Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Vintage Postcard Giveaway at Birdhouse Books (ends Tues. 6/10)

I love, love, love vintage postcards!   I have a small collection of vintage dachshund postcards, and also a few postcards from favorite family vacation destinations from my childhood.

Vintage postcards are fun to collect, to frame, to save in a decorative box, or to give for a unique, thoughtful gift (framed or tucked into a special greeting card).

This love of vintage postcards led me to open a postcard department in my store, Birdhouse Books.  I have cards featuring dogs, cats, Christmas, Easter, Valentine's Day, and lots of Roadside Americana (motels, restaurants, stores, amusement parks).   The postcard above features a swimming pool at the Carriage House Resort motel in Deerfield Beach, Florida.   This looks exactly like motels I remember staying at during my childhood!

I'm hosting a vintage postcard giveaway on my blog.   It's easy to enter with the Rafflecopter form below.  The contest will end on Tuesday, June 10, at 11:59 PM.  On Wednesday, June 11 I will use Rafflecopter to randomly draw a winner.   The winner will receive a vintage postcard valued under $10 from my shop.  (Winner selects their favorite postcard in this range.)   You'll see all the great cards in this price range here:  vintage postcards at Birdhouse Books.    



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25 comments:

Unknown said...

I love the Vintage Postcard Party Invitation Girls in White Dresses With Blue Satin Sashes. We're having a tea party for my daughter and this would add a lovely touch framed on a table.

Unknown said...

I actually love the one you have pictured...so lovely :)

Sunnie said...

I like the o'er the hill and dale farm card
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Marija said...

I love the Imperial 400 Motel - Sioux City, IA postcard. It's definitely not your typical picturesque landscape photo you usually think of.

Anonymous said...

I like the old woman who lives in a shoe!

Jessica Peeling said...

I like the: Vintage Postcard Southern Pines The Mid South Resort NC Motel Sign :) jessicapeeling@yahoo.com

Treasures By Brenda said...

I think I'd pick the giant egg being pulled by chicken 1907 card. I really like some of the holiday cards.

Anonymous said...

Tough choice but I love Savannah's Juliette Gordon Low birthplace remembering many wonderful childhood memories from that trip!

Della said...

I like the Vintage Postcard Christmas Holly 1924 Whitney Made Card Holiday PC I think it will look so nice framed.

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Unknown said...


Postcard Saint Bernard Continenta​l Dog Card Unused Hi-Di Ho Neighbor

Kirby said...

Pentecost couple walk home http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Postcard-Merry-Pentecost-Couples-Walk-Home-Church-Mailick-/350865810172?pt=Postcards_US&hash=item51b13b62fc.

I think it would be beautiful framed!

Kassie Brown said...

I love the Christmas Holly

wen budro said...

I'd love to win the children decorate cart wagon postcard.

tattwo said...

I would love to win the Vintage Postcard De Ville Motor Hotel Des Plaines Illinois Motel IL Chrome PC. I lived in Des Plaines for over 25 years and will have to find out where this was. It looks so familiar. Thanks.

Victoria J said...

The Pirates' House Restaurant is really pretty :).

eclairre said...

Postcard Holiday Inn Casino Boardwalk Las Vegas Nevada Hotel Rollercoaster NV

Nancy said...

I especially like the pretty Dutch cards! This one is a favorite: Vintage Postcard Children Decorate Cart Wagon with Flowers Dutch Child Card.

Nancy
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Crystal K. said...

I really like the "Vintage Postcard Little Girl Bathes Cocker Spaniel Puppy Continental Dog Card."

Unknown said...

I like the Postcard Carousel Horse

Michelle aka Naila Moon said...

I would really like this one: Vintage Postcard Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe 1950 Sawyer's Marks and Fuller

OR

This one:

Vintage Postcard Peter Pumpkin Eater 1953 Mother Goose Sawyer's Marks and Fuller

Candie L said...

I like the Vintage Postcard Magnolia Inn Little Rock Arkansas 1971 Roadside Americana Sign because I live in Arkansas. Thank you


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MJ (Dee) said...

My favorite is the Vintage Postcard Elsie the Cow Elmer Beauregard Borden's Foods Advertising Card on page 13.
I collect all types of advertising signs...this would be perfect! Thanks!

Kristie said...

I like the Postcard Longhair Dachshund Puppies Outdoors Dandelions Continental Dog Card. So cute!! kristiedonelson(at)gmail(dot)com Thank you!

tscatterton57 said...


Vintage Postcard Moon Over Miami Florida Linen Card Unused like this one

Helga said...

I like the Vintage Postcard Romance Humor People Who Eat Onions Shouldn't Play Post Office