NH - A Recycled Greeting for Earth Day

For this swap, let’s send a greeting made from repurposed/recycled materials to each other.

Who

• This swap is open to everyone in the group who is in good standing and has sent their name and address to one of the group founders.
• I will ban anyone with late swaps on their dash.
• I will ban anyone who has not signed in to swap-bot within 3 days of the sign-up deadline.

What

• We will be making 1 flat card/post card out of repurposed materials and sending it to 1 partner.
• Please see the “How” section for all of the nitty-gritty details.

Where

• This swap is international.

When

• The deadline for sending your greeting is Earth Day, April 22nd.

How

Step 1 - There are three different options for making your greeting:

a) You can send a chunk of cardboard. It must be clean, non-corrugated cardboard. Something like a cereal or cracker box. Trim it down to size, and send it as a postcard.

b) You can cut off the front of an old greeting card. (Cards that have writing on the flip-side won't work for this. Nor will ones with lots of dimensional embellishments.) Trim it down to size. If it is from fairly hefty cardstock, send it as a postcard. (Thin postcards seem to get lost in the mail much more often.)

c) You can do either of the options above, and then stick it in a handmade envelope and mail it as a flat card. Your envelope must still be made of recycled materials. (I’ve used maps, take-out menus, and old calendar pages. I’ve received ones made from doubled-up catalog and magazine pages.)

I’ll be doing option C, because I haven’t always had the best of luck with sending postcards.

"Recycled" doesn't mean "trash"! Even though we're recycling, please send a card that you'd be happy to receive.

Step 2 - Write a short greeting on the back, along with the swap name and your username (for quick & easy rating).

Step 3 - Address it, and put the correct amount of postage on it. Send it by the deadline, and remember to mark that you’ve sent it here.

Step 4 - Rate your partner when you receive.

More Details

• Minimum card size for this swap is 4 x 6 inches (about 10.2 x 15.3 cm).

If you are sending from the US:

• Any card over 4.25 x 6 inches needs standard (non-postcard) postage.
• Maximum card size is 6 1/8 x 11 1/2 inches.

If you are sending from another country:

• Please observe your postal service's maximum size for the type of card you're mailing.

Please feel free to PM me with questions. :)