Another million postcards received already?! :D
This means it’s time for another mini-contest! So tell us, which countries do you think the postcard 5000000 will be sent from and received in?
Hurry, less than 20000 postcards to go!
PS – Only one guess per person please! And yes, there will be some surprises for the first person who guesses the combination, so be original! :)
WOW! The response to June’s contest was amazing, we had almost 300 very creative submissions… which made the task of choosing just three of them a very hard job!
The Postcrossing team has chosen the following captions as the winners of MOO's postcards:
Caption: “New flight attendant uniforms for budget airline Dot-to-Dot Air” by ezbub
Caption: “After several viewings of Castaway, Jack began to grow comfortable with his unique love” by katier
Caption: “You clean, I’ll pour” by wakegrace
Congratulations to our three lucky winners and thank you to everyone who participated!
The month of July is a very special month for Postcrossing, and we’ll be back soon with another fun contest and more MOO postcards to give away!
Soooo.. our first monthly contest is over, and we’ve received some enthusiastic videos! Who knew postcrossers had such nice video skills?
Here are the entries:
And here is the one we selected as the winner:
Isn’t it such a sweet video? Congratulations oixxo, good job! :)
Video isn’t your thing? Fear not, we’ll try something different next month!
And of course, thank you MOO for gracefully sponsoring our monthly contest. Need to get some postcards, business cards or stickers done? MOO's got you covered, with outstanding quality and original designs! :)
Good news, everyone!
MOO, our favorite printing company, has gracefully offered to sponsor a monthly contest here on Postcrossing. So from now on, every month, we’ll host a little competition and let you showcase your talent and imagination!
So, without further ado, this month’s theme is… video!
As you know, Postcrossing can be a bit tricky to explain to new users… so we’d like to enlist your help!
So your assignement is to make a short & sweet video that explains how Postcrossing works.
Then, submit it to YouTube (or your favourite video sharing site) and share the link in the blog comments. Use your imagination & have fun! :)
In 2 weeks (May 28th) we’ll review the results and choose our favorite – and if that’s you, a pack of MOO's fantastic postcards will be all yours!
PS – Got a fantastic idea for another contest? We’d love to hear it!
You might have noticed we are already in countdown mode for the postcard number 4 million in Postcrossing. That’s right, 4,000,000 postcards! Can you believe it?! (we’re still having some trouble wrapping our heads around that number ourselves…)
For those of you who’ve joined Postcrossing recently, you might want to know that Postcrossing reached the first million of received postcards in April 2008 – that was only 3 years after its very start. That date made us immensely proud of Postcrossing and of all our members. What we didn’t know back then was that it was only the beginning!
In February 2009 – less than a year later – we reached the 2 million and by September we were already celebrating the 3rd. And now, 6 months later, we are preparing for the postcard 4 million!
We like to celebrate these milestones with all Postcrossers and so, continuing in what has become a Postcrossing tradition, ladies and gentlemen, we’re pleased to announce the forth edition of the “Guess the Countries” contest!
All you need to do is to leave a comment on this post with your guess about which country the postcard 4 million will be sent from, and where it will go to (example: From Tanzania to Iceland). It’s really simple! The first to guess it correctly will be declared the winner, but only one guess per person is allowed! We will announce the details of the lucky postcard when it gets registered.
But… if there are winners, there must be prizes, right? I’m glad you asked, because there are awesome prizes for both the correct guesser and the sender and receiver of the lucky postcards!
Our friends at MOO (makers of all things printed and pretty) have agreed to partner with Postcrossing and offer 3 packs of 60 postcards for the winners!! How great is that?
With MOO, every single postcard you print can be different, and have your own pictures in it. If you’re not a keen photographer, don’t worry! They have an incredible selection of ready-made packs that you can choose from.
Also, until April 15th, MOO is offering all postcrossers a 15% discount on the purchase of any pack of postcards (20 or 60), with the code POSTCROSSING15. Aren’t they sweet?
So, take a guess in the comments, and write/register lots of postcards. Let’s get the party started! :)
(top image by leo reynolds, flickr)
