Everything is very simple: I suggest using bright, wise, rare photographs and drawings by the authors, which are not actually postcards, but they are so fascinating that it’s hard to come up with ideas for them wishes or look for suitable quotes or parables- GREAT fun and great holiday
Such a “postcard” and congratulations will be original, unusual and, I am sure, will please the person close to you much more than a familiar picture.
And since you invest your good mood and time into the search and creative process.
By the way: practice has shown that without a good mood it is almost impossible to find really worthwhile pictures. In an inspired mood, the pictures seem to attract themselves and you begin to find them in the most unexpected places.

Where to look for such photos: In this article I will share some of the best links that have been found since we started working on our site and suggest some "fishing spots".
There is no need to rush in this matter, the most important thing is to pay attention to the photographs and immediately save a successful photo or a link to it, slowly creating your collection.

If you like this idea, I invite you to plunge into the world of beauty!

Photo sources for postcards.

Most Favorite Source good photos- this is, of course, flickr.com. You need to search for photos by keywords(for example: happy, love, flowers) or look at the latest 7 days.
Very comfortably:
- go to the page, look through it, click on the ones you like

And then press the button " RELOAD" at the top of the page and watch more!

It’s convenient to view Flickr periodically, a little at a time. Because finding something that catches your eye can be completely unpredictable.
And yet, it takes a lot of time to search for photographic pearls, and therefore I am always happy about sites that publish their successful finds.
Kind over matter - the best site found in this direction. I have already written about it more than once in articles about promotions of positive postcards, remember?
Amazing pictures on Kind over matter can be found by tag photos.

For example, this picture, which the readers of my LJ liked so much, was found thanks to Kind over matter, for which a HUGE thank you to them!

Photo Harmonic discharge author next_in_line "s photostream

and another one:


Photo On winds of North by next_in_line "s photostream

What to wish: The first photo immediately asks for a wish for harmony and integrity, and for the second - more miracles in life and the ability to enjoy every moment of life.

What to do with the images found on Kind over matter ?
We click on the link to the title (or the picture itself), and as a rule, now we can see it in higher resolution. Here you have two options: send a link to it or save it locally and send the picture itself by email (for example).
How to save a picture found on flickr.com:
save the entire web page, and the folder with pictures will contain the photo you need.

A blog that is a pleasure to talk about again and again is The Star Collector
Conveniently, quotes, parables and pictures are collected here at the same time)) Excellent material for congratulations!
Pictures on this site

Here's an example of how this can be used to congratulate a loved one:

Given: picture and quote:
"They say that Leprechauns bury their treasures where the rainbow touches the ground."

Let's add: “I don’t know if this is really so, but I know one thing for sure: there, when you touched my heart, love was born - the most valuable treasure I possess!”

Everyone, someone will be happy to plunge into the life of a pearl hunter and start collecting their collection for electronic greetings,
I wish you good luck and great discoveries!

Photo by Seth Rader

UPD: a couple more links to good collections of pictures:

Thank you very much! And come again!

You also have the opportunity to follow this link and write there about your ideas, comments and suggestions about our site

They say that it is not a gift that is dear, but attention. Therefore, let’s look at how you can send a postcard to Mail.ru for free.

The Mail ru Postcard project in its old version is closed. Now you can send a postcard directly from your Mail.ru mail, as well as from Odnoklassniki or from the My World service.
Before moving on to Mail ru postcards, I recommend the audio greeting service:

You can send a Mailru postcard from the Mailru service that is more convenient for you: Mail, My World, Odnoklassniki. Below we will look at how to send a postcard directly from your Mail ru mail.

then you can click on the appropriate button with text, for example, “Send a postcard in a letter.” You can also read:

“And now we are ready to offer you more convenient and modern services that will help you congratulate your friends and family: Odnoklassniki, Mail, Moi Mir.”

Rice. 1 A postcard can be sent through any of the three Mail ru services: Odnoklassniki, Mail, My World

Of the three proposed options (Odnoklassniki, Mail, My World), we will consider the option with mail.

How to send a postcard to Mail.ru directly from your email

Important: before sending a postcard to any recipient, let's test how it works and see what the recipient ultimately sees.

Testing is necessary in order to check what exactly the recipient will receive, how it will look, otherwise it may turn out that “they wanted the best, but it turned out as usual.”

