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lolcats Swap / I Can Has Mailz??

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Swap Coordinator:girlunderglass (contact)
Swap categories: Paper Goods  Themed  Miscellaneous 
Number of people in swap:18
Location:Other
Type:None
Last day to signup/drop:September 1, 2007
Date items must be sent by:September 20, 2007
Number of swap partners:2
Description:

First of all, if you do not know what lolcats are, please visit:

http://icanhascheezburger.com

You will fall in love, I promise!

Now that we are all familiar, for this swap you will send 3 pictures to 2 partners (they don't necessarily have to be different pictures for each partner).

Using your own photos of cats, pictures of cats from a magazine, or printed pictures of cats off the web, you will caption the pictures with what the cat is saying! The pictures should be postcard size/4x6. For the captions, you can write them, print them out and glue, or if you're computerly inclined, insert text directly on to the picture and print it out. If you're unfamiliar with the lingo, there are links on the icanhascheezburger page to introduce you to it.

This is the first swap I've coordinated, but I LOVE me some lolcats and it seemed like such a great idea for a swap! If you have any questions of course, you can post them below or message me.

Newbies are welcome, but if there is anyone with particularly bad ratings, I reserve the right to boot you from the swap. International!

Discussion

rengawk 08/16/2007 #

!!!! I'm so in !!!!

Size restrictions/expectations? Can it be on an ATC (2.5x3.5), or are you looking for 4x6 printed pictures to be the smallest?

You need to advertise this on the forums!

I already think you will need to do a series on this theme ^^

weemonkey 08/16/2007 #

Does it hhave to be just cats or can we use other critters like they do on occasion on LOLCats?

HeideC 08/16/2007 #

These are so funny, but I need to know what size before I sign up! I think ATC size would work, or else postcard size

ollieotson 08/16/2007 #

ahaha im always doing that, i have some on my flickr! lol

DelennaGaribaldi 08/16/2007 #

Do want! I luvs teh lolcats! They R so kyoot mi hed xplods from teh kyoot. I can has all sizes. I waitz 4 Caturday to take pics.

chelle523 08/16/2007 #

ROFLMAO...ohmigod...this could just be the craziest and funniest swap EVER! My kids and I (oops, kidz) sit and laugh and laugh at them. And lucky for us, we just adopted our own lolcat so YAY!

ladydy5 08/16/2007 #

If any one has both cats and dogs and loves them both I have a swap going called "Dogs - Mansbest friend" would love to have you join us by the 21st of August and due in September. Check it out. I will certainly join this as I have a wonderfully old cat 18 yrs. with me.

electrogeek77 08/16/2007 #

Mailingz girl iz mailingz! It be wunderful caturday!!!

rengawk 08/16/2007 #

oh hai there peoples! I'm so happy I'm not the only one who is totally amused by this swap!! =)

craftemom 08/16/2007 #

I have 5 cats ranging in age from 12yrs down to 1 year old and just picked out a new one that was born TODAY (8/16/07) but I have to wait :-( to bring her home for 6-8 weeks. I also LOVE to take pictures of my cats! THIS swap is perfect for cat lovers and will be a riot to see what others come up with!

drewzel 08/16/2007 #

My vote is for postcard sized, think atc would be a bit small for the pic and the text?

DelennaGaribaldi 08/16/2007 #

Me 2, I votez 4 postkard sizes. Much win.

I can't have cats anymore as my firstborn is allergic. Fortunately our reletives have cats so phtographing is not a problem. Lolcats have saved my day many times - when I'm tired, kids fight with eachother, yet another bill comes in the mail... etc. I can just watch the ichc.com and feel all better. I'm gonna print some out and put on the wall :)

girlunderglass 08/16/2007 #

Wow! I was away from the computer all day and I come back to find everyone is in love with teh kittehs!

Sorry, I didn't even think about size. I think postcard size/4x6 is good. I'll edit that in.

