Brown and Blue postcards - due April 21st

Our next color combination is brown and blue.

Which shades will you use?  Chocolate and sky?  Burnt umber and cerulean? Teddy bear and royal?  Denim and dirt?

There are so many possibilities.

What techniques will you use?

Painting, drawing, collage, photography, digital, embroidery?

all of the above?

I can't wait to see what you create.

Swap details:

• Create a postcard using the colors brown and blue.  You may add black and/or white, but no other colors.
  Any style, technique, or medium is welcome.

• submit no more than four cards  (you will get back the same number you send)

• include an address label (with your address on it) for each card you create
  (I will attach them to the cards I mail back to you)  

• attach the proper postage to your postcard (see below for postal guidelines).  If you don’t have any stamps and it’s difficult for you to get some, go ahead and send me money instead.  You can stick cash in the envelope, or send it to me via paypal (iamrushmore@gmail.com)

• if you're sending me more than one, please make sure you insert waxed paper or parchment in between the cards so they don't get stuck together in the envelope 

• write “MMSA brown and blue” on the back of your card to remind your recipient why they are receiving this wonderful work of art in the mail

• write your return address on the back of the postcard (in case of postal delivery problems) and your email address so the recipient can thank you. 

• Add a note for your partner.  You could share something about yourself, or describe how you made your postcard, or talk about the map you used, or share a favorite quote or joke.

• international swappers are welcome - the postage cost is $1.15 per card (paypal account is iamrushmore@gmail.com)

Postage and Card Size
You are welcome to make any size postcard you want, but please pay attention to the following postal guidelines

• In order to use the postcard rate ($.34) your card cannot be bigger than 4 x 6 inches, and it must be thin and flexible.  A 4x6 card that is thick, lumpy or doesn't bend, needs more postage·        

• Please Note:  If you have some of those old “Apple” stamps, you need an additional one cent stamp.  If you have some of those old “Aloha” stamps, you need an additional two cent stamp.

• If your card is a rectangle bigger than a postcard, but still flat and flexible, a regular "forever" ($.49 ) stamp is what you need.

• If your card is an unusual shape (square, round) or is flexible but has some lumpy embellishments it will probably cost you the "non machinable" rate of $.70 

• If your card doesn't bend at all, the post office considers it a package and you should go get it weighed to figure out the proper postage.

You can find all the postal specifications (and a handy postage calculator) here:  http://postcalc.usps.gov/

Mail your cards no later than April 21st (I don’t need to receive them by the 21st, they need to be postmarked by the 21st.)

Karen Isaacson
PO Box 532
Shrewsbury, MA 01545
United States