• We will test it on ourselves, that is, we will send a test postcard, for example, from our address nadezda @ mail.ru to the same address nadezda @ mail.ru.

• If the results of the experiment suit us, we will repeat the same thing, but to send a postcard to Mail.ru we will no longer enter our address, but the address of the recipient of the postcard.

1) First, you need to go to your Mail ru mail, enter your username and password.

2) To send a postcard, click on the “Write a letter” button (1 in Fig. 2):

Rice. 2 How to send a postcard to Mail ru

3) On the right side of the mail, click on the “Postcards” tab (3 in Fig. 2). You will see more than 50 postcards, sorted by category:

• Happy holiday,
• Happy birthday,
• With love,
• Just,
• Retro,
• From September 1st!

For example, select a “Happy New Year” postcard in the “Happy Holidays” category.

Let's go over the fields that you should pay attention to when sending a postcard to Mail.ru, or rather, according to the numbers in Fig. 1.

1 in Fig. 2 – click on the “Write a letter” button.

2 in Fig. 2 – by clicking on the “Styles” button, you can select a background for the letter (colored background or background with a pattern). In Fig. 2, the “Winter” style was selected for the background, with Santa Claus. You can search for styles by clicking on the small triangles highlighted with red arrows (number 10 in Fig. 2). You can NOT select a style, that is, skip this step.

3 in Fig. 2 – click on the “Postcards” button. Select a postcard by clicking on the small triangles that are marked in Fig. 2 red arrows (number 10).

So, the letter has a beautiful style (letter background) and a nice postcard. Now the muse is visiting us: we print the text of the congratulations for the postcard.

4 in Fig. 2 – “Signatures” button. If you click on it, you can make an automatic signature for each letter to Mail.ru. Or you can edit the signature that already exists.

The problem is that you forget about this signature over time. And it continues to be automatically inserted into every letter. Over time, information tends to become outdated, so you should not put “extra” information in the signature.

5 in Fig. 2 – “To” field. We print the e-mail of the recipient of the postcard without errors, otherwise how will he (the recipient) receive it?

You can send the first postcard to yourself as a test. Then you can enter your e-mail in the “To” field.

6 in Fig. 2 – “Subject” field. You can leave the suggested topic or enter your own topic.

7 in Fig. 2 – button. You can find, for example, a sound file on your computer and attach it to a letter.

8 in Fig. 2 – “Cloud” button Mail ru. By clicking on it, you can attach a file from the Cloud to the letter.

9 in Fig. 2 – We check whether everything is done perfectly and send it by clicking on the “Submit” button.

10 in Fig. 2 – triangle for moving through the columns with Postcards and Styles.

4) After clicking the “Submit” button, the “Enter the code from the image” window will appear. You need to enter the code from the picture to “confirm your human origin,” that is, the message is NOT sent by a robot. If the code is not legible, you must click on the “I don’t see the code” link to replace it with another one.

5) If everything is fine, then we repeat all the steps again, but now we fill in the “To” field not with our e-mail, but enter the e-mail of the recipient of the postcard.

It would take a long time to describe the procedure for sending a postcard to Mail.ru, but in reality it can be done in a few minutes. If you don't believe me, check it out for yourself.

Instructions

A static postcard is convenient because you can send it without thinking about how exactly the recipient will view it (from a computer or phone), and whether he has Flash Player. Draw it yourself using the graphic editor that you know how to use, or download a suitable one finished image from any free photo bank, and then add to it in graphic editor congratulatory inscriptions. You can simply draw an image by hand and take a photograph. Attach the finished file (JPG or GIF format) to the message you are sending. To do this, while composing it, click the “Browse” button, go to the folder in which the file is located, select it, and then click the OK button. If the image does not attach automatically, click the “Attach” button and wait until the file is uploaded to the server. After that, making sure that all fields (for address, header and body of the message) are filled out correctly, click the “Submit” button.

The GIF format, unlike JPG, allows simple animation consisting of several images changing in a ring to be placed in a file. The recipient will be able to view such animation on their computer in almost any browser. The ability to display them depends on its model and firmware, and in the absence of such a function, installing one of the new versions of the UC browser will help. To download such images, use, in particular, the site located at the first link listed at the end of the article. Sending them by e-mail carry out as above.

