Make Your Own Photo Postcards

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Make Your Own Photo Postcards - finished postcards ready to send Here's a cheap way you can your own postcards that are meaningful to you, if you don't want to outsource it. The fact is, in some ways outsourcing it to a digital printer is faster and not too pricey, but if you already have a bunch of 4 x 6 photos and don't want to pay more than a few dollars on supplies, this is a good method.

Total Time: 1 hour

Supplies:

4 x 6 photo printouts. These can either be cutouts, or digital printouts. You can get 20 free prints at snapfish.com
1 poster board, these are bought at any grocery store, and are approximately 2 by 3 feet. You can also use cardstock bought at the office supply store, but this tends to cost more, if it is easier to manage.
white craft glue, or stick glue
double sided tape
ideally, you have access to a paper cutter/guillotine. If not, then a box cutter/utility knife, a straight edge and a self-healing mat are necessary.

Steps:

Choose your photos. Usually you may want to use photos of you, your family, and your friends, but you could also want to be more artistic and take photos of things you like.

Make Your Own Photo Postcards - choose photos

Measure the poster board with your ruler, so that the poster board or card stock is subdivided into 4x6 rectangles.

Make Your Own Photo Postcards - measure poster board or cardstock into 4 by 6" rectangles

Cut up your board with your guillotine or utility knife.

Make Your Own Photo Postcards - cut poster board with a paper cutter or utility knife

Add glue to the back of the photo. If using white craft glue, apply with a brush and make sure you have a very thin layer so that you don't get overflow which can make it very unattractive.

Make Your Own Photo Postcards - put thin layer of white glue on back of photos with a brush

Affix the double sided tape to the edges of the photo, where there is no glue. This will keep the cardstock from separating from the photo.

Make Your Own Photo Postcards - use double stick tape along edges

Stick the photo and cardstock together very carefully. Ideally there will be no overlap and the photos will look natural.
Especially if you used liquid craft glue, stick your photos in a heavy book so that they don't get curled.

Make Your Own Photo Postcards - if using glue place in heavy books to prevent curling

Now your postcards are ready to send!

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