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Over the past few weeks I have gotten so many new postcards and as a consequence have decided to save some more dated adds to my collects for a rainy day.

Here are some that I've gotten in the last week from going to various outtings and from my friends. A special thanks to Angela and Deborah! :D

These first ones are from the Australian Film and Radio School Open day that my friend angela went to.

These first two are just beautiful I think, playful and classy all at the same time. Love them. And the third one is so cute and cool, the robot is simply awesome!

This one was picked up just yesterday at the macquarie uni open day. Its an advertisment for the faculty of the arts: music.

I love going to all these events and conveniantly finding postcards!

Designed by Jefferton James Gordon

These next couple are just advant card postcards that I'm pretty sure Deb gave me.

These are everywhere, bright and colourful, promoting reading - what could be more eye-catching? Well for me the fact that they've used postcards as an advertising medium is a bonus! :D

These kinds of postcards are always nice and touch my heart.

1. Make poverty history ad       2. ActionAid Australia: Education for all ad

PLUS! I have designed a new blog header! Any thoughts?

Also: you will probably see a large jump in the number of postcards sadly due to my lack of regular posting and for that I'm sorry.

♥ grace

postcard count: 1624

easter with some randoms...

A very late happy easter to all! I hope everyone stuffed their faces full of chocolate, I certainly did! I also recieved/found a few random postcards which was great!

The first is from my brother Adam, who got the socceroo's show bag from the Sydney Royal Easter Show last Saturday, it was really cute when he gave it to me, he knows how much I love postcards of course.

1. FIFA World Cup 2010 South Africa

These next 2 were just randomly found lying on my desk waiting to be blogged, what patience they had to lie amounst the mess. Love the eckersley one, I'm hoping to find another soon so I can actually draw something on it.

2. Sydney Morning Herald                                  3. Eckersely's (an art and craft store)

And finally a postcard from one of my most favourite clothing stores, Valley Girl, who were promoting Earth Hour that just recently passed, an amazing event that promotes protecting the world around us. I love this image, the model is so cool and the wall behind her is an amazing piece of art.

4. Valley Girl for Earth Hour

What a fantastical easter!

♥ grace

oh how do I love my friends? Let me count the ways..

Oh so much, especially considering so many of them take the time to look a little random and take one of each postcard off of a random stand wherever they may pass - the free ones of course, they dont steal for me, I wouldn't ask that of them.

I did receive other postcards during the week, however considering I had mid-year exams I was studying hard... ok I wasn't particularly... but all the same. So thank goodness they were over yesterday!

I acquired a total of 20 from both Annie and Vanessa when we were all walking to our school hall to sit one of our exams, I think it was Studies of Religion... regardless, receiving postcards during exams made the week more joyous that it was! And indeed were there some good ones.

We have the more serious postcards.

1. VS Macbeth 2. Sea Sheperd Australia 3. ArtEXPRESS

ANDDD the not so serious!

1. ok so this is educational... and important, but enjoyed that someone had thought to put on a postcard

2. hehehe would not this be an awesome way to beat the Sydney traffic?

3. Ad for National Youth Week  -if you're a young person in Australia, check it out here

4. How cool is this?! I love the ones like this, where they are like "interactive"

Thanks for getting me to the 1400 mark you two!!

♥ grace

postcard count: 1411

Oh what an adventure!!

Today was my last mid-year exam! Oh Em Geee!! So exciting! :D So myself, Emma and Angela all decided to head to the city to check out ArtEXPRESS at the Rocks. Many of the top pieces of art in the state were picked out to be displayed around different shops and museums and galleries that make up the Rocks. Oh what an adventure we had exploring! Okay so the area isn't actually as big as it looked on the map... so I suppose it wasn't a very large adventure, but it was an adventure al the same. Truth be told I've never explored the rocks like we did today, it was quite epic. Do check it out if you can before March 28 when it ends.

So upon finding the Sydney Information Centre, where one of the artworks was displayed, about half-way through our adventure, there was a postcard stand right outside!

Check out just some of the fabulous ones that I found - well in my opinion anyway :)

1. Ad for a perfume called 'Support Sent' which is just $5 apparently from selected Myer stores and KIT cosmetics, all proceeds going to Guide Dogs Australia. :)
I love the colours and the patterning on the eye/flower, so cool!

