Ask someone to trade zines with you

Hello, zine friends! It’s an especially happy day in our happy zine month: Zine Trade Day!

A huge part of zines and zine community is the practice of trading zines. Connecting in person and through the mail by trading zines is an absolutely gorgeous tradition that should be embraced!

It’s with that in mind that I offer this:

I have a single zine in each envelope. As you can see, they are stamped and ready to go – for trade! I’m looking for two people to trade with who are willing to go for a ‘lucky dip’ chance in a zine trade. (I am, of course, willing to go for a lucky dip as well.)

If you’re interested in trading with me, leave a comment below. 🙂 I’m absolutely serious. No matter where in the world you are, I have a zine waiting for you if you want to send one in return.

First come, first serve.

Happy traiding!

Other Zinesters Joining In (Let me know if you are, and I’ll add you to the list!):

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Send your zine out to be reviewed

Okay so I decided on the post title and only later realised how self-serving it is. Oops. I was going to change it, but… I’m in the mood to be a little cheeky. After all, what zine reviewer wouldn’t feel appreciated receiving zines to review?

Funnily enough I sent out my zine – Don’t Call Me Cupcake 3 – to Zine Nation, and they actually reviewed it as part of their International Zine Month celebrations! You can check out the review of Don’t Call Me Cupcake 3 here.

Even reviewers get reviewed. 😉

Are you sending your zine off to get reviewed? Where are you sending it? Let me know in the comments.

Other Zinesters Joining In (Let me know if you are, and I’ll add you to the list!):

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Make some mail art!

Happy International Zine Month, zine friends! It is day 11 already(!), and that means it’s time to make some mail art.

As with most of my best laid plans… things have gone awry. I had, for lack of a better phrase, a flare up last night which has left me with quite a bit of pain and not a lot of use of my right arm. (Bursitis is part of the mix, if you’re curious.) So instead, what I’m going to do today is give a big hat tip to the king of mail art in my mail world: Fishspit.

Check out these beauties, and please comment below if you’re showing of your mail art on your blog/site/account!

Until tomorrow!

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Send a care package to a zine friend

Oh, my gosh. Who doesn’t love a care package? Little bits and bobs someone puts together just for you to surprise you and make you feel good. Lovely.

Funnily enough, I’m putting together a little somethin’ somethin’ for a zine friend, but I can’t really give the details because he reads the blog! Hehe. So what I thought I would do is put together a little list of fun option if you want to make a ziney care package for a ziney friend.

*Zines (of course)
*Blank one-page zines (an invitation to create, yes?)
*Pens, pencils, and other fun things to write with
*Sharpies (because they warrant they’re own line in this list)
*Washi/paper/patterned tapes
*Glue sticks/double-sided tape (I have a sweet love for the double-sided tape, but I know some love glue sticks)
*Stickers
*Clippings of words/images from magazines/newspapers
*Treats/snacks (this can be tricky, so you may only want to do it if you’re familiar enough to know about any allergies or preferences) Snacks are good for a big zine session

If you have any more ideas for what you like to send or what you’d like to receive in your ideal zine care package, let me know!

Other Zinesters Joining In (Let me know if you are, and I’ll add you to the list!):

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*@dre
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Write a letter to a zine maker that you don’t know

Another International Zine Month day, and another International Zine Month activity!

I’m going to tweak today’s activity a little bit because, well, I have a koala postcard!

So cute.

The temptation is to write someone I do know, but that’s not the prompt! So I’m taking the chance that the address Maxx of Reverse Cougar Years listed in her zine is still her current address.

If it’s not, someone else can have a nice surprise. ^_^

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Make a flyer for your zine to send with trades

Hello, zine friends! Today’s zine task is to make a flyer (or flier), and I must admit I’m going to cheat a smiggle today because I’ve had this flier for a while…

This is my call for subs image, but I also print it out. Anyone who has received zines from me probably has a copy. 😉

I did have a brand newie ready to go for a different zine, but I found something wrong with it. It’s a fairly quick fix in Photoshop, but I don’t have PS on my laptop, and the heater doesn’t work in the front half of our place (where my desktop is). (Yes, my friends, this is my life.) So I’m going to wimp out for now because it’s cold, but I will have a more exciting little call to share soon.

Have you made a flier for yourself, your distro, your library or whatever else? If it’s not subject to a deadline, then I want to share it in my latest zine project! Get in touch, and we can chat about it. 🙂

Until tomorrow!

Other Zinesters Joining In (Let me know if you are, and I’ll add you to the list!):

*@eintervital
*@dre
*@queerarcana

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