Caution: I brake for gams. This Gil Elvgren postcard from The Missive Maven arrived just in time for this week’s Postcard Friendship Friday. I don’t know where this young lady’s going, but I’m sure I’d go out of my way to get her to her destination.
Special bonus: the vintage stamps honoring Revolutionary-era artist Benjamin West (that’s his own self-portrait on the stamp), and poets Paul Laurence Dunbar and Sidney Lanier.
I especially couldn’t help but notice Sidney Lanier, living as I do near the shores of Lake Lanier. One of Georgia’s favorite Confederate sons, Lanier died in 1881 at the age of 39 from tuberculosis, which he contracted while a prisoner of war.
Be sure to check out the other blogs celebrating Postcard Friendship Friday.
Update 17 August 2009: This postcard was also blogged by the Maven.
July 23rd, 2009 at 9:41 PM
What a fun card! A dot.com card done in 1940′s (?)style. Crafty!
July 23rd, 2009 at 10:11 PM
I guess my Photoshop skills are too good; the “dot com” logo is just my watermark, in case some other website gets “crafty” about using my site’s images.
July 23rd, 2009 at 11:47 PM
Wonderful postcard! What a stylish young lady. (grin) Happy PFF!
July 24th, 2009 at 12:13 AM
The postcard is fun and the stamps are to die for. I’m a sucker for vintage stamps any time of the day!
July 24th, 2009 at 5:43 AM
hey Chris!
just want to drop by telling your card was waiting for me when I went home last weekend! thanks for the great ‘house’ card 
yay, this is a great girl power blog! and I mean postcards!
i’ll be checking your stuff here too!
oh is it PFF today?? Happy PFF as well, then
see yeh!
July 24th, 2009 at 9:22 AM
I am so tickled that you notice and appreciate my vintage stamps. I don’t really know who some of these people are myself – did you know Sydney Lanier and Benjamin West when this postcard arrived, or did you do excellent research to share the info with your blog readers once you saw the stamps?
July 24th, 2009 at 9:30 AM
What a great card you have shared with us today. Fabulous!!!
Debby
July 24th, 2009 at 12:14 PM
just wonderful, thanks for sharing! happy PFF
July 24th, 2009 at 12:15 PM
Chris! What an awesome new blog! It looks FABULOUS! You have such a gift when it comes to blog design!
July 24th, 2009 at 1:23 PM
I think I first encountered West and Dunbar in junior high, but I had never heard of Sidney Lanier until I moved to Georgia, and settled near Lake Sidney Lanier, an artificial lake which is the main water supply for the greater Atlanta area, as well as parts of Florida and Alabama. Naturally, my curiosity got the better of me and I had looked him up long ago. My grandson attended Lanier Elementary School as well.
July 24th, 2009 at 2:03 PM
Yes, I can see she will have no problem getting exactly where she wants to be.
July 24th, 2009 at 2:58 PM
Cute postcard….
Thank you for sharing it.
I hope you have a beautiful weekend.
July 25th, 2009 at 12:22 PM
Thats a great postcard. Happy PFF
Judy
July 26th, 2009 at 12:18 AM
Such a nice entry and a wonderful blog!!! Thank you for a great tribute to women and cards
Loved it!
July 28th, 2009 at 3:19 PM
That is a great card.