Some Days of Your Life (Found and Collected Small

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Swap Coordinator:	Changeling (contact)
Swap categories:	Ephemera
Number of people in swap:	36
Location:	International
Type:	Type 2: Flat mail
Last day to signup/drop:	September 15, 2009
Date items must be sent by:	September 30, 2009
Number of swap partners:	1
Description:
This is one of my favorite kinds of low costs swaps! Send your partner a few days worth of small and mostly flat items that reflect your life. Items might include postcards from your area, a bag of your favorite tea, the program of a play you went to see, a menu from the place you last went to eat, a recipe from last week, an odd but clean note you found on the street, a brochure from the museum where you volunteer, a funny card you received, a free sample art postcard from a local show, a small pack of stickers, a temp tat from the local fair, free bookmarks from your local library, etc. Make it something your partner will enjoy and even though it is inexpensive, something you will enjoy compiling and sending. International- so we can share everyday paper ephemera around the world! Since the things we are sending do not have to be partner specific, you can start collecting now. :) Open to experienced swappers who are non-flakers who have at least a 4.97. Also open to dedicated newbies who are not flakey and have a full profile. Anyone with no sends or sketchy profiles will be dropped. Used and found items are of course okay for this swap but please do not send dirty or smelly items.

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Sakuranbo 08/26/2009 #

Hi! This is a very nice idea! It makes me really curious about the things someone can receive. =)

plumtoothpaste 08/26/2009 #

wow this is a really neat idea!

JessicaMessica 08/27/2009 #

Oh I just got a ton of ideas for this swap. I'm going to go dig around and watch this.

maggie16 09/ 6/2009 #

beautiful idea! just lovely! :) is there a limit as to how many things we should send?

Ystarr 09/ 7/2009 #

This is a brilliant idea and gets the archivist in me so excited!

Naeco 09/14/2009 #

I wasn't sure what type of swap I was looking for until I found this one. Brilliant idea. Thank you for making this swap!

slamophile 09/15/2009 #

what a fabulous, fun idea.

Kugusch 09/15/2009 #

Ugh, found this one too late. My ticket stubs for events I participate in go into my scrapbooks, no chance I'll part with those LOL.
No free ad cards/bookmarks around here, I've come across free ad postcards 3 times in almost 4 years of living here. And "just" sending stuff from the street is stupid....
Any chances there'll be more installments of this swap?

Platter 09/15/2009 #

totally found this late as well! hopefully this one goes over well so there will be another held in the future!

Houndstooth 09/16/2009 #

A day late and all these fun items short! I'd love to see this swap come around again too~ Great idea :)

JessicaMessica 09/16/2009 #

I have a question about this swap, when we send the items do we put them in individual envelopes considering its for "a few days worth" ?

yodnapa 09/21/2009 #

I feel so sorry I missed this !!

studiomnivorous 09/30/2009 #

I've really had a blast getting this together and I'm excited by the international aspect. Hope you do this again, and when you do, let me know!

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