bluejay

Updated: December 2, 2011 I joined Christmas cards swaps, weeee! You can send me any type of Christmas cards as long as it is not mocking the religion behind it. Also, i'd like to receive surprises. ;)

========================== Hello all, just want to thank those people who rated me well and giving me hearts. I am happy you guys liked my postcards. I'm sorry I haven't commented back to your messages but will get on it soon. Just had been busy for me offline lately.

=========================== October is my birthday month. My simple wish is to complete my 50 US state postcard collection. I also wish to receive any of my random wishlist below. Country maps are also welcome. I would love to swap in return. So if you have any of the state or country maps that I don't have, send me a message that you are willing to swap with me with your address. From there, we can discuss what postcard you want to receive back from me. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I am sad that I am receiving black and white or sepia colored pictures in their postcards lately. Some even send postcard with no information about the picture of their postcard. My son didn't enjoy those either. So please, don't send us those. How about something colorful and educational instead? I wish to receive postcards that would make my family and I, feel and want to travel to that place or see and learn a particular building or bird or person. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Hello. I would love to meet fellow postcard swappers. I like to send and collect postcards. Been starting this hobby since April 2011. Starting this September 2011, I will be featuring the postcards I received in my arts and collecting blog. I respect privacy precautions so I won't display your address or link here, just the online nickname of the sender. I value your hard work in preparing and sending it to me.

I'd love to receive postcards with U.S. state map in it and if you could, help me complete my 50 states collection with road lines/landmarks/both in it. The USA 50 states are alphabetical below. The ones with "GOT IT" are the ones I already have in my collection. The ones "blank" are the ones I have "not received".

(Updated - October 18, 2011)

Alabama
Arizona
Alaska
Arkansas - got it
California - got it
Colorado - got it
Connecticut - got it
Delaware
Florida - got it
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho - got it
Illinois
Indiana - got it
Iowa - got it (From a private swap)
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana - got it
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts - got it
Michigan - got it
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana - got it
Nebraska - got it. Many Thanks to swap-bot member: *****Knitzwithcatz
Nevada
New Hampshire - got it
New Jersey
New Mexico - got it
New York
North Carolina - got it
North Dakota - got it
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania - got it
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota - got it
Tennessee - got it
Texas - got it
Utah - got it. Many Thanks to swap-bot member: *****Rattissia
Vermont
Virginia - got it
Washington - got it
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

DOMESTIC: If your statemap is already in my collection above, I would like a postcard that feature about 1) Famous American Landscapes in your state. 2) A Bird or Birds 3) A building with onion domes like in a church or in a mosque and other buildings - I love those shapes. 4) Gothic buildings (This architecture really impresses me) and capitol building from your state.

INTERNATIONAL- I'd like to receive postcards that feature your 1) national bird or just colorful birds from your country. 2) Country map. 3) Gothic structured building. 4) A Building with onion domes like in a church or in a mosque. 5)Castle structured building. 6) Your Famous Country Landscapes similar to the one in UNESCO world heritage.

It doesn't have to be all in one postcard but at least one feature of it will do.

Please store bought postcards only. No handmade, zazzle, advertisement and cartoon images in your postcards. No paintings, abstracts or any postcards relating to art as of this moment. I just want images of real, colored pcs of places in it.

I prefer to swap naked with stamps so I'd like to receive postcards naked and with stamps too (unless I specify with the swap partner or in a swap group that prefers it blank and in an envelope).

Aside from collecting postcards, I also collect stamps, coins and many others.

I have a toddler named George Edward. He is in his age where he is obsessed of one particular subject. Airplanes. Yes, Airplanes. He met lots of people from our church, play dates, and other friends and relatives, and they told me that George told them a story about Airplanes. My goodness. Every people he meet, he will point his finger to the sky and asked them either "Airplane? Airplane?" or "Where's airplane gone?" Anyhow, if you have a postcard that features airplanes just address it to my son's name "George" with same address I got here. I will show him your postcards and will keep it so I can pass it to him by the time he gets old enough to keep them safe. Your postcards will really make him smile and he'll be inspired too. Who knows, he might become a pilot someday. :-)

Thank you for the following swap-bot members who sent an airplane postcard to my son: *****crrcookie *****neecie

These are just links for your reference. These album links are not mine:

USA state map postcards: http://www.flickr.com/photos/12634458@N04/sets/72157601878903052/

Other COUNTRIES map postcards: http://www.flickr.com/photos/12634458@N04/sets/72157601846503443/

These are just links for your reference as I haven't received them yet. These links are not mine.

1. Postcard of Eiffeltower, Paris - http://www.flickr.com/photos/12634458@N04/1410841245/in/set-72157601895298397
2. Postcard of The Great wall of China - got it. Many Thanks to swap-bot member: *****neecie
3. Postcard of Sydney Opera House, Australia - http://www.flickr.com/photos/12634458@N04/1331563459/in/set-72157601880629940
4. Postcard of Cathedral of Notre Dame, France - http://www.flickr.com/photos/12634458@N04/1336647898/in/set-72157601895298397/
5. Postcard of Princess Dianna - http://www.flickr.com/photos/12634458@N04/4535215770/in/set-72157623880079260
6. Postcard of Swiss Alps, Switzerland - http://www.flickr.com/photos/12634458@N04/3482015335/in/set-72157623446210133
7. Postcard of Interorio of St. Peter's basilica, Rome - http://www.flickr.com/photos/12634458@N04/4434286383/in/set-72157623499457655
8. Postcard of Kinkakuji Temple, Japan - http://www.flickr.com/photos/12634458@N04/4420299557/in/set-72157623446194031
9. Postcard of Architectural Ensemble of the Trinity Sergius Lavra in Sergiev Posad, Russia - http://www.flickr.com/photos/12634458@N04/4350997390/in/set-72157623291552693
10. Postcard of Westminster Abbey, United Kingdom - http://www.flickr.com/photos/12634458@N04/2902209296/in/set-72157601888674792
11. Postcard of Conwy Castle, United Kingdom - http://www.flickr.com/photos/12634458@N04/4429809758/in/set-72157601888674792
12. Postcard of Vienna Hofburg, Austria - http://www.flickr.com/photos/12634458@N04/5704973946/in/set-72157601887196583
13. Postcard of Victoria falls, Zimbabwe - http://www.flickr.com/photos/12634458@N04/2547212959/in/set-72157605413654288/
14. Postcard of Waterton Glacier Int. Park, Canada - http://www.flickr.com/photos/12634458@N04/1336263366/in/set-72157601894691235/
15. Postcard of Pyramid of Giza, Egypt - http://www.flickr.com/photos/12634458@N04/1393079637/in/set-72157602038031724