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Interesting Everyday Ephemera Swap

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Interesting Everyday Ephemera Swap
Swap Coordinator:jannieb (contact)
Swap categories: Ephemera 
Number of people in swap:22
Location:Regional - USA
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Rating requirement:4.90
Last day to signup/drop:June 28, 2011
Date items must be sent by:July 12, 2011
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

Ephemera - a class of collectable items not originally intended to last for more than a short time, such as tickets, brochures, postcards, or labels.

For this swap you will send your partner 20 items of interesting everyday ephemera that they could use for journaling, altered art, ATC's, or any arts & crafts, etc.

Things such as...

  • Library book pockets & cards
  • time cards
  • bingo, game, playing cards
  • ledger or spreadsheet pages
  • pharmacy labels
  • reproductions of old ephemera
  • sheet music, book pages
  • subway, bus, arcade tickets
  • interesting envelopes from bills, church collections or banks

The sky's the limit! Make sure you vary it up a bit & do not send all of the same item. Also, please do not send any junk like candy wrappers, torn or smelly papers, newspaper coupons or ads, etc.

Discussion

TheArtfulDogger 06/18/2011 #

For those of you who love ephemera, there's a great group on Swap-Bot called the Ephemera Junkies. Check it out on the groups page! :)

Nyu 06/18/2011 #

Let me know, if you'll (or anyone else) will host an international version, I really like this idea~

jannieb 06/22/2011 #

Don't do International swaps...sorry.

deLux 06/29/2011 #

RU ready? Sign up date is past!

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