Last year there were 160 swappers, this year we are a whopping 280 swappers!
280 people x 10 postcards equals 2800 postcards! I hope you did join my fantastically awesome DIY Postcard Swap 2011!? The registration is now closed, though I might do another one in 2012. Please subscribe to my blog or join the newsletter to be sure to get firsthand news on the next event.
Hello Swappers!
For those of you who have signed up, I’m so glad to have you! I could not send out confirmations to everyone this year, that would’ve taken way too much time away from my life. Plus I’m also organizing a Swedish ATC swap with embroidered ATC’s this month (via FB), and the amount of emails is overwhelming right now. Inbox zero a dream I used to have… Don’t worry about where you’ll be sending your postcards just yet, I’ve started to send out emails but it will take me a few days before I finish. Just be sure to make your postcards on time! If you don’t hear from me before the end of March (31st), please contact me then! The last day to send postcards is April 8th!
Document the creative process
As I’ve written about before I think it’s great if you also take the time to share the process of how you make your cards, what techniques and materials you use and things like that. The process of making ten handmade postcards is great blog fodder to write about and document in different ways. Once you send your cards on their way you will have the sweet memory of making them, especially if you take the time to take a yummy photo of the finished pile and share those in the Postcard flickr pool that was created last year but we’re recycling this year!
Add photos and your scanned cards in the Diy Postcard Swap Pool at flickr (free photo sharing site).
Share your blog post!
If you blog about your own postcards feel free to share the direct link to that post below. Write your name, nickname or handle (not your blog’s name please! I just dislike that a lot!) and then the url! Make sure you visit/comment on at least two other blogs when you add yours, we all want visitors to our blogs, right?
If you write several posts about your postcarding (or share postcards that your receive) you can share those here too, just add a number for your second post (2) and so on. Thanks!
Woohoo, put cards in the post today. It was so much fun making them. Thnx Hanna for organizing this!
Love, Maja x
Whew! I temporarily forgot I had signed up for the swap! Thankfully I remembered on my day off! ^_^ All made, addressed, and ready to send. Thanks for the opportunity! It really was neat to see what I could do with a deadline!
Just posted about my cards! I will be sending tomorrow, I just need to attach backs to my cards!
This has been so much fun! Finished my cards yesterday and will be posting them today!
Hi Hanna,
Thank you so much for hosting this huge international swap. I have just uploaded my postcards and written about them on my blog!
I had such a good creative time making them. i have been pretty busy lately & it was just what I needed!!! yours, lenna
Hi Hanna, i really enjoyed participating in this swap, it was a lot of fun making these postcards. I tried to make them special, so each card is related to one another with the photo and song!
thanks for the initiative!
Isabel
Hello;
Despite the delay I have finished my 10 cards;
On Monday I will send them. I hope they all reach their destinations!
p.strange
thanks for this – it was fun! i’m planning on doing more
This swap is so fantastic! I’ve already received 4 awesome post cards & am looking forward to getting the rest. I also love how people have responded to my emails thanking them & visited my blog. What a great community! Thanks again for organzing this.
I did get my cards out on Friday, right on time. I really enjoyed the project and I hope all on my list like the cards! :)
I am loooving this postcard swap. Such wonderful artists!
Making and sending thess cards was so much fun!
Thanks so much for organizing this swap,Hanna! It’s been so much creative fun.And I love checking my mailbox everyday knowing there might be some postcard magic! :)
Thanks so much for hosting this swap. It was so much fun and I get such a kick everyday when I get home and find a new postcard waiting for me.
Had so much fun making my postcards … thankyou!!!
Finally got the finished postcards uploaded to flickr and the post on my blog. Thanks, again, Hanna! Great fun and inspiration.
It was such great fun making and receiving all those beautiful and inspiring cards! I only received six but I really don’t mind because those are brilliant!
Thanks a thousand times for organizing, Hanna!
Love, Maja x
Still receiving cards at this date – Such a joy! Again so glad to have met you and been part of this project. It really is awe-inspiring. Hanna you are truly amazing for putting this idea in the works.
Neha