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Found Object PCs

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Group:Amazing Mail ART
Swap Coordinator:wolfeagle (contact)
Swap categories: Art  Postcards  Mail Art 
Number of people in swap:11
Location:International
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Last day to signup/drop:March 1, 2014
Date items must be sent by:March 13, 2014
Number of swap partners:2
Description:

In this swap, we will create one postcard, for each of your two partners, for a total of two postcards. They will be found object paper bases (think receipts, apt cards, tickets, luggage tags, playbills, wrappers, beer/food labels peel off, paper coasters, basically whatever junk paper you have around). So, add your found object papers over a base to make a postcard, and then after the layer of papers is attached and dry, then you will paint, ink, stamp or draw on top of your found papers to create an interesting piece of mail art. It's cool when your colors are a little transparent so you can see all the beautiful trash underneath.

Please adhere your items well so you can send these naked. They can be any size, just include enough postage for what you send.

Have fun.

Please be a member in good standing of the group, with no recent unexplained low ratings. Please rate your partners.

Discussion

dmarie 02/25/2014 #

Is there a size requirement for the postcard?

wolfeagle 02/25/2014 #

The post office usually wont mail anything smaller then 3 x5, but other then that No. You can mail any size, just include enough postage for that size. If its large, it may need .49 instead of the .34 postcard rate, or super large may need even more then that. ;D

dmarie 02/25/2014 #

Thanks!

Lady 02/28/2014 #

1 - @wolfeagle is right

2 - from the US, postcards to the USA 1st class PC prices are $0.34 / international $1.15 (round forever) . "For First-Class Mail postcard price, it must be:

  • Rectangular
  • At least 3-1/2 inches high x 5 inches long x 0.007 inch thick
  • No more than 4-1/4 inches high x 6 inches long x 0.016 inches thick
  • 0.007 inches? An index card is thick enough.

Between 5 x 6 inches x 1/4 inch - pay letter prices ($0.49 domestic (or any forever stamp) and $1.15 internat'l (or any round forever),

Larger than 6-1/8" x 11-1/2" x 1/4" thick: pay flats (large envelope) postage prices. (Mostly from http://pe.usps.com/businessmail101/mailcharacteristics/cards.htm )

3 - @wolfeagle is right

wolfeagle 03/ 2/2014 #

Funny Lady.

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