Recycled Tea Box Postcard Swap

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Group:	Tea is Love
Swap Coordinator:	LeSillyMe (contact)
Swap categories:	Letters & Writing Postcards Handmade
Number of people in swap:	17
Location:	International
Type:	Type 2: Flat mail
Last day to signup/drop:	December 31, 2011
Date items must be sent by:	January 14, 2012
Number of swap partners:	1
Description:
For this swap you will make a postcard out of one side of a tea box and send it to your partner naked (stamped and not in an envelope) through the mail. Use whatever side you would like, front, back, etc. Just so long as it seems large enough to make smallish postcard. On the back write a message to your partner about how you enjoyed the tea that the box came from, what kind of teas you like, what sort of rituals you have surrounding tea...anything tea related. Make sure to write your swap bot user name and swap name along the bottom of the postcard so your partner knows who its from! The card doesn't need to be fancy at all...just one side cut out of a tea box. I am making this swap after Christmas to reduce the stress factor, and making the send date 2 weeks out from the start date, so if you get any Christmas teas you may have time to use them up. If your cardboard tea box has imagery or text printed on the inside of the box please paste some sort of paper over the back to give a legible surface to write on (and you could make this an artistic choice if you want to get really creative, like using a light colored map or scrapbooking paper is you want to make it look fancy, though this is certainly not required).

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ArtyBeth3 11/19/2011 #

Great recycling idea!!

LeSillyMe 11/20/2011 #

Thank you! I've never tried this before, but i noticed the sides of some of my tea boxes are exactly the same size as vintage post cards. Hopefully they will make it through the mail just fine, as i haven't had any trouble with vintage cards of the same size! I have tons of tea boxes, so if this swap works well and is popular enough i plan on continuing to host them .:)

hippofairy 11/21/2011 #

the minimum requirements for a postcard according the USPS.com is 3.5 x 5 inches. hopefully i can find a box to make a postcard that size! :)

Barbara 11/23/2011 #

My tea boxes are smaller than the postal measurements so I plan to use a recycled greeting card as a 4 x 6" cardboard background.

midsummermuse 11/30/2011 #

I'm thinking of joining up due to the generous send date, would a postcard collage with the side of a tea box involved be acceptable? I want to get a bit more creative with it :-)

tesscalhoun 12/ 3/2011 #

I just measured all the tea boxes I have. Most are only 3 inches by 5 inches. Most of the post cards I own are 4 x 6 inches. I am going to glue my tea box to card stock so it conforms to the standard postcard size.

tesscalhoun 12/ 3/2011 #

LeSillyMe 12/ 8/2011 #

Sure, that works. Despite the particular sizing requirements though, i have sent smaller things through my local post office...they have allowed me to do it, and they have arrived at their destinations, so i guess it just depends on how picky your local post office branch is about what they are willing to send.

Gluing/taping the tea box to a postcard is fine with me. So is collaging and other creative things like that. Anything above and beyond the requirements seems like a good thing to me, if you are willing to put in the time to do extra. :)

Thanks for the comments and questions guys.

HannahsMommy07 01/ 2/2012 #

Hope we get partners soon ... I have mine ready to go:>

LeSillyMe 01/ 3/2012 #

Sorry about the delay guys. I work as a cook, and Christmas/New Years time is/was Hell. Still recovering from it!

Again, sorry about the delay!!

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