Christmas Postcards from the Holidays

Here are a couple of postcards that I received from Germany and England, from two of my pen-friends. Thank you so much! These are my first Christmas-themed postcards and they will be a great addition to my collection.  Also, a really big thank-you to everyone who mailed Christmas cards to us - they are lined up on top of our fireplace, and it is wonderful to have so many Christmas greeting cards on display in our new house!

I have my entire collection of postcards now scanned and available for you to see at my Picasa Web Album, so check it out if you'd like!  My little collection of postcards is slowly building!  I love receiving mail, but I also love learning about the world and seeing places in postcard-form that I hope to someday visit.

I have also scanned all of the cards that I currently have up to trade.  If any of the cards interest you, let me know and we can trade!  I'm currently collecting map cards and flag cards from all countries/US states, so if you have one that you'd like to trade, please just post below and hopefully we can set up a trade.  I'm also collecting any UNESCO cards, anything that shows historical buildings, history of any kind, beautiful landscapes, festivals, culture, scenery - anything like that!

If you collect postcards, how do you display them?  Right now, I have them all in a shoebox with little cardboard folders separating them by country/theme.  I'm thinking of moving everything to binders so I can properly display the postcards (front and back) showing through a clear plastic sheet of some sort.  I'm not sure how to attach them inside the plastic sheet without using tape and wrecking the cards.  I'd also love to get them out of the shoeboxes as I don't want them to get damaged/folded edges/the sunlight to damage them in any way.

If you have any suggestions on how to display my postcard collection, please let me know!  I'd love to hear about it!

And if you'd like to set up a trade, please post in the comments below, or feel free to send me an email - helloloolie at gmail dot com.