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Swap Coordinator:	nativegan (contact)
Swap categories:	Postcards Postage Stamps Mail Art
Number of people in swap:	9
Location:	International
Type:	Type 2: Flat mail
Last day to signup/drop:	March 1, 2010
Date items must be sent by:	March 31, 2010
Number of swap partners:	2
Description:
A Postage Stamp!! My son came home from school with this little riddle and ever since I've been wanting to try a swap like this. For this swap, you will create ONE postcard for TWO people of a postage stamp. That means you will create TWO postcards, one for each partner. You can use any of these techniques: Collage Colored Pencils Crayons Markers Pencils Basically, anything EXCEPT stickers and photos. The idea behind the swap is to get your creative juices flowing using good a old fashioned imagination. The postcard must be made of a heavy cardstock or other durable material to make it safely through the hands of the Postal Trolls. These do not need to be "works of art," just do your best and everything will be fine!! The point is to relax and have fun. Be Creative! Think outside the Box!! Don't be Offensive!!! Newbies are welcome as we were all there once. Must have a decently filled out profile i.e. more than just your name, age and hometown. Postage stamps are such a HUGE part of our Swapping Addiction so hopefully we'll all have a great time. If this swap goes well I'd like to do a series. Feedback is always welcome, just message me as I don't often check back to the original swap page. HAVE FUN!!

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twobluecrows 02/23/2010 #

Can we print out a digital art piece?

nativegan 02/23/2010 #

TWOBLUECROWS: I would still consider that as a photo. Sorry!!

kleedawn 02/25/2010 #

im sorry im new at this and very interested but im a little confused would i make 2 of the same thing for 2 people or make 1 and send it to one address? does that sound right ... lol im sorry

camelsamba 03/ 1/2010 #

So is the idea to create our own postage stamp? Or to include used postage stamps in a postcard design?

Oh wait, the deadline is today so I probably won't get an answer - but I do think it's kind of confusing as worded.

FiWebster 03/ 3/2010 #

I'll echo kleedawn's confusion: when you say "ONE postcard for TWO people," do you mean we're supposed to craft a stamp design, and then copy it on a 2nd postcard? That could be hard to do if it's a collage, because often you only have one copy of any given collage element. It seems to me that if the 2nd postcard is supposed to be a copy of the original, we should be able to scan it and print it out as "digitall art." If you say that's not allowed, then it would meke more sense to make TWO (different) stamp-design postcards for TWO people. You see what I mean?

nativegan 03/ 5/2010 #

Sorry for the confusion, I've edited the wording.

You have 2 partners for which you will create 1 postcard for each partner. I.E. you create 2 different postcards, one for each partner.

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