The Postcard Swap has Offically Started!

Our first state, Alabama, sent out their postcards yesterday to kick off the start of our Postcard Swap!  If you are participating in this swap, be on the lookout for the postcards to reach your mailboxes soon!  Also, remember to check your e-mails regularly, in case I sent out an urgent update.

Thanks everyone!

By the way - ALL states have been filled, sorry to anyone that was still interested!

"Learn the States" Postcard Swap - *ALMOST READY TO START!*

We've officially assigned half of the states to families, but I need your help with the other half!  Feel free to post something in your blog to try and recruit the last few states.  Or, do you have any family or friends that live in any of the following states that would like to join us?  Please send them along the information.

The states we still need are:

• Delaware
• New Hampshire
• South Dakota
• West Virginia

Has anyone else noticed that the Western/Southern states seem much more interested in this swap than the Northern states?  lol..  For awhile there, the only Northern states were my own family and Massachusetts.

I've also created the banner (above) and a button (below) that you can feel free to place in your blog/wherever else for more publicity:

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Postcard Swap *UPDATED 1-22-10*

There are a lot of pending requests out there, but yellow states shown above have officially been claimed.  We need your help to get more filled!  Forward the Postcard Swap information onto families that you know live in the white states - even better, post something on your blog to get the word out!  I'd love to get this swap started ASAP.  Until then, I will keep searching for more families!

I will continue updating this map every time I receive an e-mail claiming another state.

Postcard Swap

I am currently in the process of organizing a “Learn the States” postcard swap.  If your family would be interested in receiving a postcard from each of our 50 states (minus your own), and mailing out 49 postcards to the other participants, e-mail me and let me know which state you'd like to represent.  I’m figuring that each state would be assigned a specific week to send out, so the entire project would take almost a year to complete.  I’m so excited just thinking about receiving a postcard from a different state every week!

At my house, we plan on putting up a large map of the United States, and connecting each postcard that we receive to it’s corresponding state with a piece of yarn. (Michaels currently has large United States placements with a dry erase marker for only $1!)

The postcards will be somehow themed about the state that you live in (I know I see state postcards all of the time at places like Walgreens and gas stations, but you could feel free to make your own, as well!)  On the back of the postcards, I was thinking that your family could just write either a fun fact about your state or why you like living in your state.

If you are at all interested, keep in mind that you will be paying at least $14 worth of postage, as well as the cost of the postcards.  Your personal information, such as names and address will only be shared with the other participants of the swap.  Also, states are available at a first-come, first-served basis.  We are unable to accommodate more than 1 family per state, so if you are interested, be sure to get your name in right away! If you have any other questions, please let me know.  I plan on starting this as soon as we get a majority of the states assigned.  More details will be posted soon!