pocketsize journal/sketchbook swap

Will you Angel for this swap if someone flakes?

Is the size 3x5 ?

Pocket sized as in? 4x6, 3x5 or just small in general like that?

How about only 12 pages, as that will take a full year with just once a month. I don't really want to commit to more time than that.

@cynaemon if there's 20 pages then we only do 10 cause we do the front and back so we will do 2 when we get the journal/notebook. Make sense?

For the suceeding swaps of this, we will not anymore leave our details on the notebook we got from this swap right? We will just fill and fill and then when the very last person fills the last page, he/she will resend it back to me?

@MunsterNCookie13 and @Miange anything under 5x5 for size, lightweight for lower shipping costs. @cynaemon 20 pages with doing front and back leaves 10 pages. @LindaRichard yes i will angel if someone doesn't come thru. (this is my first hosted swap, how long do you suggest before i step in?) @thelittledreamcatcher - correct, future swaps will say to put the name and address if new, and not to if you have a swapped book in your possession. I know there are a few book swappings on here so if you get the chance you can always pass it along thru one of those as well, doesn't have to be a swap arranged by me as long as the rules are similar.

Also, note to everyone - if you want to make a book that has more pages than 20 you are welcome to do so. Obviously it will take longer to get back to you, but you can also host your own book swaps with the books to get the process going a bit faster. I just decided to post one monthly to allow for shipping.

Hello! I'd love to join this, but the smallest notebook that I've been able to find where I live is 3.5x5.5in and 64 pages (it's still thin, one of those moleskin ones). Could I still join?

@ latinmermaid yep, close enough. as long as you dont mind that with that many pages it will take a while to get back to you. maybe put a note in telling people they can fill 2 pages front and back if they want if you want it to circulate faster...

I have one more question, being this is my first journal book swap, how will we know who to send the book that we have received to next?

Ignore my last question, I answered it :)

Mine is 5 1/2 X 6. Is that still too big? I can cut it down to 5 x 6. Thanks

i originally wanted to say anything under 5x7, but went with the smaller suggestion to keep it low cost for shipping. i'm in canada and they charge us up the rear for mailing packages. anything you feel is within the realm of 'pocket-size' and won't be a fortune in shipping is fine, i'm just concerned about the shipping because if you send out something hefty it will cost everyone that gets it higher amounts to resend it as well. mind you, if it is 5x7ish and only the 20 pages it shouldnt end up costly.

Okay, Thanks. I will cut it down to a 5 X 6.

Is it alright to put your email address in the back and have someone email you to ask for your address to send the sketchbook once it is finished? I may not be in the same country as I am now by the time my sketchbook is finished.

i see no problem with that, just make sure to direct them to email you for the address once full.

So, when you say 20 pages, you mean front and back, so that there would only need to be 10 actual sheets?

Can I ask what would happen if the person I send my journal to doesn't take part in the next round? They will have my book so it can't go round the other people...?

yes @joyceann888

@secretterrabite - i would hope that whomever recieves the journals participates in another round be it one i host or one of the journal swaps someone else hosts, and that if for any reason they choose not to that they would be so kind as to return it to the maker at that point so that person may resend it into circulation.

So what if.... we do the journal, send it to our assigned partner and the partner sends it back to the owner. Then, next go around you post, send that same journal out to the next group who is participating, etc etc.? Just a thought. :) I have my journal ready, lol.

That is fine with me as well. Direct one way or the other in the book where you leave your contact info.

Wow - I got TOTALLY screwed over by our local PO because the guy basically charged me DOUBLE for international rate because it wasn't super flat. I'm pretty sure it wasn't over 1/4 inch in thickness but at a measly 0.39 ounces, that bumped it up from $5 to $10. I really hope that my swap partner likes & appreciates what I sent and that this swap ends up being fun because right now I'm pretty frustrated about this :( :(

International is pretty expensive unfortunately. I'm sure your partner will appreciate it! That's the nature of international mail sadly.

A handmade booklet is en route to my partner in Canada. Enjoy!

finally done and sent mine! *fyuh :D

@sunshinegirl76 - I paid 9.45 to send mine off. Mine went to Japan ;) I do understand your frustration.

Journal is on its way to Switzerland

I am glad they are all on their way to their destinations. I am sorry to hear about postal cost frustrations. I figured that everyone would be trying to keep them as thin as possible for that reason, hence no direction to really jazz up the covers or fill them with bits that would thicken them. If anyone does not recieve one by the end of april please inbox both your partner and myself. thank you for participating. those of you that directed your partner to return your books instead of passing them along to someone else, please keep in touch with them regarding returning it.

I honestly just think that the guy at the post office did it wrong - he was a new guy, and I don't think it should've cost that much. I know international isn't cheap, but it wasn't going around the world either, just to Europe. Still, I do know postage in general has gone up and especially international. I try to make my swaps special by including a personal note and something fun for my swap partner based on their profile.