Artfully musing is a blog dedicated to sharing art and the techniques and products used. I didnt realize i wore my secrets as armor until they were gone and now everyone sees me as i really am. These days, it seems the postcard, like most handmailed correspondence, is becoming an increasingly antiquated form of communication evidenced by the fact that in 2011, the usps nearly went through with a plan to close more than 3,700 struggling branches. Secrets can take many forms they can be shocking, or silly, or soulful. Crafty secrets heartwarming vintage ideas and tips skip to main skip to sidebar. Frank warren is the founder and curator of the postsecret project. Goodreads members who liked the postcard also liked. And of course i will be very glad to send you back postcard from my native country. The metropostcard blog featuring articles on postcards. Back in 2009, i started saving secrets almost every sunday but only those that i found particularly compelling, interesting, or relevant to myself. I remember reading about postsecret when it first began a couple of years ago, and a couple of months ago found the weekly blog compiled by frank warren. Frank warren, the founder of, shares some of the halfmillion secrets that strangers have mailed him on postcards.
From time to time club penguins system will send a postcard to penguins. Print postcards the sme secret marketing superstar. With more than 1,100 articles published on topics including politics, religion, sports, fashion, music, horoscopes, and more, postcards. Driving in peru, driving to south america, live the postcard, overland, overland in a pop up camper, overlanding peru, overlanding south america, overlanding the americas, phoenix pop up camper, pop up camper. But dont be surprised if you see something from a worlds fair, knotts berry farm, or someplace else that is cool. A lifetime of secrets lays bare our private fears, hopes, regrets, and desires, from people as young as eight and as old as eighty. Postcard the canary islands are a spanish archipelago located just off the coast of morocco. Not only do we love receiving postcards, we fawn over them for a long time. Mar 29, 2020 i like to collect postcards from all countries and to find international friends, but its very difficult. The night starts early with me on stage for a soundcheck.
This website is an archive of all post secrets photos since october 5th 2008. I ask the stage manager about the text scrolling under the postcard images on the screen. Selected secrets are then posted on the postsecret website, or used for postsecrets books or museum exhibits. Get your hands on a customizable book postcard from zazzle. My dad was always complaining about the amount of old postcards my gran left which he said cluttered up his cupboards. One of the cards below i believe came from one of my friends. For a lifetime of secrets, the fourth postsecret book, ive selected postcards that show how secrets can reveal a momentary impulse or haunt us for decades and arranged them by age to follow the common journey we all take through childhood, adolescence, adulthood, maturity. Postcards and secrets for my birthday last december, a dear friend of mine gave me a copy of postsecret.
Welcome to postcards from the roadyet another website adventure. Anonymous postcard confessions reveal secrets of grief and. This weeks theme was chosen by the fabulous deann, she would like us to incorporate our favourite poem into our postcard art. With each new postcard i understand how diverse the world around us. Shockingly, over a million people from around the world did. Selected secrets are then posted on the postsecret website, or used for. Aug 04, 2016 lucrative home based business,start a lucrative home based business mailing postcards for profits. Aug 21, 2007 in 2004 frank warren started a community art project where he asked people to anonymously mail him a postcard with one of their secrets on it.
Postsecret is the largest advertisementfree blog in the world. Read all the back years of this blog, you got this far didnt you. Secret message cards are all the rage at the moment. See more ideas about post secret, the secret and feelings. There is a perennial problem with most books on postcards. The blue team frank warren, the worlds most trusted man and creator of the postsecret blog, shared his own secrets with students and.
About a hundred show up at his home every week, and written on each one is a strangers secret a confession of sorts, sent to warren anonymously. Images of all postcards in the exhibition will be released online on from 9am on thursday 29 november, 24 hours before the rca secret. Today, there are six bestselling postsecret books, multiple museum exhibitions, and frank warrens immersive multimedia postsecret live. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options.
News, updates, and all kinds of goodies and stories from the postal world. Postsecret blog displays anonymous confessions, from shocking. I wish i knew who sent in the secret about the securityemergency lights was so i could tell. This first set of postcards were posted shortly after the official start date of the postsecret blog. Politically they are divided between the federated states of micronesia in the eastern part of the group, and palau at the extreme western end. My blog is about postcards, postcard collecting, my postcard collection, and my vintage thingies. A fascinating, addictively compelling look at peoples deepest secrets, told through anonymously submitted postcards. Frank warren is the creator of the postsecret project, a blog full of secrets anonymously shared via postcard. Postcard the caroline islands are a widely scattered archipelago of tiny islands in the western pacific ocean, to the north of new guinea. Since november 2004, warren has received more than 500,000 postcards, with secrets that run from sexual taboos and criminal activity to. In the company of secrets book 1 this book reminded me of the old saying, oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive. Postcard secrets is an interesting way for people to share their secrets with the world while still keeping their identity secret. This fanciful temagami vintage postcard dates from 1926 and is a good example of a tall tale, or exaggeration, postcard. We know this isnt an easy challenge by any stretch.