Flash cards are distinguished by significantly higher quality animation, which, moreover, can be accompanied by sound effects. You can get to one of the sites where such postcards are available by clicking on the second of the links given at the end of the article. Having selected the desired postcard there (regular or Flash format), fill in the required fields, and a link to it will be sent to the recipient automatically. He can view it by clicking on this link.

Voice cards use a speech synthesizer located on the server. To go to the site with them, click on the third link at the end of the article. Having selected a design option, click on it and a page with an input form will load. Fill out all the fields of this form, including the recipient's address, and most importantly, enter the text that the synthesizer should pronounce. Select background music and voice. Check what happened using the “Listen” button, and then send the result to the recipient (whose computer must have Flash Player installed) by clicking the “Send” button.

The idea of ​​the greeting card largely belongs to the English artist Dobson. It was he who prepared a colorful card for Christmas for his friend in 1794, which depicted family members against the backdrop of a Christmas tree and a winter landscape.

Needless to say, since then the appearance of the postcard has changed and, by the way, not only the appearance, but also the technology for sending it. The Internet and e-mail allow you to send free holiday cards to friends and acquaintances for free.

This article will tell you how you can send a postcard by email and using special services. Read it to the end to please your loved ones during the holidays with bright, colorful virtual gifts.

Online services

There are a huge number of web resources on the Internet that allow you to send a postcard to the recipient without logging in to your e-mail. They offer a huge number of different thematic illustrations to choose from - for congratulations on your Birthday, Happy New Year and other “red dates”, for declarations of love, friendship, etc.

Consider the option of sending a free postcard from the web service - sunbouquet.com (by the way, one of the most popular on the Internet):

1. Go to the above address.

2. Click the “Select category...” button.

3. In the additional panel, select the topic of interest (for example, “Pleasant wishes”).

4. In the section that opens, click the greeting card you like.

5. In the “Send postcard” block, indicate the recipient’s E-mail (to whom the message should be sent), his name and the date of sending. If you want to duplicate the sending of the postcard to your mailbox, check the “Send a copy... to me” box under the fields.

6. Click the mouse to make the adjacent block active - “Create link...”. Enter your email address and name. If you want to participate in the site's ranking, check the box at the bottom.

7. Customize the layout of the card, select the font and color of the letters in the title and accompanying text, as well as the background on which the card will be placed.

8. Come up with and print the title and text of the letter in the fields (the field under the postcard).

9. Click the “Submit” button.

10. Retype the code from the picture (captcha). Click "OK" to complete sending the congratulatory message.

Sending a postcard from your email

Search and download

First of all, find on the Internet the most suitable congratulatory illustration for your occasion.

1. On the Google search engine page in the upper right corner, click the “Pictures” section.

Note. You can also use a similar service in Yandex.

3. Click on the appropriate card.

4. After it opens in an enlarged form, click on it again, but this time right click. Select “Save image as...”.

5. In the window that appears, specify the folder into which you want to download the image.

Sending to recipient

2. Open the form to send a letter.

3. Enter the recipient's address.

4. Create a title, type the text of the message.

5. Click the “Attach” or “Add” button on the form (it may have different names, depending on the service you use).

6. Upload the previously downloaded postcard from your PC.

7. Send a letter (click the appropriate button).

Sending a postcard on the Mail.ru service

Mail.ru has a built-in option that allows you to immediately insert a postcard into a letter from the database available on the site.

To use it, do this:

1. Click in account"Write a letter".

2. Fill out the form.

3. Click “Postcards” on the right side of the message text field.

4. Select a suitable card from the feed: left-click on it. And it will immediately appear enlarged in the field.

5. Sign and send the card.

How to create and send a postcard yourself?

If you decide to prepare an exclusive postcard of your own making, you can use a special online designer - pro100tak.com. It has both paid and free image editing features.

1. Open the main page of the site. Go to the "Designer" section.

2. Select a template, add a music track, text, etc.

3. After you make a postcard, click the “Send by E-mail” button.

4. Select a template to send (2 options in the left panel).

5. Specify the address of the recipient and sender (yours).

6. Click "Submit".

Beautiful, bright postcards and warm communication by e-mail! From that.