r/RandomActsofCards

Hi friends!

I'm leaving for what is hopefully my last segment of traveling until winter (fingers crossed), which means I am once again leaving my husband to take care of the house & our three cats. Every time I travel, he (jokingly) gripes about how much mail I receive while I'm gone, and makes a note to pile it in the most inconvenient place possible for me to find when I'm home. Truly, though, I know he enjoys having an excuse to text me and send me pictures of what I got in the mail.

So that's my request! I'm gone until mid September. During that time, I would love a truly ridiculous, overwhelming amount of mail that he'll have to sift through every day and be reminded of how much he misses me. I have a list of my interests on my profile, but please send anything and everything. Write a long message, or nothing at all! Send me a cute insect postcard or the back of a cereal box. As long as it's stamped and comes via the mailman, I want it!!

Please comment below and I'll send my address! I appreciate you so much ❤️

I'll be able to post thank-you's the second or third week of September (depending on my return flight). If you want a card back, please indicate that and include your address :)

Please write about literally whatever. I'm not picky. You don't even have to write!! But if you need a prompt please use the below for inspiration:

If you're a philatelist, what's your favorite domestic stamp? Favorite international stamp?

If you like energy drinks, please describe your favorite drink in deep detail. I haven't had an energy drink since last October and I miss them every day.

Do you have any plants/plant cuttings that you're actually just kind of over but the plant won't die? (someone please adopt one of my 19 monstera cuttings so I can have my sewing room back).

Tell me about your favorite or weirdest cousin and why they deserve that title.

Who is your favorite author? What's your favorite book by them and what's the book you recommend to people. Are they the same book?

Try to write a short sentence with your non-dominate hand (or foot if you do not have two arms to write with)

Can you do the splits? Have you ever been able to? If you can't, how many weeks of regular stretching would it take for you to get all three directions of splits?

Tell me about your grocery list for this week. What meals do you plan on making or do you just like snacking?

How many spreadsheets could you create in a week before people start noticing?

Describe a typical day in your job. The more boring, the better.

If you searched through your whole living area and car and bags and closets, what is the oldest paper receipt you think you could find? What store would it be fore?

Tell me a fact about yourself that you're always itching to tell people but it just never comes up naturally in conversation.

What's the best mailing list you've ever subscribed to?

Send me two truths and a lie and I will guess which one is the lie.

Name as many fictional insects (including Pokemon) as you can, and star which ones are your favorite.

Hi card friends! Well at the title says, a resident at the assisted living I work at hit me in the head today. I'm feeling so much shame and sadness. Idk what I'm looking for, but just something kind I guess. Thank you all so much

Hello, everybody! On the encouragement of u/Bananas3706 I am making my very first request in this community. I'm going to be moving very soon to a new apartment, and I would LOVE to receive some mail to inaugurate the new mail box! Please comment and/or DM me, and I can send you the new address.

If you're wondering about what to write - tell me about yourself, or your pets, or your job. I've been feeling a bit emotional about this move, I'm hoping to be in this new place for a while, until life circumstances change, and while it's a lovely space, I just never thought I'd be at this point in my life at this age, if that makes sense? So I'd appreciate any life advice that you might have, regarding not feeling like you've hit the milestones that you're supposed to have at a particular age. 💜

As for picking a card, I have a pinned post on my profile with my interests, but I'd be happy to receive anything sent with love.

Thanks so much ☺️

Sending out postcards in celebration of Black Cat Appreciation Day, which was August 17.

If you’d like one, please post the name of your void, or what you would name a black cat and message me your mailing address 🐈‍⬛ 🐾

Hello all! It is once again time for another round of gratitude! In no particular order:

