Quotecard Postcard #60 [### Edited ###]

This should be a fun, low-pressure swap, so don't feel you have to do a lot of research unless you want to do that. I have a file in which I save quotations that I like, so I don't usually need to search for them for my Quotecards, but when I want quotes on a particular theme, I put:

[theme keywords] quote OR quotation

into a search engine. I get links to some general quotation sites but also ones which only have quotes on that theme, which often have many more than the general sites.

Some general ones:

• The Quote Garden
• Think exist
• Quotations Book
• Quotations Home Page
• Quoteland
• The Quotations Page
• The Quotations Archive
• TCPN Quotations
• WikiQuote
• goodreads

Also, here's an interesting site (well, interesting to me, anyway) ... Black Cab Quotes. A London cab driver decided to leave a clipboard in the back of the cab and invite his passengers to write down their favourite quotes. Most of them aren't attributed, so if you like one, you may need to search online for the original source.

I am also often asked about sources for nice or 'different' postcards. Museums and art galleries usually have them, and a lot of book shops and stationery stores/departments have nice ones. In the US, USPS sells books of themed post cards - a bit expensive, but they are already stamped. In the UK, Royal Mail often issues postcard sets to go with new commemorative stamp releases. Postal services in other countries may have postcards too.

There are online sources, of course:

• Amazon has books of postcards.
• Pomegranate have lots of choice, and their "blowout" packs are a great 'pot luck' deal. They can sometimes send UK packages via their UK distributor, saving some money, so UK/European swappers may want to contact them before ordering.
• postcardstop.com have a good range.
• VisionWorks is another good US online source, but I can also get some of the cards they stock from my local 'world store' here in the UK.
• Syracuse Cultural Workers has interesting cards, many of them with quotes and most of them with a 'message'.
• Zazzle has a lot of postcards too, and they have sites in other countries, including in the UK. (Check the shipping, though.)
• The Film Store has film-related postcards, of course, but other subjects too. It is a UK site but you can opt to see the prices in US dollars.
• Chronicle Books
• Dover Publications has books with 12 standard size and 24 slightly larger postcards
• Moo ReadyMade US/Canada store and European store. You can also put together a custom selection from their designs or upload your own.
• some Etsy sellers have postcards, and it is worth looking on eBay too.

If anyone has suggestions for other sources, please post them here.

Please note: some postcard collectors are not happy to receive cards which weren't bought in 'normal' stores, and when swaps specify "store-bought" Moo and Etsy postcards may not be acceptable. For this swap, though, any good quality postcards are acceptable because the quotes are the important part.

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Thank you, Terry!

You rock...happy anniversary and many more as I really enjoy the quotecard swaps. Thanks for all the fun you've helped bring to so many. Best wishes Whytewillow

Thank you, whytewillow!

Thanks for all the great link resources, @spinjenny ! I just posted about this great swap on the Swap-bot blog here.

Congratulations on your quotecard swap anniversary :-)

Thank you, Rachel and Marina!

The info at the top says 3 partners and so does the description. But the first paragraph says 5. I can do 3 but not 5! If I got all international partners it would cost almost $10!

Congratulations on a long standing, well-loved swap. You really hit on a winning idea!

Duh. Note to self: Read more carefully next time. :)

No problem, thebragal. :-)

June, I'd love to take the credit, but @nicole was the one with the winning idea.

The winners of the random draw are druideye, sealford, Bandkh1, Erdbeersternchen and Teja. 5 postcards will be on their way to each of them very soon.

Sign-ups have now ended for this swap, but please join the next swap in the series, Quotecard Postcard #61. Although I will not be hosting that one myself, I hope many of you will support my good friend @fibrejunky in hosting her first quotecard swap!

@spinjenny Yay! That's awesome, thank you.

Hi Jenny

I am one of the winners of the prize draw for 5 postcards. Thank you so much - I just received them and I'm delighted with them. I know the idea is that I will send them on to other swappers but I might just have to keep one of them for myself - the Gustav Klimt. He is one of my very favourite artists and I was delighted to receive that particular card - I don't know if you looked at my profile or not but I'm very, very pleased. Thank you once again for your generosity and I will continue to enjoy your swaps.

Sending them on is optional :-). I tried to match profiles as far as my selection of postcards allowed, so i am delighted that you like one enough to keep.

Thank you for being such an awesome swap-mom! hugs

Thank you for taking over, my friend! hugs back

It is now over 2 weeks since the Send deadline for this swap. I have angelled for the partners of the participant who seems to be flaking.

If anyone else has not received after a reasonable time, bearing in mind where your partners live, please try to contact them. If you cannot resolve it between you, please PM me, as I will not be checking these comments any more.