Postcrossing...

I've had many people ask me what Postcrossings is. Every few days or so I'll send a postcard out, and when I do this it sends a message thru my Twitter account.

I LOVE postcards. I love receiving postcards from friends who have visited different places. I learned about postcrossings thru some site or another and had to sign up. I love getting a postcard from some different country from someone I don't know. It's just a little piece of sunshine in the day. I've even made 2 new pen pals doing this.

The project

The goal of this project is to allow people to receive postcards from all over the world, for free. Well, almost free! The main idea is that: if you send a postcard, you will receive at least one back from a random Postcrosser from somewhere in the world.

Why? Because, there are lots of people who like to receive real mail. The element of surprise of receiving postcards from different places in the world (many of which you probably have never heard of) can turn your mailbox into a box of surprises - and who wouldn't like that?

How does it work?

The first step is to request to send a postcard. The website will display (and send you an e-mail) with the address of another member and a Postcard ID (e.g.: US-786). You then mail a postcard to that member.

The member receives the postcard and registers it using the Postcard ID that is on the postcard. At this point, you are eligible to receive a postcard from another user. You are now in line for the next person that requests to send a postcard. Where the postcard comes from is a surprise!

You can have up to 5 postcards traveling at any single time. Every time one of the postcards you send is registered, you can request another address. The number of postcards allowed to travel at any single time goes up the more postcards you send!

HAPPY POSTCROSSINGS!