2 Bookmarks Tag from Darcy (Emel in Turkey)

Not 2, but 3 bookmarks!



Thank you Emel!

New Zealand, Finland, & Germany

Here are some officials I received this week. These will probably be my last for 2006. I can't wait to see what postcrossing brings me in 2007!!


NZ-9907 (New Zealand) Tauranga


FI-109591 (Finland) Lapland


DE-52217 (Germany)
King Ludwig II's bedroom inside Neuschwanstein Castle


Funny story! The last card I received from Violet in Germany (Violanie59) who also sent me a tag card of Neuschwanstein castle about a week ago!

From Nina & Monica

From my postcard pals!
Nina (ninari)


Monica (moskei)

Trade from Geminha (Marta in Portugal)

3 postcards from Portugal

Jeronimo's Monastary in Lisbon (UNESCO site)


Belem Tower in Lisbon (UNESCO site)


Portugal Mapcard

Australia tag

US to Australia tag from Binky (Jenny in Australia)

Trade with Audbal3889 (Audrey in Virginia, USA)

2 cards from Audrey inVirginia

Tag: Castle & Church

Castle/Church for Beach tag from Davynn (Jukka in Finland)
Orthodox church in Tampere bult in 1896



You Choose #2 tag from Violanie59 (Violet from Germany)
Neuschwanstein Castle

Germany & first from Russia

DE-50089 (Germany) "Berlin by Night"


RU-4930 (Russia) St Petersburg (my first official from Russia!)

More Finland Officials

FI-88271 (Finland) Wildlife Elk? Deer?


FI-104872 Finnish Christmas Card
Translation: "Christmas time is for togetherness"


FI-95044 Handmade card by Laura from Finland (Pretty Autumn leaves)

From Postcard Pals

From my new postcard pal Nina in Germany (ninari)


Another card from Jessica (jessia_824)

Mix n' Match tag

Mix n' Match tag from Pazzolina (France)
2 Postcards from France


Paris souvenier pin


I also received some delicious chocolates & papillotes....which I already devoured before I can even take a picture!

Tags: US, History, & Castles

Dec 2 - Just tag from blueyedpoet (Tanya in Ohio, USA)
She picked up this card from her trip to New York during the holidays!

I have been to New York....years ago when I was still in high school!
I definitely would like to visit again!


Dec 4 - Bit of History tag from Peramuru (Finland)
women washers @ the Stromfors factory


Dec 12 - Castle for beach tag from Ellia84 (Sabina, Czech Republic)
Old wood church built in the 15th century



US to US tag from TinyAuGoddess (Allison in Virginia, US)
I requested a nice view of Jamestown, VA. She sent me a nice one that not only had Jamestown, but also showed Yorktown & Williamsburg.
These 3 cities make up the Historic Triangle in Virginia!

Trades from New Zealand & Thailand

Dec 10 - From Araya (Thailand)


Dec 14 - From Kiwikip (Chris in New Zealand)

First Official from New Zealand

I was so happy to get my first official card from New Zealand!
This country is at the top of my list of places to visit in my lifetime!

NZ-8699 (New Zealand) - Maori Man

Officials from Finland & France

FI-97739 (Finland) - Egyptian Dancers


FR-7437 (France)

Christmas Card & Stamp from Finland

Christmas card with Christmas stamp tag from Homine (Ada-Mari, Finland)
Front of card translation: "Christmas Joy!"


Back so you can see the pretty holiday stamp!
Translation: "Merry Christmas & Happy New Year"


*Addresses edited for privacy*

As you can see....I stamp each of my cards & record the date I receive them!

From CarolinaRen (Renae in North Carolina, USA)

From a Children's Christmas Swap between my daughter & her son

Thank goodness for TAGS!

We just finished celebrating our Thanksgiving holiday here in the US! I had one more thing to be thankful for this year.....POSTCROSSING!

US to Hungary tag from Sterika (Erika in Hungary) - Budapest Chain Bridge


Surprise Me! tag from Mandevilla (Cerstin in Leverkusen, Germany)

Postcard Pals!

I've also made some nice Postcard-pals through Postcrossing!

From Monica in Norway (moskei)



From Jessica in Canada (jessica_824)

Private Trades

Nov 14 - Cormier (Kristen in Florida, USA)


Nov 16 - Djanemicromax (Bianca in Germany)

Tag from Malaysia

Your Hometown tag from Newrule (Nurul in Malaysia) - my first card from this country!

More Officials - Germany, Finland, & Spain

Here are some more official cards I recieved on November 15, 2006

DE-44901 (Germany) Monument of Major Korfes, leader of the Black Corps


FI-87199 (Finland) "Church of the Rock"


FI-87943 (Finland) Handmade Victorian Woman


ES-7486 (Spain) Spanish Ad-card

Tag & Thank You

US to France tag from Octabis


I received this card as a "thank you" from Piparix (Tiia in Finland)
I sent her an official card a couple weeks ago. This was a very nice surprise! Thank you Tiia!

First Tag Cards

Another way to get postcards is through forum "tagging". Most "tags" you will send a card to the person who posted before you, and sometimes you will send to the person after you. The idea is pretty simple once you get the hang of it. Each "tag" should specify this in the first post. Here are some postcards I received from forum tags this week:

Oct 28 - Christmas tag from bumblebee2560 (Robyn, Australia)
Surfing Santa


Nov 3 - Disney Tag from vixen (Karen, Finland) - Little Mermaid


Nov 6 - Europe to US tag from Mahako (Marita, Finland) - Turku multiview