Greetings from anywhere.
Photo on the left, dotted divider, address area on the right. Faux postage stamp, postmark with your city and today's date, optional sepia tint. Print 5×7 at 300 dpi, write a real note on the back, mail it. Nothing uploads. For real postcards in bulk, use a print service.
Turn a photo into a postcard
Lay a photo into a vintage postcard front with a greeting, a postage stamp and a postmark, saved at 2100 × 1500 — 5 × 7 inches at 300 dpi.
What you can change
- Opening
- Place
- POSTCARD title
- Handwritten greeting
- Postage stamp
- Postmark
- Address lines
- Sepia the photo
- Card stock
- Stamp
How it works
- 01Drop in a photo, or open one of the samples.
- 02Type the opening and the place, then choose what prints — the POSTCARD title, the handwritten greeting, the postage stamp, the postmark, the address lines, sepia — and pick the card stock and the stamp style.
- 03Download it at full resolution. Nothing is uploaded — the work happens in this browser tab.
Inking the postmark…
Turn a photo into a postcard
Lay a photo into a vintage postcard front with a greeting, a postage stamp and a postmark, saved at 2100 × 1500 — 5 × 7 inches at 300 dpi.
What you can change
- Opening
- Place
- POSTCARD title
- Handwritten greeting
- Postage stamp
- Postmark
- Address lines
- Sepia the photo
- Card stock
- Stamp
How it works
- 01Drop in a photo, or open one of the samples.
- 02Type the opening and the place, then choose what prints — the POSTCARD title, the handwritten greeting, the postage stamp, the postmark, the address lines, sepia — and pick the card stock and the stamp style.
- 03Download it at full resolution. Nothing is uploaded — the work happens in this browser tab.
Inking the postmark…
Six places paper-mail beats DM
- 01 for travel
A real postcard from your phone roll
You took twelve good photos in Lisbon and zero postcards. Run a hero shot through here with 'LISBON' as the place — you've got a postcard that beats anything sold at the airport. Print at 5×7 on cardstock, hand-write a note on the back, drop in a mailbox.
- 02 for instagram
A travel-roll cover that doesn't look like a phone photo
IG carousel covers for travel posts get more saves when they look 'designed'. The vintage postcard treatment — paper border, postmark, serif POSTCARD header — reads as 'I curated this' instead of 'I uploaded this'. Better save rate, better follow rate.
- 03 for journals
A keepsake page for a trip journal
Real travel journals want a hero spread for each city — a single image that stands in for the whole trip. The postcard treatment is purpose-built for that. Print on cream cardstock, glue onto the spread, surround with ticket stubs and washi tape.
- 04 for save-dates
A faux destination-wedding postcard invite
Destination wedding save-the-dates land harder when they look like an actual postcard from where you're getting married. Drop a photo of the venue, type the city, sepia toggle on. Mail at postcard postage rates — cheaper than full envelopes.
- 05 for prints
A wall-art postcard above your desk
Single-image wall art often misses because there's no context. The postcard treatment adds context — the place, the sense of 'someone went here, sent this back'. 5×7 print in a small frame, three or four in a row above a desk, you've got a travel wall.
- 06 for goodbyes
A farewell postcard for a friend leaving town
Easier than a card-store card, more personal too. Drop a photo of the two of you somewhere, type 'GOODBYE' or the city you were in, sepia on for nostalgia. Print, write a real note, hand it over. Better than a Hallmark.
Frequently asked
Does the photo upload anywhere? +
No. The whole postcard renders to a canvas in your browser. Your photo never touches our servers — we don't run an image pipeline at all.
How big is the postcard? +
2100×1500 pixels — 7:5, which is 300 dpi at 5×7 inches. Standard postcard rate at the post office is for 4.25×6 cards, so check sizing if you're mailing; for that, drop the result through Crop & Resize to trim to 6×4.25.
Is it real postage if I print and mail? +
No — the stamp is purely decorative. It's there for the postcard look, not for actual postage. To mail, you'll need to add real postage (the post office sells postcard-rate stamps for around $0.56 in the US).
How is this different from the Polaroid Maker? +
Polaroid is a portrait-or-square card with a paper border, no postal markings. Postcard is landscape with a 'POSTCARD' header, a faux stamp, and a postmark — a different cultural object. They serve different aesthetics: Polaroid for instant film/journal feel; Postcard for travel/correspondence feel.
Can I customize the stamp? +
Five stamp colourways — Liberty (postal blue), Kraft (brown), Rose (terracotta), Mono (ink), Moss (green), each with its lettering and engraving in a contrasting ink. The engraved motif and the perforation are fixed. For more variety, run the result through Add Text to Photo and overlay your own stamp graphic.
Why is half the postcard empty (right side)? +
That's the address-side of a real postcard — the dotted line down the middle separates the message half (left) from the address half (right). The four guide lines on the right are where 'TO:' and the recipient's address would go. Hand-write addresses there if you're mailing.
now what?
A few ways to finish a postcard
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OpenUse a print-and-mail service.
One postcard at a time prints fine on cardstock at home. For 50 invitations or a holiday send, services like Moo or Postable handle print + mail end-to-end.