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Wishlist Altered Bottlecap Shrines!

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Swap Coordinator:Peacewytch (contact)
Swap categories: Art  Handmade  Bottle Caps 
Number of people in swap:14
Location:Regional - USA
Type:None
Last day to signup/drop:March 17, 2009
Date items must be sent by:April 25, 2009
Number of swap partners:3
Description:

I can't seem to find a Bottlecap Shrine swap in any recent public swaps, so let's do it! I'm so excited! If I'm stepping on any toes, alert me and I'll apologize profusely! :O)

Bottlecap "shrines" are small relics paying homage to a person, thing, object, color, theme, place, anything of importance, desire or just plain liked by a person, made with an empty metal bottlecap and your creativity. The term "shrine" denotes no special religious significance, but it can.

For this ultra-cool swap, you'll have 3 partners. You'll create one altered bottlecap shrine for each partner. You can turn your shrine into a charm, magnet, pendant, anything or nothing but an extremely awesome personalized bottlecap for your partner. In return you'll receive 3 different artist's concepts of what you want.

The what you want part: Below, leave a comment containing 5 to 7ish themes: objects, people, characters, colors, places, holidays, books, anything you'd like to see memorialized forever in a teensy round bottlecap. Your partners will then choose which to create for you. You may end up with three similar theme choices, but since YOU chose your themes, you're bound to like 'em. :O) You may list a couple of dislikes if you REALLY HAVE TO, like if orange makes you puke or something serious like that. Otherwise, let's stick with the "I LIKE" suggestions.

Details: Sign up. Immediately come back to this page and list your theme choices, 5 to 7ish things you love. You'll have 3 partners. You'll make 1 Bottlecap "shrine" for each partner, consulting their comment below for theme choices after partners are assigned. You'll have 5 weeks to create and send your wonderful itsy Bottlecap shrines.

This is USA only, so sorry! Postage sucks!

Only experienced swappers with a minimum of 7 rated snail mail package swaps AND nothing but "5" ratings.

I can't count postcard or email swaps for this one, as I want it to be special and not at all chancy. No offense to my postie-swappin' pals.

I reserve the right to refuse participation to anyone seeming negative and the right to serve refuse to flakers. I WILL CHECK ALL PROFILES!

You can go to google or flickr and look for bottlecap shrines or altered bottlecaps for ideas and tutorials. There's some wonderful art out there! Hope we all get a hoot out of this one! Contact me with any questions, comments or concerns. :OD

Discussion

Peacewytch 02/19/2009 #

Remember to use metal bottlecaps (beer, glass soda bottles0 and NOT plastic bottle caps!

Peacewytch 02/19/2009 #

My wishlist!

Sugar skulls/Day of the Dead

Robert Downey Jr.

John Lennon

the word "imagine"

Halloween

Vintage with text of your choice (I love words)

Sparkly, glittery and fabulous!

Feel free to combine any of these :O)

YooperHill 02/20/2009 #

Please see my profile for likes and dislikes!

AUgRL09 02/20/2009 #

I really like this idea! It is on my watchlist & I will join closer to the deadline.

joyceann888 02/22/2009 #

My wishlist:

Bats (I thought about listing this five times, but I'll play fair - LOL!) Reindeer/Caribou Colorado Moose Cows Teapots

HennyPenny 03/11/2009 #

Buddha, anything asian, cute frogs, ladybugs, kwan yin, yogananda, india

TinyPanda 03/14/2009 #

bacon, pandas, velcro, enameling, avocados, monsters, crabs. Yay! I am excited!

Lishmo 03/14/2009 #
  • Alfred Hitchcock and or any of his movies
  • Vintage Halloween
  • Peace/Hippie
  • Vintage Paris
  • Horror - book or movie, 1931 Dracula to modern slasher, love em all
  • Old Circus/Carnival
  • Vintage French Quarter, New Orleans

I guess I sound picky, but I was going for specific! and Yah! I am excited too!

RoseHips 03/16/2009 #
  • Frida Kahlo
  • Dia De Los Muertos/Day Of The Dead
  • mermaids
  • Venus of Willendorf
  • Loteria
  • Virgin Mary
  • French Press/anything coffee related
travelgirl 03/16/2009 #

my wishlist: black cats vintage pin up girls frida recycled blue and white any vintage glittery

Peacewytch 03/17/2009 #

Oboy, time's almost here! Everybody's themes are AWESOME, I can't wait to make stuff for you!!!! :OD

denise364 03/17/2009 #
  • suns
  • moons
  • stars
  • peace
  • fairies
  • bears
  • butterflies
hydro75 03/17/2009 #

Great idea!

I would love: -Dia de los Muertos/sugar skulls -Napoleon Dynamite -Jesus -writing/text/words -Engrish -butterflies -sushi

indygirl 03/17/2009 #

Frogs Penguins Christian (protestant) houses theater artsy I have very eclectic taste - follow your creative heart!

jstubbs 03/17/2009 #
  • fairies

  • butterflies

  • goddess

  • glitz & glitter

  • leaves

  • celestial

priscillabrunson 03/18/2009 #

Likes - Kawaii - Nightmare Before Christmas -Hello kitty

  • nothing neon please
YooperHill 03/18/2009 #

I've been asked to leave a list instead of asking you to view my profile for likes and dislikes. I am easy to please, as I love anything 1)Handmade by you 2) Cats 3) bizzaro 4) bluish green 5) christian 6) suprises

Or, anything from my profile!

Helena8664 03/18/2009 #

here are the themes I would love to have:

  • anything to do with buddhism
  • anything to do with hinduism
  • anything glittery
  • anything with Dia de los Muertos/ sugar skulls (I love this one!)

and please feel free to combine these for something ultra cool :)

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