April Showers Bring May Flowers

“April showers bring May flowers” is a lesson in patience, and one that remains valid to this day. You wait through the rains for the beautiful flowers, knowing they will come. Here, you wait for your shower of mail to bring you lots of smiles!

For this swap, you will be creating a shower of fun mail for your partner. Think outside the box on this one. You will be sending ten, yes TEN, pieces of mail. All mail can be flat mail; packages are not required, but creativity is.

• One letter must include a general introduction to you and your life.
• One must include titles of MUST READ books, and why they are must-reads to you.
• One must include a gift of some type - remember, it can be flat mail, so a postcard, notecard, teabag, bookmark, small giftcard, any little thing will do, as long as you think your partner will like it. (Obviously you cannot KNOW your partner will like it, just do your best. Ratings are NOT based on whether they like it.)
• One piece must include a reference to rain... an umbrella sticker, a notecard with a picture of a cloudy day on it, a discussion about your rainy day, whatever you want to do. Remember to point out that this piece fullfills the rain requirement.
• One piece must include flowers... that is, a picture of flowers, a reference in a poem, flower seeds, anything. Be sure to point out that it fullfills the flower requirement.
• the other five may be anything at all, as long as they are individual pieces of mail. AND... all must be in SOME way, beyond the normal range of an everyday plain card or envelope. A postcard to which you have added stamped images, or a card in an envelope you have made, or decorated. A letter about your favorite candy bar, in an envelope made from a Hersheys ad. A zine you created, sent naked... a pair of flip flops! You decide.

All ten pieces of mail must be sent by May 31. Sending late can result in a 3 rating, so send on time. You may send any time in April and May, plenty of time to get ten pieces of creative mail out.

This IS international, so be aware, your total postage will be at least $4.40, but could be $10 or more. Your packages themselves, however, do not actually need to cost anything, unless you want them to. :) Remember to confirm that your postage is correct. Also be aware that this swap is not about getting 'stuff' but is about getting 'mail'... you may be sorely disappointed if you are expecting profile goodies!

This swap requires commitment. Please do not join if you are not certain you can complete it.