featured swap: Inspired by Postage Stamps
Feb 21st 2012 04:47:56 pm
This week, I want to share a very creative swap for all of us who love postal mail and stamps. It is the Inspired by Postage Stamps Swap hosted by MichelleWillow in which you make a booklet all about stamps for your partner. (Above is a stamp from MichelleWillow’s collection.)
From the swap description:
For this swap you’ll have 1 partner and make for them one little green (recycled) booklet with things you learned through the postage stamps!
Select 10 postage stamps from ANY country except your own and your partner’s (used is preferred!!!), look up for the story behind the image on the stamp and write it down in your booklet.
Rules for making booklets:
- booklet should be at least 6 ” x 4″
- booklet has to be handmade and 100% made of recycled materials (you can use for covers: greeting cards, thin cardboard from cereal boxes, etc. / for pages: old book pages, magazine pages, junk mail, leaflets, etc. / for writing: hand written, hand drawn or clips from magazines or books)
- it’s strictly forbidden to use computer to print out images / text!!! No stickers! (unless they are recycled from envelopes and such)
- try to keep story behind each stamp on separate page and don’t forget to glue a stamp along with a story!
For information on how to create the booklets, check out this tutorial or this one.
Experienced craft swappers with over a 4.9 rating are welcome to join this international swap. Sign up by March 1st!
The Inspired by Postage Stamps Swap is the third in MichelleWillow’s series of booklet swaps. She has the 4th edition coming up in April for Earth Day!
1 Comment » Categories: Weekly Featured Swap
MichelleWillow on 22 Feb 2012 at 12:12 am #
Hi Rachel! Thank you for promoting this swap!
I have uploaded pictures of all of mine previously done green booklets for these swaps in my Flickr stream if anyone needs an inspiration 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/willowdesign/collections/72157629421405089/
It would be great to have more people participating! It’s really fun to make these little booklets and to learn different things along the way!