Dear Everyone ~
I last posted an update about my postcard wall last summer (The thrall of wall-to-wall postcards, June 29, 2019). Since then, I have received slightly over 100 postcards...and finally installed all of them yesterday. One of my favourite steps is deciding whether to show the front (the image side) or the back (the message and stamp side). I juxtapose and re-pose to make sure the feng shui is good. The postcard stream is flowing over into my tea-making zone.
I continue to use washi tapes—just a little piece, between half and three-quarters of an inch—to affix each card to the wall. Yesterday, I favoured a red graph-grid pattern on a grey background and gold-and-frost diagonal stripes. I don’t want the tapes to distract from the cards.
he postcard wall gives me such joy when I focus my gaze there. You might think that the cards would blend or blur together, but they do not. I still see them as individual communiqués...that have become memory bearers. I recognize people’s handwriting, I remember various messages, and I revel in reflecting on the intention, or the serendipity, of a sender having selected a particular image.
If your postcard larder needs some spicing up, may I suggest these delicious new cards published by Veera Kehvola in Helsinki? Each of the three assortments—Kitchen, Daydreaming, and The Wild North—showcases the work of a different illustrator. I’ve packaged each assortment of 8 designs in a Carta Pura envelope, embellished with a lovely large companion sticker on the front, sealed with a charmola little Kehvola label on the back. I am delighted to be the exclusive purveyor in the U.S.
If you fancy sending your Kehvola postcards enveloped, you have two tasteful options: Carta Pura (vanilla, with an eggshell finish; the overall effect suggests a meringue) or Rivoli Rose, both in the splendid European note size, 4½ x 6¼.
I’m relieved to announce that the British seaweed postcards (and their related notecards) have arrived and my stock is now officially replenished. You might want to place your order while the tide is high, as I will not be re-stocking until the new year.
Kehvo-là-là postcards from Helsinki
Finnishing up, Bari