Handmade postcard exchange

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Swap Homepage:	http://www.flickr.com/groups/postcard-exchange/
Swap Coordinator:	aya (contact)
Swap categories:	Paper Goods Crafts Art
Number of people in swap:	12
Location:	Other
Type:	None
Last day to signup/drop:	March 1, 2007
Date items must be sent by:	March 15, 2007
Number of swap partners:	5
Description:
I really like making and receiving postcards. There's something really cool about a picture that comes with a stamp on one side and a written massage on the other. I'm a part of a flickr group that has to do with hand made postcards, I tried using that space to generate a postcard swap and it worked once but it seem to me that using this site would makke it a lot easier. If you want to check out the flickr group, then here it is: http://www.flickr.com/groups/postcard-exchange/ Anyway, I thought that it'll be cool if this would be for postcards that are mainly hand drawn or painted - not so much collagues, but a real chance to make some sketches or painting and send them to other people. Correction: as requested, I am going to ban anyone with 2 or more "no sends" just to make sure people won't just sign up to get stuff while not sending anything back. Since it's fun to get a lot of mail, I'm setting the partners at 5 - so send 5 cool postcard, get 5 cool postcards! easy and fun. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask.

Discussion

SharonP 02/12/2007 #

I like this swap, but I am a little reluctant because you say you won't ban anyone. It's nice to give people a chance to redeem themselves, but to leave it completely open just seems a bit risky. I can easily spend an hour on a hand-drawn postcard! So, would you consider modifying that a little, maybe offering people with bad ratings a chance to explain themselves, or looking to see if their most recent ratings have been 5s, or something. I will check back to see how the signups are going, and maybe add my name a little later.

Good luck!

craftywitchygirl 02/12/2007 #

I am not very good at drawing or painting. My drawings look like kids drawings, but I would like to join, Can I?

craftywitchygirl 02/12/2007 #

I am not very good at drawing or painting. My drawings look like kids drawings, but I would like to join, Can I?

aya 02/13/2007 #

shining star - sure you can I think that can be really cool, a lot of people can make nice looking stuff and just don't dare to try cause they think they don't know how to make it pretty enough. I think this can give you an great chance to try something new. I think that as long as you make an effort and put some time and thought into it, people would appreciate your piece.

Sharon - I see what you mean. I think I'll change it to banning who ever have more then 2 "no send" - that would give almost everyone a chance to be in while keep away people who make it a habit not to send., will that work for you?

ribarnica 02/21/2007 #

I typically hand draw a prototype, copy it off onto an appropriate cardstock, and then hand color each card. I\'ve also seen people hand-draw and color a prototype, and then scan it and print out copies. Would either of these fit within your proposal, or would you prefer that we stay with original works? Otherwise, I may just have to force myself to spend less time on each drawing... which could be an interesting thing in itself!

aya 02/25/2007 #

I like original art work, I made this a hand drawn postcard exchange because I got a little tiered spending an hour or two on an avarage postcard \ ATC and then getting a couple of stickers and a stamp on a piece of cardboard.

I actually don\'t mind collage or any other medias, I just want people to get nice things and send nice things in this swap.I have no problem with hand painting a prototype.

aya 03/ 9/2007 #

Couldn't resist and posted scans of mine on the gallery - I'm really happy with the way they came out.

Sending them out tomorrow.

Clayshaper 03/17/2007 #

Mine are late going out- with HUGE apologies. I should have them out monday, so am marking them 'sent' now- but understand I know they will be postmarked late, since my post office/mail center won't get them untill saturday night and they won't get stamped/sent out untill monday. Sowwy... I won't bore ya with the whyfors, I'll just send nice postcards, which beats a nosend any old day. ;)

aya 03/19/2007 #

I got 3 today - that was so cool, I love all 3. I uploaded scans to the gallery - check it out!

Also, what's really nice, 2 people contact to tell me they received mine, I love it when people do that, I try to remember to always do that cause it suck to worry about stuff getting lost in the mail - so be nice, if you got postcards - let people know you have them.

And you are all welcome to upload photos or scans of sent or received postcards in the gallery or the flickr group: http://www.flickr.com/groups/postcard-exchange/

user6381 03/20/2007 #

okay, i have to admit that i drew mine on little postcards because i'm not much of an artist... some got sent back but some did not... please let me know if you have received from me. aya, i saw mine up there, hahaha it looks cool.

ellawitch 03/24/2007 #

just say smith, i have not gotten one from you yet....

aya 04/10/2007 #

Is anyone still haven't receive there's?

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