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Zine Collective

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Zine Collective
Group:Zines, mail art & other cool stuff
Swap Coordinator:iLoveMail (contact)
Swap categories: Challenges  Handmade  Zines 
Number of people in swap:8
Location:International
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Last day to signup/drop:October 4, 2024
Date items must be sent by:March 1, 2025
Number of swap partners:8
Description:

Edited from the swap archives and the super-talented @FarStarr

We will each make a zine by folding a piece 8 1/2 X 11" (A4) piece of paper or lightweight cardstock or handmade paper. How your zine folds is up to you! Just make sure that the pages fold over neatly. It should be an 8 page mini zine, including front & back cover.

Decorate the cover or title page with your chosen theme, or any 1 page of the zine (if you prefer a random zine). If you would like people to stick to a theme, please put that in your first note to the partner you send to. Please respect partners’ themes (if there is one) and partners’ profiles in general. For example, if no theme but they dislike cutesy things or floral prints, don’t add kawaii or anything flowery to their zine.

Send the unfinished zine in an envelope to your assigned partner and post in the comments that you’ve sent it. Do not “click when you have sent your items”. This will not happen until you’ve finished the last page in someone’s zine.

When you receive the first zine, try to complete your page and move it along to your partner as soon as possible, taking no more than 1 week. This is going to be a long swap due to postal times. I will extend the final send-by date if needed, if any zine is taking too long to get to the next partner. Just please communicate below so I know what’s going on.

After partners are assigned, I will post the order of who that person sends the zine to, and so on, until the zines are completed, as well as who the last person it should be sent back to. This swap will have only the number of participants as the number of pages in a standard zine made from 1 piece of A4 paper. (8 of us)

We will all work in each zine eventually. At the end of the swap, we will each get our own zine back hopefully! The send-by date will be long enough so each person has a week to complete whichever zine page is in their possession and postal times. Let’s communicate in the comments below WHEN and WHO’S zine as we send and receive them. (I’m posting an example as the 1st comment.)

Please PM me or comment with any questions. It’s important to check the comments regularly since that’s where all the swap info will be.

I’m giving the whole month of September to sign up but will change that once 7 people have joined (plus myself = 8). The send by date is tentative and probably will change as the swap goes on. We can start our zines immediately though!

Assuming this group is up to date, usual group rules apply. I will check profiles before assigning partners and check in regularly as the swap goes on to make sure we’re all communicating. I can’t angel if a zine goes missing but I can send one of mine if needed.

Discussion

iLoveMail 09/ 4/2024 #

Receiving/sending example:

Received @iLoveMail zine on 9/22. Sent @iLoveMail zine on 9/30.

iLoveMail 10/ 5/2024 #

Send your own zines to your assigned partner 1st by Monday, October 14th. Do not click that you have sent your items.

Then once you receive your partner’s zine, send it to your assigned partner no later than a week later.

When you RECEIVE your assigned partner’s zine (the 1st one sent to you), do not rate them yet.

Complete a page in each zine that comes to you, sending them on to your assigned partners no later than a week later and posting in the comments as you receive/send a zine (as posted above).

When you have completed the last page in the 8th zine and send it to that person, click that you’ve sent your items. When you receive your zine back, rate your partner.

iLoveMail 10/ 5/2024 #

When you have finished the last page in a zine, PM that member for their address and send it back to them, and post here in the comments.

I hope this is not too confusing and works for everyone. Thanks so much for joining!

Nserviam 10/ 7/2024 #

Sent @midwestkiwi zine on 10/07/2024.

midwestkiwi 10/ 7/2024 #

Page 1 sent to @artjournalingheidi 10/7/24

midwestkiwi 10/10/2024 #

Received Page 1 from @Nserviam on 10/10/24

iLoveMail 10/14/2024 #

Sending my zine to @Nserviam today!

iLoveMail 10/14/2024 #

Post offices were closed today 🤦🏼‍♀️ so it’ll go out tomorrow. My apologies!

AmookIslandCreations 10/15/2024 #

Sent mine to Soyprincesa2 on 14 Oct 24. I almost forgot to write it here! Looking forward to seeing everyone's artwork! Hugs from Alaska, Sherry

iLoveMail 10/15/2024 #

Haha me too Sherry!

artjournalingheidi 10/17/2024 #

Sent my first one to AmookIslandCreations. Received my first one from Midwestkiwi's. Sorry, I am new to this, once I have finished the page in MidwestKiwi's who do I send it to? Thanks!

iLoveMail 10/18/2024 #

I DM’d you :)

artjournalingheidi 10/18/2024 #

Sent the second zine (started by Midwestkiwi) to AmookIslandCreations today.

iLoveMail 10/23/2024 #

Has everyone mailed their zine to their assigned partner? Please check in here when you get a chance :)

Nserviam 10/26/2024 #

Received page 1 from @iLoveMail on 10/23/2024. Mailed page 2 to @midwestkiwi on 10/26/2024.

iLoveMail 10/29/2024 #

Just wanted to thank @Nserviam @midwestkiwi @AmookIslandCreations and @artjournalingheidi for keeping up & posting their progress here in the comments. I have reached out to the remaining participants and hope to hear from them soon.

midwestkiwi 10/30/2024 #

Second round of @Nserviam 's zine sent to @journalingheidi today.

