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Strange & Unusual Penpals! (+ a surprise!)

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Strange & Unusual Penpals! (+ a surprise!)
Swap Coordinator:benevolentghost (contact)
Swap categories: Random Items  Letters & Writing 
Number of people in swap:39
Location:International
Type:Type 2: Flat mail
Last day to signup/drop:July 10, 2015
Date items must be sent by:July 31, 2015
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

This is a remake of a swap made by a now inactive friend of mine, @FeverFawn , a couple years ago.

To quote,

"This swap is made for those who consider themselves a little odd, weird, strange, unusual, out of the ordinary, or just plain different to find another like-minded individual for the purposes of penpalling and letter writing! My hope is that you will meet people to write with that you feel you can relate to and understand on levels others may not be able to."

Whether or not this applies to you is at your discretion-- all I ask is that you don't judge your partner.

THE DETAILS:

You will have one partner and write at least one A4 page (8in x 11in) front and back, or the equivalent on whatever size you choose. In your letter, introduce yourself and ask a few questions. Make sure your partner has stuff to respond to in addition to introducing themselves, should they choose to write back-- not required, but encouraged if it seems like you'd click. This is a swap for making pen pals, after all! Use cute stationery or decorate your letter in any way you see fit, as long as it will be fun to receive.

In addition, send one profile-based flat item-- a sheet of stickers, washi tape, memo sheets, postcard. a letter set, a bag of tea, etc. Make sure it's something you would like to receive yourself! Handmade is fine as long as your partner doesn't mind receiving it.

Since mistakes happen, rated 4.8 and above is allowed. If you have any unexplained 1's or 3's in the past 6 months, send me a message and I'll likely approve if you have a valid reason. I will angel once you rate your partner a 1. If you are going to have issues for any reason, please keep open communication with your partner. Newbies allowed with a well-filled out profile (I will check)-- this means a likes/preferences/wishlist section at minimum, or your surprise won't be profile-based! You must log in within 2 days of the sign-up deadline or you will be dropped.

Rate your partner a 5 as long as they send a letter of required length and a flat item... remember, no judging please.

This is open to all countries. You will have 3 weeks to send.

Message me with any questions or problems. Happy swapping!

Discussion

benevolentghost 07/ 4/2015 #

Thanks to everyone who has signed up so far; very excited to see this in the top 10! :)

heavenlyrainbows 07/ 6/2015 #

Great swap! I wish we could have more than one partner, but if anyone is looking for a new pal then drop me a message :D

SpicyJordan 07/ 7/2015 #

This is an awesome swap! I am looking forward to this one! Thanks @benevolentghost for setting this up :)

benevolentghost 07/ 7/2015 #

No problem! I was going to say, if anyone wants to post looking for more pen pals than just the one you're assigned, feel free to do so in the comments here :)

benevolentghost 07/11/2015 #

Partners have been assigned! I had to ban a couple people for no profiles/suspicious activity; everyone else has been personally checked out by me (including one person slightly below 4.8 who I spoke with directly and have faith will send).

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