business card bingo

If you don't collect business cards yet, maybe this swap will get you started. I've collected them for years now. It's compulsive. I see one. I take it. It's that simple. If you don't see one at a business, ask. Most people providing services are eager to get their information into your hands.

Business cards are free for the taking. Folks leave them out for you to take and keep, or take and share. Now's your chance to get rid of the ones you've collected and trade them for ones that are new to you.

You can find them anywhere: restaurants, photography studios, dog-walking services, insurance offices, most local businesses, hair salons, etc.

Many business cards are interesting to study for design purposes. They are works of art, works of fascinating typography. Besides the personal/professional information they convey, many include graphics as well.

And in the past, business or "calling" cards were used regularly. Libraries and archives collect the historic ones, so maybe one day your collection will end up being preserved for prosterity, too. What will you do with your cards? Anything, really, but business cards make provocative additions to collage/mixed media projects.

Have I convinced you how easy and pain-free this swap will be?

Here are the details:

You collect 10 business cards and send them to one person. They can be from anywhere. Include your own personal/professional business card as well, but only if you want. If this swap is successful, perhaps we can do theme-swaps in the future.

There is no monetary value assigned to this swap, as business cards are free and usually fairly easy to find. Try to keep your cards clean and unbent/unblemished. Postage should not be unusually high since business cards are thin and weigh very little.