On July 14th, it will be Postcrossing’s 7th birthday… and a birthday means a party! Are you up to some birthday goodies? :)
Your mission, if you wish to accept it, is to make a short video, telling or showing the world why you like Postcrossing. Put your imagination to work, and surprise us!
Put it online, and leave a comment below with a link to it until July 13th, by midnight UTC. There will be prizes for the best ones!
We look forward to seeing your creative videos!
And now, the moment you’ve all been waiting for… the anniversary video!
This year, we received over 400 photos from all corners of the world, and we are in awe of all your smiles and amazing postcards!
Each time we watch this video, we’re reminded of how truly global the project is, and of the power that simple things have to brighten up our days.
Ladies and gentlemen, here’s the video you made!
Thank you all, you’re awesome!
We apologize if your photo is missing – a few photos were too small to be featured, but don’t worry, your name was still entered in the lottery.
So, without further ado, the 3 lucky winners (chosen by Paulo’s random number generator) are:
SjuElen, who won The World’s Smallest Post Service kit, and DinisMiguel and klyava’s son, who both won a set of Playmobil Little Mail Carriers. Congratulations!
Didn’t make it this time? Don’t worry – we have a few more contests lined up for the Summer! :)
Happy Postcrossing!
Six years ago I turned the switch on to open Postcrossing to everyone, without realizing how popular it would become, let alone how many different people it would touch and connect.
Today, with the mark of 8 million postcards already in sight and over 200 thousand members from all over the world, I realize that I might – almost accidentally -, have started a postcard revolution!
As the founder of Postcrossing, I often get thanked for starting this project. However, I often feel the roles are reversed and that I should be the one thanking all the members instead. Without every Postcrosser, this project would not be what it is today. While I’m very proud to have started it all, you are the ones truly responsible for its growth and success. For being such an awesome community, here’s my honest: thank you!
And, to celebrate this very special day, I’ve prepared a special surprise for you all: during today, all members can send 6 extra postcards – that’s on top of your current limit! This applies to all existing accounts (not new ones) and it’s valid until 23h59 of July 14th (UTC+1), so hurry up!
We also want to thank all of you who sent us photos on our request: we have received more than we could have wished for and we’ve been striking smile after smile after seeing you all. Ana is already working on a video (no easy task with so many photos!) and we’ll post it here once it’s ready, together with the winners of the lottery.
So now, without further ado, please join me and the little mail carriers in wishing,
Remember around this time last year, we asked you to send us a photo of you mailing your postcards, and then did a neat little video?
Well, we loved it so much we want to do it again this year! We love seeing your smiley faces!
So, for Postcrossing’s sixth birthday, we would like you to send us a photo of yourself, holding 6 postcards, like Paulo is doing below:
Mail it to birthday@postcrossing.com until July 13th. After that we’ll mix them all together and make a neat slideshow with all your smiles and postcards! :)
And of course there will be prizes! We’ll do a lottery with one kit of the World’s smallest post service and two sets of Playmobil Little Mail Carriers. Awesome, right? Go go go!
So, we’ve just spent a few hours putting all of your submitted photos for the birthday contest together in a little video and we have to confess that we are currently feeling a bit teary-eyed… The two-hundred and seventy smiles that we have received from all over the world that have swept us off our feet.
Just look for yourself:
Thank you all, you’re the best! Paulo and I are currently wishing we could make a biiiiiig roadtrip around the world to hug each and every one of you! :)
Paulo’s little random number generator selected the following winners for this contest: Miza, arlene037, Mayalost, Patflash and Angerona. Congratulations, we’ll be in touch to deliver the code for your new pack of 60 MOO postcards!
No luck this time? Don’t worry – we have a new contest coming soon!
PS – Do you subscribe MOO's newsletter? They featured Postcrossing on their newest issue, and offered everybody 15% discount on postcards using the coupon 9MW4J4, until August 15th. Now’s your chance to make some neat postcards :)
