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✿ Harajuku Bead Swap ✿

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✿ Harajuku Bead Swap ✿
Group:♡Harajuku girls♡
Swap Coordinator:girlpirate (contact)
Swap categories: Jewelry  Accessories  Craft Supplies 
Number of people in swap:4
Location:International
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Last day to signup/drop:March 23, 2010
Date items must be sent by:April 9, 2010
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

Here is a swap for the jewelry and accessory makers in the group! This swap is designed for folks who already have a stash at home, but anyone is welcome if you would like to purchase stuff for your partner. Just be sure you can send all the items below.

♡ We will send 1 partner the following items ♡

35 beads: beads should be 6mm or larger. Get creative and fun with this! Think Harajuku style, cute shapes, kawaii, fun colors, etc. Bead materials should be glass, crystal, metal, stone or acrylic. Send a variety, not 35 of all the same bead. Send lots of fun, quality items. Do not send cheap/tacky items, such as acrylic pony beads.

6 cabochons: please send only Harajuku, Japanese or kawaii style cabs. You can send any size, but if you send something smaller than the size of your thumb, include extras (ie; 2 smaller cabochons would count as 1).

12 findings/components: think: chandelier findings, naked phone straps, hair clips, pins, etc ... anything that can be used to make jewelry or accessories.

8 charms: again, keeping with the group theme. :) Send items roughly an inch in size or bigger, no itty bitty charms (unless you include them as extras).

3 lengths of ribbon: again, think Harajuku style :) please send 12" of each different ribbon style.

1 creative profile surprise: value of $5. Purchase a creative profile surprise for your partner, based on what they like! Profile surprise should be related to this swap's theme of jewelry and accessory making. It can be somehting similar to items above, or something else entirely, as long as it can be used in this craft.

Because most of this is a "destash" type of swap and designed to share parts of our supply stashes, this is mostly sender's choice. I do ask that you check your partner's "dislikes" and avoid sending them metals, themes, colors, etc that they can't or won't use.

Please put each category of items into it's own bag, and avoid jumbling everything together in one big mess. ;)

Send quality items, and a variety. Do not send junk, broken pieces, super cheap stuff, used or dirty supplies. Half-assing or sending poor quality items would be a failure to meet the requirements and swappers would be encouraged to rate accordingly.

Requirements:

  • must meet the group requirements.

Discussion

soxxbreathless 03/ 2/2010 #

Oh man, I wish my stash was big enough to join this. What an awesome swap!

girlpirate 03/ 2/2010 #

@soxxbreathless This is going to be so much fun... if we have enough members with good-sized supply stashes. You don't really need a huge stash, but there are a variety of different things features and I am worried not everyone stashes all of them. (In other words, I am worried no one else shares in my mania. ;))

whatsherface 03/ 3/2010 #

Oh you know I HAVE to join this swap!! Im seriously so excited for this you have no idea!! I dont have alot of cabochons but I have enough. I dont mind trading them out to get some new ones.

For people joining this swap Delish Beads on Etsy has everything you need for this swap and FREE SHIPPING! So get shopping!

whatsherface 03/ 3/2010 #

I also recommend other Etsy shops Ive bought from:

I have a few other shops but they are on vacation :/

Andi 03/ 4/2010 #

I'm watching for now because I'm not totally sure if I have everything. Also, anyone wanna give me a link to some Harajuku jewelry ideas? :) (then I can see if I have things that fall under this catagory well......cause I got lotsa stuff hehe)

soxxbreathless 03/ 6/2010 #

I keep looking back at this swap, so longingly. Haha. It's such an awesome swap, Kiki! I have a good jewelry stash, just not much in the way of kawaii. I need to order supplies for my bridesmaids jewelry projects so I may beef up my collection more in order to join, this looks so fun.

whatsherface 03/11/2010 #

@Andi Ive got some links for ya! For this swap you will need Cute Cabochons , Findings of Components like Cell Phone Straps , Jump Rings ect. Cute Charms and the rest is pretty straight forward. Check out my Etsy Favs for lots of ideas :)

girlpirate 03/13/2010 #

Thanks @soxxbreathless And thanks @whatsherface for adding all the great links.

After this one, I may do a smaller scale one so those with smaller stashes can join in the fun. Input would be appreciated... what is in this swap, that you don't have?

This swap, though, is a great chance to beef up your collections. Buy some fun stuff and split it up... give away half of what you got, and receive a bunch of new, different stuff. That is what I am looking forward to! I am ordering lots of the same thing, and can trade out parts of each lot for new goodies. :)

girlpirate 03/13/2010 #

Also, I would be happy to extend out the sending deadline to make it easier for ordering. Thoughts? Another week won't hurt.

TheJuiceBox 03/15/2010 #

Ha ha, WOW! When I first read the title of this on the Harajuku Girls page, I thought it said BREAD swap! I was so confused and intrigued! :) I have some of these items, so I'm going to see if I can track down the others to be able to participate :)

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