Got Mophart's last week - thanks for sharing those first moments!

I received my postcards and I hope I will have them shipped them on Wednesday. I still have to print the addresses.

Oh good, I can look at all of them together as a nice collection.

Hi all *hangs head in shame*. Life constantly gives you challenges and mine has given me quite a lot lately. Fingers crossed that I can get mine out next week so I can stop carrying the boulder of guilt.

Oh so your the one. I thought I just counted wrong... LOL 

Awwwww congrats Ann.  He's beautiful!

Congratulations Ann!  You must feel proud, and your grandchild will grow up to feel so proud of you for capturing these moments so beautifully.

How beautiful, Ann!  Brought tears to my eyes (can't wait to be a Grandma!!!).  Heartfelt congrats to you and your family. 

I am ashamed to say that I haven't sent mine yet... I have the cards, but haven't printed the labels...
And I'm going on a vacation trip tomorrow...
I'll do that when I come back, I haven't forgotten, it's just that I remember this when I am can not do anything. 

In January I first mentioned this was coming up - Yesterday I became grandmother for first time!

photo video: [video revised, so this version has been deleted]  smiles - Ann

*edited 5/30 to remove "link to nowhere"

Congratulations!! Can't see the video / photo though?

And... I still have not printed the address labels to send my postcards. 

And I'm still happily waiting. 

BTW I did do National Postcard Week this year. I got signed up, got on the list, printed 100 card and mailed out 96 of them. That was fun! I received a huge stack, some people send them in envelopes, some sent two cards, some (like myself) think that a postcard isn't supposed to be pristine, it's supposed to be mailed and machine mangled. 

Next May I will remember to print the cards with a return address and email address. DOH!    I did remember to print ___ of 100 on the cards, so people know it's a LE. Also included NPCW 2012 and the date, so they are recorded if someone finds one years from now.

Some people sent real photo, many sent hand drawings, but professionally printed, the variety and creativity is amazing and entertaining. I'll probably scan them all low-res but there are a few sites that list this kind of stuff, so if they do it, I won't duplicate the efforts.

I'm already planning next years card. And just in case anyone wonders, it was pretty much a waterfall that I liked. Not the same as the railroad brodge that I sent for our group. But now that I think about it? Nah, I want a new, taken in 2012 photo for the next year. No old recycled CRAP! 

I'll tack on the weekend update. Races, races, more races. Then coming back I had a day off and did scenic overlooks along the way. Boring but fun. I shot giant panoramas, islands and bridges. As usual, the easy part is done, now culling, editing or rendering. Made a time lapse through the windshield (which like all of them, are dismal failures, still working that out) Made an audio recording of a car driving across an iron bridge with open grating. Funny wheel sounds. And discovered that I could buy a 36 foot house boat for $7000 - but I'm not sure why I'd want to do that, unless I have some desire to live on the Mississippi during the Summer? LOL

Is mine one of them?
Geez, was there somene else as late?

Is mine one of them?
Geez, was there somene else as late?

Yes, yours was very nice and yes someone else sent a nice Christmas card, saying they had been busy and never got to the postcards.

I also created a National Postcard week card last May. and for Thanksgiving, just for my own fun, I mailed out 100 cards to the same list, without any reason. I titled it National Un-Postcard Week. If you don't remember Alice in Wonderland, there's the answer.

I've been sticking to the NPCW postcard list because the regulars appear to be under 100 and that's a nice reasonable Vistaprint order. Postage is going up again on Monday in the US. That's first class and postcards and I didn;t check but can assume, everything else. Bottom line, it costs more now to mail 100 cards, that to make them

In the 90s it was cheap to mail and cards (13c I think?) were almost $1 each for professional printing.

So much for the life and history of the "penny postcard"?

Here's one source for NPCW and they list the other lady who makes a mailing list. Just in case someone wants to make postcards. I think you can be selective and do 10-20-or whatever. I just plan on doing the whole list, myself and four friends which closes out the whole 100 LE cards. And I got the 96 back which is amusing to see what people crate. Mostly US if I remember one Canada two overseas.

http://npcw.multiply.com/

Oh by the way, mailing.
2012 NPCW was from "Waldo, WI" (where's waldo?)
2012 N-UPCW was postmarked "Flippin, Arkansas" (just South of Mountain Home)

Looking for more interesting places to send from next year.