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The winner of last weekend’s PostCarden set was kate101 – thank you to everyone who participated throughout the week!

For this weekend’s giveaway, we’d like to introduce House of St Junior, a small company based in London. It was founded by Scott Sloan and Neil Gillespie, who explain the concept behind the company:

We love artwork, but sometimes we can’t afford it, nevermind get it framed. So we started St.Junior, postable, framed mini-artworks… to help you start your collection!

Scott and Neil invented a genius product which they named the postframe. These consist of special edition postcards, framed in black matte foam and covered with a sheet of shatterproof lightweight perspex. Postframes can be easily mailed just like a normal postcard – ours arrived fast and in perfect condition!

Here’s how it works:

Neat, right? And the best part is, today we have 3 postframes to give away!

For a chance to grab one, visit the House of St Junior’s homepage and leave a comment below telling us what your favorite postframe is! :)

Comments will be open until midnight UTC September 10. Good luck!

Remember PostCarden, the postcard + garden combo? Another Studio for Design, the company behind this lovely invention has just come up with MatchCarden, a garden in a little matchbox!

Aren’t they the cutest? We wouldn’t mind growing a few of these on our desks!

To celebrate this new launch, they’re offering a set of PostCardens (includes 4 cards: Allotment, City, Football and Botanical) to one lucky postcrosser. To participate, visit their site, and tell us:

What architectural building from your country do you think should be turned into a PostCarden or MatchCarden?

Answers on the comments, until midnight September 3rd UTC. Good luck!

Wow! Last week’s Tasty Cards contest was incredibly popular, with 427 comments! Everybody had really nice suggestions, and we’ve heard that they’re already considering your ideas for new postcards! :)

Without further ado, here are the names of the five lucky winners, chosen by Paulo’s random number generator: Calaquendi, transfer, elpis, aberline and riledup!
Congratulations, each of you will receive a pack of Tasty Cards.

No luck this time? Well… what if we told you there are more contests to come? :) Stay tuned!

PS – By the way, do you take amazing food photos? Get in touch with them, they’re looking for new creators!

So August is here, and as promised, we have another contest for you! This one is sponsored by Tastycards.co, who kindly offered to send us 5 packs of their delicious postcards to give away.

How could we say no to this irresistible fusion of food, photography and postcards?

Tasty Cards feature mouthwatering pictures of food, from appetisers to desserts, taken by their talented photographers. The recipe used to make each postcard is on the back, and you can pick the language (English, Swedish and German available). Don’t worry, the cards are big (125 × 207 mm), so there’s still plenty of space to write your message!

Afraid the mail carrier will eat your brownies? Can’t send some soup across the world for a sick friend? Send it with one of these postcards! :)

To take part on this contest, visit Tastycards.co’s website and leave a comment below telling us which recipe you think they should add to their collection! Comments will be accepted until August 14th 11:59pm (GMT), and on the next day we’ll pick five winners at random. Good luck!

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,