Ok, first journal swap!!!!! LAST DAY

I can not angel this swap as it it is listed, but if there should be a flaker, then I would angel with another paper craft

8/27 you can work with a journal smaller than a composition book. but I should still be good size to have nice detailed pages, a spiral bound book will work also, that is what Im now working with.

9/29 Today is the last day to sign up or drop. I will be checking profiles, so far we have a fantastic group. Please remember the shipping on this will be 1rst class or priority. I hope everyone had fun!

I'm leary about the shipping cost of this, so it is USA only, any officer can copy this swap and set it up based on thier own region.

USA: you can not send this media mail, nobody wants to wait around. send it first class or flat rate priority. Hopefully we can get by with 1st class. you may choose to add delivery confirmation.

this swap is for those of us who are new to making the journals, but anyone can join. Because even if this is your first time, it should be your best work.

1. minimum pages 40!

2. front must be decorated, back is optional.

3. please on the first page have a your mini bio: user name, name, age. any non personal info you want to share like home town, your schools attended, favorite things in life ect ect......

4. pages should be filled

5. be creative, embellish, use colorful pens, add interestin info, make this the book you would want to recieve,

Fill your journal with quotes, recipies clipped from magizines, drawings, doodles, lists of reccomended stuff such as books, movies, internet sites. maps, bussiness cards, appointment cards of what you did and where you went like the dentist. photos of your area, collage a page. list off your cd collaction.

you could even add tuck ins, like an atc or a book mark or anything flat that is an extra for your partner

so your book will be a mix of hand written, art, collage and clippings. you may have chunky pages depending on how you choose to embellish your pages, but I would'nt do every page chunky.

this is not a project to do in one night, start working now, this book is about you and is not profile based.

my thinking is when making the sign up and send dates you can begin work now and can stop your work if you just don't like this swap. but once the sign up date comes you only have 3 weeks to send. this is why to begin work now.

RATING rate a 5 with a heart if the sender went above and beyond your expections.

rate a 5 if the swap met requirments

rate a 3 if swap quality was below requirements, not enough pages, sparce entries, completely a mess like a 3rd grader sitting in the dark put it together. please explain your 3, dont just leave it.

Journals to use: any store bought journal or composition book that your kids use for school. for that book you can glue some of the pages together to make them stronger since they have 100 pages in them. you cound even turn some pages into pockets!

but your journal should be at least compostion sized, because you want to get stuff on the pages! The max you should spend on a blank journal should be about $1.50

any questions, post them to the page and pm them to me. I will go through profiles and ban as i see fit at time swap is over. meaning if you havnt been logging on or just got a bad rating

if you have page ideas that you want to share please post them below