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Help! I'm Lost! Can You Send Me Home? - USA

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Help! I'm Lost! Can You Send Me Home? - USA
Swap Coordinator:iamred (contact)
Swap categories: Challenges  Postcards 
Number of people in swap:23
Location:Regional - USA
Type:Type 2: Flat mail
Rating requirement:4.99 (unrated swappers allowed)
Last day to signup/drop:September 19, 2015
Date items must be sent by:October 5, 2015
Number of swap partners:5
Description:

Hello Everyone! =)

Sometimes I like a challenging swap, don't you? =)

This swap is way different from your regular run of the mill postcard swaps here on swap-bot! This swap requires you to send some postcards and "lose" some postcards! =D This is an experimental swap to see what a person will do when they find one of our lost postcards.

This swap requires a total of 10 total postcards and some effort on your part, if this is too many postcards for you, then this is not the swap for you. Please make sure to read all the guidelines before you join this swap

If this swap works out as planned, I would like to make it a monthly swap. ! =)

Currently this swap is for USA only.. the reason for this at the moment is because this swap is an experiment to see how it goes and if it works the way I hope it will.. and because from the USA a postcard costs over a $1.00 to send overseas compared to $0.39 cents to send within the USA. If this swap goes as planned.. I will make an international version in the future. So please hang tight. =D


About This Swap:


  • You will have 2 weeks to complete this swap.

  • In this swap you will have 5 partners to send too.

  • You will get 10 postcards.. can be store bought or nicely handmade.

  • You you will send each of your partners one of the postcards like normal so they have something to rate you on.

  • This is the most important part: For the second set of postcards you will address them to your partner like normal ( except only using their first name and first initial of their last name ) and add a stamp it. You will also add the following information on the left side of the post card:

  • Date
  • The Following Note: Hello, I am lost, can you please drop me in the mailbox so that I may find my way home? Thank you.
  • Then The Following: Would you like to leave a note or say hello? =)
  • Leave a space for them to write in.
  • At the bottom write your Swap-Bot Username and the Name of this swap.

  • It should look like this (bigger version in the comments):

  • Last step, "lose" your postcards! How do you do that? While you are out shopping, getting gas, at the coffee shop, out to eat, etc etc. Place the postcard insight to people so someone will find it and hopefully send it home. =)

  • Please post a comment below when you have lost your postcards.

  • Please post a comment below if/when you receive the lost postcard, letting us know you got it! Please also post the note from the stranger that sent it if there is one.


A Few More Things:


  • This swap is USA ONLY

  • I have set a rating for this swap at 4.99. And open to new swappers.

  • You will have a total of 10 postcards for this swap. 5 to send right away to your partners and 5 to lose.

  • Please include your Swap-Bot User Name and Swap-Bot Swap Name on the bottom of the postcard.

  • You have 2 weeks to send and *"lose" your postcards. Mark this swap sent, once you have done both steps of sending and loosing.

  • This swap takes some effort to complete, if you think you can not complete it, please don't join as it wouldn't be fair to the rest of the participating swappers.


Rating:


  • Make sure to rate your partner once you receive the postcard they send you. The "lost" one is a bonus, as there is a chance it may not ever get to you.

  • If your partner followed the guidelines of this swap and it was sent out on time, please rate them a 5. Hearts are completely up to you ♥


Last But Not Least


  • I will be going thru all swap participant's profile before assigning partners to make sure they have at least a 4.99 rating or higher. If they are new to swap bot, I will be checking on their profiles as well.

  • I have the right to ban anyone from this swap due to no sends, unexplained 1's or 3's or due to having a rating less than 4.99

  • I can angel if necessary, but hopefully, I won't have too. ♥


If you have any questions, please feel free to IM me @iamred

Happy Swapping! =D

Discussion

iamred 09/ 3/2015 #

Bigger Version:

Cr8tivemami 09/ 3/2015 #

This sounds like fun. I can't wait to see if it comes back to me. Very creative.

CariPeace 09/ 3/2015 #

LOVE this idea!!! ~ I really enjoy doing social experiments like this. I know I've mentioned this to you before, @iamred .. I love the layout of your swaps. ~ Very nice!

CariPeace 09/ 3/2015 #

I just bought these cool coloring postcards, so they will be perfect for this! I think I may send the five "lost" p.c.'s out into the world and add that people may have the option to color it before they return it home, or choose to leave it uncolored, to let the receiving S.B. member do it. :-)

hushpadwitch 09/ 4/2015 #

This is so cute! I love it!

Kraftylady777 09/ 4/2015 #

@CariPeace where did you find the postcards to color? I'd love to get some of them. Thsnks

hushpadwitch 09/ 6/2015 #

I absolutely love this idea. I can't wait to get started!

