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Recycle your christmas cards as postcards

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Recycle your christmas cards as postcards
Swap Coordinator:rachelw1 (contact)
Swap categories: Miscellaneous  Seasonal  Postcards 
Number of people in swap:15
Location:International
Type:Type 2: Flat mail
Rating requirement:4.80
Last day to signup/drop:October 27, 2012
Date items must be sent by:November 25, 2012
Number of swap partners:5
Description:

Have some old Christmas cards that you couldn't bear to get rid of?

Want to make someone's day?

Love postcards?

Recycle your christmas cards as postcards.

All you have to do is take your old cards (good condition only please), remove the back of the card where there's usually the writing and make them in to a postcard.

You will then mail one postcard to 5 partners as a postcard with a christmas greeting on the back.

You choose what you write. It can be as simple as "merry christmas" or you can write about your life, how you celebrate christmas, anything you want.

Cards are to be sent naked (no envelope) so obviously need to be made of decent card not thin / paper card.

As you will be reusing christmas cards I dont except any hand made cards however if you have some handmade christmas cards you want to upcycle then feel free! But please, don't make something new for this swap, it's all about upcycling.

You will have 5 partners

This is an international swap hence the early deadline for sending as I know a lot of countries have a really early last sending date for international mail.

Open to anyone with a rating over 4.8

Due to ongoing problems with flakers, I have been forced to close this swap to newbies. If you want to do this swap, I am open to a private trade.

Discussion

Barbi 09/24/2012 #

I have a whole stash set aside for swaps like this! Some of my family even saves their old cards for me for upcycling. (There is also a good charity that takes card fronts.)

rachelw1 09/24/2012 #

Cool. I take my families too!

MichelleWillow 09/25/2012 #

Hello! Looks like we had a same idea ;) Well, more cards turned upcycled, the better, right? ;)

For anyone who has extra Christmas cards after leaving 5 for this swap, you can upcycle more cards, joining X-MAS BLAST - Green Edition PC swap.

@rachelw1 I'll add link to your swap in my swap's comment section too. :)

rachelw1 10/ 7/2012 #

http://www.swap-bot.com/group/1c95ebd6c299f837c1c1983480a38cb2/about

Join my christmas cards group!

crrcookie 10/25/2012 #

Would it be acceptable to combine images from various Christmas card fronts to make a postcard? I have a huge pile that I cut the interesting images from but aren't necessarily rectangle shaped and suitable for sending as is.

rachelw1 10/28/2012 #

Ideally it would just be the front of an old christmas card but, (for instance) say you have a nice round card, if you put it on to a square card then that would be ok. but don't use more than one image as these are NOT self made cards.

Everyone - i have had a huge trim on this swap due to my recent issues with newbies but if anyone does not receive, please let me know and i will angel this swap.

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