The beginning of another month means it’s time for another swap-bot Chunk of Cardboard trade, my favorite thing on that site! I had my recycled “chunks” all cut & ready to stamp, write up, & mail off.
This month’s batch is going to:
Immingham, England
Porto Seguro, Brazil
Regensburg, Germany
Stamps, stamps, stickers & washi tape:
Four cards sent out today, in two swap-bot trades:
The dragon card was originally sent to me with some other cards in an envelope for another swap-bot trade. Now it is going out to Auburn, California in a “free postcard” trade. Since it has been years since I have stumbled into any of those racks of free ad postcards, I am grateful to have anything at all to send out in a trade such as this.
The remaining cards are going out in one of my favorite ongoing swap-bot trades, the “chunk o cardboard.” As the name implies, all that is required is that one mail out a chunk of cardboard…
…for the swap’s host in Saint Paul, Minnesota, though, I try to send something special. I created sea life postcards in sextuplicate a couple of months or so ago; I think this may be the third of the batch I am mailing out. The others I have sent are posted on this blog, too. I’m always happy for a chance to be paired with this member, & thank her for creating a cool swap.
The ginger ale is going to another swapper with whom I’ve been paired more than once in the past; she’s in Immingham, England, and though I am sure she’s encountered ginger ale, I have no idea if it would have been Canada Dry. All of a sudden, I have a great thirst for Schweppes.
And its famous Schweppervescence.
Back to the U.S., the dog treat panel is on its way to a swapper in Goleta, California. I tell her I wasn’t sure if my dog would go for this new product, as she doesn’t usually like snacks with what I’d call a “plastic-y” texture. Well, I needn’t have worried.
These are all swap-botty things…
Hey, I see in putting these together to post, I’ve got a Popeye-y thing going on! Can the remaining card be thought of as a Charlie Brown tribute?
The card at upper left goes to Goes, Netherlands, where the recipient mentioned a desire for “funny/weird” postcards. I thought this sample of my beach photography might please.
Below that is a card bound for Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada. I think this user expressed an interest in art cards, so I pulled out this piece I received in another swap-bot trade, in which users stuff 3-5 postcards in an envelope for their swap-partners’ use. With my postcard’s target living in a place called “coquitlam,” I couldn’t help but think of the coqui frog–and I told her so.
That Oreo cookie/Popeye Spinach mash-up is for a “chunk o cardboard” trade on swap-bot, a chance I always value for some fun recycling. Popeye meets Cookie Monster, in a panel of a box of treats I bought for Halloween visitors, and a bag of spinach I wouldn’t have dared offer trick-or-treaters! This goes out to Immingham, United Kingdom.
The Snail Mail 