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April Creative Advent Swap

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April Creative Advent Swap
Swap Coordinator:KatShakKreations (contact)
Swap categories: Crafts  Art  Handmade 
Number of people in swap:9
Location:Regional - USA/Canada
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Rating requirement:4.99
Last day to signup/drop:March 9, 2015
Date items must be sent by:April 6, 2015
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

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It is time for our first Advent Swap of the group:

"APRIL ADVENT SWAP"

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

We will be sending 7 small or tiny wrapped hand-crafted gifts to our Swap Partner. Try to keep them small so the postage will be reasonable. But if you want to send something large and heavy go for it. (wink). Match these 7 gifts to a Week; Day; Event that is celebrated in April. I have posted examples in our group forum that will help give you an idea. However you can do an internet search for April Calendar and get your own ideas. When you wrap the gift enclose in the package; bag etc. the event of April that inspired this gift.

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OPTIONS: (Please Read Carefully)

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Option 1:

You Can Hand-Craft All Seven Gifts Yourself

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Option 2:

You Can Hand-craft 5 of the Gifts yourself and purchase or re-gift 2 quality hand-crafted gifts from another crafter, but YOU MUST give the other crafters credit.

You can buy from places such as Etsy; Swap-Bot; Craft Fairs etc., but NOT from Garage Sales or Thrift Stores) Re-gifting is allowed as sometimes we get something in Swaps that is absolutely awesome, but not what we collect.

These items must match your Swap Partner's Pinterest Board Gifts to receive!!

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ABSOLUTELY NO STORE BOUGHT MASS MANUFACTURED GIFTS. No old looking gifts unless they are made to look that way and no gifts with odors. They must look brand new or you can not re-gift them.

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  • We will use the different Days; Weeks; and Month long April Celebrations to inspire us for the Swap. (See examples in our group forum.) EXAMPLE: Arbor Day: Do a tree in your partner's chosen style and technique using their Pinterest Board "Swaps To Receive." I do not crochet, so if you only choose crochet, I will have to send you something in my medium of choice. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx APRIL CALENDAR ADVENT SWAP EXAMPLES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can use my list in the forum or you can do a search for your own April list of Calendar Celebrations as I left a few out. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Be versatile and pin different mediums in your Pinterest Board.

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  • We will look at our Swap partner's Pinterest Board to match what type of Art & Crafts they want to receive with the April Themes and celebrations.

  • We will use what skills we have to make something our Swap Partners will be happy with. (Only do something different if you know you can pull it off and make it look good.)

  • Everyone please understand that the examples we pinned in Pinterest are just that. They are examples of the type of artwork we like. Not all of this work can be duplicated due to copyright law, but we can create something similar if we know what you like. If you like mixed media pin it; if you like collage, pin it; If you like quilting pin it; if you like crochet pin it; folk art pin it; etc.

If you do not pin it, we will have no idea what you like.

  • ALL Gifts should be wrapped or bagged. Some people sew small reusable bags. I do not machine sew, therefore I have to be creative in a different way. My last swap partner hand sewed reusable drawstring bags from fabric to put my gifts in. (They can be disposable.) Following is a gift wrapping link from my Pinterest Board. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (WRAPPING LINK:) Wrapping Advent Presents and Tiny Gifts ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  • Gifts do not have to be numbered, but wrap them please, as you will open one each day. (Or that is what you are supposed to do. :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

YOU MUST HAVE A PINTEREST EXAMPLE BOARD TO PARTICIPATE

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Gift Examples Link

Discussion

Mindy82671 03/ 3/2015 #

I love to craft but I'm a little nervous.....after looking at several boards, I'm not sure I could find 7 things off of each one that I could make. Could I look at their profile as well so I can make something I'm good at but use their favorite color or style?

KatShakKreations 03/ 3/2015 #

@Mindy82671 that means they need to pin more stuff. I have that same problem with some of the boards. Do not worry. I told everyone that if they did not pin a variety of stuff that we would have to try to make something by looking at their profile. Mindy you do not have to make the stuff on the boards exactly. That is just ideas of what they like. I did notice that some of them only had crochet and quilting and I can not do either. However if they have something you have never made, but might can make, just give it a try. Lots of tutorials on youtube and other places. Send me an email with who you are talking about and I will take a look. I know it is not me. I have 261 pins and adding. Ha! Do not sweat it. By looking at their board and profile page I know you can work something out. Please join us!

Hollydays 03/ 6/2015 #

@Mindy82671 you might also look at other boards on their pinterest to get a idea of who they are and what they might like.

Mindy82671 03/ 8/2015 #

Thanks for the replies, I will give it my best shot.

BennysMumma 03/ 9/2015 #

I'd just like to add that the month of April is also Autism Awareness month and if my partner wanted to make me something to do with Autism, I would really love it! My son has Autism, so I love crafts honoring him <3

janineureka 03/10/2015 #

For me at least I would be happy with a seven piece "set" of something. Different colors or something that makes each one special in their own way, like the rainbow peg gnomes in Kathy's photo of our group - it would be a fun alternative to making seven different gifts.

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