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Quotecard Postcard #19!

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Swap Coordinator:spinjenny (contact)
Swap categories: Miscellaneous  Newbie  Postcards 
Number of people in swap:80
Location:International
Type:Type 2: Flat mail
Last day to signup/drop:December 15, 2008
Date items must be sent by:December 31, 2008
Number of swap partners:3
Description:

Quotecard Postcard is a monthly postcard swap held to share a little zinger of wisdom/humour/etc with your partners. This is a pretty basic postcard swap. The only catch is that it MUST contain one of your favourite quotes, but that can be either an old friend or a newly discovered favourite. The postcard can be handmade or commercial. If it is handmade, you can incorporate your quote into the design if you prefer; otherwise you must write it on the back of the card.

Please say where the quote is from or give the credit where it's due. You may use quotes in languages other than English, but if you do, please include a translation for your partner. Do not forget to include the swap name and your user name on the card!

You will send out 3 of these cards, one to each partner, possibly across the globe. They should be postmarked! Please DO NOT send in an envelope.

I will ban if I see multiple no-sends or have any other reason to believe you will not be a good swap partner. Newbies are welcome!! (but must have a filled out profile.)

Happy swapping to all! Contact me if you have any questions.

Note: I have taken over this series at the request of @nicole who created it and hosted it for over a year.

Discussion

spinjenny 11/14/2008 #

This should be a fun, low-pressure swap, so don't feel you have to do a lot of research unless you want to do that.I have a Notepad file in which I save quotations that I like, so I don't usually need to search for them for my Quotecards, but when I want quotes on a particular theme, I put:

[theme keywords] quote OR quotation

into a search engine. I get links to some general quotation sites but also ones which only have quotes on that theme, which often have many more than the general sites.

Some general ones:

The Quote Garden

Think exist

Quotations Book

Quotations Home Page

Quoteland

The Quotations Page

The Quotations Archive

jnolan05 11/16/2008 #

Can we write the quote on the back of the postcard or does the quote have to actually be on the postcard?

spinjenny 11/17/2008 #

Yes, the quote can be on the back, and I think it usually should be if it is a commercial card. If I use a postcard with a printed quote on the front, I still put a different favourite quote on the back - I think that is more personal than just the printed quote. However, for anyone making their own postcards, it is fine for them to incorporate the quote into the design on the front if they prefer. I also think that occasionally it would be appropriate to write it as a caption or speech bubble on the front of a commercial card, if it fits the picture.

AuntB 12/ 6/2008 #

I see you are on #19. I did join - hope its ok

DebP 12/ 6/2008 #

Wish we weren't limited to 20 swaps now.

spinjenny 12/ 6/2008 #

AuntB, of course it is OK!

DebP, at least the watch list lets us keep an eye on interesting swaps and try to clear others off our lists by sending them out quickly so we can join more.

mydecemberht 12/12/2008 #

Awesome!! I loved the last one!!

spinjenny 12/16/2008 #

I will be assigning partners shortly. I hope you all enjoy this swap, and that you will join the next one in the series, which I have just created - Quotecard Postcard #20.

spinjenny 01/16/2009 #

It is now more than 2 weeks past the send by date for this swap. I have contacted the partners of the participants who have not yet marked Sent. If anyone else has not received their postcards or been contacted by their senders to explain why there is a delay, please try to contact your partner before giving them a 1 rating. PM me if you need any help as I will not be checking these comments any more.

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