TPP: Stowaway

Can you hide a profile surprise in a postcard?

You will have one partner for this swap. Send your partner two postcards and one profile-based surprise.

• Choose two postcards of the same size. Any theme will do, but please don't send something listed specifically as a "dislike" on your partner's profile.

• Find or make a flat profile-based surprise with dimensions the same as or smaller than those of the postcards. Some ideas are:

postage stamps (new or used)

an ATC

a bookmark

a sticker sheet

a note card

another postcard

• Address one of the postcards. Write your SB username and the swap title on this card. You can include a little drawing or note, but don't mention the fact that the card is transporting a stowaway surprise.

• Sandwich the surprise between the card you've written on and the other postcard. Be sure to have the picture from the second card facing up and out.

• Make a tape border around the edge of the cards to hold them together. I like to use washi tape because it peels off easily without damaging the cards and looks like part of the postcard.

• Put on your trench coat and slink over to the post office. Casually hand your "postcard" to the clerk. Say, "I need to buy a stamp for this postcard." Whistle a little tune or talk about the weather while you wait for him/her to apply cheap postage.

OR

• Stick a letter-rate stamp on the card and drop it in the mailbox because, unless the surprise is a gold brick, you know that's enough postage to cover it. :-)

Flakers will be stuffed in a suitcase and shipped, postage due, to Antarctica.