Punch it! matchbox swap

this sounds easy enough, i spend so much time punching out small left over pieces of pretty papers that ordinarily would be thrown away,so I am looking forward to passing some along :)

What a great idea, easy, fast, inexpensive, simple and really no need to look at profiles and figure out the best items for your partner, as every one can use the punches. Love it can't wait, I love the Web site wish I had found it earlier. Faye

wow tsampa,

I was just thinking about doing a paper punch swap! There are so many out there!

I just got a couple of new ones myself, so you know I'm in!

I am glad you all joined the swap, we have great people! It will be fun :)

"(the inside or the outside)"

Hi! Does this mean that the person can get by with only decorating the outside of the box and not put any punches inside if they choose to do it that way?

I am just wondering about this, as maybe people are expecting to receive a box full of punches and they may end up not?

serene! No, this is not what I meant, I was afraid I will have problems explaning it... I meant when you punch you can send the inside figure or the outside with the punched figure lines (so it will be a square paper with a "hole" inside".... the matchbox should be full! how can I explain it better?

thanks,

noa

How big a matchbox are you expecting? One of the dmall ones, or a big one? Etayne

small ones, even! (typo)

Etayne - The small one, but if you want to use the bigger one I am sure your partner will be happy :)

I will update the swap to make sure everybody understand it

fandrea and missamy, your packages were mailed today. Please let me know when you receive them. Enjoy!

By the way, for US swappers, please share with me how you have mailed your package out, particularly in light of the USPS' price increases. For example, it was $1.13 to mail a 0.6 oz matchbox swap across the country, but $1.07 to mail a 1.0 oz package to Hungary! Go figure!

I'm told it was not only a simple fare increase, but a classification change as well. So, what qualified as a simple first class envelope last week is now a parcel post envelope this week (a matchbox won't fit through the "letter" feeder and thus is a parcel now). Is that what you have encountered, or was my friendly neighborhood postal worker pulling a fast one on me?

Clarification

OK, I think I understand this now. A first class letter ($0.41 for the first ounce, $0.17 for each additional ounce) can be no more than 1/4 inch thick. When it exceeds this thickness, it becomes a package ($1.13 for the first ounce, $0.17 for each additional ounce). There are other factors involved in the classification process, but I think that this is the most pertinent one as it pertains to matchbox swaps.

Essentially, a matchbox when mailed is no longer a letter, but a package. This has thus doubled the cost of mailing a matchbox swap out, at least domestically.

TriviumLady - though I am not from the US I am sorry to here about your posting changes... In this swap it could be possible to send the items in a flat envelope beacuse this is only paper, but in other swaps it could be problematic to flatten stuff....

well, I guess for other americans if you wish, you could flatten the decorated matchbox and put the punches in a small bag (but put enough to fill the whole box!). it would keep it in a "letter" category I think

My matchboxes are on the way to Kim and Lucie.

Hi All Sent this swap out today to Laurel Harper and Noa Danon Hope you both like the punchies

Hi all...

I just sent out my matchboxes yesterday to Nina and Rosalie. I hope they arrive quickly!

xoxo