I'm so happy to see that everyone is excited as I am! <3

boatbird 08/17/2007 #

OOooooh I love that site- I have some of their pictures on my stumbleupon pages :) and my school friend has one on her facebook page :) I'm in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

boatbird 08/17/2007 #

Do we have to send them as postcards or can we send them in an envelope so they don't get trashed in the mail?????

girlunderglass 08/17/2007 #

Oh, send them in envelopes, just said postcard size to give an idea of how big the pics should be. <3

girlunderglass 08/17/2007 #

Oh, and other animals besides cats are fine too, they are just traditionally cats <3

Snaxy 08/17/2007 #

"I Can Has Mailz???" LOLZ!

rengawk 08/18/2007 #

For those not photoshop inclined!

http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/lolcat.php

YarnAddict 08/21/2007 #

THANK YOU krysanya for that link. I just tried it and it works GREAT!!!

ozrob 08/28/2007 #

I gotta get me a new printer cartridge!

drewzel 08/28/2007 #

I luvs a kittah! Can't waitz to swapz! Oktksbye.

Rhopalocera 09/10/2007 #

I had never tried printing photographs off of the web before and now that I am trying...it is coming out as just blobs of color...you can't even tell that it is a cat I'm trying to print. Does it have to be a photo of a cat? Or could it be a drawing or other black & white line type picture of a cat? I could even color it in by hand :) I would of course, use the lolcat language :)

Would anyone be mad if they received something like that and give me a bad rating?

I'm just not sure what else to do about it :(

Thanks for any answers/

HeideC 09/13/2007 #

Snaxy and Beawhiz, yours are in the mail. I could not get the right dimensions (4x6), but they are not too far off I hope

malangelene 09/13/2007 #

i was having some trouble printing mine off too. i thought about drawing or just printing black and white and coloring them in.

i wouldn't mind hand drawings in the slightest. but then, i usually prefer that sort of thing.

no ascii frowns, only umlaut happy faces.

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DelennaGaribaldi 09/14/2007 #

I haz sended teh lolcats 2 my partnerrs. I noes nut when it wus but I wantz them to B reddee alreddee! I hoeps they did not get lost in teh mail - do not want! I noes itz nut late yet but I getz worried easily, k? Txhbye.

DelennaGaribaldi 09/15/2007 #

I wants phto lolcats, nut drawn plez. They can Bz black&white printz 2! Uselly b&w laserprinter givz gud qualitee if nut teh color wuns wurk rite. U knowz...?

Drawn catz can Bz gud in anuther swap.

Plez no B mad at meh, k... I wantz 2 B frendz with all eh lolcat peepelz!

kiki 09/15/2007 #

iz agreez wif wat mrs. garibaldi sez..fotoz plez, nut drawn plez. k thnx.

rengawk 09/17/2007 #

For those having trouble, consider stopping at a Wal*mart, Walgreens, CVS, Ekerd/Rite Aid or other place with a photo processing center that you can bring your digital files on you own media and have them print it for you! I think its usually pretty inexpensive, and I may be doing the same, since our printer is low on two colors (out of 6, epson) and I don't know if my sweetie will appreciate me asking him to change them (I don't want to mess it up!) to print pictures of cats with captions. =)

(although he did really enjoy the 'quantum cat' from ICHC)

I know I'm no fun with the lack of kitty speakz. ^^

DelennaGaribaldi 09/17/2007 #

krysanya: u not wurrys abut teh kitty speakz, iz very hyoomin-friendly 2 write hyoominspeek wen teh storee iz long. Eksplanayshuns can beez veri long, gud 2 b hyoominspek. U a veri friendly kitteh, I lieks u.

YarnAddict 09/19/2007 #

I really like the kitty speak also, but i no gud at!

WE REALLY MUST DO ANOTHER ONE OF THESE SWAPS!!! (PART II, PART 3, PART #4, PART V, etc...)

YarnAddict 09/20/2007 #

brittercat and krysanya, your cute LOLcat photos are on their way to you! You wil luv teh kitteh, I promiz!!!

kiki 09/20/2007 #

Heide and Jane....LolCats are on their way from California! Enjoy! :D

boatbird 09/20/2007 #

Mine were on their way last night- sorry I couldn't get back to the computer to click sent yesterday! :) this has been great fun!!!!!!

rengawk 09/21/2007 #

Gah! I am full of fail, mine are made but not printed, I hope to make them from digital to real this evening after work, and get them in the mail (does adding 3 4x6 pictures to a card make the postage go up? If not I can plop them in a mailbox tonight...)

rengawk 09/25/2007 #

Hey folks me again, mine will go out tomorrow, I apologize to my partners for my lack of punctuality! The printer is finally ink'ed and I went out and got some cute cards to stick them in - I'll drop a note to my partners as well, thank youuu.

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