In the Garden Notecard Swap

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Swap Coordinator:	PostMuse (contact)
Swap categories:	Paper Goods
Number of people in swap:	21
Location:	International
Type:	Type 2: Flat mail
Last day to signup/drop:	February 28, 2011
Date items must be sent by:	March 14, 2011
Number of swap partners:	1
Description:
It's always nice to have a few flower notecards at our fingertips. It lets us play gardener even if we have a brown thumb. This swap is just a simple notecard exchange. Send three (3) different blank notecards featuring flowers to one (1) partner. The three notecards may be from a set that has cards of very similar design, but each card should be a bit different from the other. The notecards should follow group guidelines; crisp, clean, notecards with coordinating envelopes. Homemade are always welcome, with coordinating envelopes. No religious, birthday, holiday or other special event sentiments. I cannot stress enough that the notecards you send must be crisp and clean, and the envelopes must be sized to the notecard. I have received many notecards that are slightly yellowed with age, and many more where the envelopes are the wrong size.

Discussion

papercaper 02/ 4/2011 #

I really appreciate your note in italics there. I've received yellowing cards/envelopes, noticeably wrong-sized envelopes, unused-but-unclean cards, the works! Repeatedly, too. You almost feel betrayed when it happens. I send the nicest cards I can spare at any given time, and sometimes I'll get cards someone was just dying to get rid of. It doesn't take a genius to realise it when it's multiple cards.

(Fortunately one lot of really, REALLY bad '80s cards amused me so much that I wrote to friends on them and made up a tragic story to go along with each piece of 'art'. Hair that turned into rivers and twigs, maelstrom scenarios, moonlight falling over a street with a big sad pierrot mask in the foreground!)

That said, I love kitsch '50s and psychedelic '60s cards, so a little ageing doesn't put me off, and I can replace envelopes with clean ones. There's a big difference between cool vintage and just crap. :P

PostMuse 02/ 6/2011 #

I have received some hilarious vintage cards that I am sure the sender didn't intend to be hilarious, or vintage, but for the most part I am very put off by old cards. I am most angered when the envelope is the wrong size, though. That indicates the sender didn't put ANY thought into the swap.

I hope everyone reads the note in italics. I think I am going to have to start getting mean about sending ancient notecards :-(

Winkie 02/13/2011 #

I have no ancient notecards. They get mailed out LONG before they have time to deteriorate. Hahaha!

clebeans 02/15/2011 #

I just some really lovely cards today which I am dying to buy for this swap. Might just get extras for the future. I agree with getting old cards that no-one wants. I make sure mine are in new condition with correct envies.

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