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MAR: Naked Bookmark
Group:Zines, mail art & other cool stuff
Swap Coordinator:BetsyPreston (contact)
Swap categories: Postcards  Bookmarks  Mail Art 
Number of people in swap:4
Location:International
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Rating requirement:4.85
Last day to signup/drop:February 29, 2012
Date items must be sent by:March 31, 2012
Number of swap partners:3
Description:

Swap description: Naked Bookmark

Incorporate a bookmark as part of a postcard (or envelope, if you can figure out a way to do it). Include perforations, cutting marks, fold lines, or other instructions as needed on your mailed item.

Swap requirements

  • 3 partners = 3 naked bookmarks sent & 3 naked bookmarks received.
  • The bookmark must be mailed naked.
  • Your design should incorporate the postal markings in some way.
  • Bookmarks must be handmade (or hand decorated), and finish approximately into the traditional bookmark shape of a long narrow rectangle.
  • Recipients must contribute some sort of (dis)assembly. Be sure to include instructions.
  • Bookmarks should be reasonably hefty. Any cardstock would be fine. This is mostly a concern if you choose to use an envelope – the resulting bookmark should be more substantial than a single layer of paper (here is where the “folding” option could be advantageous).
  • Thinking “outside the box” is encouraged. Can you devise a clever twist?
  • Senders choice. Feel free to tailor your design to the recipients’ profile preferences, but this is not a requirement.

Discussion

TangleCrafts 01/ 8/2012 #

Totally love this idea! :)

Just a word of warning re. perforations if you go for a variation on this option - I sent a set of postcards a while back which I had perforated using the perforating blade of my paper trimmer. I think only one arrived in tact. Another separated along the perforation line when being posted through the recipients letterbox. Another arrived in two halves, in a post office 'body bag'. On the other hand, I did receive a postcard from our host @BetsyPreston with a perforated section to separate, which arrived without incident. She used a different method of perforating though (sorry, can't remember which!). Anyway, just wanted to mention it as something to be aware of. Maybe worth doing a trial run of mailing a sample to yourself, to see how well it works?

BetsyPreston 01/ 8/2012 #

I use a pounce wheel. It's like a teeny tiny pizza cutting wheel, but it has pokey points on the wheel. It works really well on cardstock - perforating just enough to tear later, but not so much that it's too weak to travel.

But it does sound like cutting marks may be a better idea.

TangleCrafts 01/ 9/2012 #

Yes, I remember now! I perforated some faux postage similarly last year, and it is definitely more effort to tear along than 'normal' perforation (but still effective), so would totally be less likely to detach itself in transit. Good thought! :)

Kimbeewa 01/24/2012 #

I want a teeny tiny pizza cutting wheel :)

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