2. Ad for Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development Program

3. Wilderness - comtemporary art exhibit on at the Art Gallery of NSW
Looks so weird and pretty at the same time.

4. Ad by Westmead Millennium Institute to take part in research to understand depresion

I love the use of the babushka dolls, caught my eye, but is for such a serious and good cause

5. Want to see your brain in action? asks the back of this postcard! If you'd like to check it out, go here :D

 I'm not fussed either way about my own brain, but it would be cool indeed, I just loved the little people - they are actually toys!

Also Angela pointed out some random postcards sitting in gloria jeans when we got ice-chocolates and I happened to pick up the very one that she pointed at. Was amazing of us!

So prettttyyyy :)

♥ grace
postcard count: 1391

Oh Em GEEE!

Such a boring week at school...that was until one recess this week as I was sitting eating my lamingtons, the highlight of the day so far, when Caroline (*edit: after being informed by Hannah*) informs me of something extremely wonderful... there's a postcard stand in the library! OH EM GEEEEEEEE!! As I thought to myself when I would be down there next, I realised that I had a study period in the library the very following period! So off I went, oh so excited and seated myself at one of the computers, glancing around for this amazing new stand.. but I couldn't see it.. so I continued with my note-making when my friend Jemma asked me if I had seen the postcard stand, as she had thought of me immediately - knowing of my obsession. I told her I hadn't and asked where it was. She pointed and as I turned around on the awesome wheely chair, there it was! Right behind the printer! It was amazing - I even took a photo of it:

And here are some of the awesome postcards I got from it -

1. Designed by Patricia Denis for advant card (check out her own blog here)

Love this so much, its so intricate and cool

Faces!
2. Pi! I didn't even realise it was educational until I just looked at the back of it!

3. For the macquarie Science Club... This Picture is an illusion!

4. Another Alice In Wonderland one!

And some more educational ones!

5. Cut out triangles to make a Triangle mobile!

6. The Importance of Eating Breakfast

Oh Em GEE! What a great week :D

♥ grace

postcard count: 1375

The tranquil and the crazy

While I was left to babysit on Friday, some of my family went and saw Avatar in 3D with some family friends. It was today, that my mum decided to remember they'd picked up some postcards for me. Out of the ones that they got (all 12), there were some pretty awesome ones.

First were these, which are a really great idea and gave me a little pick me up as I took the time to scratch away at the grey surface to find out what my free compliments were. I'm so glad they got two of these.

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Then came a stark difference with my favs. First are the tranquil

1. "The dangers of playing favourites with your children" King Lear performed by Bell Shakespeare.

2. Four winds Festival - loved this one, so cool how the violin is buried in sand, wonderful image

3. Advert for The National Youth Self Portrait Prize 2010 presented by the National Portrait Gallery - also loved this one, simply because it looks so vintage and wonderful

But amongst the tranquil is always something crazy:

I can't wait to see this movie! It shall be very exciting indeed.

♥ grace

postcard count: 1358

3 women... each with their own story...

Last week has been one filled with postcards... well there have been many the same and I'm sure many after, but regardless, I have been a very happy. After the postcards from Caroline and Nicki, yet another friend of mine Angela made a contribution to my postcards with a total of 7! My favourite ones were these:

1. Play titled 'That Face

2. Exhibit presented by the Historic Houses Trust

3. ' Katie Noonan for the Art Gallery of NSW

I especially liked this because they featured women, yet each represents something completely and utterly different with the others. Their only similarity from just looking at these postcards, as far as I can tell, is their sex.

♥ grace

postcard count: 1328

what a weekend!

Such a good weekend for collecting postcards! Since it was my Aunt's last weekend in Australia we went to the beach on Saturday and followed it up with a trip to Warringah Mall where I found these advant cards:

(1. 'Kitty & The Carousel' by Jo Dyer 2. Advert for WOMADelaide)

NB: Jo Dyer actually has a blog here on blogger, check it out - shes a really good artist :D

Then on Sunday morning we went to Newtown for breakfast as we do every year to farewell my aunt before dropping her off at the airport. At this cute cafe Cinque I picked up a number of postcards, my favourites posed next to my delicious hot chocolate:

I love the colours of these, they worked really well together. (1. Powerhouse museum exhibit 2. So What? production of King Lear and 3. Adelaide Fringe)

After dropping of my aunt at the airport, on a whim, we decided to go to 'The 80s are Back' exhibit. Thanks Advant Card for letting us know about that! Especially thanks from me because there were more postcards - just 3... but I was still excited! My favourite of these is for The International Lace Award, a competition presented by the Powerhouse museum. I found the design super cool and arty.

What a weekend!!

♥ grace
postcard count: 1316