• Thank you u/pumkinseed100 for your Disappointing Affirmations postcard! I got a chuckle out of the affirmation, and I liked reading your mantra, too! I hope you're well and that you continue to attract abundance! ☮️
• Thank you u/GenXinGA for your London Calling postcard! A close friend of mine also shares a love of the UK with me, and I was lucky enough to visit London nearly a year ago. I got to tour Samuel Johnson's house, see several Snoopy doghouse sculptures along Fleet Street, experience the winter markets, visit Gosh comics (meeting John Alison in the meanwhile), and more! There's never a shortage of things to do in London. 💂🏻
• Thank you u/Ravenzsnow for your postcard featuring a mountain in red dawn. The quote really struck me ("A tired life needs a gentle dream and a loved one."), and as I'm currently recuperating from a long work period, it's true! Please don't worry about sending me a card so late... I have several cards that I need to catch up on that I also wish I could send mail all day every day. 🏔️
• Thank you u/MajesticLeadership87 for your postcard of Franklin with the Peppermint Patty stamp! I absolutely love it! I also love the Charles M. Schulz quote you included: he's absolutely right in that a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt, especially dark chocolate or any unique kind of combination. I hope you're well! 🍫
• Thank you u/aepeyc for your postcard featuring a sculpture of Aphrodite! You pose a very intriguing question about museums housing artifacts that are from somewhere else (especially European museums). It's something I've grown more conscious of in my adult years visiting various museums. I also believe that if places of origin want their artifacts back, then they should be returned to them! I also think that, if they cannot be returned for whatever reason, that there should be better disclosure about it. Also, there should be more local museums featuring local history or artifacts; we have one in the valley featuring art items from various indigenous tribes in the state, as well as the history of residential schools. 🖼️
• Thank you u/BubblySunflowers for your postcard of Patches! I have also been told that I would be a black cat due to my personality, lol. I think a German Shepard / Lab mix would be really cool, as would all the dog activities. My boyfriend is definitely a Golden Retriever, but I feel like I would be a Jack Russell or Maltese. 🐶
• Thank you u/dropofpoison86 for your Pixar postcard! It took me a hot minute to realize what movie this still is from - and it wasn't even a movie, it was the Boundin' short that I have not seen! AUGH! I watched Coco some time ago, and I was also crying by the end! It's such a sweet movie with awe-inspiring visuals! I hope that Coco 2 is just as impressive. If I had to choose a favorite Pixar movie, I think it would be WALL-E, if not Ratatouille. 🐏
• Thank you u/VoxFugit for sending me one of your favorite postcards! I also really enjoy it; it has such a freeing connotation to it. I appreciate you thinking of me enough to send it my way! I hope you're doing well! 🩱
• Thank you u/turnerd10 for your summer postcard, as well as the plant sticker! I also appreciate you sending me balloon art from u/sammanthax345! I like to think they are celebratory, both for summer and for my birthday! 🌞
• Thank you u/ToastyToska for your postcard of Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama! I was fortunate enough to visit the Obama Center Museum during the summer. Viewing the various exhibits of his work and Michelle's work, as well as their tenures at the White House, filled me with so much hope for the future, even in the face of current political turmoil and despair. My mother especially was moved to tears; she has read both Barack and Michelle's works. I need to start doing so soon. Have a good one! 📔
• Thank you u/EchoOfAsh for your Effin' Birds postcard! I love watching osprey cams, and the bird fact absolutely made me laugh! I hope you have a great week as well! 🐦
• Thank you u/ez330 for your random postcard featuring The Big Galah of Kimba, South Australia! I'm happy to have played, and I hope you're having a good summer, too! 🃏

That's all for now!

I'm back with some more thank yous!! Y'all are so amazing for adding these to my post box and creating happiness in my life!!

u/soxgal - Thank you for the nice card and the cute stickers! They went straight into my little sticker journal! I always wondered why Honey Smacks picked a frog too! lol

u/fooskaaa - Thank you so much for the awesome House of Voodoo postcard! I love it!! Runzas are so so good! My mom's family is from Western Nebraska, but Runzas are a hugely popular food in the entire state. They are really good for people to take along with them when they're working cattle in the pasture or working the fields on the tractor because they are contained in their little bun and delicious hot or cold!

u/themajesticpoodle - Thank you so much for the amazing Greetings From Washington DC card! I love it!! I'm amused you enjoyed the equine family portrait so much. XD

u/OKReveal2698 - Thank you so much for the fun summer postcard! It was appropriately cheerful! I hope your summer is ending well!

u/SshellsBbells - I am cackling at this rooster postcard. I love it and probably will make a copy of it to hang in my hen house once we move XD. We're getting one last round of heat and humidity for monsoon season and my horses are over it!! Me too to be honest. Hope you're surviving under your heated dog blanket!

u/useful_skirt_4305 - Thank you so much for the amazing Tutankhamun postcard! Love it! I had no idea that Mesa had a haunted museum so now I'm going to go find it!

u/Traditional_Brush719 - OH my goodness! This space postcard is so freakin' cool. Thank you so much!

u/danna72450 - Thank you so much for the awesome sea life card! I love the art on this postcard. I absolutely agree with you on the Kia Soul. The only thing I ever liked about those is the hamster commercial. haha! Also with the Cybertruck. No thank you XD

u/Andromeda921 - Thank you so much for the cute cat card!! I had a black kitty named Maverick and this made me think of him. : 3 I always forget about the cat in Outlander!!

u/anosako - Thank you so much for the neat Serena Williams postcard! I'm going to have to find more from this set! If you get tired of any rainstorms, feel free to send a few here! We've got the heat and the humidity of a monsoon season, but not really any rain yet!

u/UsefulEyes - Thank you so much for the awesome comic postcard! I love ones like this! I also really enjoyed the Wallace and Gromit stamps XD

u/Ok_Theme7072 - Thank you so much for the Peony postcard! I have a tattoo of one so this was aptly picked!

u/Exit_Infinite - Thank you so much for the great Route 66 postcard! I'm going to have to check that book series out! It sounds so interesting! Hope your summer is ending on a cool note.

