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My Summer Diary

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My Summer Diary
Swap Coordinator:BeeGon (contact)
Swap categories: Challenges 
Number of people in swap:6
Location:International
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Last day to signup/drop:August 17, 2011
Date items must be sent by:September 14, 2011
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

I believe it's gonna be very interesting swap! You have to be very tough if you chose this swap because it requires a lot of time. You will write your summer diary for your swap partner. A diary is a record (originally in handwritten format) with discrete entries arranged by date reporting on what has happened over the course of a day or other period. A diary is not a book, only a sequence of entries or journals of a person's thoughts or feelings. This summer diary is going to include your travel journals (if you are going to have some travels in the summer time), diet journal (if you are going to lose some weight) or any type of diaries you like! I am not going to tell you what should you write but try to make it as interesting as possible :).

I know, summer is pretty long period, but you don't need to write this diary everyday. I think it depends on you how often would you like to write this diary. There are 92 (I think so) days of this sumemr (2011) so at least there should be 50 records of your diary. It is more than half, I know, it is hard work to write a diary, I have never used to have one, but you are writing this one for someone else, it is like set of letter!

You could add some small gifts, photos, drawings, postcards or anything you like! Just make it interesting to read :). You could write recipes or lyrics from your favorite song. You could write about your past life if you feel like writing it, about your wishes and future.

The swap is starting two weeks after first day of the summer because I want to assign as many people as could be interested in this swap. But you could start writing your diary before swaps start. It is finishing two weeks after the first day of autumn because I want to leave some time for decorating and finishing your diary.

Ok, so everything what you have to do is to write your summer diary (50 records min) on separate sheets or copy book. Every record should take place on A4 sheet or two A5 sheets.

I hope you will have a lot of fun while this swap!

I do it newbies friendly because they will become full members of Swap-bot after summer :D.

I do it international as long as it is not very expensive swap.

I believe that this swap could be a start of long lasting and true friendship.

UPDATE##01062011

I changed the date of the last sing up. You should start your summer diary because summer just have started. I will ask photos of your diaries before assigning partners, so don't sleep, take a pen and write down your summer adventures!

UPDATE##25072011

Not all swap members are contacted personally. I will change the date of swap.

Discussion

Christiana 05/28/2011 #

Sounds interesting. What size are A4 sheets?

ukstash 05/28/2011 #

A4 paper is about 8.5" x 11.75". Us letter size is the closest, but is a little wider and shorter.

ukstash 05/28/2011 #

A5 paper is half of a A4. So close to 8.5"x 6 inches

pahasiga 05/28/2011 #

This swap sounds interesting, but with a time-intensive swap that has three months between sign-up and sent-by, I'd better accept at once that I would get neither my swap nor my rating. Just, life often happens, and the longer time for it happening, the bigger the probablility.

Or maybe this suggestion would be worth to consider. The journal swap mentioned in it was pretty much a catastrophe, I understood.

BeeGon 05/29/2011 #

Hmm... It sounds great, I like this idea, but it could be a problem to control every member, ask photos of diaries from them and so on. But I still have time to think about it, thanks for this idea :). Probably I am going to make it shorter. Greetings from Lithuania!

Unmutual 05/29/2011 #

"(if you are going to love some weight)"

Typo! Though I'd rather recieve a food journal about someone who loves their weight than a diet journal from someone who hates their body :(

BeeGon 05/29/2011 #

Sorry, my bad :D.

Yeah, I agree. But overweight causes heart diseases and people should keep fit to be healthy :).

Simonette 05/30/2011 #

i would love to join but summer has just ended (or is about to end) from where I am (south east asia). :D but i did have a record of my summer, but it was just a month's worth, i'm not sure if it reaches 50 records.

BeeGon 05/30/2011 #

Oh, that is a pity! Don't you remember anything from you summer? You could fill missing records by your memory :]

Simonette 05/31/2011 #

i actually documented my summer vacation but i'm not so sure about the "(50 records min) on separate sheets or copy book" part. that would be at least 50 different things right? :)

lavenderdreamer 05/31/2011 #

Oh, this sounds like an awesome and meaningful swap! I will try and write for a couple of weeks though, before I commit myself to anything. By the way, can I use two soft (but high quality) notebooks instead of a regulare notebook with all the pages required? I might want to add thick decorations which might not work very well with a thick hardback book...

BeeGon 06/ 1/2011 #

You can do anything what you have in your minds. I think 2 notebooks is fine just let your imagination to create something nice :),

BeeGon 06/ 1/2011 #

There should be 50 days of diary minimum :). If you have visited other country and your jurney have taken 6 days then you are going to write 6 records. Each for every day.

Merimax 06/ 6/2011 #

Writing 50 pages and sending them off, that is a huge project. Id say people should better not join, if they are not 100% sure they have something to write about - like on a regular working day...

tybear009 06/18/2011 #

My question is formatting. Does this need to be a bound journal, or is loose-leaf paper preferred. You tell me!

BeeGon 06/18/2011 #

@Merimax of course it is huge project, but we are not afraid of difficulties! @Tybear009 I am using bound journal, but it depends on you what do you like more :).

tybear009 06/18/2011 #

@BeeGon I ended up pulling out a spiral notebook until I get go into town and find a nice stitch-bound book that I can use. I'm actually considering using a composition notebook and covering the front and back covers with summer images. :)

tybear009 06/18/2011 #

@BeeGon I ended up pulling out a spiral notebook until I get go into town and find a nice stitch-bound book that I can use. I'm actually considering using a composition notebook and covering the front and back covers with summer images. :)

BeeGon 06/19/2011 #

@tybear009 Sounds nice! It seems like your diary is going to be very nice!

tybear009 06/28/2011 #

@BeeGon It amazes me how quickly my first journal is filling up. I think that I'll need to buy a second one to write in before I ship. This is going to be a really fun swap, though.

Magickspirit51 07/ 3/2011 #

@BeeGon Sending pics and images of my journal is cumbersome for me, but I can tell you that I already have 25 records. I won't have any problem with the journal. Personally I keep 3 journals of my own and am in a number of writing swaps that I am NOT having any trouble keeping up with.

cathydolphinlvr 07/ 3/2011 #

Im using gel pens and stickers to decorate mine

Magickspirit51 07/ 4/2011 #

I will email you a pic of the front cover

cynaemon 08/14/2011 #

Hi, beegon, since I have been keeping a journal all summer, this should be easy enough to do. Just need to copy a lot of it into another journal for my swap partner.

cynaemon 08/14/2011 #

So how do we send you a picture of our journal?

cynaemon 08/14/2011 #

Okay, I uploaded the picture as my profile picture. LOL I will not be sending out the original, which I started before this swap. Some of it is a bit private. But I will be making a nice original copy of most of the things in the journal. I promise you will not be disappointed.

cynaemon 08/15/2011 #

So summer is technically from 21 June to 22 Sept 2011

cynaemon 08/15/2011 #

I am using a composition book , which is only 9 3/4" X 7 1/2". Is that okay?

cynaemon 08/19/2011 #

This is turning out so nice.

nellarules 09/14/2011 #

My Swap for this isn't quite enough entries - so sorry. I hope I can make it up to you at another time, :(

cathydolphinlvr 09/19/2011 #

I got like 40 entries, I am putting some finishing touches on mine. Hope its ok with my partner

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