western australia

progress association

Creating local postcards

@JudyEv (325629)

Rockingham, Australia

October 11, 2017 8:02am CST

This is recycled from a Bubblews post where I wrote several discussions about the benefits of living in a small country town. We had a Progress Association in our isolated town in south-east Western Australia and decided we wanted some postcards that were relevant to our area. The ones we had showed Holstein cows and black swans, neither of which were prominent in our neck of the woods. Vince had a good camera at the time; his mate knew where to find some great wildflowers so between them they came up with five really nice photos which would make great postcards. Another member contributed one of the photos. We then got a quote to have the postcards printed. At the time it was going to cost, from memory, $600 for 1,000 of each of six photos. This was the minimum they would do. The Association didn't have any money. I was teaching piano to a heap of kids at the time and I squirreled all 'my' money away. So I piped up and said I could advance the money. Vince's face was priceless as he had no idea I had so much stashed away. We had such a lot of pleasure doing all these things which would normally be given over to professionals.

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@xFiacre (12593)

• Ireland

11 Oct 17

@judyev Secret bank accounts do come handy sometimes! Wish I had some secret fundage right now.

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@JudyEv (325629)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Oct 17

I have always tried to keep the small amounts I earn safely tucked away somewhere.

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@andriaperry (116860)

• Anniston, Alabama

11 Oct 17

I love to pull out my online earnings and see " that look" on peoples face.

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@JudyEv (325629)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Oct 17

It's great isn't it? He probably thought he knew me pretty well but there are still surprises from time to time.

@amadeo (111948)

• United States

11 Oct 17

great cause is right.I miss Bubblews

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@amadeo (111948)

• United States

12 Oct 17

@JudyEv I made very good money there.I only miss one cash.The rest was fine.

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@JudyEv (325629)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Oct 17

I do too. I was away when it all started going haywire so I have very good memories of it.

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@JudyEv (325629)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Oct 17

@amadeo Same with me. I was really pleased with my earnings.

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@just4him (305965)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

11 Oct 17

That's great you were able to do that and save money otherwise going to professionals.

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@just4him (305965)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

12 Oct 17

@JudyEv They're lovely cards. You and your husband take great pictures.

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@JudyEv (325629)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Oct 17

@just4him Thanks.

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@JudyEv (325629)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Oct 17

It was a lot of fun. We had to go out searching for the right flowers then take good photos of them, etc.

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@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

12 Oct 17

Love your post cards.What will you do with them? Sell them to tourists?

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@JudyEv (325629)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Oct 17

This was a long time ago and the postcards went into the local shops for sale to tourists.

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@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

12 Oct 17

@JudyEv I thought that must have been what happened. They must have sold well. They are beautiful.

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@Spontaneo (14703)

• United States

11 Oct 17

My hometown is a small country town. You have given me an idea on what the townspeople could do if they wanted a project! Thank you!

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@JudyEv (325629)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Oct 17

I am glad to have given you a good idea. It wasn't very hard to do this and should be even easier now with all the various software available for self-printing.

@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

11 Oct 17

Creating my own postcards is something that I have never considered. I believe that the right type of stationery is available to print them on an inkjet printer, so individual postcards could be manufactured.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

12 Oct 17

@JudyEv Special card for postcards does exist, just as special Greetings Card media can be bought.

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@JudyEv (325629)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Oct 17

I think that's true. Certainly we have photographic postcard size paper but that's not the cardboard type.

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@JudyEv (325629)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Oct 17

@Asylum I didn't know that but I'm not really surprised.

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@sueznewz2 (10409)

• Alicante, Spain

15 Oct 17

they're great... I hope you all made a little bit of money out of the venture... you should've had a camera to take a photo of your husbands face..when you suggested that ..lol

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@sueznewz2 (10409)

• Alicante, Spain

16 Oct 17

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@JudyEv (325629)

• Rockingham, Australia

15 Oct 17

I wish I had! He was speechless for a moment then everyone was laughing at him.

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@shshiju (10342)

• Cochin, India

11 Oct 17

That post cards looks very beautiful. Congrats to both of you.

