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Do Something New Zine

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Do Something New Zine
Swap Coordinator:Kimbeewa (contact)
Swap categories: Paper Goods  Zines  Mail Art 
Number of people in swap:6
Location:International
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Rating requirement:4.96
Last day to signup/drop:June 29, 2011
Date items must be sent by:August 31, 2011
Number of swap partners:3
Description:

Sometimes I swear I’m an introvert. I never do anything out of the normal realm of my day. I want that to change so I thought up this swap to get my ass off the couch.

For the months of July and August, make time to do 30 different things that you wouldn’t normally do and put it in zine form. Make a quarter-size (A6) zine and use one page to tell what you did that day. Do something different 30 times in 2 months. You can write, type, paint, whatever you want. Just let us know what you did!

It can be ANYTHING. From being as simple as painting your nails neon green…to something as complex as jumping out of a perfectly good airplane :-)

You have 2 months from the time partners are assigned to the send date to do 30 days of something new and different. By all means, if you want to start now, go for it! You just need 30 completed pages in your zine when all is said and done. How you design your pages is totally up to you!!

Assembling the zine:

For those new to zine assembling, @TangleCrafts gave a couple great explanations when I participated in one she hosted a while back. Here’s some of the points she explained: To make a 'standard' quarter-size zine, you would fold a letter-size page in half then fold the half-pages in half to make a greeting card size fold of paper. You would then slot all those folds of paper together and bind down the spine to make a quarter-size booklet/zine. That's only one way of doing it, though, and any way is acceptable so long as the pages don't fall apart when you turn them!

If you have questions, let me know by posting below!

Discussion

OverMoon 06/15/2011 #

Ok, just to be 100% sure. Take a letter sized/a4 paper fold in half and then fold in half again?

Kimbeewa 06/15/2011 #

Correct...and to get a booklet of 30 pages you will need 4 papers folded in fourths (you will use the front and back of each side).

OverMoon 06/15/2011 #

Thanks! :)

Hidnomen 06/15/2011 #

Really cute idea! I'm too busy to join right now, but I like this swap. :)

TangleCrafts 06/16/2011 #

Hi @Kimbeewa - sounds like a fun swap! :)

Kimbeewa 06/16/2011 #

Thanks gals!

bearnbabs 06/28/2011 #

OK, I get how to assemble the book. Does each little page represent each day?? We can make a collage, paint ,draw, write or what ever we did on that day correct??? I just want to make sure I'm doing what is required of this swap. Thanks bearnbabs

Kimbeewa 06/28/2011 #

@bearnbabs ...that's it exactly!

Kimbeewa 07/22/2011 #

I'm having fun with this one. I am making a list of things I've done and when I have 5 or so I start putting them into the zine in fun ways! How are you guys doing?

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