Harrisfamily2003 09/ 8/2015 #

@Kraftylady777 You can find them at book stores. I got mine at Hastings. Look for an artist named Johanna Basford. Her new postcard series is enchanted forest. Also available on Amazon

iamred 09/ 9/2015 #

thank you so much for the comments on this swap! =) im pretty excited about it myself and hope more will join <3 soo many watchers, i look forward to doing this swap with you all =D

CariPeace 09/12/2015 #

Thank you, @Harrisfamily2003 for answering @Kraftlady777 s question for me. Guess I should have checked back here sooner.

I bought the Enchanted Forest postcard set, mentioned above, at Barnes and Noble.

I also just got my order in from Overstock.com for an amazing deal on 50 Animal Kingdom coloring postcards. I looked through them all and each one is different; plus, there is a surprise photograph at the bottom of the box. It comes in a sturdy well designed box with a ribbon lining the bottom for easier access in the lifting the postcards up. It's pretty nice. Turns out there are a lot of postcards on their site and for a nice price, too.

institches 09/14/2015 #

Love this idea....a twist on the Art Abandonment movement. I've been participating in Art Abandonment since March 2015 and have a blast with it. I've got some ideas for a design for this swap. On my watch list for now.

Love the idea for the coloring postcards. It's the "in" thing to do for adults now.

CariPeace 09/15/2015 #

Thanks @instiches ~ Re: "It's the "in" thing for adults to do now." I wish you could tell that to my mom! It's like she still has a block about creative expression being ok and accepted to do as an adult, esp. when it comes to coloring.

I like the sound of the Art Abandonment movement, too. ~ Pretty cool. I will check that out.

institches 09/15/2015 #

@CariPeace - There have actually been swaps on swap-bot the Art Abandonment. @ladydy5 hosts them, called Share a Craft/Art Swap. I have been doing it on my own too. Leaving things around the area I live in.

CariPeace 09/19/2015 #

@institches it's funny how when we are introduced to something and then it soon shows up, in life. Soon after I wrote that last comment, I saw the swap you mentioned of @ladydy5 and put it on watch status, until I can complete more things right now. It's so cool. Thanks for mentioning it. :-)

iamred 09/19/2015 #

Partners have been assigned! =) Good luck everyone and lets hope strangers that find our postcards will drop them in the mail so they can make it home! =D Thank you to everyone that signed up <3

hushpadwitch 09/20/2015 #

I dropped my first "lost" card today! So interested to see how this goes!! :)

sherryg221 09/21/2015 #

I lost my cards. :D

Kraftylady777 09/21/2015 #

Dumb question: do all of the postcards have to be "lost" on the same day? I'd love to hear where people are "losing" their postcards

iamred 09/21/2015 #

i sent all my regular post cards today.. now to "lose" all the others! =)

@Kaftylady777 you don't have to "lose" them all the same day.. just make sure to "lose" them all by the send by date. =)

TamiTam55 09/21/2015 #

Fun thing is, I'm going on a trip soon, so I'll be losing them on the way from NY to NJ! :)

Harrisfamily2003 09/22/2015 #

Lost them

Keziah 09/22/2015 #

Lost them as I traveled my way to the library, clinic, newspaper office ,, work, and various other sundry places that I got to go today. It was interesting to figure out where I wanted to put them.

AZmom875 09/22/2015 #

I lost mine too. library, lobby of dr office, starbucks.

iamred 09/23/2015 #

its exciting you hear where you all have "lost" your post cards! =) i really hope the strangers that find them send them homee =D i really hope they leave notes on the cards too! =)

Kraftylady777 09/23/2015 #

I was so excited to "lose" my first postcard, at the fast food restaurant next to my work. About a half hour later, the ladies from that restaurant came into my office to return the postcard to me. lol...Sigh.....,

iamred 09/23/2015 #

lol! oh no

TamiTam55 09/24/2015 #

I mailed my post cards to my swap partners the other day.

TamiTam55 09/24/2015 #

@Kraftylady777 that had to have been frustrating and funny at the same time. LOL Guess you'll have to find another place to leave it.

Kraftylady777 09/24/2015 #

Well, trying this again today...lol...I left one at my son's before school program and one at Jamba Juice

theaterfan23 09/24/2015 #

I received a lost postcard from Praire Kitten. Not sure where she is from, but it was postmarked from Portland, Oregon!

