Matchbox Full of Buttons - International

This should be fun AND it is my first matchbox!!! I hope I do a good job

Welcome Marionsmom, I'm sure you'll be marvelous.

This is my first public swap as co-ordinator and I'm very excited!!!!

Hi I have never made a matchbox before but cant be too hard right? by the time this needs a partner i should have maybe one rating lol hope so as i have been sending my swaps out lol cheers Tanya

my first matchbox too, but I've wanted to do one for ages!!

I don't have enough buttons to join this swap, but if anyone wants to do a private swap with me where you send buttons and I send something else you like, such as music, fabric, yarn, or ribbon trim, message me. :)

What an awesome idea for a swap! I heart buttons! I collect them since I was a child (I started with my old granny's buttons). I'm a newbie but I have a full profile and I have ratings pending. This is my first matchbox swap too! What is the size of the matchbox? (in my country we have several sizes, I need that info please, so I can find one with the proper size). Thanks!

The matchbox I have is 3.6cm x 5.3cm x 1.1cm and has 40 matches in it. here is a link to flicker photo groups which show some great matchbox swaps. They also give you an idea of the size of the matchbox we will be swapping.

http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=button+matchbox+swaps&m=text

hope this helps. Jox

Hello, I'm new. I'd like to sign in, may I? It would be my first matchbox, but I'm very crafty ^^ so I'd be glad to try! And, obviously, I LOVE BUTTONS! Thank you.. ^^

too funny I just left a message about a different matchbox swap (but I'm a newbie & didn't qualify for that one...) then scrolled down & found this one! looking forward to participating!

Can I just make sure I've got this right - the matchboxes we're using should be about 5.5cm by 3.5cm and about 1.5cm in depth? (I've seen the templates but they seem to be quite shallow.)

It'll be my first matchbox swap so I want to get it right!

Doh! And only now do I see the measurements in the comments above. Sorry :O)

Thanks for the opp. to do this swap - buttons are like sweeties - you can't get enough!

button button who's got the button?

I recently found Swap Bot and I have signed up for a couple of swaps that welcome Newbies. I would love to be included in this button swap. I have never decorated a matchbox before but I checked out the site mentioned above and I can't wait to try it.

This is my first match box swap as well, the samples are awesome! BTW, if my matchbox is of a slighly smaller size (5.1cm x 1.0cm x 3.6cm), would it be alright that I just filled up as much as possible and add in a few more pieces of buttons? Meanwhile, I check out for bigger matchboxes ;)

I am sure that would be fine cheekzy.

Small matchboxes seem to be shallower these days!

Wow, there are 50 people in this swap, how exciting!!

I can only find big matchboxes. The one I sent is 11cm x 6cm x 2cm!

I managed to find a bigger size matchbox which I think will meet the recommended size, but I will still add in some extras as some of the buttons are of bigger size & the matchbox cannot contain so much :P

Oh, can I join? Never have done a matchbox swap, but would love to join!

oh, never mind, just saw the date!