According to our rules, ballots were sent on the back of postcards. For the project, which was started in october 2004, warren asked people to write a secret they had never told anyone on a handmade postcard and mail it to him. Postsecret is the brainchild of frank warren who receives anonymous postcards from people confessing secrets theyve told nobody about. If you want to share two or more secrets, use multiple postcards.
Mail your designs on postcard size boards to this address. Some of the content to be found in this section, including the archives deals with topics of a violent or sexual nature in both pictures and text, and is meant for a mature audience. Find a large selection of sizes and shapes for your postcard needs. You have probably just popped by from marthas blog i am loving all of the creations this month. Assembling this group of secrets reminded me of how the project has developed over time and the special parts of postsecret that have remained constant through the years. It is impossible to quote the postcards without making the book justice, because many of the items submitted are incredible visual works, yet these three postcards. Fancy folds secret message card hope that you are enjoying the fancy folds blog hop this month. I stopped saving secrets almost a year ago, and so i knew that this blog was eventually going to end. The secrets revealed during our family history research are often fascinating. Instead it falls more into the category of art or coffee table book and generally isnt something that one reads from cover to. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search.
Post secret 345 copper ridge rd germantown, maryland usa 208743454 ill post them as soon as i get about 20 or so. The mlm postcard marketing system is easy, fun, and profitable. In this tedtalk, frank warren, the founder of shares some of the halfmillion secrets that strangers have mailed him on postcards over the years since he started collecting secrets. Postsecret is an ongoing community art project where people mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a postcard. Crafty secrets inspiring ideas, tutorials and tips for vintage paper crafts, handmade cards, digital art stamps, scrapbooking and card craft ideas. If you think youre serious about collecting postcards, think again.
Frank warren is the creator of the postsecret project, a collection of highly personal and artfully decorated postcards mailed anonymously from around the world, displaying the soulful secrets we never voice. Help our local nhs staff as they battle the virus threat help this website keep reporting local issues. About once a month the postcard catalog is updated. Over the last quartercentury, the original postcard art exhibition has become as much a part of the colleges fabric, history and identity as its crest and celebrates the ethos and crossdisciplinary creative practices that are so unique to the worlds leading college of art and design. This blog has nothing to do with gorillas though i love em. The secrets you can learn from type designers 2 years ago n s gill ancientclassical history tangents to ancient history, latin, and mythology. Thousands of listeners from around the world decided between five contenders for official flag of hello internet. Postsecret is a still ongoing project where all kinds of ordinary people anonymously send in decorated postcards with some confession, truth or secret to tell. Start compiling a shit list of companies you intend to boycott after its all over, for the way theyve treated their staffcustomersyou. As an offshoot to the secrets from your spouse thread, what is something about you that no one else knows.
Almost everyone reads, acts on and keeps postcards. People send warren a 3 by 5 postcard that reveals a secret that they have never told anyone. This weeks sunday postcard art challenge was secret garden. Postsecret is an ongoing community art project where people mail their secrets anonymously on one side of a homemade postcard.
The yoga definitive next to it was issued in 2016, while on the left side, that guy in black and white is from a set of 16 definitives issued in 2016, showing makers of india and this one is bal gangadhar tilak, 18561920, who was an indian nationalist, teacher. Follow their account to see all their photos and videos. You must have registered on the website and have an id number in order to make your donations at the exhibition. On sunday, september 16, 2007, the traditional postsecret blog was gone. Mar 30, 2005 postcards feature secret messages from strangers a maryland man is encouraging strangers to send him postcards containing messages with their deepest secrets. Postcard secrets the light and space ep, released 22 april 2009 1. Put your complete secret and image on one side of the postcard. Postsecret has 1,207 posts on their instagram profile. The psprint blog shares creative ways to improve your design and layout skills, and useful. For the participants, these anonymous postcard confessions are part community art project, and part therapy. When olivia, a naive young woman apprenticed to lecherous chef mallard decides she cannot remain at her post at lanshire house because she will never yield to him, lady charlotte offers her an alternative. Youll see where your audience is coming from and what theyre interested in. Ill be showcasing collage, altered and mixed media art as well as miniature.
