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Diary Postcards for a Week! - Int'l

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Diary Postcards for a Week! - Int'l
Swap Coordinator:StwbyQT (contact)
Swap categories: Letters & Writing  Postcards 
Number of people in swap:20
Location:International
Type:Type 2: Flat mail
Rating requirement:4.90
Last day to signup/drop:February 18, 2011
Date items must be sent by:February 26, 2011
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

I swiped the swap description from @Beckra with her permission (with a few modifications)

I enjoy postcard swaps so much and am often delighted by the little glimpses of other people's lives that they offer. Here's a chance to get to know the sender a little bit better because you'll receive multiple cards from them, written and sent over the course of a week.... Interested? Read on!

For this swap you will have 1 partner, and you will send that partner 7 postcards. On each postcard you should write a diary-type entry.

Write your first card on Saturday, 2/19, post Sunday, 2/20 and your last card will be written on Friday, 2/25 & posted on Saturday, 2/26. At the end of each day, give yourself some time to record the day's events. What did you do that day? What did you think about? Did something make you especially happy or especially unhappy? You can write anything along these lines, as long as you're giving some sort of view of your day. The next morning, pop that postcard in the mail, and write the next card that evening. Repeat until the week is out! (Of course, since no mail moves in the US at least on Sundays, the Saturday postcard will have to be mailed on the following Monday.)

If you don't have access to a mailbox every day, you can write a card a day and then mail all the cards at once on 2/26.

Types of postcards sent are the sender's choice. Both commercially produced cards and hand-made cards are fine, though if your card is delicate you may want to send it in an envelope (and that's okay for this swap).

TERMS: 1) This is an international swap; please be sure you're willing to pay international postage for 7 postcards if you are assigned a partner not in your country. 2) No newbies for this one; sorry. 3) Only Swappers 4.90 & above in this swap. If there's something on your profile that you think might raise eyebrows, please PM me in advance. 4) Before partners are assigned I'll also drop anyone who hasn't logged into swap-bot in over a week. Don't forget to include your swapbot name & the name of the swap on your postcards.

Sorry for all that rules and regulations mumbo jumbo--I just want to make sure that everyone receives their postcards and that all swappers participating are ready to write and send!

-StwbyQT

Discussion

naturenerd3 02/ 5/2011 #

Love this idea. I would like to see a US only version

StwbyQT 02/ 5/2011 #

Thanks for the suggestion, @naturenerd3 - I'll put one together! :)

StwbyQT 02/ 5/2011 #

Click here for the USA Version: Diary Postcards for a Week! - USA

cazmae55 02/ 6/2011 #

glad you made this international as well seeing as I live over in New Zealand, I like journaling and I like the sound of this as well. I'm in Carol(cazmae55)

StwbyQT 02/ 6/2011 #

@cazmae55 You're very welcome! I had done this swap a year or two ago and loved it. I know you'll like this one too!

StwbyQT 02/20/2011 #

Second Round of this Swap is now up: Diary Postcards for a Week - Int'l #2

knitzwithcatz 02/24/2011 #

and this is 8 cards, not 7. just noticed the dates! this has been fun to send so fara. 3 more days to go!

StwbyQT 02/24/2011 #

No, this is 7 cards. How it works is you write your first card on the 19, post 20 (Day 1), 20th -- write, send 21st (Day 2) & so on. If you want to send an 8th card, you are welcome to.

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