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CPG Painted Pennies - US only

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Group:Cheap Postage Swaps, Tags and Fun
Swap Coordinator:OrigamiGrace (contact)
Swap categories: Challenges  Handmade  Painting 
Number of people in swap:10
Location:Regional - US only
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Last day to signup/drop:June 12, 2020
Date items must be sent by:June 29, 2020
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

H/T to @Samjowers for the idea for this swap!

Break out your itty bitty paintbrushes (and possibly a magnifying glass, lol!)

1 partner, 1 penny that has been handpainted by you!

  • Take any US penny and paint one side of it.

  • You can paint the front side or the back side, but you only need to paint one side

  • You can doctor up what is already stamped on the penny or you can treat the penny as a blank canvas and paint your own design, it's totally up to you! Senders choice for themes - whatever moves you or something seasonal or something profile based, your choice!

  • Wrap or protect your penny with a layer of cardstock or think cardboard so it it doesn't get caught in the mail machine. But this should mail for 1 US First Class stamp, it does not need extra postage unless you put a lot of cardboard in the envie!

  • Mail it to your partner with a little note about how you found this project to be - was this Fun? Annoying? Challenging? Would you do it again? And what are you gonna do with your painted penny?

I painted one side with white acrylic and then painted over it. I have not sealed mine but i might in the future!

Questions? PM me!! Suggestions or tips, post in the swap comments.

And as always, when you are done with your pennies, please post on your Instagram and tag it with #cpgswap!

penni

EDIT: OMG people sell these on Etsy for a lot of money! Good grief!!

Discussion

birgitph 07/ 1/2020 #

Sorry, actually mailed the swap on Saturday, and forgot to mark it sent!

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