Have you ever run into the problem of making with no one in mind to receive your handmade gift of awesome? So your thing of beauty ends up languishing away with no one to appreciate it?

Well no more! If you haven’t gotten around to trying your hand at selling, swap-bot is the perfect way to test your creativity out.

Swap-bot helps facilitate group snail mail and internet swaps. It removes the hassle of collecting swap participants and assigning swap partners. Once you sign up for a swap, Swap-bot will assign you a partner and someone else will be given your name. At the end of the swap, you will send off your lovely creation to your partner and you will be mailed something equally awesome from your other partner.

You can choose to enter a myriad of swaps from themed swaps, where people create and swap items related to the theme, to de-stash swaps, where you swap old crafting supplies. Each swap has rules that must be followed and if you sign up for a swap you must complete it! Imagine your partner thinking that they’ll be receiving a pretty sweet handmade item, but instead you blow them off. How rude!

You can even start a swap of your choosing, but are in charge of marketing and promoting the swap yourself. So if you want lots of people to join in, start working your networks!

A little marketing tip: No matter the swap, include a business or show card in the package. If your swap item is of exceptional quality, you might create some buzz around your work.

Have any experience with Swap-bot? Tell us about it in the comments.

Johnson is currently looking for submissions for his book. 1000 Ideas for Creative Reuse will feature 21st Century craft and design, all made with recycled, upcycled, repurposed and reused items. Extreme Craft invites designers, artists, visionaries and crafters from all over the world to submit examples of paper and book arts, jewelry, clothing, home and personal accessories, furniture, art, and miscellanea for possible publication.

Help the save environment and inspire idle hands, by sharing your upcycling and recycling craft and design work with Extreme Craft.

The deadline for entries is January 5th, but Johnson is strongly encouraging early submissions. For the details and information downloads, or to post questions and comments,  check out http://extremecraft.typepad.com/extreme_craft/creativereuse.html.