Today, using templates from Publisher, you're going to create a postcard from the place on the planet you'd most like to visit/live/do the Macarena.
- On the front of your postcard you should have a picture/photo from the location.
- There's a lot of unusual photos on MorgueFile or Flickr
- Make sure they're public domain or creative commons licensed.
- You can be creative about your location. Maybe you're in a circus, or under the water in an aquarium.
- With the skills some of you have acquired in Gimp, you could put yourself or someone else just about in any crazy scene possible.
- Have some fun putting together some slightly incongruous elements in your picture.
- There should be a mention somewhere on the front of where the picture represents.
- Be sure to choose a suitable font in a suitable color. A font and color for city like Las Vegas would be quite different from one for a research station in Antartica.
- On the back of the postcard you should have a short description of the location (a sentence or two at most).
- Normally this will be on the left and on the top
- It sometimes appears on the bottom left, too.
- On the back you need to leave a space for an address.
- This appears on the right, towards the bottom.
- There should be enough room for a stamp.
- This appears on the right, towards the top.
- There should be room left over for message to the person receiving the postcard.
- This is on the left side.
- Have fun with this. You can be really creative, and even silly, if you choose to be.
- After all, would you like to be under the sea in an octopus's garden in the shade?
- Or maybe you all live in a yellow submarine?
- Have fun with it, but always, always, always remain tasteful.
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