Dorincard

Friday, January 20, 2012

My non-traditional MAXICARD (because it's made with a FAUCET decoupage from a "junk mail" ad for LOWE'S, a great Home Improvement store), with the FIX A LEAK stamp from the GO GREEN series of USA

My non-traditional MAXICARD (because it's made with a FAUCET decoupage from a "junk mail" ad for LOWE'S, a great Home Improvement store), with the FIX A LEAK stamp from the GO GREEN series of USA.

No, I am not affiliated with Lowe's Company, but I like their stores.

I also like Home Depot stores, just to be clear. :)

"Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a U.S.-based chain of retail home improvement and appliance stores. Founded in 1946 in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, the chain now serves more than 14 million customers a week in its 1,710 stores in the United States and 20 in Canada. Expansion into Canada began in 2007, with the opening of a store in Hamilton, Ontario, in early 2008. Lowe's started the construction of two stores in the Mexican city of Monterrey officially entering the Mexican market.^[3] In 2011, Lowe's released plans to build over 150 stores in Australia over the coming 5 years, hoping to compete with the AUD$46 billion industry. Lowe's Companies, Inc. is 43 on the Fortune 500^[4] list. As of 2010, the chain is based in Mooresville, North Carolina, near Charlotte, North Carolina. Lowe's is the second-largest hardware chain^[5] in the U.S. behind The Home Depot and ahead of Menards. Globally, Lowe's is also the second-largest hardware chain, again behind The Home Depot and ahead of the European stores B&Q and OBI."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowe%27s

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Happy PFF (Postcard Friendship Friday)!

Please visit: http://thebestheartsarecrunchy.blogspot.com/ (wait until Beth posts the today's Linky tool for the meme, then make your entry, if you want to join).

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Top 30 Stamp Collecting Blogs, by guidetoartschools.com

#2:

"Dorincard: Blogger Dorin C is a stamp and postcard fanatic, and luckily he's more than pleased to write prolifically and charmingly about his obsession. He has a particular bent for stamps with wild mammals on them, but his blog demonstrates an affinity for stamps of all forms and backgrounds, as long as they offer a special narrative that's worth sharing with his readers.

Why We Love It: A picture-laden blog that bursts with the passion of its head writer for meaningful stamps.
Favorite Post: Martin Luther King and Muhammad Ali

Source: http://www.guidetoartschools.com/library/best-stamp-collecting-blogs#ixzz1KirbuA4p"

Some feedback received about me and my blog here

[DORIN'S NOTE: There are over 100 million websites.]

From alexa.com traffic rank site

http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/dorincard.blogspot.com#:

"There are 1,699,250 sites with a better three-month global Alexa traffic rank than Dorincard.blogspot.com.

About 43% of visitors to the site come from France, where it has attained a traffic rank of 152,077.

About 80% of visits to the site consist of only one pageview (i.e., are bounces).

Dorincard.blogspot.com's visitors view an average of 1.5 unique pages per day.

Visitors to the site spend roughly two minutes on each pageview and a total of three minutes on the site during each visit."

Maximum Delight
Feb 21, 2011

inkling (Enthusiast)

The best use of this site is Other.

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Good content

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Postcards and stamps, mainly featuring mammals and birds but Dorincard also has other creations

and interests he likes to share.

His enthusiasm for Maximum cards (a postcard and a similar themed stamps sent through the

postal system) shines through.

He shows how he gets the right card, stamp and postmark together.

Visiting his site you will also learn things about the natural world told with a dry sense of humour,

possibly with a play on words, and a unique style of headings.

Topical and informative both for the enthusiast and casual visitor.

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1,699,251

Alexa Traffic Rank

152,077

Traffic Rank in FR

28 Sites Linking In

From Clytie, at http://clytie-randomhearts.blogspot.com/

"Dorin delights my world with his blog "Dorincard". He specializes in making beautiful "maximum cards" that focus on wild mammals. I am amazed at how he finds hearts in unexpected places - like the nose of this gorilla!!!

I am fascinated by the wealth of information Dorin comes up with to complement each card he posts ... but most of all I LOVE his wonderful sense of humor.

ThanK you, Dorincard ... for making me smile, for making me laugh ... and for sharing your heart! (And for noticing my typo so sweetly!) "

From Clytie, at http://clytie-randomhearts.blogspot.com/