Jumping in the Pocket Letter Swap Craze
By Jeanne Marie
@Jeanniemaries (8237)
United States
February 16, 2016 12:07pm CST
I just discovered pocket letters by reading a blog post from a blogging friend of mine. I was intrigued and asked her more about it. She suggested I look at pocket letters on Facebook and get some ideas. Then we could swap. I did and then made one and sent it to her the day after she sent one to me. The photo is of the one I received. There are lots of little goodies in the pockets and it was so fun to get it in the mail.
Truthfully, I'm tired of just getting advertisements in the mail and I wanted to do something about it. Now I have made another swap with someone that I've never met and I can't wait to see what she sent!
Have you made, seen or ever heard of pocket letters?
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
17 Feb 16
I think it sounds like a lot of fun but not something I have time to think about right now.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
17 Feb 16
@Jeanniemaries I am just so far behind in my writing taht I really can't think of anything else right now.
@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
17 Feb 16
It does take some time to get started.
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@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
16 Feb 16
Yes, in a way. They share scrapbooking materials with their swap partner. But there is a correspondence included and artistic design in creating an interesting PL. Some have a big design on one side and all the goodies bundled behind them that show on the other side.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
16 Feb 16
@Jeanniemaries Quite a novel idea and is likely to generate some fascinating material at times.
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@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
16 Feb 16
@Asylum I hope so. I think pinterest is awash in pocket letter ideas too. My friend keeps all of hers in a binder that she will enjoy looking through for a long time to come.
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@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
16 Feb 16
Oh this is something I would totally get into if I had the time! When I was a kid, I had pen pals. When I was a young adult, I collected rubber stamps and we exchanged all sorts of mail art around the world. It's nice to see things have evolved to "pocket letters" now - that is so cute! I'll definitely look into it - sounds like fun!!
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@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
16 Feb 16
Even if I wasn't doing it I like seeing the ones that people are swapping. Another thing that is new is Artist Trading Cards, or ATC's for short. I'm looking into that, I love them! If you ever want to swap art, let me know!
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@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
17 Feb 16
@Jeanniemaries Say, have you heard of Art O Mat? It's not trading, but it's a specific sized little art that is sold in vending machines. I guess people actually collect these art pieces! They used to accept submissions, but I don't know what the process is now because I'm sure they're pretty popular. That would be fun too!
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@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
17 Feb 16
@much2say I've never heard of that. Sounds interesting, but I wonder what kind of vending machines?
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@divalounger (6182)
• United States
17 Feb 16
I have not heard of these--but what a nice idea! Fun to get and give I would suspect!
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@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
17 Feb 16
I am currently making up some art trading cards called ATC's just to take with me to give out. You sign your cards and who knows where they may end up (besides the waste bin!) But you wouldn't give them to just anyone, but to friends, maybe include one with a gift, in a thank you card as I have done, as a door prize or just sharing. If I knew about these last week I would have brought one for Isobelle when we met up for tea.
@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
17 Feb 16
It might be something fun for the slower months of the year, like summer time...when the livin' is easy!
@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
17 Feb 16
Look at Pinterest also. Fabulous stuff there. I was mesmerized!
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@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
17 Feb 16
@LadyDuck Look at Art Trading Cards too. ATC's Soooo beautiful!
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@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
16 Feb 16
I hadn't either until I saw the blog post a couple of weeks ago. Then I tried to join a group on facebook...still waiting and they have over 7K members. I did join one called Pocket Letters for Beginners with only 2,114 members. The one I received had a travel theme. The one I sent had a pop art theme.
@Tampa_girl7 (54715)
• United States
16 Feb 16
I am unfamiliar with pocket letters.
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@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
16 Feb 16
My two photos open up each shows a side of the pocket letter I received. Many use scrapbooking materials to make their pocket letters. I like to be a bit more creative than that.
@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
25 Feb 16
Nope, none of the above. Interesting idea though. There's something else going around with postcards or something like that. You sign up with an organization and send a postcard to someone anywhere in the world that participates and get one in return from another member. I don't do that either, but found it intriguing. Maybe something to do after retiring if that ever takes place.
@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
25 Feb 16
@Jeanniemaries Someone else did earlier in the month, it may have been Marilyn, painsonsltate, but I'm not sure who it was exactly.
@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
25 Feb 16
Yes, that is called Postcrossings and it's at postcrossings dot com. I will do a post on it.
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@JESSY3236 (22245)
• United States
17 Feb 16
I haven't heard of it either. I will look it up on pinterest and facebook later.
@JudyEv (382104)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Feb 16
I've never heard of these. Sounds fascinating if you're into craft work.
@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
17 Feb 16
I think it appeals to the creative side of me. I needed a reason to begin to be crafty again. I do paint but crafts are very satisfying for me.
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