PW ~ Monday Mailer -- July

July has five Mondays so it's a perfect time for a Monday Mailer swap. The idea is simple: you'll have one partner, and every Monday, you mail out an envelope/packet to her. This is a USA only swap to help ensure mailings arrive within a week.

At the end of the swap, you should have received five mailings, and possibly made a new friend. I can testify to that! One of my dearest friends is a swapper I was paired with more than 10 years ago in a Monday Morning Mailer swap on another, now defunct, swap site.

Every Monday, you will mail your partner an envelope or small package that contains something to read and something to do or try.

Monday, July 2: An introductory note or letter with your favorite Scripture and something that represents where you live (can be a postcard, a newspaper article, a map, etc.) If you mail early, a 4th of July item could be enclosed.

Each subsequent Monday Mailer -- Monday, July 9, Monday, July 16; Monday, July 23, and Monday, July 30-- should have something for your partner to read and something to try or do. Profile surprises also welcome in this category.

Feel free to respond to your partner. Maybe a long-term friendship will indeed develop.

Examples of something to read: a letter, an article, a short story or a book, a zine, a devotion, etc.

Examples of something to do or try include, but are not limited to: craft kits (for cards, ATCs, dotees, etc), crossword, sudoko or other puzzles, a Bible quiz or study, recipes, a profile-related project or activity, a mix CD to listen to, etc.

Rate your partner after receiving the fifth envelope/package.

USA swappers. Group membership. Snail mail.