Ever since I understood the concept of post, I’ve been collecting postcards. There have been various means – chain letters, penfriends, giveaway competitions and the odd shop here & there. I’ve trimmed them down a couple of times to take out the real dross, and there’s still a large shoe box in the spare room with loads of them gathering dust. I’ve been meaning to put together something on the wall using the colourful ones, but have never quite got around to it. I’m not sure if I have too grand an impression in my head of what I want it to be – I’d imagined a wall of lovely colour – and was hesitating because I didn’t want it to be a disappointment when I finally got round to doing it.

Well, today I bit the bullet. I’ve twice sorted them into colour groups so in practice, sorting some out for the wall was reasonably quick & easy.

I’m please with how it’s turned out. Originally I was thinking 2 columns of each colour stripe, but I think one gives enough of a spread without being overwhelming. It’s actually about the size I thought it would be, and fits nicely in the space in front of the desk I’m planning to be the focus of my “craft zone”.

And, gratifyingly, when Steve saw it, he said “ooh, that’s pretty!” without any prompting whatsoever…