Oragnize Your Swap-bot Mailings!

Edited!

Have you ever gotten confused on whether you sent something out on swap-bot or lost track of what you've received?

I'm not super-organized, but after signing up for 20 swaps you learn you need to be! So, I created this swap after my first little snafu--which was easily cleared up (whew!)--to help others like me be more organized.

But this is also for everyone who wants to be creative too!

The idea here is to take a 3-ring binder (11" x 8-1/2" with at least a 1" capacity, but you can use a bigger one if you want) either new or recycled from your school days, look at your partner's profile for a binder colour idea, otherwise stick with black or white. Make sure it has a hard cover!

The reason for a 3-ring binder is so you can add more pages as needed. Trust me, they'll go fast if you get as addicted to swap-bot as I have this past month!

Also, with the regular size paper your partner can create a template in Word or Excel and print it onto the paper you've selected for them or handwrite if they want!

1. Decorate the cover with the theme of swap-bot, trading, brown paper packages, mail, anything swap-bot related! You can be super-creative and blend the theme of swap-bot with your partner's profile!

OR

2.If you use a binder that allows you to insert a paper on the outside, you can do paper craft and insert it beneath the vinyl, or whatever art form you enjoy sharing with others.

(Or you can decorate the vinyl and paper!)

Don't just cover things with only stickers or an abundance of glitter and call it done!

AND

Add 20 pages into the binder for your partner to start using for organization. NOT regular notebook paper

ALL paper should be able of going through a printer without creasing and getting ugly folds!

You can buy scrapbook/decorative printer papers from a craft store or use papers from your stash.

• You can use plain colour papers (No more than 10 plain papers total and only 2 of the same colour)

• You can use themed papers (mail themed, profile themed, etc., but only 2 of the exact same image/theme)

• You can also take the scrapbook paper and print onto it with your printer using different themes from Word or create them with an imaging software like Photoshop.

Remember:

Make sure the page isn't too decorative that a person's writing/printer ink would get lost in the design! Also make sure black ink will show up on the page!

No more than exactly the same 2 pages

Read @shinywen who makes an excellent point on how ratings should work: http://www.swap-bot.com/forums/topic/43659

Who can join

Newbies can join IF

1. You have a completely filled out profile

2. Either PM me first, or leave a comment below to let me know you want to join and will fulfill the responsibilities. If you forget to leave a comment, it's ok, but I will be checking profiles.

TO ALL: No recent no-sends. If you have any 1s you must have successfully completed & been rated for 2 snail-mail swaps since!

Finally, I reserve the right to remove anyone that doesn't meet the requirements or appears fishy. I want this to be a fun swap for all!

I will angel this swap if need be, but let's not make that necessary folks! Don't be a flaker. If you flake, your name will be published on all lists and places I can find to put it!

This is going to be a regional swap, but if there are those who want an international version set up, please let me know and I'll get one going!