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Creating mail art junk journal #1

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Group:Amazing Mail ART
Swap Coordinator:cutesygirlynai (contact)
Swap categories: Mail Art 
Number of people in swap:8
Location:International
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Last day to signup/drop:February 7, 2014
Date items must be sent by:February 28, 2014
Number of swap partners:2
Description:

Thanks to @wolfeagle for hosting the mail art junk journal swap, it inspired me to start my own mail art junk journal. Then I thought what would be better than doing it through swaps and doing it together?

The idea is that everyone who joins these swaps will be using the mail art they receive from their partner to put in the junk journal, and over time, filling it up, and in the end everyone will have their own mail art junk journal. :) What to do? - Find an old, empty journal, moleskine, notebook/pad, or make your own. - When you receive the mail art swap, stick or paste it in the book. - Each swap in this series will be a different theme so your junk journal can be filled up of all different kinds of mail art.

Theme 1 is: Floral. You must handcraft an envelope or decorate a pre-made envelope with paintings, drawings, stickers, embellishments, washi tape, scribbles, doodles, ink, glitter, whatever you can find and have. However it must fit the floral theme in some way. If you are using a pre-made envelope please make sure it is at covered. No big blank white spaces etc.

You will have two partners. Ideas for upcoming themes and ones you want to see for your junk journal comment below. Happy swapping!

Discussion

orneryswife 01/31/2014 #

Is there a recommended size for the envies? I have a smallish journal, but if everyone is going to do larger envelopes I will choose a different journal. Thanks for hosting this. I keep thinking I really need to start one, just needed a kick to get started! :-)

cutesygirlynai 01/31/2014 #

@orneryswife i would recommend no smaller than a postcard, and no larger than a4. you're welcome! i'm excited to be hosting it and filling up my mail art junk journal.

wolfeagle 01/31/2014 #

Great. That's the idea of my mail Art journal swaps, so this envelope swap will fit right in. It would be great if you hosted a theme every month. Thank you!!!

Tommy123 02/ 1/2014 #

What do we put IN the enveloppe ? Maybe a decorated paper who we can also put in the junkbook ? Or another thing we can put into the book ?

cutesygirlynai 02/ 1/2014 #

@tommy123 it's up to you. the point of this swap is the mail art goes IN the mail art junk journal as one of the pages/clippings/whatever you want to do with it. it is not required to put anything in the envelope but a small surprise is encouraged.

cutesygirlynai 02/ 1/2014 #

@wolfeagle i will try. thank you :) i already started on my mail art junk journal. i would love to see pictures from you guys if you have started or in a few swaps time. (i don't want to put them up on a public site such as flickr for private reasons / the addresses)

wolfeagle 02/ 1/2014 #

I'll start a thread in our forum and anyone can post what they are working on or what they've made.

Ladybird2490 02/ 6/2014 #

I'd love a rainbow theme for one swap it would be so colorful to put in in a journal, I think this is a great idea I love the mail art that I've received already and was wondering what to do with it.

cynlen 02/ 7/2014 #

I would really like to participate in the mail art junk journal swaps. I have a few pieces I've received waiting to go into a journal already. Themes make it much nicer! :-) Unfortunately due to some time constraints i won't have the opportunity to work on something of this magnitude by the due date this time. If anyone would like to do a private swap with an extended deadline (or wait until March to set it up), please let me know! In the meantime, I'll be on the lookout for the next one. :-)

LunaMoody 02/16/2014 #

does it have to be no larger then A4. I didn't see that listed before today and I have mine done and addresses already. The size of mine are around 6x 8 inchies

LunaMoody 02/16/2014 #

A steampunk theme could be cool to do

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