WIYM: Born to be Wild Pocket Letter Swap-USA only

I just learned about another fun craft...pocket letters! So let's take a 9 pocket sheet & decorate all the pockets with WILD animals. The items you put in the pockets do not have to be all wild animals but if not then the pocket decorations should be.

You can decorate both sides if you chose but if your sender only decorates one side you cannot rate them down ok? Please at least use colored card stock/paper on the back side as a minimum.

It is senders choice on what to fill the pockets with but please check profiles for allergies or strong dislikes. If someone hates tea, obviously don't send it. It is waste of time & energy on both ends.

Please include a short (or long if you wish) letter to your partner that includes this group name, this swap name, and your user I.D. if you want to be rated promptly. Even if you don't want to be long-term pen pals with them, please include a letter to say hello. Besides, it fills one of your 9 pockets and you are only left with 8 to finish filling. :-)

Some examples of pocket stuffers for people who have never done these before are:

Washi tape samples, teas/coffees, coins, used stamps, new stamps, post-it-notes, paper clips, buttons, gardening seeds, ATC supplies & especially ATC's you may no longer want - they fit inside these pockets perfectly, ephemera, die cuts, stamped images, fortune cookie fortunes, a magazine article, poems, etc. etc.

Because the art is fairly new so are most of the artists doing it. Please be kind with your comments. We will have all levels of skills doing these.

Packaging these are very important & somewhat controversial already amongst pocket letter swappers. Ideally, they say to throw these in #10 business sized envelopes with one 49 cent stamp and mail. If you send as a first class package that now includes tracking!

What I sent was not completely flat but I do not mind the additional expense. I want to send something that my partner will enjoy not only what fits my budget.

You want your swap to arrive intact so please mail them in any manner that will get them that way to your partner. I mailed mine in a big envelope between 2 pieces of cardboard.

You could use a bubble mailer. You can use a #10 business envelope but the strong, brown, craft type - not the kind that is security lined & you mail your bills in. Tape the heck out of it with pretty duct tape. The postal machines will eat these swaps alive. I always get mine hand-cancelled.

So, one partner, one 9-pocket sheet filled with goodies/letter & pockets decorated with different animals or you can base the whole thing on one WILD animal if you wish.

If you have any questions list them below please.