Best mail pin-up ever!

I was just looking at some postcards on Postcrossing, and I came across this one - RU-863545 - which I think must be the BEST PINUP EVER. Sexy lady, mailbox, a skirt full of mail? Whew! My temperature's rising...

You can see by the signature on the envelope in the bottom right corner that this is the work of the famous and classic pin-up artist Gil Elvgren. Here's what I want to know: why is there no reprint postcard book of great pin-ups like this? I've searched and searched, and I can't find one. Anyone? Suggestions?

It puts me in the mood for some fine pin-up postcards, and I'm thinking about hosting a Pin-up postcard swap on Swap-bot... stay tuned for developing news!

And for full disclosure: I did not send or receive this postcard, alas, I just saw the postcard image on Postcrossing. I WISH I'd received it, or knew where to find one!

(In case you are a Pinterest fan, I also pinned it on Pinterest.)

EDIT/UPDATE: Thanks to a tip from Julie (O-kami), I've just discovered this very postcard is available on Zazzle.com. While I'm not a huge fan of the coated paper stock that Zazzle uses for their postcards, I think I am going to have to pick up a few of these! Thanks so much for the tip, Julie!

Stripped + Frankenfurter

These most excellent handmade envelopes came holding successive letters from the fabulous GirlZootZilla. Stripped! Love it! Gimmicky, but it works.



GirlZootZilla did her own blog post about making envelopes... if that's the pile she achieved in an hour, she's a lot more productive than I am in that timeframe!



Saving the best for last...



Don't dream it, be it!

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For those of you who aren't familiar with this iconic character, that's Tim Curry as Dr. Frank N. Furter in the cult classic "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." Gaaaaaah! Too incredible.

Vintage bikini on a log

What's up with this posed studio shot? Is she supposed to be sitting on driftwood? No matter, this is one of a few lovely fine vintage pin-up postcard I got from eBay. Red polka dots are cheery.

This one went to a friend in Florida.

Kneeding a lift

I sent this vintage-image postcard to Chris of Wild Postcards and Girls Go Postal in response to his "Closing a formal social note" postcard that I blogged about yesterday.

The image is some kind of vintage pin-up from the 1940s, though the postcard itself is not vintage but a modern reproduction. Of course Chris has long since beat me to it, and blogged about this last month. Chris, you are way more on top of it than I am!