There are all sorts of obscure holidays each month that many people don't know about. I thought this would be a fun way to celebrate those!

What to Do

Go to THIS SITE and choose any of the holidays on the list except those that are well-known (we are looking for obscure things to celebrate). You can choose a monthly, weekly, or daily one. It doesn't matter.

("Well-known" in this case means Thanksgiving, Election Day, Veteran's Day, and Black Friday).

Then, you'll create something to represent your chosen holiday and you'll send it to your partner along with a short note telling your partner what your chosen holiday is and what date it is (if it's monthly just say it is the month of November, weekly tell which week, and daily tell the date).

By "something", I mean anything, as long as it is hand-made by you and it took some time to complete. I think if the item takes you 30 minutes or longer, it will be acceptable. ATC's and hand-made postcards are allowed, but please don't just slap a few stickers on these and say they're your best work. We're all at different levels of experience and ability in our crafts, but please send something you'd be happy to receive.

ATC requirements - if you choose to make an ATC for this swap, no using only stickers. You may make a collage and use stickers in that, but it can't be all stickers. Some cut-outs, embellishments, hand-drawing, rubber stamping, painting, something other than stickers must be present on the card.

Postcard requirements - if you choose to create postcards for this swap, you must send a minimum of 3 postcards and they must be sent in an envie so that your partner can use them. You can either make all three postcards representing the same holiday or you can make them represent different holidays. And just like the ATC requirements above, no using only stickers. You can use some stickers, but you must use another medium as well.

Everything else - whatever you choose to send, please spend time on this and put thought into it. Knitted items, crocheted, papercrafting, everything is allowed and as long as they meet all posted requirements, this is considered sender's choice, so please realize that you may receive something that you can't use or don't collect. You can always re-swap those items.

Postage - So that we know this is fair (given the different items we could all send), the postage on this swap should cost more than one stamp. If it's only costing you one stamp, you know you need to send something else (or something more).

If you have any questions, ask here or PM me.

Partners

You'll have one partner. This is a USA only swap.

Notice

I had linked to the wrong page on the website and was sending you all to November 2012's list... I have changed it to the November 2011 list and emailed all participants to alert you of this, but if you are just "watching", be sure you check out the corrected link for the list of holidays. Thanks!

Requirements To Join

• Minimum rating of 4.90
• At least 5 rated "real mail" swaps (Type 2 or 3)
• No recent or unexplained 1's or 3's.
• I will screen participants prior to assigning partners and I will remove anyone not meeting the requirements.

If you want to make an international version, feel free. Just please link to this swap in your description to give credit.