Tampere meeting memories

The mailman brought me some good memories from the international meeting that I attended last weekend... So many names! And not everyone could fit theirs on the card! We were over 100 postcrossers from 14 different countries. I guess it is pointless to say that we had some very good time?!

Postinjakaja toi kivoja miittimuistoja viime viikonlopun kansainvälisestä tapaamisesta. Nimiä on aikamoinen määrä, eivätkä kaikki edes saaneet omaansa mahtumaan korttiin! Meitä oli yli 100 crossaajaa 14 eri maasta. Lienee tarpeetonta sanoa, että oli ihan huippua?!

 

artwork by Virpi Pekkala

Outgoing cards

More cards that went out to the world earlier this week.

Lisää kortteja, jotka aloittivat maailmanmatkansa alkuviikosta.

 

private to Spain

artwork by Santoro

 

official card to Lithuania

artwork by Minna L. Immonen

 

private to Spain

photo by Mika J. Nieminen

 

official card to Romania

 

official card to Canada

 

private to Spain

 

official card to Latvia

 

official card to Japan

artwork by Virpi Pekkala: Taas se sammu! / Nu slocknar det igen

Virpi Pekkala & Co. on a world tour

Mostly official cards that started to travel this week.

Nämä ovat lähinnä virallisia kortteja, jotka laitoin matkaan alkuviikosta.

 

official card to Finland

artwork by Virpi Pekkala: Kas, näin se käy! / Så enkelt det går!

 

official card to France

photos by Antti Pietikäinen

 

tag card to Spain

 

official card to Germany

photos by Hannu Vallas and Markku Wiik

 

official card to Belgium

artwork by Virpi Pekkala: Tänään kotona... / Idag hemma...

 

official card to Finland

artwork by Annika Hiltunen

 

official card to Chad

photo by Jorma Jämsen

Meet-up tradition

I've attended a couple of Postcrossing-meet-ups this year and decided to start a kind of a tradition, too... I'll send a card to myself from all the meet-ups I'll ever attend. These are from the big annual meet-up in Hämeenlinna and a tiiiny meeting here in Tampere.

Olen ollut tänä vuonna parissa Postcrossing-miitissä ja päättänyt aloittaa eräänlaisen perinteen niitä koskien... Koitan lähettää itselleni kortin jokaisesta miitistä, johon koskaan osallistun. Nämä kaksi tuli lähetettyä Hämeenlinnan vuosittaisesta jättimiitistä ja pikkuriikkisestä kahvimiitistä, joka pidettiin täällä Tampereella.

 

artwork by Virpi Pekkala: Tyhjä muki? / Muggen eller magen?

 

photo by Annemarie Oerer

DIY wedding guestbook

We did not want to have a "traditional" guestbook in our wedding, but thought it would be nice to gather some wishes from the guests anyway, too. And what could have suited a postcard-maniac better than using some postcards as tiny guestbooks?!

I used a shoebox, wrapped it with brown kraft and decorated it with another postcard, mail related rubber stamps and label writer. The unwritten cards we placed in my letter holder and the pencils we put to a tiny coffee pot. This turned out pretty well, I think!

Emme halunneet juhliimme perinteistä vieraskirjaa, mutta ajattelimme, että olisi kuitenkin mukavaa kerätä kommentteja ja toivotuksia vierailtamme. Ja mikäpä sopisi korttiaddiktille paremmin kuin postikorttien käyttäminen vieraskirjoina?!

Käytin postilaatikon valmistamiseen kenkälaatikkoa, jonka päällystin voimapaperilla. Koristelin sen yhdellä postikortilla, postiaiheisilla leimasimilla sekä kohokirjoittimella. Tyhjät kortit laitoimme esille kirjetelineeseeni ja kynät aseteltiin pikkuruiseen kahvipannuun. Tämä oli mielestäni lopulta oikein kiva ratkaisu!

Photo © J. Oksanen

 

Jätä muisto = Leave a memory

 

artwork by Virpi Pekkala: Kahden kesken / På tu man hand

design by Anna-Mari West

 

artwork by Polkka Jam

Kristiina Haapalainen and Sami Vähä-Aho

artwork by Suvi Eckstein

design by Dimitri Vervitsiotis

 

artwork by Inge Löök

design by Anna-Mari West

Outbox 6/22

 

official card to China

artwork by Rudolf Koivu

 

official card to Russia

artwork by Rudolf Koivu

 

official card to Poland

artwork by Thijs Postma, 1995

 

official card to Japan

artwork by Virpi Pekkala: Jauhopeukalo / En bagare i bästa form

 

official card to the UK

artwork by Virpi Pekkala: Minullekko??? / Till mig allihop???

 

official card to the USA

artwork by Virpi Pekkala: Odotus... / Väntan...

 

official card to Czech Republic

 

official card to Germany

official card to Germany

artwork by Touko Laaksonen

 

official card to Brazil

artwork by Rudold Koivu

 

official card to Ukraine

 

official card to Japan

 

official card to Belgium

 

official card to the UK

 

official card to Canada

Sent cards from the past weeks

swap to Spain

artwork by Martti Santala

private to Germany

artwork by Rudolf Koivu

swap to Spain

photo by Ove Eriksson

official card to the Netherlands

official card to China

official card to Belarus

official card to Germany

artwork by Camille Soulayrol, Dominique Turbé and Letizia Le Fur

swap to Spain

artwork by Virpi Pekkala: "Yhdessä on hyvä olla - Härligt tillsammans"

swap to Spain

private to Finland

photo by Pentti Sormunen

official card to the USA

photo by Corinne Ryman and Pierre Cabannes

swap to Spain

photo by H. Peuhu

swap to Spain

swap to Spain

official card to Taiwan

swap to Spain

artwork by Inge Löök

official card to Japan

swap to Spain

swap to Spain