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Annika
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Craft swap? Sending NOW!

Post by Annika » Mon Jan 17, 2011 12:33 am

I'm currently in the process of lots of craft swaps with sellers on Facebook and really enjoying it, so would anyone like to do one here?

Items can be anything handmade or crafted, so Jewellery, wood crafts, fabric crafts, hair accessories, bath items, confectionery items, You name it!

I think everyone can make *something* So I hope you'll want to take part :i2:

28/01/10 - sending surveys out today!
02/02/11, OK, we've ended up with an odd number, does anyone mind if I swap with 2 people so we can still keep this an open 2 way swap? So 2 of you would be sending to me, and I'd be sending to two of you? If not, will be posting up your pairs later today & sending out your partner's survey :i2:

02/02/10 - Drawing! *shake shake shake*

xxkinzixx (sent& received) <->(sent & received) Annika
Annika (sent& received) <-> (sent & received)Pinky
corpseesproc (sent& received) <->Synful-Synthetics (sent & received)
WalksWithStrangers(?) <-> Hellcity (updated- awaiting further update)

Post deadline is March 15th, budget is £10-20/$15-30 of finished item value, so roughly what you would expect to charge/pay for the item. Have fun!
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Re: Craft swap?

Post by pinky » Mon Jan 17, 2011 4:54 am

if your going to include the US i'd love to join in! i'm a crafty you know what!

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Post by hellcity » Mon Jan 17, 2011 7:56 am

Ooh I'd totally love to. I'm in Australia. I make jewellery and hair bows and kanzashi and all sorts of stuff :)
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Re: Craft swap?

Post by xxkinzixx » Mon Jan 17, 2011 8:13 am

yes! sign me up! :D
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Re: Craft swap?

Post by Annika » Thu Jan 20, 2011 10:43 am

Sweet! Will add a list and give a while to see if there is anymore swappees!

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Re: Craft swap? Sign up deadline- 27th Jan!

Post by [Phexxie] » Thu Jan 20, 2011 3:19 pm

i would like to :)
i make hair clips and other hair accessories as well as small shoulder bags
i can also make jewelery, but im really limited for materials for that at the moment

any plans for when the send-out deadline would be? im a little short for time because of work

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Re: Craft swap? Sign up deadline- 27th Jan!

Post by pinky » Thu Jan 20, 2011 4:12 pm

sign me up :D

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Re: Craft swap? Sign up deadline- 27th Jan!

Post by Annika » Thu Jan 20, 2011 4:59 pm

Phexxie, I'm thinking, end of Feb? So after 27th of Jan, a week to sort out surveys, and then 2-3 weeks to send :)
Shall I sign you up?

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Re: Craft swap? Sign up deadline- 27th Jan!

Post by [Phexxie] » Thu Jan 20, 2011 5:14 pm

i really do want to join in, but i just have a bad feeling i wont be able to contribute much to my swap partner due to my time constraints :(
i dont want to be sending anything out late or struggling to get things finished so i dont know... it might be bast if i sit this one out, much to my dismay :(

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Re: Craft swap? Sign up deadline- 27th Jan!

Post by Annika » Fri Jan 21, 2011 8:29 am

That's a shame phexxie, it'd be nice to have someone else in the UK :(

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Re: Craft swap? Sign up deadline- 27th Jan!

Post by Monique_marion_may » Fri Jan 21, 2011 8:36 am

Sign me up please :) also, is it one item? Or a few? i think there needs to be a few like rules about howmuch we send so that one person don't put loads into it and doesn't recieve it back :)

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Re: Craft swap? Sign up deadline- 27th Jan!

Post by corpseesproc » Fri Jan 21, 2011 8:43 am

Oooh can I join in please :)
I make things out of fimo, jewellery, dolls etc I'm currently in the middle of making a fimo BJD
I've only given my stuff away as gifts before cause I'm awfull at taking photots and am too scared to list on etsy :(
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Re: Craft swap? Sign up deadline- 27th Jan!

Post by Annika » Fri Jan 21, 2011 11:43 am

I agree Monique, I'm struggling to think what exactly the perimeters should be as some items have are low cost and high in term of time taken to make them, and visa versa :/

Will add you both to the list.

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Re: Craft swap? Sign up deadline- 27th Jan!

Post by Monique_marion_may » Fri Jan 21, 2011 3:13 pm

Yeah I definatly agree. Im going to do more then one item, because I love crafty things, so maybe the rulles could be 1 large thing OR 3 medium OR 5 small items? Then you an send more if you want (like one large item and one small) but you can't expect to get it back? TBH i think everyone will be generous as otherwise i cant see why you;d enter a crafty swap if u didnt enjoy making!

ETA: this is just my opinion, but i think the deadline should be a little later, as people may need to buy the materials and then make the items. but as i said, my opinion xxx

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Re: Craft swap? Sign up deadline- 27th Jan!

Post by corpseesproc » Fri Jan 21, 2011 5:13 pm

A slightly later deadline would help just as sometimes waiting for materials can take a while (I usually stock up on ebay as its cheaper than locally)
By 1 large item do you mean large in terms of length of time to make or in size?
I already have in my head a basic idea of want I want to make (wish I could start now! but I'm assuming the questionaire will contain things like fave colours etc so I don't want to start till I'm paired up so I can make something perfect.
But anyway it won't be huge (probably 4-5 inches) if I make what I have in my head but it will take a long time.

Btw Monique I'm having a real hard time not eating the sweets I've been collecting! :)
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Re: Craft swap? Sign up deadline- 27th Jan!

Post by Annika » Fri Jan 21, 2011 10:18 pm

I agree Monique, those sound like good suggestions, along with "send what you would be happy to receive"

We can push the send date back, nothings set in stone :) what do we think, mid march?

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Re: Craft swap? Sign up deadline- 27th Jan!

Post by pinky » Sat Jan 22, 2011 3:34 am

mid march sounds good to me. i crochet alot and it's time consuming and i work a full time job. so extra time is a good thing :D

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Re: Craft swap? Sign up deadline- 27th Jan!

Post by WalksWithStrangers » Mon Jan 24, 2011 2:24 pm

In! In in in :D
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Re: Craft swap? Sign up deadline- 27th Jan!

Post by Synful-Synthetics » Tue Jan 25, 2011 3:08 am

I want in!

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Re: Craft swap? Sign up deadline- surveys on the way!

Post by Annika » Fri Jan 28, 2011 12:18 pm

Survey's sent, please let me know if you haven't received yours.

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Re: Craft swap? Sign up deadline- Pairs drawn!

Post by Annika » Wed Feb 02, 2011 9:34 pm

Pairs drawn, let me know if you don't get your swap partner's survey from me shortly...

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Re: Craft swap? Sign up deadline- Pairs drawn!

Post by Synful-Synthetics » Wed Feb 02, 2011 11:24 pm

Awe super excited for the partner I got :)

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Re: Craft swap? Sign up deadline- Pairs drawn!

Post by pinky » Thu Feb 03, 2011 6:09 am

oh i'm so excited! got a few plans i'm knocking around >.>

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Re: Craft swap? Sign up deadline- Pairs drawn!

Post by Annika » Thu Feb 03, 2011 2:51 pm

Post deadline is March 15th, budget is £10-20/$15-30 of finished item value, so roughly what you would expect to charge/pay for the item. Have fun!

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Re: Craft swap? Sending deadline March 15th!

Post by Annika » Wed Feb 16, 2011 4:28 pm

How are we getting on? :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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