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House mates want mail too! :P
Swap Coordinator:CheshireKitten (contact)
Swap categories: Miscellaneous 
Number of people in swap:14
Location:International
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Last day to signup/drop:July 15, 2010
Date items must be sent by:July 20, 2010
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

My roommate is sad because I get fun mail almost everyday everyday, and she only gets bills . I wonder if anyone else has housemates who feel this way?

After joining this swap, you will write the name of a person you live with below (this can be your husband/partner, roommate, granny, kid...ANY person you live with). Beside their name, write a little bit about them...such as their favourite colour, favourite animal, hobbies, likes, dislikes, things they find funny, some (flat) items they may wish to recieve etc.

When partner's are assigned, you will read about your partner's house mate.

Next, you will write the house mate a short letter (this can be in a card or on paper/stationary) and include 2 (flat) items you think this person will enjoy.

Things to send:

-Stickers

-Drawings

-Comic Strips

-Book marks

-(wrapped) Tea Bags

-A news article they may enjoy

Or anything else you think your partner's house mate would like. Be creative

Lastly, address the envie to the housemate. (The address will be the same as your partner, but you want to put the house mate's name on the envie to add to the experience of recieving/opening mail!) :D

Please send flat items, things that will fit into an envelope to keep the cost of postage down on this one.

No recent 3s or 1st, I will be checking profiles. Newbies are welcome with a filled out profile.

Feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.

Discussion

CheshireKitten 07/ 9/2010 #

My roommate is: LAURA. She loves big sunglasses, the song "Tiny Dancer", summer, beer, the beach and traveling. Her job is to raise money for an environmental orgaization. She loves her job. She's vegetarian. Originally from a small town in Ontario. She would love to hear about actions you're taking to save the environment/critters who inhabitant it, or she's love to hear about places you've traveled.

Things Laura would love to receive:

-A picture of you wearing your fave sunglasses, a drawing of someone in big sunglasses, a collage of people in sunglasses.

-A list of things you do every day to save the environment or environment related new articles

-Tea

-Stickers...you know the Gum Wall in Seattle? she wants to start a sticker wall in her room! :D

charlottenc 07/ 9/2010 #

Why doesn't your roommate just join Swap-bot herself???

NorthernBorder 07/ 9/2010 #

My husband is John. He loves me, being a Dad, ice hockey (Bruins & Canadiens), reading dramatic plays that won Pulitzer prizes (just read "Proof" & adored it), the New Yorker magazine, milk chocolate, all physical activity, black and blue gel pens, Diet Coke, any sports on tv, the colors purple (his favorite) green and blue (forest and navy) and our little son, Yosef, who is 2-1/2.

zoey1440 07/ 9/2010 #

My roommate is Emily motherfucking Martinez.

She's a marketing major, vegetarian, and loves Obama the most! She likes drinking beer at the lake, playing frisbee, and watching zombie movies. Here are some of her faves:

THE BEATLES!!!!!! Bluegrass music Making WWII airplane models!!! President Kennedy CONAN O’BRIEN!!!!!!! THE UTAH JAZZ!!!!!! The Cubs Rue Morgue magazine Zombie movies!!!!! Vegetarian recipes Big, cute earrings Her cat, Lennon Green tea Documentaries!!!

zoey1440 07/ 9/2010 #

^^ sorry it made everything run together!! haha

tiniestowl 07/ 9/2010 #

My house mate is my Mom, Carla. She'll be 55 years old on August 27th. She works from home in the medical records field. All of her kids are grown and out of the house (except for me at the moment. It's a long story.) She has 3 doggies that she loves dearly, a dachshund named Roxy, a Chihuahua named Zoey, and they just got a new puppy, a Shih Tzu/Yorkie mix named Millie.

Things my Mom would like to receive:

  • Teas (factory sealed since they're going through the post)
  • Notecards or general greeting cards (handmade or storebought, it doesn't matter)
  • Scrapbooking materials (papers, brads, ribbons, etc.)
  • Rubber stamping materials
  • Anything dog related
  • Cute notepads for her desk
  • Recipes or recipe cards
  • White wine recommendations
  • Hahaha, she has a crush on Bradley Cooper, so adding in a few magazine cutouts or printed pictures of him would be pretty hilarious.

My mom is a lot like me--she's not picky and she LOVES anything handmade. These are just merely suggestions. Just keep in mind that she is older and a Mom, so nothing x-rated, with lots of swearing, or otherwise inappropriate.

