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Colorful Zine Swap

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Swap Coordinator:maggiepond (contact)
Swap categories: Zines  Mail Art 
Number of people in swap:12
Location:Regional - USA
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Rating requirement:4.70 (unrated swappers allowed)
Last day to signup/drop:February 8, 2014
Date items must be sent by:February 15, 2014
Number of swap partners:2
Description:

There is a serious lack of zine swaps on this site, so I thought I'd coordinate one myself.

You will have two partners that you send one zine each to. The zine can be on any subject as long as it's FAMILY FRIENDLY, and has several colors on each page. Send something you'd enjoy receiving. Pass-alongs and copies are fine!

ANY SIZE zine is great, but the standard is the 8-page from one sheet. Tutorial on how to fold a zine here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB5PlG4MPww (start at 0:50)

Please decorate the envelope you send your zine in. It can be something small/simple, but make it colorful! An envelope made of a magazine or newspaper counts as decoration, but again, it has to be colorful.

I would recommend checking out your partner's profile to see what they would be interested in recieving.

Newbies and those with 4.7 rating and higher are welcome. I'm totally fine will angeling. Remember, this is USA only, but you're welcome to start an International one yourself.

Discussion

MorahLaura 02/ 1/2014 #

What size should this zine be? I've only ever made mini ones, where you get 8 pages out of a letter size piece of paper. Is that too small?

picupurcross 02/ 3/2014 #

I have the same question... are mini zines allowed? I love those little things! :)

deelynn 02/ 5/2014 #

sorry, what is a zine?

walkthoreau 02/ 6/2014 #

Zine is short for magazine....of the handmade sort. Check it out on Google & get all sorts of info/inspiration!

maggiepond 02/ 6/2014 #

Sorry I haven't replied yet, guys....YES!!! Mini zines made from one sheet are totally acceptable!!! (Really, any size is.) That's right, a zine is a miniature magazine that you can really fill with anything you like. AS people are talking about above, you can make a nice 8-page zine from a normal size paper. Here's a tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB5PlG4MPww (start at 0:50) You can decorate/write on the zine before or after folding.

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