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Inspirations Postcards Postcards are wonderful. Little bits of Art travelling the world shedding delight and amazement..All the ones below have been posted "naked" and have (with one exception) arrived safely.. In 20 years of posting and receiving these potent missives, I have only lost one, and that was temporary - a swap group card sent to Durham was not there in 3 weeks, so I sent another. The errant card and the replacement turned up the next day, one from here in Norfolk quite directly, and one via Durban... Inspirations, here are lots of different ideas, just a few from my big box or treasures
Autumnal Oakshott with little Prairie Points	Hand-dyed and layered boats
Braided edges and stitched hand-made paper	Improvised Cat
Cowbird... (I think this was a hand-print)	Encrusted!
Aitchbee's Cube	Gorgeous and complex, from New Zealand: this is as far away as you can get..
Hand-made felt, hand-stitched edges, beads	Sari silk, paint, couching, foiling
Amazingly hairy edges! And buttons...	Hallowe'en swap from America
Exquisite hardanger embroidery	Dyed and painted and embroidered...
The first one I had, made by an engineer friend, drilled Kevlar sheet!	Nice neutrals
Oystercatcher on a really eclectic set of fabrics including Crimplene and old blanket	Painted canvas with embroidery
Arrived the day after a WI workshop, this is me, teaching postcards... (a good likeness, and note the scrap boxes)	Astounding amount of work, each tiny piece is held down with a bead...
Shiny leaves on patchwork	Shoes!
Came the day after I was diagnosed with diabetes, all made from sweet papers (sulk...)	Tiny patchwork, tied in traditional manner
Modern patchwork, in Oakshott fabrics	Ribbons and Christmas bits trapped under net
With a zippy pocket...	With a zippy edge...
And, sometimes a bit rude - "posterior" on pink blanket	Or even ruder perhaps, many shapely bottoms...
And, just once in a while they get modified in the post, sometimes nicely like this one (the postmark really makes the landscape here)
And, just once, a total disaster... I think this one must have been put through the automatic machinery once too often...	'Tother side... It's the only really grungy one in 20 years...
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