Swap Reminder, Pics, and Flickr

I'm so pleased that many of you have emailed or posted to say that you've gotten your swaps out on time! I just wanted to post a little reminder that yesterday was the deadline for mailing and share some pictures others have posted.

Amy put together two neat little stationery folios...see what's inside at Let's Explore!

Amy's partner Melissa put together a lovely package too...check out One Crafty Mumma to see the lovely stationery she tucked inside!

Clara and Ellis got a lovely package from Brystal and Contessa (top pictures), and sent a beautiful set Contessa's way. See more at Two Little Birds, Two Little Beasts.

We'd love to see what you put together for your swap package...share pictures at the Kiddio Mail Swap Flickr Group, and leave a comment below! Thanks so much for playing! (p.s. I fixed the link to the group!)

Swap Update!

Thank you all so much for your patience...let's just say that it was a bit more effort than I expected to get everyone matched up (and I think I can safely say that it'll be much easier next time!).  I decided to have a direct swap (where you and your partner send to each other) and tried hard to match families up so that everyone with two participating kids is swapping with a two kid family, the two with three kids are swapping (and the ages matched up so well!), and I was able to respect those who didn't want to ship internationally.  Phew!  I'm putting the emails together now and will send them all out within the next hour. 
In any event, let's get our kits together and plan to send them out by September 15 (I moved this out a bit since I was a little late getting the partners out; if you fail to participate or don't get around to this in a timely manner, you won't be invited back for the next swap, sorry....I hate to see disappointed children).  The basic guidelines are to put together some sort of an age-appropriate mail/stationery set.  For older children you'll likely want to send a functional set that one would use to write letters with, while younger children may prefer a set for pretend mail play.  I'm thinking that you may want to send things valued at around $10-15, but that's sort of a shot in the dark, so you may wish to confer with your your partner so that you're on the same page. 
Have a great time, and let me know if you have any questions!  I can't wait!

Kiddio Swap #1: Kid's Stationery/Mail Kit

I love swaps, if only because I just adore getting mail. I've clearly passed this mail-love onto my oldest since she's always happy to get the mail for me but disappointed when none of it has her name on it. With school starting, I thought that a kid's stationery kit swap would be a fun way to start thinking about fall (already?)

I'm planning something simple, a small box or pouch filled with some of the essentials for good mailing such as some nice cards or postcards, blank cards, supplies for decorating, stickers, cancelled stamps, a neat pen, perhaps some personalized address labels? I'm sure you all can be much more creative than I've been. Let's take a few weeks to gather supplies and send our kits off to their eager recipients by September 12. I'll close sign-ups September 1 and send out swap partner info so that everyone has time to prepare their packages.

Think it sounds like fun?

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