Kraftylady777 09/24/2015 #

Lost the last 3 postcards: grocery store, gym, restaurant

iamred 09/25/2015 #

@theaterfan23 yayy!!!!! did the person that sent it leave a note? =)

AZmom875 09/25/2015 #

I got a cute LOST postcard from???? Who lives in Orlando? There was not a swap-bot nickname on the PC. It was for I think some kind of used book store so good postcard. I dont have the card right in front of me.

AZmom875 09/25/2015 #

Oh I forgot to add the person wrote a little note. A little music note, how cute. and the words a little note.

iamred 09/25/2015 #

got a "lost" postcard today from @hushpadwitch =) but there was no note from the stranger that sent it thank you so much!

Kraftylady777 09/26/2015 #

Received a lost postcard today, I think from Portland ? There was no Swap-bot member named, so I don't know who to rate. It was a postcard to be colored in and the person who found it colored it in and wrote "Cheers" with their initials. Thank u

iamred 09/26/2015 #

You are suppose to rate your partner on the post card they sent you directly :) as the lost cards are a bonus as some may not get a lost post card, which means they would have nothing to rate. Please rate your partner on the post card they sent you directly.

Kraftylady777 09/26/2015 #

Go it @iamred Thank u

squince 09/27/2015 #

I got 2 lost postcards this week. One from sue from a library and the person drew me a potato "home of the Idaho Russett." :D And the second was from sherryg221 and it was found at a library and the library stamped their stamp in the spot!

squince 09/27/2015 #

Sending to my partners today and will be losing mine over the next couple days. :)

sherryg221 09/28/2015 #

Received a lost pic from Keziah. No note. Thank you for the pretty cottage card!😊

iamred 09/29/2015 #

@squince that is really awesome! i am glad to see the people that our finding our lost cards are adding things to them =D

TamiTam55 09/29/2015 #

@Keziah had a wonderful lost card find its way home. No note, and I'm not sure where it's postmarked either. But yay, it's here.

Keziah 09/29/2015 #

Got a lost card "decorate the cake" from kraftylady777. No note thanks

pbcquiltlover 09/30/2015 #

I "lost" mine over this past weekend: one at a Cracker Barrel on the way to Orlando, and the other four over three days in various areas of the hotel and convention center.

sherryg221 09/30/2015 #

Received stickerz78 lost postcard. With a note from a child that says I love you Ben 7. Thank you for the bowling card!!!

ChrisAnne 10/ 1/2015 #

What an amazing idea! You are so creative to come up with this idea. If you repeat this, please let me know. :)

AZmom875 10/ 1/2015 #

I got my second lost card it was from Kathy821, no extra note though. postmarked Sept 28th from SC and got here today. FUN.

PrairieKittin 10/ 1/2015 #

The partners I sent to are: @AZmom875 ... If that 'lost' card you got is from Powell Bookstore, then yeah, it was one of mine.

@Kraftylady777 ... the colored postcard was probably one of mine. I thought I had put my name on it, but not sure. I dropped that one at a coffee shop in Portland.

@widelo123 ... Nothing received yet?

@Kathy821 ... Hope yours makes it back to you!

@theaterfan23 ... Yay!! Glad you got that one!! I'm from Portland, Oregon.

I left 2 cards in different post offices, 1 in the UPS store, 1 in a coffee shop, and sent one to someone in Florida, who said she would leave it somewhere there.

kdeorne1 10/ 2/2015 #

I lost my postcards at the School of Public Health at the UMCP campus last night.

AZmom875 10/ 2/2015 #

Yes Praire, that lost card was from you, and was perfect for this swap.

squince 10/ 2/2015 #

Running more errands today and going to lose a couple more. :)

gizmodust 10/ 2/2015 #

I got all the LOST cards out tonight. Such fun to decide where and then where in the store. Had so much fun going from place to place that when I got home discovered that I had forgotten to buy what I had to go shopping for !!!

pobuffy 10/ 3/2015 #

I have been laid up with my back. Should be able to send everything on time.

hushpadwitch 10/ 3/2015 #

I got a lost card with a note! It said, "We wouldn't want you to stay lost forever so find your way home soon! When you are feeling down, walk 10% faster and force yourself to smile more and you'll feel better! Originally lost by Tamitam55

hushpadwitch 10/ 3/2015 #

@iamred I'm glad one of mine found its way to you!

kim91262 10/ 3/2015 #

I got a lost post card originally from @stickerz78 the finder left a note: "The leaves will soon fall as the snow looms closer" and they drew a cute little snowman :)

gizmodust 10/ 3/2015 #

Got my first LOST card today. It was left by @iamred It did have a message. "You made it to Kentucky !!" What a fun swap. Hope mine make it to their destination.

iamred 10/ 3/2015 #

yayyy @gizmodust ! im glad one of my lost cards made it home thus far! =) i hope the others find their way home soon =)

@hushpadwitch yesss =) im glad it made it home =)

i also love that most strangers are leaving notes =D it makes me smile and show me that humanity still has heart <3

theaterfan23 10/ 3/2015 #

I received a lost postcard originally from @Kathy821 and the note said "Hello from Michaels Arts and Crafts" and it was postmarked from Greenville!

