postcard project!

As the snowflakes breeze by my window again, I find myself fantasizing about the Philippines, Cuba, Australia, Greece, Florida, Singapore. I long to squish the sand between my toes (an excellent natural exfoliator - life lesson #12 from What a Girl Wants). At the same time, I also wouldn't mind exploring places with cobblestone roads like England, France, Poland, Italy. Since I'm far from being a millionaire I thought - perfect time to bring back the postcard project! Also, a bunch of you have been wanting me to bring it back so here it is!

If you weren't here the first time around, this is just a little "let's connect everyone through snail mail!" project that involves you commenting, getting paired up with someone (or two, depending on how many people sign up!) and sending a postcard while also getting one, too! I thought this would be a really neat way to connect with each other; plus, postcards aren't too expensive (and if you want to make your own, by all means go for it!) since I didn't want to make a project that would break the bank. It involves:

• Leaving a comment (or e-mail me) with a message that contains Your Name, Your E-mail, Your Country, and Any Preference? - if there's a continent or any specific country you'd love to have a postcard from, list it - hopefully we can make it happen, cap'n. And under 'any preference' you can list if you want a silly-ish postcard (if you don't list anything, I'll assume you want a postcard that is country-related!). Example:
• Your Name: Nikolett
  Your E-mail: betterthancoffee@gmail.com
  Your Country: Oh, Canada!
  Any Preference?: Anywhere around the world!
• I'll e-mail you back and ask for a bit more info (address-related), and make up a list (I'll be checking it twice; and the only ones who will see your address are me and the postcard-sender/receiver).
• I will pair you all up randomly (unless there's a specific preference that I'll try to fulfill - just depends on how many participate!) and send an e-mail to both of you around Wednesday, March 23rd - extended to Friday, March 25th since I'm waiting for mailing addresses and in case anyone wants to sign up! - so you have two weeks to sign up!
• Then, try to have the postcard sent out to the person by Wednesday, April 6th - extended to Friday, April 8th - gives you another two weeks to get the postcard, write it out, and send it out! The only catch that's different from last time - please e-mail me once you have sent the postcard so that way one person isn't left without a postcard after he/she has already sent one out. I'll be sending out a reminder e-mail to anyone who is left on April 4th!

I really liked the way this project turned out last time and would love it if you all signed up again :) If you want to spread the word and make it so you're paired up twice, it'd be great if you put one of these buttons on your blog!

275px - code below:

<a href="http://better-than-coffee.blogspot.com/2011/03/postcard-project.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt222/betterthancoffee/postcardproject_275px.jpg" border="0" alt="Postcard Project" /></a>

175px - code below:

<a href="http://better-than-coffee.blogspot.com/2011/03/postcard-project.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt222/betterthancoffee/postcardproject_175px.jpg" border="0" alt="Postcard Project" /></a>

If anything is unclear or you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask :) It'd be crazy to see how many people across the globe we can unite through a postcard! A more 'normal' update from me will be coming Friday, but for now, have a great rest of the week :)