BluGinhm 10/31/2024 #

Sent @iLoveMail 10/31. Haven't received yet.

soyprincesa2 11/ 4/2024 #

@AmookIslandCreations Sherry.... I never received your zine. I would think that it should have arrived by now. I will keep you posted.

midwestkiwi 11/ 4/2024 #

received @iLoveMail 's zine page 2 from @Nserviam

AmookIslandCreations 11/ 5/2024 #

Rec'd from Artjournalingheidi, today. Our mail is being wonky due to weather right now. Hugs from Alaska, Sherry

iLoveMail 11/ 6/2024 #

Something is up with US mail everywhere… my partner from another swap hasn’t received the envie I sent her 10 days ago & she lives about 30 minutes from me!!

AmookIslandCreations 11/ 7/2024 #

I rec'd Midwestkiwi's zine from artjournalingheidi today! I noticed that Midwestkiwi did not put her return address n her zine. Please PM and I will add on the cover page reverse. Hugs from Alaska, Sherry

AmookIslandCreations 11/ 7/2024 #

PS: artjournalingheidi: I am loving the envies you are sending these swaps in!

dvmac 11/ 9/2024 #

Mine is on its way to @BluGinhm in Ohio.

BluGinhm 11/13/2024 #

Received @dvmac today. Mail is really wonky (a partner in another swap took exactly one month from postmark in Florida to get to me in Ohio). But I think my mailperson actually put it in one of my neighbor's mailboxes because it showed up on my front step this morning, and the mail has definitely not arrived yet today.

iLoveMail 11/13/2024 #

Thanks everyone for keeping up here and being patient!

AmookIslandCreations 11/13/2024 #

Sent the two zines referenced above to Soyprincesa2. I have not received any others yet. Hugs from Alaska, Sherry

iLoveMail 11/13/2024 #

Received my 1st one from @BluGinhm ; so excited to start working on these!

soyprincesa2 11/17/2024 #

@dvmac should have received my zines by now. @amokkislandcreations I received your zine about 10 days ago. Do we continue to.mail all the zines that we finish to our assigned partner? So I send to @dvmac ???

AmookIslandCreations 11/18/2024 #

@soyprincesa2 Yes, doing a page in each one with your info on the reverse of your page. See the ones I have sent to you. Hugs from Alaska!

AmookIslandCreations 11/18/2024 #

I am also marking my page with a number in the order I am in completing the zine. For example: "Zine collective #3" for Midwestkiwi's zine as I was the 3rd person to work on hers. Hugs from Alaska, Sherry

dvmac 11/20/2024 #

Hi All. Just received @soyprincesa2 s zine yesterday.

iLoveMail 11/20/2024 #

Yay, they’re moving! Thanks @AmookIslandCreations for clarifying above; yes everyone just continue to send zines to your assigned partners. Sending @BluGinhm at the end of the week.

iLoveMail 11/20/2024 #

The good news is we’re all in the US so we don’t have to worry about striking mail service like in Canada!

midwestkiwi 11/22/2024 #

Page 3 of @iLoveMail 's mini zine sent to @artjournalingheidi today

BluGinhm 11/26/2024 #

Sending @dvmac this evening. Received @soyprincesa2 from @dvmac yesterday. Hoping to have it out sometime this weekend.

BluGinhm 11/27/2024 #

Sending @soyprincesa2 out this evening. Two down, five to go (not counting my own. :-)

iLoveMail 12/ 4/2024 #

Received @dvmac last Friday. Sending tomorrow!

AmookIslandCreations 12/ 5/2024 #

I haven't received any more since the first 2. I will be out of town from the 7th to the 23rd of Dec. I will quickly scan mail for any further sends and prioritize them to complete my page and send out to @soyprincessa ASAP. Hugs from Alaska, Sherry

iLoveMail 12/ 8/2024 #

Received @soyprincesa2 last week, sending to @Nserviam tomorrow!

artjournalingheidi 12/14/2024 #

@AmookIslandCreations I'm so sorry, I have fallen behind on sending the zines on. I have two to finish and move along to you. I will be sending them out by Monday. @ilovemail I have received the two you have sent me recently and my sincere apologies for not moving them along faster. I apparently suck at this! I'll get better on staying on top of this. November became a black hole for me after the election and now all of a sudden it is middle of December!!! By the way, thank you for the seasonal card in November. Off to finish these zines up now....

AmookIslandCreations 12/14/2024 #

Looking forward to seeing the next ones come through the mail! You are so very welcome! Hugs from Alaska, Sherry

iLoveMail 12/16/2024 #

No worries @artjournalingheidi November FLEW by for me and I can’t believe we’re 10 days from Christmas 😵‍💫 I want everyone to enjoy this swap so we all make fabulous zines for each other, not stress about sending. I can always extend the deadline :) Thanks to everyone for keeping in communication here!

Nserviam 12/19/2024 #

Received @BluGinhm zine on 12/19.

Received @dvmac zine on 12/19.

Nserviam 12/20/2024 #

Mailed @BluGinhm and @dvmac zines to @midwestkiwi on 12/20.

Nserviam 12/20/2024 #

Received @soyprincesa2 zine on 12/20.

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