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Share your kawaii Deco tape

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Swap Coordinator:CarlyJo (contact)
Swap categories: Kawaii 
Number of people in swap:5
Location:International
Type:Type 2: Flat mail
Last day to signup/drop:March 11, 2009
Date items must be sent by:March 14, 2009
Number of swap partners:2
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OK i thought of this while making my Kawaii postcard

All of my post cards look the same because i only have a few deco tapes, and i have no extra cash or time to spend and wait for them to arrive. SOOOOOO how does one get new deco tape without having to commit to buyin 25+ yards???

SWAP :D

Rules and Requirements

two partners

3 deco tape designs. Must be different designs. And they must be 12 inches long! Pull out that ruler!

try not to send one theme, or color. its 3 so try to mix as best as possible! Also if you send the really thick deco tape its 12 inches and as well as the thinner deco tape, that too is 12 inches. Width does not matter with deco tape in my eyes.

I will not tell you how to give hearts. that is your choice, and yours only.

Confused on how to send parts of deco tape?

here is a step by step of how i do it. If anyone does it differently and you find it more simple please post!

  1. cut your length , lay on flat clean surface sticky side UP (no decorating your kitchen table!!)

  2. take about 2 inches ( just a bit, no exact here) Stick it to its self. Try not to press, just pinch ends so that it will stay.

  3. simply fold it onto its self untill there is no more tape. Please take care in this, try to match up the outside line as much as possible.

  4. PLACE IN BAGGIE!! this is very important. i sent a deco sample across seas, and i think the boat sank with the packages. everything was ruined by the water, i was upset. nothing leaves my hands anymore without being in a baggie! also it keeps it from sticking to the envelope!

    WARNINGS

*Watch those pets!

*Be gentle with tape, and try not to touch it much.

*Again make sure those edges match nice and well.


I would love to private swap this too, i am really looking forward to see those deco tapes out there...

You can join if you are new, but no recent no-sends. If you have unfair ones or threes pm me. the dates are shown above, and they are pretty close set, you can package your deco tape today and hold it for shipping next week.

Discussion

CarlyJo 03/ 4/2009 #

awww my picture did not work! >.< it was nice looking tape too!

crescendo 03/ 4/2009 #

I was just thinking since it sounds like it is sticky (I'm not savvy on what deco tape is), would it work to stick it to the shiny side of freezer paper? I mean, would it then come off cleanly? Just a thought to try.

CarlyJo 03/ 4/2009 #

yeah but that would be a odd envelope, 12 inches long.

deco tape is just like regular tape, only its decorated and has very very cute animals, people, designs or snacks on it.

crescendo 03/ 5/2009 #

That sounds very cute! Where do you buy it? I sure learn a lot on swap-bot!

So folding the freezer paper in half after you stick it on would be a no-no? Like it would leave a crease in the tape?

CarlyJo 03/ 5/2009 #

you can buy it on ebay, janetstore.com kawaiiya.com and places like that. Nah, folding it is ok, just try not to pinch where you fold. allow the deco to just simply curve around in the package. I will make up my lots and add a photo into flickr today.

MissU 03/ 6/2009 #

The way I make my deco tape samplers is this:

Cut a strip of plastic off the the front cover of a memo pad. (Those of you into kawaii will know exactly what I am talking about.) It is hard plastic. Then you use that strip to wrap the tape around. It ends up being flat so it's easy to send. And you can get several samples around a strip. Just space them out a little.

CarlyJo 03/ 7/2009 #

thats soooo smart of plastic that i toss away. AND it has a storage bit after too.

Amazing, is this something you thought of, or have learned from another? any way thanks for sharing!

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