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US Only Journal W/A Twist 4

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Swap Coordinator:julief (contact)
Swap categories: Paper Goods  Challenges  Letters & Writing 
Number of people in swap:21
Location:Other
Type:None
Last day to signup/drop:September 21, 2008
Date items must be sent by:October 31, 2008
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

This is Round 4 of the Journal W/a Twist Swap. This is the US Only version. I will also be hosting an International version.

For this swap you will have one partner and keep a journal for one month. During this time you will write at least twenty entries (but feel free to write more). Each entry should contain at least one page of text. Text could be a story, a poem, a couple paragraphs about your day - whatever you feel like writing.

Here's the twist: each entry should also contain an "extra." Extras could include an illustration, a recipe, a collage, a photograph, a song (you could make a complimentary mix cd), a little something that you picked up that day (brochure, piece of candy, etc), or whatever else you can come up with. The extras can vary by day, so you could have a song for the first day, a recipe for the second day, and a photograph for the third, etc.

Extras can either be glued into the journal (think recipes, photographs, etc) or packed in the box with the journal (think mix cd, sweets, etc). However, for things that are packed in the box, please note which entry they are for. At least two of the extras need to be higher value. This could be interpreted two ways – either items that have a higher value money-wise ($3-5 USD) or items that have higher value effort-wise (a handmade item of some sort).

Basically the intent of this swap is to create a journal stuffed full of interesting text and goodies. You will send the journal to your partner after one month and they will keep it.

The journal itself can be any size. It can be store bought or handmade.

Please remember to give out hearts for extra "extras" or entries and anything really that goes above and beyond.

This swap will require a big commitment so the restrictions are as follows: You must have a rating of at least 4.85. You may not have any "no sends" for the past two months. I don't like banning people, but I want to ensure that everyone who puts forth the effort for this swap receives a quality journal in return.

Due to problems in other journal swaps I've hosted, I reserve the right to skip any person before the send by date. This means, I reserve the right to contact the person who sends to that swapper and have them instead send to the swapper's partner, thereby skipping them. I would not do this lightly, but I will not hesitate to do it if the person's ratings fall significantly, they fail to send out multiple swaps, or they do not sign into swap-bot for 2+ weeks. I would hate to do this, but if it becomes necessary I will. This is a big swap and I don't want people disappointed because they worked really hard on their journal and received nothing in return.

I think that covers everything. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Discussion

foovay 08/ 7/2008 #

This sounds great - I keep a journal anyway. Of course, I'm too new to join this time - will you be doing it again?

julief 08/ 7/2008 #

I'll definitely be doing it again in a couple months. Also there's lots of time between now and the sign-up date, so you could potentially get a rating in time.

browniemommie2005 08/ 8/2008 #

I just had to join ~ I have participated in the last 2 and have really enjoyed both what I have done and received ... ... but I am an October baby so this will be like getting a bday gift. :0)

Thanks Julie for doing it again.

angeliams 08/11/2008 #

oh wow what a neat idea! I was thinking of some sort of swap like this and never could find one! GREAT!!

rockstar20h 08/21/2008 #

I have already started mine, and I am working on the third entry now! :)

occasiongb6557 09/ 7/2008 #

I am lovin this idea but having a hard time finding a starting point.

And so the challenge begins...:)

occasiongb6557 09/ 7/2008 #

OK! Anyone have any idea why I keep double posting?? (And I am not hitting the keys twice)

winktwice 09/ 8/2008 #

Occasion--for a starting point you could really start with the last thing you ate that was homemade and include a recipe... Or dig up a picture and use it as a jumping off point for an introduction... I'm really enjoying making this journal =-).

julief 09/ 8/2008 #

Awesome ideas @Winktwice

@Occasiongb6557 - I hate when that happens. I went ahead and deleted the extras for you.

occasiongb6557 09/12/2008 #

I have a big commitment coming up at work I am concerned about my time and involvement to this project so as much as I don't want to I will have to drop this swap for now. I do apologize and hopefully I will be able to join another one in the future if it becomes available. I hope some of you will post photos of what you create or receive on flickr. Sorry everyone..

papersky 09/12/2008 #

This looks like a really neat idea. I have some interesting things going on in my life that I journal about already, so making something like this could be fun.

Reds 09/13/2008 #

I love this idea. I signed onto the site only yesterday, so I may not have amy rating by the deadline. I'd love to see this re-done in a month or two.

papersky 09/13/2008 #

I was going to ask if starting the journal now would be okay, but I see that someone else already has. I just want to make sure I'm able to get 20+ entries!

sweetz15767 09/16/2008 #

I started mine shortly after i signed up..this is a really great swap idea!

JennyCouture 09/17/2008 #

I did that last one, and even though the person that was supposed to send to me flaked, it didn't matter because it was so much fun putting it all together!

julief 09/17/2008 #

@JennyCouture - I'm so sorry that you didn't get a journal from the last swap. I had high hopes for your partner, but she seemed to kind of give up on swap-bot, which is so hard to predict. I'm being a lot stricter with banning people this round, so fingers crossed that that won't happen to anyone this time.

cerwinrhiannon 09/20/2008 #

If some of our entries are shorter than a page, could we make it up by doing more pages? Like if I have a poem I want to post for the day, but it isn't a page long?

julief 09/22/2008 #

@cerwinrhiannon that sounds good. I mainly put that "at least one page" in because some people were writing entries that were only 2-3 lines long. If the poem covers most of the page (like 3/4 or more) that would be completely fine.

JennyCouture 09/22/2008 #

No worries, Julie! I really did just enjoy journaling for my partner! :)

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