u/OkiOkie08 - Thank you so much for the awesome Circe card! I love it and think I will have it displayed on my bookshelf somewhere! I love Spongebob too. I quote it far too often XD

u/thunderlightboomzap - Thank you so much for the card of affirmations! They're going to come in handy in the next few weeks! I also love the giraffe card. : 3

I'm going out of town for just 3 days but there are wedding festivities involved and I'm a bit stressed with gathering things I never use like makeup and jewelry and tiny little purses. AAAAAAGH

u/AntoineNara, thank you for the traveling card. My stickers are too big. Don't worry, I'll figure something out though it may involve decapitation. I love the croissant stamp you used!

u/medjuli, thank you for the postcard from Madeira which I really enjoyed reading. Your description of the runway made this nervous flyer tense a bit, but I never hear of accidents from there so I guess the pilots have it down. Madeira sounds very enchanting, and you're having such a great time I'm happy for you but a little envious too 😄

u/mooshu492, thank you for answering my prompt and thanks for the shiny postcard with the Hippy-era vibe. Flower power! I really like this one. Cool stamps, too.

u/MurdocniccalshasT1D, thank you for the traveling card. Your envelope decoration is fabulous. I'll have this in the mail to a new recipient tomorrow.

u/Pupslace, thank you for the dinosaur card and matching stamps. I have always been fascinated by dinos and wish I could see the Eccles Dinosaur Park.

u/Sergeant_Bean45, thanks for the 'Skeeter Shootin' Yooper Games card. My grandfather was a Yooper. Born in Champion, buried in Champion.

u/Tasty_University_172, thank you for the "Never Enough" card that I had to read in the mirror. Very clever! Never enough postcards, never enough stamps, never enough money, never enough space in my head. Yes, it fits me!

u/TyeDyeAmish, thanks for the postcard of the Eiffel Tower. I'd like to see France, too. But only after I see Germany (Postcrossing influence).

u/Weary_Smile_6498, Thanks for the traveling postcard and the nice note you included. I'm with you, the weather has been oppressive and I'm waiting for a crisp night and a dog walk that doesn't nearly give my poor boy heat stroke (even 76° at 11pm is too hot for him).

helloooo! I'm back with another offer.

Life has been crazy with probate ending and now trying to sell the house, so help me keep my brain from taking off and going on vacation!

I have quite a few postcards that were supposed to have been mailed to people and either b/c accounts disappeared, addresses changed, I lost it and had to send another, etc. As a result, I have many that already have postage, but I need to white out personal information/add washi tape or stickers to make them mailable.

Most of these are touristy postcards, but I do have a few bookish one and some random ones.

If you are interested, please fill out this form and then comment down below. I will only be sending to people who do both steps!
Thank yous are appreciated for this offer as I'm trying to reach the next flair!

My goodness, these are from months ago!

I'm trying to use up some cat postcards I have so I'll send them to the first 13 people to comment/dm me!

Tell me stuff you like and I'll incorporate it into the card 💌☺️

Hey, y'all. So, I'm new to handmade cards. And a lot of mine have been arriving messed up. I apologize for that.

I did my research and I think I found 2 methods for helping my cards not arrive looking like they did 10 rounds in a ring with Steve Fox. I would like to test this out.

I need you to be willing to show me the postcard when it arrives as well, so I can assess my methods properly!

Looking for roughly 5 people. Comment below!

Thank you so much friends! I realized that it may be easier on mobile to comment the individual thank yous so each person gets tagged and I can correct usernames that way if needed!

Mods please let me know if this makes your tracking system harder or not and I will adjust/repost if needed!

Hi everyone! I'm moving at the end of the month and need to destash a few postcards. Got eight cards left. Please post below with any prompt and I will reach out to you, thanks! (=

(no need to send or exchange anything as my old address will be defunct)

US only as postage cost a pretty penny..

I have two book recommendation📕 traveling postcards to send out! Comment below to claim and be willing to pass them to the next person! ❤️

I am offering 20 ocean wave themed postcards 15 to the US and 5 WW. Comment below if interested and I’ll check in for address information.

Edit: all WW have been claimed

Hi everyone!

I’m from the Philippines, and I’m so happy to be joining this wonderful postcard-collecting community! I’m completely new to the hobby, but I’m already excited about all the little connections, stories, and pieces of the world that can be shared through postcards.

I would be incredibly grateful to receive postcards from anyone who’d be willing to send one my way. Thank you so much for taking the time to read my post and for considering sending a little piece of your world to me. It would truly mean a lot.

I also love photography, and I’ve recently decided to turn some of my own photos into postcards. 📸 I’d be absolutely delighted to send one of my photos/postcards back to anyone who would like one! Just feel free to send me your address.

Looking forward to making new friends and filling my mailbox with beautiful memories from around the world!

P.S it’s my birthmonth! :)