Thanks so much in advance to my partner! My mom has mentioned several times how I always get the "good mail." I know she'll be surprised and excited. :)

tiniestowl 07/ 9/2010 #

Oooh, I forgot to add that we have different last names, so on the envelope, you can just put

"To Carla C/O Laura Wood"

Or you can PM me for all the pertinent details. Thanks!!

kataish 07/11/2010 #

I love this idea.

I'm signing up for my husband William (same last name as me in my address when you get it). He LOVES tea, we drink so much tea every day. He also knits socks (he was inspired by my addiction to knitting he just wanted to start and now he's addicted too!), his favourite colour is purple, he dislikes cats, but loves dogs, squirrels and ducks/geese. We live on the edge of a forest and like to go hiking and go feed the ducks and geese. I think he'd really like to get some mail addressed to him for once, its pretty rare that he gets any mail (all bills are in my name), but he marvels in all my mail that I get, and often wants to be around when I open it... he gets just as excited as I do!

nigatsubebe 07/12/2010 #

@Charlotte from the Swap-bot FAQ: # Can two, or more, accounts have the same address?

No. We have implemented a new policy which requires that each new Swap-bot account has a unique mailing address. This prevents users from creating multiple accounts if they decide they don't like some of the ratings they were given. If you live with a roommate or family member who would also like to use Swap-bot, use the contact form to discuss exceptions to this rule with a Swap-bot Admin.

If she has house mates, it's all one address. So nope, no roommates using SB at the same time. Which really sucks, but I guess I kind of see why. It isn't foolproof, but I guess it's better than nothing. Wanted to sign up myself, but DH isn't too keen on getting mail from people he doesn't personally know... :P

SamitySam 07/12/2010 #

I am signing up for my husband Derek. He loves anything original and/or wacky. He owns a bright yellow suit (with the beer caps from his 19th birthday still in the pocket), he wears cartigan sweaters that are way too small for him, and doesnt own a pair of unripped boxers. He has been seen walking around our house naked by our neighbours, on more than one occassion. He always manages to say or do something rediculously awkward in public, and is beyond clumsy. Just yesterday he accidently hit me in the face with a ball, twice. He hits his head off anything within head reach (and is completely bald, which is trying for a head smacker..:P)..he is an amazing father, outrageously patient and insanely caring. He longs to travel with me at his side, and for a collection of old shiny cars. He is obsessed with Ford, and dislikes GM, immensly. He likes tattoos, pin up girls, asian inspired anything and coffee. We live at the beach, so he likes nautical things (beach scenes, beach signs, lighthouses, boats, rocks, etc). He adores anime, and japanamation. He is also, hilariously, a sucker for anything that will make life easier (Slapchop, electric can openers, Roomba - oddly enough, we own none of them..lol). We eat almost entirely organic, and it's important to us to eat as locally as possible. He looks forward to one day living in the country, and thoroughly enjoys renovating. Overall, I'm madly, rabidly, insanely in love with him and think he's just downright fabulous, and deserves to get a lil somethin' fabulous in the mail! If there's anything else you'd like to know, that would help, please message me! Thanks!, Sam

MommyKnows 07/13/2010 #

My sister's name is Debbie Smith. I have moved her in with me and am her caregiver. Deb is disabled and pretty much bed-ridden. She likes WWF wrestling, butterflies, old-time sitcoms, (Andy Griffith, Lucy, etc.) MUSIC of all kinds, NCIS, babies, magnets, and loves people. She likes to look at pictures of most everything but she can't see the really small tiny stuff, so make it larger images please. (like, multiview postcard images are usually too small) Her birthday is Aug. 9 ... she'll be 51.

arkaya 07/14/2010 #

My boyfriends name is daniel or Dan. we have been together nearly 9 years!! he is in 3 bands and plays the drums and guitar he loves metal music especially MANOWAR and norwegian black metal. his favorite colours are black and green and he LOVES sweets and treats espcially ones you CANT buy in the UK. He also collects anything to do with manowar + smoking rolling papers packets from around the world. He also likes percussive musical instruments, the simpsons, southpark, futurama, american dad, ren + stimpy, lost, death note, preacher (the comic), creepy religious art, corpse paint, woodcut art, retro games, mario cart, sonic, zombies, evil/metal/dark stuff. He is 24. <3

buttonbear 07/14/2010 #

My housemates name is Kelley, yes, kelley with an EY at the end.

She is in LOVE with Ireland. She recently just visited it this year. She's getting a celtic knot tattoo sometime this year as well. She loves it so much!

She is currently in Japan for the next two weeks. Her room is COVERED in japanese everything! she has japanese words all over her wall and has reviews sheets for learning japanese language on every spare inch of her wall. She's hoping to become an English teacher over in Japan. Although she's now thinking she wants to live in Ireland instead!

