Maybe the person who I'll trade with next, is in Johannesburg over the next few days… and will just happen to need to drive into Braamfontein... and will be stopped at a red traffic light at the corner of Jan Smuts and Empire roads...

Jolandie and I got up to some mischief on the weekend. Serious mischief ;)

And our mischief making has got some international attention.

YES- I am that serious about this SWARM party and setting the record of being the first to unlock the Foursquare Super SWARM Badge on the African continent. And trade all my Springleap T-shirts in the process.

So if you ever doubted that we would pull this off, I hope this mischief making dissolves those doubts. ;)

My fellow Mischief Makers were Mongezi and Jolandie. Jolandie Rust graffiti'd about her upcoming "Stuck on a Bike" event to raise the funds she needs to become the first woman to circumnavigate the African Continent on a bicylcle and solo.

Yip. Solo- no support vehicles.

And yip. On a bike- pedal power!

Her event is starting on the 5th November at the Tyger Valley Shopping Centre in Cape Town, where she will be literally on a bike for 48 hours to raise awareness and funds for three different causes. You can support her by popping by during the 48 hours (and especially between midnight and 4:00 in the morning- she will realllllly appreciate the company ;) and making a donation of R100. You'll get 2 CD’s by the awesome SA musician and motivational speaker - Verity Price.

And even if you are not in Cape Town, you can support Jolandi by still making a donation. Check out the info on her blog or the facebook event 'Stuck on a Bike'!

So... se-reee-oooss-lyyyyy!

Jolandie and I are THAT serious about reaching our dreams and goals, that we would not only sit on a bike for 48 hours, but would also spend our Sunday graffiti'ing about our events.

So who's serious enough to support us and join in the fun? Give me a call 0837302979 or email.

So I got up to mischief this Youth Day...

My accomplice Carol and I headed out with a boot full of spraypaint and a tin of white paint.

We found a spot on the Graffiti wall and this is our latest masterpiece- (by no means a master Graffiti masterpiece, but for two amateurs, I think we did ok. We've still got a lot to learn!)
This mischief was about helping me to find 236 more people to trade with. That is how many T-shirts I have left to trade to make this tenth trade a reality, and I could really do with all the support and help I can get to move closer to finishing this trade.

I have quite a few exciting offers waiting for me to explore, but I can only do so once I have finished this tenth trade of the Springleap T-shirts.

So, I'm looking for 236 more fabulous people to trade with me, and have their photo up on this page, with the other 139 people who have already traded with me (you're such stars!) so that I would have traded all 375 T-shirts.

If you saw the graffiti and it lead you to this page, and you don't know what I am talking about, then take a minute to read this 2-pager or watch the "one matchstick, the Movie" movie:
To trade with me, all you need to do is go to Springleap.com and choose ANY T-shirt, and put in the coupon code onematchstick (all lower case, one word) so that we can track that you have traded just R183 of your cash with me for one of my 375 Springleap T-shirts. Springleap is facilitating this trade, and will then courier to your door your T-shirt. Then email me your order number so I can track it too!

It's that easy to be a part.

And if you realllly don't want a T-shirt, then consider one of the many Three-way trades I have been offered.

Any questions? Just leave a comment or sms me on 0837302979 or tweet me @telana.

Cool beans.

I've had a few accomplices over the years who have helped me with my mischief making, especially with my graffiti antics.

Now I found a fellow mischief maker who had some graffiti of his own to graffiti. And I just couldn't help get involved ;)

Adin is living without money so through his network of friends, he got a friend to help out and pay for the spraypaint and she got one of Donna the Fairy Godmother's workshops in return. That's how Adin rolls: you help him; he adds value back to you somehow. Check out his blog to learn more!

I also wanted to rope in Carol- she didn't know she had a graffiti artist in her until I asked her to help me a few weeks ago with these bits of mischief, and now she just can't wait for me to call her and say the walls been painted white and we need to go get up to mischief again. So if anyone wants something painted on their wall- let me know and I'll get you in touch with Carol- it will make her day!

So Adin found out where to get the real deal graffiti spray paint, and we headed off to Rasty's shop 'Grayscale' in Braamfontein. Rasty's one of South Africa's, even the world's, top graffiti artists, (check out his masterpieces here) and it was so cool to meet him. He's the man to hook you up with spray paint if you ever need some! Go visit him at 35A De Korte Street, corner with Henri Street, in Braamfontein sometime and say the 'matchstick girl says hi!

We went via the Pillars under the freeway in Newtown, Johannesburg for some inspiration, and boy- what inspiration it was! Go check out the pillars next time you're in that area!

Then we went and left our mark on the graffiti wall. What do you think of our mischief making?

If you saw my latest mischievous act, and haven't heard of onematchstick before this, then you might be wondering why I graffiti'd "trade with me".

I believe... well it's more than a belief... I know like I know like I know that there are 302 more people out there who'd love a new funky springleap.com designer T-shirt and who'd support me in trading with me for one of the 375 T-shirts I have to trade. So I'm trying to find those 302 people (I've already traded 73 T-shirts, so at the time of writing this I have 302 T-shirts left to trade).

You see, I'm aiming to turn a matchstick into an office through a series of trades, where each trade gets bigger and bigger in perceived value, and takes me closer to my end goal of getting offices.

I've done 9 trades so far and for my tenth trade, I am trading the t-shirts on individually. So if you want to be part of this and trade with me, send me an email and read the instructions here on how to do the trade with me.

Are you one of the 302 people I am looking to find?

( PS- this is my accomplice Carol who helped me with doing the graffiti, and me!)