Mailing Fees

Some of the European BPS members have mentioned that they're having trouble sending payment for the return of their postcards, as PayPal and international money orders are not options for them. If this is the case for you, please email me and I'll happily help you to arrange an alternative. Thanks again!


(lovely photo by the wonderful imke klee available from her shop here)

Postcard Mailings

The BPS postcards are beginning to arrive! Thanks so much to you all — I'll notify each of you by email as soon as I receive your package. Don't forget to let me know if you want them back — and to ship them off before November 20!

(photo by Virginia MacDonald)

BPS Book Email

I'm in the process of sending out the official email about contributing your postcards to the BPS book — bear with me as I'm having to do this manually, so it'll take me a few days to work through the list and get them all out to you. If you haven't received yours by Monday (October 25) let me know.

P.S. I'll need your postcards in the mail by November 20 so that we can miss the worst of the holiday mail rush, too.

P.P.S. Oops! Greg sent out an earlier version of the book email by mistake — sorry for the confusion. The final (official) one is titled The BPS Book, and is addressed to you personally.

Thanks as always for your patience!

:-)


(photo by Douglas Friedman for Domino magazine)

Hey, Where'd Everybody Go?

Sorry for the apparent silence recently — it's been one round of crazy deadlines after another for me (and for Greg, too) so the last couple of weeks have pretty much been a blur. We'll have an email out to you as soon as we resurface — definitely before the end of the month.

Thanks as always for your patience — you are all just wonderful.

xo


(photo of Iggy via the brick house)

What's Next

Wondering what's going on? We've been waiting for everyone to receive their September postcards — and in the next few days we'll be sending an email out with details on what to do with your BPS postcards. Stay tuned!


(photo from oh hello friend)

The Englishman Who Posted Himself and Other Curious Objects

Deirdre Foley-Mendelssohn of the New Yorker has a fun review of The Englishman Who Posted Himself and Other Curious Objects, the intriguingly titled new book by John Tingey about eccentric Englishman W. Reginald Bray (1879-1939) who, after reading the entire British Post Office Guide, decided to take the rules as challenges. Foley-Mendelssohn writes that " ... Bray tried posting an unimaginable array of things, to see whether the post office would deliver them. Apparently, at the time, the smallest item that could be posted was a bee, and the largest an elephant. Bray seems to have tried most things in between." I definitely have to get this book. Read the rest of the review (and see a little slide show from the book) here.

BPS Café — September 2010

If you've received a September postcard from a sender who prefers to remain tantalizingly mysterious, you can still say thank you! Members can leave a comment here to let other members know how much they appreciate the postcard they've received.

Note: If you've just received your August postcard and would like to thank the sender, you can still leave a comment in the August BPS Café post! For earlier postcards that have finally arrived, please check out the quick links to the appropriate BPS Café in the Related Links section on the right.


(photograph via nom nom nom)

September Mailing

It's hard to believe, but it's now the very last mailing of the Benevolent Postcard Society. Your mailing address will be arriving soon — as always, don't forget to check your spam folder too. But before you send off your last postcard, give yourself a well deserved pat on the back. Your generous participation brightened a lot of people's lives. Thanks.


(photo via paper n stitch)

What's Next

We're gearing up for the very last mailing on September 1 — and once the addresses have been emailed, we'll be sending out another email a week or so after it with info on what to do with your collection of postcards. Basically, if you'd like the postcards you've received to appear in the book, you'll need to send them to me. If you'd like them returned once I've scanned them, I'm happy to ship them back to you — all I ask is that you send me a small amount via PayPal to cover the return postage. I'll have more details in the official email about this, but I just wanted to give you a bit of advance notice so you can decide what you'd like to do. Thanks so much again for making the BPS so much fun — I couldn't have done it without you!!!

:-)


(postcard wall photo from homelife, via from the right bank)

BPS Café — August 2010

If you've received an August postcard from a sender who prefers to remain tantalizingly mysterious, you can still say thank you! Members can leave a comment here to let other members know how much they appreciate the postcard they've received.

Note: If you've just received your July postcard and would like to thank the sender, you can still leave a comment in the July BPS Café post! For earlier postcards that have finally arrived, please check out the quick links to the appropriate BPS Café in the Related Links section on the right.


(photograph via nom nom nom)

August Mailing

The addresses for the August BPS postcard mailing have just been sent out — be sure to check your spam folder if you don't see yours in your inbox. Happy mailing — and happy weekend!

:-)

(photo by Becca Heuer)

Here You Go.

It's been a crazy busy work week for me, so I'm afraid I haven't had a chance to source anything postcard related for you recently. But you know what? I bet I'm not the only one who's been super busy too, so — here's a cupcake. You deserve it.

:-)

(photo via Martha Stewart)

Textile Postcards

Such a great idea — artist Gillian Bates makes these pretty postcards by creating a digital image of her original textile canvases, and then backing them onto heavy white card. Shown here is her postcard of Bournemouth Beach in England. You can see more of her designs on her etsy shop here.

Thanks so much to lovely Mari for forwarding the link!

BPS Café — July 2010

If you've received a July postcard from a sender who prefers to remain tantalizingly mysterious, you can still say thank you! Members can leave a comment here to let other members know how much they appreciate the postcard they've received.

Note: If you've just received your June postcard and would like to thank the sender, you can still leave a comment in the June BPS Café post! For earlier postcards that have finally arrived, please check out the quick links to the appropriate BPS Café in the Related Links section on the right.


(photograph via nom nom nom)

July Mailing

Happy Canada Day to the Canadian BPS members! I just wanted to let everyone know that there may be a slight delay with the July address emails as it's a holiday here today — but rest assured we'll get them out to you ASAP. Thanks so much and happy long weekend!

Update: Greg just sent the addresses out, so check your inbox (and spam folder)!


(vintage Canadian stamps from Poppytalk's personal collection)