AZmom875 10/ 3/2015 #

I have not had one, of my LOST cards get found. At least I dont think so. What is wrong with Phoenix, Arizona? !!!!

PrairieKittin 10/ 5/2015 #

I got both cards at the same time!! The other one says, "So, I was curious,, is this an experiment to see how many postcards get returned? I would really love to know... (then she included her email address) 1 of 2 returned. (My partner was @Kdeorne1

iamred 10/ 5/2015 #

i got a non lost postcard from @kdeorne1 today!

theaterfan23 10/ 5/2015 #

My cards have been released!

pobuffy 10/ 6/2015 #

All of my cards to my partners went out yesterday. As my husband has to drive me everywhere, I only got to lose 3 of them yesterday. Will try to lose the other two today.

I have a fractured thoraxic 4 vertabra, and a lot of pain. Will do my best to lose the other two by tomorrow. Thanks!

gizmodust 10/ 6/2015 #

Received another LOST card today. From @Kdeorne1 The message was the same as @Prairiekittin had gotten on her card. "So I was curious, is this an experiment to see how many postcards get returned ? I would really love to know" and her Email address. Such a fun swap !!!

AZmom875 10/ 6/2015 #

I took notes, on some of my cards. I lost imagineme23's at the library near the craft books, widelo123's also at the library near the Saturday Night life dvds, I left one other (forgot to write down the name) near the dvd, Postcards from Edge. I lost Keziah's in the lobby of my DR office near the elevator, there is a cozy seating area. Then I left the last one at Starbuck near some free books.

iamred 10/ 7/2015 #

since the send date for this round was a few days, i have set up a round 2 swap =) http://swap-bot.com/swap/show/209665 feel free to join .<3

and please please please keep posting here, letting us know if/when you got a lost post card and if there was a note =D

i am having so much fin with this swap and i hope you are too!

pobuffy 10/ 8/2015 #

I received a "lost" pc from pbcquiltlover. The front had a picture of Lake Worth Florida beach. The finder wrote, "The maid Loves Ya. God Bless!" It was dated 9/23/15.

kim91262 10/ 9/2015 #

Received a 'lost' PC from @kenziah but sadly the finder did not add a note. The PO, for that matter, didn't cancel the stamp, so i'm thinking of 'losing' this PC again to see if another finder will add a note and return it again!

PrairieKittin 10/ 9/2015 #

@AZmom875 .. I was talking to the lady at the UPS store the other day. She said she found a card that had my name on it, and she was going to mail it, but didn't want to write a note, so she gave it to the UPS driver. He wrote "A little note" and drew "A little music note" on it!! LOL!!! So, yours was mailed by a UPS driver.

PrairieKittin 10/ 9/2015 #

I got @pobunny s lost card today. It was found by the lady who cleans Arby's. Her name is Helen.

iamred 10/10/2015 #

has anyone received any lost cards from me by chance other than @gizmodust =)

AZmom875 10/10/2015 #

Praire, yes, that was for me, and oh so cute.

AZmom875 10/10/2015 #

Did anyone get my LOST PC? They were all swapbot ERNIE postcards. One of my 5 senders did NOT get even the not lost card. So I will need to do a resend to her. But 4 of my 5 not lost cards have arrived. I will resend Tuesday.

AZmom875 10/10/2015 #

Iamred!!! I got my postcard from you. The note reads that this person found my card ina curio swap near Tokoyo Japan, and brought it back to the USA to mail it. Really?

CariPeace 10/14/2015 #

Got my first LOST p.c. today! ~ Yay! ~ It's from @pobuffy

I love the beautiful scenic view with the white horse, but there wasn't any note added from the finder. :-/

pobuffy 10/14/2015 #

LOL - I think I left that one either in the local post office, or at the nearby Denny's. Thanks for letting me know it came to you Cari.

iamred 10/15/2015 #

@AZmom875 i dont know? maybe some one found it on their way out of town and took it with them to japan and brought it back?! that is pretty awesome if that is what happened! =D

ALSO round two of this swap starts in 4 days, so if you wanted to join here you go: http://www.swap-bot.com/swap/show/209665

=D

AZmom875 10/17/2015 #

I am so excited I got a lost card from Gizmodust. AND the sender wrote all kinds of stuff on it. Book world Mason City IA, a bunch of people signed the card. The card has a cute bunny.

