Erica Phillips loves Swap-bot.com

By Venus Zine Staff
Published: December 9th, 2008 | 10:45am

Clomping home at the end of a long wintry day, you stop at your mailbox to grab the daily stack of grocery store coupons and credit card mailers, unloading them all directly into the recycle bin as soon as you walk in the door. But it doesn't have to be this way! Swap-bot.com is a web-based community that encourages its users to "write letters, make crafts, and put together fun packages."

Join a group based on your interests and the swap-bot assigns you a list of recipient friends. Then you go to town putting together a care package of goodies, as you wait for your own to arrive. Current Top Swaps include: holiday cards, cozy socks, "Bad Day survival kits," and stickers. So get swapping, and get ready to rekindle that postal passion!

Erica Phillips is a Venus Zine writer.