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@JudyEv (325629)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Oct 17

Thanks. We were very pleased with the way the photos turned out,

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@shshiju (10342)

• Cochin, India

12 Oct 17

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@DianneN (246643)

• United States

11 Oct 17

Those beautiful postcards were worth every cent!!!

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@DianneN (246643)

• United States

12 Oct 17

@JudyEv That's awesome, Judy!!!

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@JudyEv (325629)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Oct 17

We were very pleased with the end result and they sold well so it was a great fun exercise.

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@vickyrose (2235)

• Cooma, Australia

11 Oct 17

Our bubblews days. Lovely postcards, a great cause too.

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@JudyEv (325629)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Oct 17

Thanks. I still miss Bubblews although I love it here too.

@teamfreak16 (43421)

• Denver, Colorado

11 Oct 17

That's a good idea. You were nice to front the cash.

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@JudyEv (325629)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Oct 17

It didn't seem much of a risk really but I guess I could have lost it.

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@JudyEv (325629)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Oct 17

@teamfreak16 Thanks.

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@teamfreak16 (43421)

• Denver, Colorado

12 Oct 17

@JudyEv - The end results looks like it was worth it.

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@Hannihar (129388)

• Israel

26 Oct 17

Judy, they are very beautiful. Do you still make the postcards?

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@JudyEv (325629)

• Rockingham, Australia

26 Oct 17

Not any more. It was a long time ago when we did this.

@Hannihar (129388)

• Israel

26 Oct 17

@JudyEv They are amazing Judy.

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@JustBhem (70555)

• Davao, Philippines

11 Oct 17

I love postcards and yours is cool. Is that from your place?

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@JudyEv (325629)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Oct 17

The flowers were from the district where we lived. They are native wildflowers.

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@JustBhem (70555)

• Davao, Philippines

12 Oct 17

@JudyEv Some of the flowers remind me of one of the fruit we have here, the rambutan.

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@JudyEv (325629)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Oct 17

@JustBhem Which one looks like a rambutan? I don't know that fruit at all.

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@youless (112103)

• Guangzhou, China

14 Oct 17

These postcards are very beautiful! It is amazing that you can take such great photos for common things and make them so special and attractive. Well done

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@JudyEv (325629)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Oct 17

Thank you. We have some beautiful wildflowers .

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@MALUSE (69413)

• Germany

12 Oct 17

I have a series of landscape photos and a series of flower photos. I once considered having them printed but have decided against it. Too expensive. I glue them to folded cardboard and sell them individually. They look much nobler than if they were printed. I sold my landscape photos in a stationer's shop for over ten years. Then I got bored.

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@JudyEv (325629)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Oct 17

I remember you saying about your photos before. That's a long time to be selling cards. I'm glad it worked well for you.

@moffittjc (118425)

• Gainesville, Florida

12 Oct 17

I would like to say that those are very beautiful postcards! You and Vince did a great job with them! Did you make your money back from selling all the postcards?

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@JudyEv (325629)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Oct 17

Yes, I got my money back thanks. I'm glad you like the postcards. We had beautiful wildflowers down there.

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

11 Oct 17

How wonderful that you could do that. I find that money can multiply if I let it go into Paypal and act like I forget about it. When I look a few months down the road I am always pleasantly surprised at the amount that accumulates.

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@JudyEv (325629)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Oct 17

That's what I do now, If you don't touch it, it builds up remarkably quickly.

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@MarymargII (12422)

• Toronto, Ontario

11 Oct 17

That is fabulous as I have already commented on your photography talents--ha! I hope they eventually paid you back ha! ha! And hope you kept a print of each for future enjoyment.

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@JudyEv (325629)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Oct 17

I am decluttering and came across these six cards in a box and thought I'd write about them. I think it is all that I have of them so back in the box they go!

@Kandae11 (53679)

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11 Oct 17

They are beautiful postcards indeed - well worth it.

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@JudyEv (325629)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Oct 17

Thanks. We have some lovely wildflowers in West Australia. The problem was picking out the best.