In the first few years of Keep Writing, I occasionally skipped a month. Sometimes, I was too behind with school work, sometimes I was traveling.

For this card, I collected 100 postcards in my six months in Europe. I favored vintage style postcards—bright colors, uncoated backs (so I could letterpress print information with ease) showcasing all the amazing places I was able to visit in my time abroad. I studied in Milan but during breaks and weekends I visited Padua, Pisa, Lucca, Florence, Venice, Verona, Lago di Como, Torino, Bologna and a number of other spots. I collected postcards and when I returned to Lousiana, borrowed type and a press at Fitzgerald Letterpress to print a simple greeting. I was only in New Orleans a few weeks which included a trip to Ladies of Letterpress Conference in Asheville, graduating from LSU and a hurricane! Oh and a yard sale because I was packing up and moving to Oakland. Whew!

Letterpress printed on assorted vintage postcards.

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