AZmom875 10/17/2015 #

So just in case you are keeping score, I got 4 lost and 4 Unlost postcard from my 5 senders. Pretty good that I got the 4 lost ones.

Keziah 10/17/2015 #

Got the lost card from imagineme23 with a note saying "Bulleye" store 1820 . The person put a target dog sticker on it. Yay

gizmodust 10/17/2015 #

@AZmom875 So happy to hear that at least one of my LOST cards made it home. I was beginning to wonder if any made it !! Glad to hear that they wrote on it too. Pretty nice book store.

theaterfan23 10/18/2015 #

@azmom875 I received your lost postcard yesterday! No signature, but the finder had put a really fun sticker of a person in a funky outfit with wings!

iamred 10/19/2015 #

today is the last day to sign up for round 2 here: http://swap-bot.com/swap/show/209665 =)

gizmodust 10/19/2015 #

Got another LOST post card today. From @CariPeace but sadly there was no message. Love the card. Giraffe and I will color it !! But one corner was bent over and I still love it.

iamred 10/20/2015 #

looks like my last 3 lost cards are stalled. .. all 3 of them were lost at the mall.. i hope they show up soon! =)

CariPeace 10/20/2015 #

Sweet! @gizmodust , finally one of the cards I lost, found it's way home!!! ~ I was starting to wonder. I left that one on top of a gas pump at a Walmart, leaning it against their t.v. and then prayed that the wind didn't carry it off. ~ I'm glad you love it and get to color it.

I've only received one lost card so far.

Has anyone else received their lost card from me?

gizmodust 10/23/2015 #

Got another LOST post card today. From @pobuffy with a picture of the Brush Tunnel on the front. No message though :( but still happy it made it. I've only heard that 1 of mine made it home.

kdeorne1 10/27/2015 #

I received my first LOST postcard today from @suesuzieq with a photo of Mammoth Hot Springs on the front. There was no note but it was postmarked on October 19th. I am quite happy it made it.

pbcquiltlover 10/27/2015 #

Got one from Suesuzieq with the following added: "Hi, this is so cool! Angelica Lovelace, Pocatella, ID" Awesome!!!

AZmom875 10/29/2015 #

( theaterfan23 ) thanks for letting me know the LOST card was received. I bet yours was the one I left at Starbucks. The sticker sounds fun. It doesnt appear that any of my library lost cards arrived.

iamred 11/ 2/2015 #

any luck with my last 3 lost post cards making it home? =)

iamred 11/ 7/2015 #

got a lost postcard from @Harrisfamily2003 !!! =) yayyy! it did have a note that said: " I found this postcard and thought it was too funny =) Hope it arrives back to you!"

CariPeace 11/ 8/2015 #

Received my 2nd Lost postcard, yesterday. It's a Pantone 9044. There is a note, too, that says, "I found this Postcard and thought it was too funny (smiley face) Hope it arrives safetly to you!" Bottom says, "Harrisfamily2003: I am lost."

iamred 11/ 9/2015 #

ha.. both of cards said the same thing on them!

kdeorne1 11/ 9/2015 #

I received my second lost postcard on Saturday. It is a Pantone 18-4330 from @Harrisfamily2003. There is a note that says, "I found this postcard and thought it was too funny =) Hope it arrives safely." The postcard was postmarked November 4th.

gizmodust 11/ 9/2015 #

I also received a LOST post card from @Harrisfamily2003 The message written was ------- I found this Postcard and thought it was too funny. (a drawn smiley face) Hope it arrives safely to you !

Kind of strange with the same message on all 3. Bet there's a story that goes along with this !!!

iamred 11/12/2015 #

actually it looks like 4 say the same thing and they were all obviously mailed the same day because we all got them around or on the same day. mine has a septemeber date on it.. which means it should have been lost then.. but i don't think that is the case as it looks like all the post cards were dropped in the mail at the same time.. almost two months later, all found by the same person as the messages are the same on them. hopefully @Harrisfamily2003 can explain to us what happened here.

AZmom875 11/22/2015 #

I feel disappointed in my town and my library. I left 3 at the library, and I doubt they ever got mailed. I left 1 at starbucks, and I think that is the one that did get mailed and one at my Dr's office lobby and I bet they just tossed it in the trash, even though right outside the door there was a mail box.

pobuffy 01/ 2/2016 #

I did recieve a lost pc from the Harris Family 2003, probably bavck in Sept./Oct. It has different colored sploches on the fron with a note "I found this Postcard and thought it was too funny. Hope it arrive safely to you!" Sorry about the late notification.

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