Mail Art: Birds!

For this swap you will have 1 partner, and for that partner you will create one piece of mail art featuring. . . BIRDS! Now that spring is here, I hear lovely bird song every morning, so let's send our partner a sweetly singing birdie through the mail.

Here are the requirements:

• envelope must measures at least 4" x 5", but can be larger

• envelope can be created by you and embellished with a bird theme OR you can use a ready-made envelope and embellish with a bird theme

• inside you will place a flat bird-themed surprise costing no less than $1.00 U.S.

• must be stamped with real postage stamps instead of printed codes from a printer or the post office (this adds to the beauty!) Who knows? You might even find a bird stamp!

• any bird is acceptable--from flamingo to owl to robin to ostrich and everything in-between!

Some suggestions of what to put inside: another mail art envelope, bird stickers, bird notes, bird pockets for smashing, bird postcards, etc. Just select something fairly flat to keep postage to a minimum.

If you send a paper-based surprise, you SHOULD get by with 1 oz, so it would cost $1.10 to go anywhere in the world! (or $.46 within the U.S.)

Participants must have a cumulative 4.9 rating. Newbies welcome with a very well-filled-out profile. Join with confidence; I'm always happy to angel my hosted swaps.