you to send postcards to people around the world. you should really check it out. i got a LOT of great postcards, and it was fun just to get mail and see the postcards and stamps. alright, enjoy!...
    www.postcrossing.com

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  3. foreverabloom: how awesome! im definitely going to go check it out now! thanks! and yes! i loveeee snail mail! nothing beats the excitement of opening a package! (checking your email could never compare!)

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  4. What a cute idea. I'll send you a postcard! =]
    I sorta wanna copy your idea...I love getting stuff in the mail too!

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  5. EEEK! I love this idea. I'll be on the lookout for unique Knoxville post cards!

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  6. Ill send ya a cheesy one from new zealand as soon as i can find one! oh NY postcards! I wish i had of picked some up when i was there!! zx

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  7. Kendra: go for it! i won't be upset! maybe we can even combine forces adn get everyone involved together! :D

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  8. This a a cool idea :) Would you like a few from KY or CA?

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  9. oh i'm so in. i have a thing for sending postcards anyways!

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  10. oh wow super idea im gonna head out tomorrow and find a real cheesy one for you.

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  11. i will send one! i love the whole pen pal/swap idea

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  13. ok, this is too damn cute. i love it!

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  14. molly: i would love some from ky and ca! two very amazing states that i adore dearly!

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  15. This is a great idea! It would be amazing if we could get a huge postcard swap going and send one to a different person (like once a month?). I would absolutely do it!

    XO Lynz
    http://fromskirtstoskillets.blogspot.com

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  16. At my local peddler's mall (which is basically a wal mart sized thrift store) i found 3 boxes of vintage post cards from all 50 states, and from several countries. Next time i hop over there, i'll pick some up. I wanted to buy them when i saw them, but didn't think i had a reason to. but, now i do! awesome!

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  17. Oooh I'll have to find something awesome! I'd love to get postcards from all over the world!!

    xoxo,
    susannahbean

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  18. Expect a Scottish postcard :)

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  19. This is a really cool idea. They'd be the prettiest table tops.
    I've seen furniture that's been completely covered in comic book pages which looked really good. Probably couldn't do that with postcards though, they'd be too thick.
    I'll keep my eyes peeled for a good postcard!

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  20. As I said on Twitter - I'm away this weekend so I'll see if I can get a postcard from there and will also send one from Bedford. I'm going to see if I collect a couple and then send them in an envelope :) (With little words of wisdom on the back lol)

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  21. This is a great idea, I'll definitely send one. I'll have to hunt though, we're not really a 'post card' kinda city! I'd love to receive the amount of postcards you're going to!

    ox.

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  22. great idea! Will be sure to pick some up next time I'm in a postcardy type place!

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  23. i love this idea and will definitely participate!!

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  24. i love it! great idea! i'll have to be on the lookout for a postcard here, for sure. :)

    xoxo
    -kinsey

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  25. I love this idea and a mega swap sounds fab!! All the postcards in Norfolk tend to have windmills on them! I'll see if I can find something a little more exciting!! Xx

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  26. Oh so glad I just read this! You'll be getting one soon! What a great idea!

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  27. I thought it might be something like this! And mega swap sounds cool! :D

    Have a good day. <3

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  28. I would totally be in for a mega swap! And I'm going to pick up some postcards ASAP for you. We don't have much of a selection here in my town, haha, but I'm going to be going to Chicago, Ottawa and Montreal pretty soon so I will pick some up for you there!

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  29. Found you one, now just need to send it. I have no idea how long things take to arrive from the UK. Is the above address still okay to use, or shall I wait until you move into your new place?

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  30. jenny: you can send it to the 649 address in tennessee! i should get it upon my arrival back to the state! xoxo

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  31. I'll send you one from India! I've been UK-based for the last couple of years but am about to move to Bangalore, in the south of India next week so I'll post you one from there. Love your site :)

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  32. I would love to send you a postcard from my home sweet little Loomis California! And I'd really love to get one back from your own home sweet home state, I love reading your blog, you really inspire me to want to do more^^

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HEY! Thanks for dropping by. xo KB