⭐️Sisterhood of the Traveling Journal Int'l #28⭐️

*This swap series now has a group page. Please join request to join if you'd like notifications when each round has been posted. Here's a link to the group:

https://swap-bot.com/group/e7b6df5774739f0f96e98008dea11b77/about

*Please note: make sure to send your journal in a quality envelope, such as ones made of kraft paper. If you just have a regular envelope, please use packing tape to make the envelope a little more secure - wrapping the envelope once around the length and width. Please don't use envelopes made of thin paper. Also, instead of a paper envelope, consider using plastic mailing envelopes for added protection from possible water damage.

Hi everyone! Welcome to the series,⭐️Sisterhood of the Traveling Journal!⭐️ I took over hosting this swap from Kc055042.

If you love making art journals, junk journals, paper crafts, journaling in general, swapping, and making pen friends, then this is the swap for you!

What to do:

 - Starting a new journal

If you're a new participant, or a returning participant needing to start a new journal, here's what you'll have to do.

Keep in mind the size as you do not want your partners to have to pay a lot for shipping. Medium sized journals work well for these swaps. Try to choose one that is approximately 5 x 7 inches. It can be smaller than that, but not larger. Larger journals like a composition journal are too big. You can buy one or make your own.

Your journal should have around 30 sheets (60 pages, front & back). You don't want it so be too thick. It can have fewer than 30 pages, but please make sure it doesn't have much more than that. Keep in mind that the more pages your journal has, the longer it will take to be returned to you.

Please use a journal with a sewn binding instead of one with a glued binding. Journals with a sewn binding hold up better. And please don't choose a spiral-bound journal.

The journal should have a soft cover rather than a hard one. Hard covers are too heavy.

Decorate the front and back cover if you wish. On the inside of the cover, include the swap name, your Swap Bot username, your address, and anything else you’d like. Also include your email in the event that you move so the last person to sign your journal can confirm your address.

Next, you may decorate the first few pages as you wish. Tell us a bit about yourself, write about your day, the weather, you're hobbies/interests, or whatever! You can also decorate your pages with paper crafts, designs, doodles, stickers, washi tape, photos, or whatever you would like. You can include stories, poems, quotes, recipes, what your interested in, etc. You can make it an art journal, junk journal, or more of a writing journal. Feel free to add a theme for your journal that you'd like each entrant to follow. You can also list things you enjoy to give everyone an idea of things they could incorporate into their entry. Or you could list a few questions you'd like everyone to answer.

Finally, after creating the journal, you will send to your partner. Please make sure to send your journal in a quality envelope, such as ones made of kraft paper. If you just have a regular envelope, please use packing tape to make the envelope a little more secure - wrapping the envelope around the length and width. Please don't use envelopes made of thin paper. Also consider using plastic mailing envelopes for added protection from possible water damage.

 - Returning participants, or if you already have a journal

If you are a returning participant or a new participant and already have a journal you would like to use, you can do so. Simply add a few pages to the journal and send it to your partner. Write about yourself, include things like a poem or quotes, or get creative if you'd like. If there's a theme to the journal you have try to stick to that theme.

 - After receiving a journal from your partner

When you receive a journal and have added to it, HOLD ON to it for dear life until the next swap comes around. Join the next round of ⭐️Sisterhood of the Traveling Journal Int'l⭐️, add a 2-page spread to the journal and send it to your partner. You can add up to 4 pages, but please no more than that. It's okay to add your entry on the front and back of each page. Fill the page with things about you or try to get creative/artistic with your entry. If the journal you receive has a theme, try to stick to the theme. You can add little gifts for the owner of the journal as well! Simply make sure to label it as “For: ‘journal’s owner’” so that anyone else who gets the journal knows they are not freebies for everyone to take.

 - Tips:

*Only use a pen that will not bleed onto the next page.

It's okay to add your entry on the front and back of each page.

Make sure the crafts are sturdy and will not come off. Washi tape, for example, tends to after some time. Packaging tape helps with this. In addition, try to use flat embellishments so the journal doesn't become too thick.

 - Important:

JOIN FUTURE SWAPS: This swap will involves commitment to join subsequent swaps in this series. Please don't join if you can't make that commitment. To avoid lost journals and keep a consistent flow, it is important that you join future swaps. It's okay to miss a round here and there. I understand life happens sometimes and you might need to drop out of the swaps. If you can't participate in future rounds, please let me know. Message me or the owner of the journal and try to send their journal back to them. This swap series is supposed to be fun. It ruins it for other people if you only join a few rounds and then drop out.

Do not forget to date each entry! This really adds a lot to the journal and its nice to look back at the pages knowing when it was written.

Due to the random nature of how partners are assigned, you may receive a journal you have already added to before. Or you may receive your own journal. If that happens, feel free to add another entry to it.

Please try to keep the journal you receive in this swap series. Try not to send it in a different Traveling Notebook/Junk Journal swap series.

*If I receive your journal and you haven't been active in this series of swaps for 6 months or longer, I will send your journal back to you. It's not fair that you get to have your journal circulating if you are no longer participating in this series. The only journals that should be circulating are ones that belong to people who are active in the swaps. If I send your journal back to you, you're welcome to rejoin the series at any time if you'd like to have your journal start circulating again. In the event that I send a journal back to someone is no longer participating in these swaps, I'll give my partner the option of either making a journal for themselves to send in the next round if they'd like to or I'll make a journal for myself to send them.

Rate a 5 once you received the swap and a ❤️ If it was extra special.

 - Requirements:

10 or more Type 3 swaps. There is no rating requirement. All I ask is that you are a well established user with a well filled out profile and no recent or unresolved 1s or 3s. I will ban anyone who looks sketchy or who does not meet the requirements. If you have any questions about your eligibility in joining this swap, send me a message and I can help! I do make exceptions on occasion. If you're a newbie interested in joining, I'm more likely to make an exception for you if you send me a message before signing up.

If you have any questions, feel free to send me a message. I don't always check the comments so it would be best to message me.