BMAG: Miniature PL Challenge

definitely! and...I want nine of them so I can have a pocket letter of pocket letters!!!! I plan to sew a nine patch onto a pocket from a pocket letter and then slit the top of each one to create a real pocket letter....we will see if this works. I also plan to put a little letter inside!!! yep, over achiever here!! lol! I will make nine of them if 8 people will trade with me! (one is for me...)

LOL....ok Sam you just went to the top of the crazy class!!

What a fun challenge!! I'll have to think about it for a bit...

LOL! its the christmas season...it makes me crazy.

I don't know, Ky! This looks hard! I'm with @orneryswife . . . thinking, thinking, thinking. :-)

Nah...it'll be a piece of cake! I'm sure of it! ;-)

A challenge for sure....but a piece of cake? Dunno.......will watch for now, and if my head does not explode from thinking about how to do it, I may sign up.

A pocket letter of mini pocket letters? boom Sam, you blew my mind!!

Yay Helga ( @manurnakey I thou g t you might be up for the challenge. ...especially a TINY challenge! :-) Great to see all the brave souls who signed up already!

@dally ....I agree!! I had to read Sam's post three times before I got it, a pocket letter page full of it tiny pocket letters! Wow!

I've already been looking around for teeny tiny things!

Sam-- I love that idea! I would love to make nine as well, so anyone who wants to trade, let me know! :)

Woohoo for new sign-ups, we lured you in....haha!

So my first idea was to cut one pocket out of a 9 pocket plastic card holder...cutting just outside the lines, but that won't work because then it would end up being larger than an ATC. (who made up these stinking swap requirements anyway?) Back to the drawing board!

I'm wondering what one could use to "heat seal" lines in plastic ?Anyone see/read "The Martian" ? (HIGHLY recommend both!) I'm going to science the (bleep) out of this! Hahahaha!

so i have actually sewn pocket letters to hold the smashed coins. i suggest that you sew them before you cut them. use a sharpie to draw your sewing machine lines. sew the outside of the pocket letter leaving the top part open. sew the two vertical lines. use tweezers to push the bottom three items down to the bottom. sew them in. push the next three items in....sew them in. leave the top open so that you can fit a letter in that can be taken out. your items need to be fairly flat so that they dont cause the "bulking" effect. you can then cut them out. i would leave the left side wider so you can punch tiny holes for them to fit into a tiny three ring binder....JUST KIDDING PEOPLE! im not designing a tiny three ring binder! lol!

I think you're right, sewing is a better idea than heat (reluctantly putting my blow torch away).

Next swap up.....create and decorate a mini 3 ring binder for your partner...lol! Just kidding folks....really! :-)

i put up a thread in the forum for any questions or suggestions. i think everyone will be able to contribute. exciting challenge, @KY !!!

and really....? 6:30 in the morning?!!! why are we up?

Haha....I am a very early riser but I go to bed at 9:30.:-)

Loving this dialog. I added to the forum string. I hope this isn't a one time swap because I do like the idea of several on a page!

Oh good idea! I never understand why people don't chat more in swaps. it doesn't make sense to me to sign up, create all alone and send off...much more fun to share about the process. :-)

I have now made seven of these, two more to go!

No way! I'm still pondering! Haha!

Yay! Another brave soul has joined us! :-)

ok, so i have nine working. not as easy as i thought it would be! but they are looking great so far! I LOVE a challenge!

I moved this to my watchlist because I have to prepare for a move in February and will be visiting family for a week, but I will try to make these and if I get them done in time, rejoin. :) I LOVE this swap idea!

Oh no...moving is the pits! Hopefully can join us and good luck with packing!

Last december 18 I asked you a question in a personel message, you did not answer, so I ask again: ............ what do you mean by a Pocket Letter: something to put a letter in........a bag or envelope to hold letters.............in this case something ATC-size to hold letters. I have to understand first before joining, I am on your watchlist, Stella.

@stevado a pocket letter is (in the general sense of the term) a nine pocket page protector used by sports card collectors to store their cards in a manner in which they may be viewed without handling the cards each time. The page is a regular notebook size, 8.5" x 11", and the pockets are the same size as an ATC sleeve. A year or so ago, a woman named Janette Lane created a forum and made popular the idea of sending a letter and goodies in the pocket page. Each pocket was to contain some sort of paper, art, stickers, etc. And one pocket was to have a letter inside. Some people decorated the front only, other did both sides. The pocket page, when folded into thirds, fits a legal sized envelope for mailing. If you do a Google search for pocket letters there are thousands of examples. Hope that clarifies it for you.

Of course this swap is a miniature version, where you will put all nine pockets onto a small card that would fit into one pocket on a page protector.. There is a string in the forum with ideas for how to do that if you need more information.

That's all really totally new for me, never heard, never seen, only read in swap-bot. Thank you very much for the information, I will study and perhaps I will join, Stella.

Thank you for answering @orneryswife I answered in a pm also. I hope everyone is coming along with their tiny pocket letter!