500 Club - April 2015

500 Swaps (or more) Completed!!

Celebrate with fellow swappers who have completed 500 or more swaps by exchanging a small profile-based token.

If this goes well, I'd like to do it again. Let me know what you think.

This should be an inexpensive swap, but you should put some effort into making or buying something that you think that your partner would like. Keep the value less than $5, or the effort around an hour.

There aren't any restrictions about what you can send - you can write a quality letter, buy an art postcard, draw a picture or zentangle, send a bookmark, jewelry or makeup or tea or candy (only if indicated as an interest in your partner's profile), send a nicely decorated envelope and/or greeting card, starter or completed journal pages or inserts, make or buy a coffee mug mat, send a zine with instructions for a craft your partner is wanting to try or a kit for a new craft, etc. Aim for flat mail, but if you are willing to send a package go for it with the understanding that you may not get a box from your sender.

It's okay to take a risk and send this naked, but take a picture first. If the naked item doesn't arrive alive, you can substitute an email with the photo (the item must be addressed and have postage applied in the photo so that noone tries to cheat) and a note explaining what you sent.

While this is a profile swap, I am making the rule that you get what you get, and you take what you get. No quibbling. I don't intend this as an excuse to do a lazy job, I just don't want to have to mediate any arguments. Think of it as pot-luck: some times you're luckier than others!

Keep it light and fun.