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Blackout Poetry Journal Swap

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Blackout Poetry Journal Swap
Swap Coordinator:Faun00 (contact)
Swap categories: Books  Art  Journals 
Number of people in swap:17
Location:International
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Rating requirement:4.80 (unrated swappers allowed)
Last day to signup/drop:February 17, 2012
Date items must be sent by:March 2, 2012
Number of swap partners:2
Description:

I recently joined a swap hosted by jandmterry doing the blackout poetry and I loved it. I talked to her first before creating this swap about taking it one step further. So here it goes.

For this swap, you will photocopy a page from your favorite book, then blackout all but a few words creating a poem from the words. Wait I said journal didn't I? I (with the help of jandmterry) decided NOT to actually mail journals around but to have a swap created to be able to put into your own journal. My recommendation it to get a composition notebook as I think it will be about the right size for any of the swaps you get. Decorate your journal to your liking and fill it with your blackout poetry as you receive them. To make this nice for people to put in their journal your info will NOT be on the back like with so many swaps. You will put (my recommendation)your name, date, location (i.e. city, state country it's always nice to see where your swaps came from) and final poetry words on a separate paper to be put into your journal on a facing page.

You will have 2 partners and will send a different photocopied blackout poem to each of them(you can always send more if you feel inspired). Some of you may have books you use for crafting, if you want to use an actual book page that is fine. You can decorate it if you wish, but it is not a requirement. Use your imagination and have fun! Send something you would like to receive.

A rating of 4.8 or above please to participate in this swap. Message me if you are lower, just no flakers please. Newbies welcome.

If people show an active interest in this then I will do at least 1 a month so our journals will start to fill up.

Discussion

cynaemon 02/ 4/2012 #

I am so glad to see more of these swaps. I love doing this kind of poetry

Faun00 02/ 4/2012 #

They are quite addicting. :-)

rottifan4 02/ 6/2012 #

I have never done one of these before but would like to try. Does the page we send out partner have to be a specific size? I photocopied a page out of a book I was reading but it isn't the full size of the paper and has a thick black outline around the page. Do I cut out the white part? It will be smaller than 8.5 x 11

Faun00 02/ 7/2012 #

Yes, smaller is fine, mine(as in the picture) are usually half the size of the paper.

latentsmile 02/16/2012 #

How do you ship these? Do most swappers fold them and mail them at the letter rate? Or use a larger envelope with cardboard that says "do not bend"?

Faun00 02/16/2012 #

The only other swap I did like this they were folded. I guess it's up to you, I think I will send mine in a flat envelope minus the cardboard.

Faun00 02/19/2012 #

Sorry I was late assigning partners, I was thinking I still had a few days left.

asweetness 03/ 2/2012 #

The deadline to mail is tomorrow but I don't have the envelopes I thought I had on hand so I will have to mail mine out on Saturday. I apologize. :)

asweetness 03/ 4/2012 #

Mailed them out today, I messaged my partners and I apologize for being late. :)

asweetness 03/11/2012 #

Did my partners get my black out pages yet?

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