She loves stickers but I'm not sure what she's use them for.

She loves tea! She's not picky about kinds at all.

She loveslovesloves anything coconut! coconut candles, shampoo, spray, candy..anything coconut..she loves it.

She's a vegetarian and likes to eat all organic things. She wont eat anything with high fructouse(spelling?) corn syrup in it or hydrogenated oil.

She's in love with tokyo and nicely printed pictures of it, oversizes sunglasses, strawberries, hello kitty, classic winnie the pooh, anything kawaii, cute pens, alice in wonderland (classic disney), tim burton, and gay pride items!

I hope this helps! She's 18 by the way. If you have any more questions, pm me. x

Strwberrytart 07/14/2010 #

I am signing up my daughter. Her name is Satina and she is 4yrs old. Everyday when the mail comes she becomes very upset that she has no mail. Occasionally her father will send an "I am thinking of YOU" card and she jumps up and down and dances singing "oh oh I got mail!" She loves coloring pages, stickers, magnets (animals and numbers and shapes), her favorite colors are purple, red, pink, pink and orange, she loves any kind of characters from Disney channel or Nickelodeon.(Dora, Diego, Phineas and Ferb, Icarly, Spongebob, Mickey Mouse, etc. Satina's favorite movies are Hairspray(new version with John Trovolta), Grease(also with John Travolta), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, and the Goofy movies. She loves to sing and dance and things she has to be the center of attention. she loves bracelets and necklaces. Her favorite activity of the day seems to be story time. She loves books with a passion! She is learning to read and spell.

If no one minds making a 4yr old extremely Happy, I know that she will gladly draw a picture and mail it back to say thank you.

gesh 07/14/2010 #

This is so funny Roommates DO get sad about all the mail I get!

My roommate is Danielle she is a vegetarian and likes vegan recipes, flowers, gardening, biking, reading, old ephemera, old weird movies, cassette tapes, vhs, but will be happy with almost anything you send her. She has a masters in social work and works with disadvantaged children. She is a wonderful person and will be very happy to get some mail!

lissaclaire 07/14/2010 #

my room mate is my boyfriend, zeek.

-he likes vinyl toys (frank kozik's yummy breakfast, labbits... things that hurt, etc.)

-cartoons (recess, george of the jungle, the weekenders, wayside, etc.)

-game shows: price is right, family feud, let's make a deal.

he's pretty much a kid at heart. i'll try and think of more things and personally msg who ever gets me in the swap! :)

Backie 07/14/2010 #

This sounds like a fun one! I am doing this swap for my Husband, Kevin same last name as me.

*He likes soccer (england) and ice hockey (canucks). * anything chocolate * any kind of gum * small pens - black or blue but other colors are ok * comics * loves to read and collect book marks

Hope this helps, if not just message me and Ill think of some more things!

BubbLeGumGirLie 07/15/2010 #

My housemate / boyfriend is Torsten. You can find infos about him in my profile, okay? :)!

Zombiekiss 07/15/2010 #

Alright, my mum (Susan Rawson) is my housemate for this swap. She use to sew and quit for a while but wants to get back into it. She also loves quilting, cooking, reading murder mysteries, and watching Top Chef. She is a christian, so any christian-ey things would probably be good. Her favorite color is red, and she loves beading (turquoise stone beads are her fave).

buttonbear 07/16/2010 #

I also have another! So someone can choose between the two..one might be easier than the other! (My previous comment was about Kelley)

This one's for my bf Greg.. He is very passionate about music but doesn't play anything! He is currently starting to do yoga and has been reading a LOT lately. He likes mainstream books mostly...anything fiction that a lot of people have been raving about. (He likes things like Harry Potter, His Dark Materials, The Uglies Series, The Eragon series..anything fiction and really good!)

He's into massage and food as well. He doesnt watch any tv but he's a movie lover. So maybe a list of unique movies would be good? he has seen a ton! He likes candy but doesn't eat a lot of it at a time. He doesn't really eat anything unhealthy.. like soda. He does like tea tho! A lot!

He loves loves loves incense. Not so much candles..but incense. He's always up for trying new scents.

He's a minimalist & loves modern art graphics (like stuff with lots of colour and shapes)

And very recently he's wanted to start an Herb collection!!

I hope this helps :)

buttonbear 07/16/2010 #

@Strwberrytart - I hope I get to be your partner! I have 3 younger siblings and so many ideas for your daughter :) xx

Strwberrytart 07/16/2010 #

@ buttonbear- sorry that you were not selected to be my partner for this swap however If you want to do a personal swap for our house mates just send me a message. Would love to do this!

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