I appreciate all the followers ive had, submissions, and the general readership. Were hoping to make more use of this, in order to keep everyone up to date, on a more regular basis as to what postcard secrets is doing. Postcard secrets simple secret notes big geek daddy. Postcards are a different way to reach people, and they work best when audiences are targeted locally and nationally. It is not safe to rely on the systems timezone settings. Tall tale or exaggeration postcards often feature improbably sized crops, or fishing or hunting scenes with oversized fish and wildlife. We hope that you continue to check up on us every day and pass the word on to your friends about us. What about you would people in your life who think they know you well be surprised to learn about you. Aug 14, 2011 make your own handmade book from nothing but postcardsindex cards and tape. Ive known about this project for about 3 years now and have been meaning to get the books since i first laid eyes on the pages of the first postsecret book, but i dont. So if you like traveling or just want to send postcard, ill be very happy. Selections of what he receives appear on the blog and in this, the first of 4 books. Insights from a postcard and a mystery aunt the leaning tower of family postcards. Penguin mail is the current mail system on club penguin to send postcards.
About blog postcards from the pug bus is a satire site that has been lifting a leg on popular culture since 2004. Oct 20, 2017 if you like to help you can send me a written and stamped postcard city view, landscape, map, famous place etc from your country. I took some poetic license with this, and used flowers, fairies, and garden poems for a slightly dark theme. In the spirit of something we love around here, finding creative ways to cope, we are challenging you to share your grief secret. Frank warren is the creator and founder of this project that has taken the world by storm. I really liked all the secrets here and wish i could have shared them all in the book but this is nearly as good. In cd 3 ill show you the exact campaign i ran to create 1,757 buyers in 30 days and more importantly how you can do the. The quote everyone who knew me before 911 thinks im dead speaks to me in a way that could be interpreted as just a different way to say the 2000 plus people that died that day will be forever remembered or that they will always be in our thoughts and thats how we will keep them alive and not, well ya know, dead.
The postsecret phenomenon began when frank warren invited strangers to anonymously mail him a secret on a postcard. Find out which posts are a hit with bloggers builtin analytics. On this blog were sharing some of them gradually scanning them from the archive. Make your own handmade book from nothing but postcards index cards and tape. Why you should listen frank warren is the creator of the postsecret project, a collection of highly personal and artfully decorated postcards mailed anonymously from around the world, displaying the soulful secrets. Those of you who were faithful followers of the original postcards that began on february 23, 2009, know that it crashed, burned, and disappeared from the face of the earth on february 5th of 2011. From painful admissions of infidelity to breathtaking revelations and endearing sentiments, warrens latest collection will shock and move readers of every age, revealing secrets that have haunted their creators. Postsecret is an ongoing community mail art project, created by frank warren in 2005, in which people mail their secrets anonymously on a homemade postcard. Through the advent of postsecret, frank warren, its creator, instigated a worldwide movement that revolutionized both the conventional postcard and the standard blog. Timanfaya national park is a spanish national park in the southwestern part of the island of lanzarote. Rca secret is very special to the royal college of art. They reveal not only personal secrets, but shared feelings of grief and immense guilt that nearly all of us have experienced at one point.
Top 50 postcard blogs and websites for deltiologists to. It was on a 2015 trip to ladakh in the himalayas that i posted my first ever postcard to my parents back home. I love the one describing the secret act of hiding poetry for strangers to find and the one postcard explaining, elephantear pasta. While sorting through them recently, i can see what he meant. If you feel you may be offended by such content you should leave this page now. Confessions on life, death, and godborn from warrens collaboration with the american visionary art museums all faiths beautiful exhibitionis another provocative collection of neverbefore seen, artistically created postcards. He requested that the secrets submitted be truthful and not something that the person has ever told anyone before. Since 2004, hundreds of thousands of anonymous contributors with something to get off their chest have sent postcards to the website postsecret.
Part of what excites me about the postcard collective is the format itself. The following lists three secrets to killer postcard headlines. Check out more artist books, handmade books, and art journaling on my blog at. A lifetime of secrets, one of the books from the postsecret series. Its usually for membership notices or getting paid for being a tour guide andor epf agent. Collection of postcards each postcard is a piece of the life of many people. Classic secrets postsecret is the largest advertisementfree blog in the world. I test the mic and watch the projector display a secrets in my presentation that the publisher has banned from the books. So, one of the most powerful strategies for any sme is to combine postcards and other print tools with web marketing. Find books like the postcard from the worlds largest community of readers.
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