Postcard swap for April 2019 - The birds and the bees

The April postcard swap is now open. I'm posting the rules here for those who are not a part of my Facebook Group - Vintage Gluebooks and Pages, but would like to participate in the postcard swap anyway.

You are invited to participate in a vintage collage mail art swap, that will be traded with other artists through postcards. The theme is “the birds and the bees”. For many of us, increased bird and insect activity is a sure sign of spring, along with new flora and fauna. Our friends in the southern hemisphere may see bird migrations and an end to summer blooms. What other images come to mind that can go along with birds and bees?

 

SWAP DETAILS:

• Your collages must be originals that you made and not copies, even if it’s your own work.
• When you make your collages, use papers only, no bumpy embellishments.
• The swap will have a theme of “the birds and bees” that you must represent in your collage, and at least a third of your paper elements should be vintage or vintage-inspired.
• You may send in as many as four cards. (You will get back the same number you send, each from a different artist)
• Your cards will be mailed to your host in an envelope, and your host will mail them "naked" to other swappers. International swappers will have swapped postcards all mailed back in one envelope.
• If you're sending more than one postcard, please make sure they don’t stick together.
• Write “VGB - (birds & bees)" on the back of each card and attach your return address in the UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER in case of postal delivery problems.
• LEAVE THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE POSTCARD BLANK (THE PART WHERE THE ADDRESS "TO" GOES)
• Include a mailing label with your name and address for each card you create (Your host will attach them to the cards she mails back to you)
• Enclose your cards into an envelope that includes loose postage and your loose address labels.
• Mail your envelope to:
  Margarete Miller
  P.O. Box 3115
  Saratoga, CA 95070
  USA
• The deadline is April 30. Please mail in your submissions by that time. I will wait a week for any last letters arriving from overseas
• Postcards will be mailed out by May 10

Postage and Card Size

• A standard postcard is 4” x 6” (10cm x 15cm), and it must be thin and flexible.
• Use a standard first class, forever stamp if you are in the US

International swappers

Contact the swap host regarding using PayPal to cover return mailing postage, or to make other arrangements.

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If you'd like to read about what you can expect from a postcard swap, you can see how others have gone in the past. We did one with the topic of "love" and one on "maps".