Accessories Wearable add-ons — pins, brooches, hair clips, scarves, fascinators.
Art Original artwork: paintings, sketches, prints, mixed media.
Artist Trading Card/ATC Standard 2.5×3.5 inch handmade trading cards.
Bath & Body Soap, bath salts, lotions, scrubs, and other personal-care items you've made.
Bookmarks Handmade or decorated bookmarks.
Books Books, mini-books, and book-related items.
Bottle Caps Decorated bottle caps used as charms, magnets, or jewelry components.
Boxes Decorated, painted, or constructed small boxes — including matchbox crafts.
Card Making Greeting cards, occasion cards, blank-front handmade cards.
Challenges Themed prompt-based swaps where everyone interprets the same idea differently.
Childrens Items Items intended for children: toys, games, art for kids.
Craft Supplies Materials and tools to use in your own crafts: yarn, paper, embellishments, beads.
Crafts General handmade items that don't fit a more specific category.
Crocheting Crocheted pieces: doilies, granny squares, amigurumi, washcloths.
Dolls Handmade dolls in any style.
Dotee Dolls Small handmade fabric dolls, typically 4–5 inches tall.
Drawing Pencil, pen, ink, or charcoal sketches and drawings.
Email Electronic-only swaps — items are exchanged via email rather than the postal service.
Embroidery Needlework: cross-stitch, hand embroidery, hoop art.
Ephemera Collectable paper items like vintage postcards, stamps, and labels.
Fabric Fabric scraps, swatches, fat quarters, themed fabric packs.
Food Edible items, recipes, and food-related crafts. Postal rules on shipping food vary by country — check before joining.
Handmade Anything personally crafted by the sender, no specific medium required.
Illustration Drawn or painted depictions of subjects, often more polished than sketches.
Inchies 1×1 inch art pieces, often traded in sets.
Jewelry Necklaces, bracelets, earrings, rings — handmade, thrifted, or repurposed.
Journals Notebooks, journal pages, junk journals, art journals.
Kawaii Japanese-style cute art and items.
Knitting Knitted pieces: scarves, washcloths, dishcloths, small wearables.
Letters & Writing Snail-mail letters, decorated stationery, pen-pal exchanges.
Mail Art Decorated envelopes, postcards-as-art — anything where the mailing itself is the art.
Miscellaneous Items that don't fit any other category.
Nature Pressed flowers, leaves, seeds, and nature-themed crafts.
Newbie First-swap-friendly exchanges, designed to be welcoming for new members.
Painting Painted artwork in any medium — watercolour, acrylic, gouache, oil.
Paper Crafts Paper cutting, origami, decoupage, paper engineering.
Paper Goods Pre-made paper items: stickers, washi tape, decorative paper packs.
Photography Photographs, photo prints, instant photos.
Polymer Clay Items crafted in oven-baked polymer clay: charms, beads, miniatures.
Postage Stamps Used or unused postage stamps; stamp art.
Postcards Postcards — handmade, store-bought, or vintage.
Printmaking Block prints, screen prints, monotypes, linocuts.
Promotional Promotional items: business cards, flyers, branded swag.
Random Items Surprise selections — anything goes.
Religious Faith- and religion-themed items.
Rolos Roll-up organizers, often decorated and filled with small items.
Rubber Stamping Rubber-stamped art on cards, paper, and other surfaces.
Scrapbooking Scrapbook pages, layouts, and scrapbook-style collages.
Seasonal Holiday- and season-themed items (Halloween, winter, spring, etc).
Sewing Hand- or machine-sewn items.
Shrink Plastic Items made from heat-shrunk plastic sheets — charms, pins, jewelry.
Stickers Sticker swaps: bought, handmade, or themed.
Themed Swaps organized around a specific theme (e.g., 'ocean', 'vintage', 'autumn').
Thrift Store Found items from thrift stores, repurposed or repackaged for the swap.
Toys Small handmade or store-bought toys.
Twinchies 2×2 inch art pieces.
Whimsey Jars Small decorated jars filled with tiny treasures.
Yarn Yarn skeins, yarn samples, yarn-themed packs.
Zentangle A method of creating abstract art using structured repeating patterns.
Zines Small self-published booklets, often handmade.
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