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View entire thread: Clothing Swaps in San Francisco?

Posted by sloane on 2007-05-05 21:30:43      Post Subject: Clothing Swaps in San Francisco?



Hi, I'm wondering if crafters on the forum know of any upcoming clothing swaps taking place in San Francisco.

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View entire thread: Plush of the Month-Group/Blog for Stuffie Makers (it's free)

Posted by tofuttibreak on 2005-12-12 01:13:25      Post Subject: Plush of the Month-Group/Blog for Stuffie Makers (it's free)

I've started a new group/club/blog for those interested in plushies/stuffies. It's basically a craft along for stuffed toy making and a site for handmade stuffed toy swaps. It's free, just email me or post a comment in the blog if you would like to join.

If anyone is interested, here's the link: http://plushofthemonth.blogspot.com

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View entire thread: Get-Crafty! At The Neighborhood Market!

Posted by VintageAngel on 2007-04-23 11:55:06      Post Subject: Get-Crafty! At The Neighborhood Market!

Anyone interested in hosting swaps, trades, get-crafty sessions, demos, talks, or workshops at The Neighborhood Market-Downtown ABQ? We're going to have a special tent set aside for this, and believe it's going to be an awesome way to promote the craft revolution and get people to join your group/club in a great urban location! Got any ideas or want to join? Let me know! Let's get crafty in New Mexico! :)

http://www.theneighborhoodmarket.com
-Susana

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View entire thread: New Swap -- theme: "Hair"

Posted by kissmyknitz on 2005-03-26 20:14:21      Post Subject: New Swap -- theme: "Hair"

Swapee-swapee!!!

This theme is "hair," so it can be anything for hair --oils, shampoos, ties, barettes, bands, decorations, hats, caps, brushes, combs, picks, blahblahblah,
OR
anything from hair, such as fur, wool, angora, cashmere, or even some from your own head,
OR
anything from the movie Hair
OR whatever else you can think of that fits the theme!


Please email me Susanfitness@yahoo.com with your name and address.

I will publish the list and you'll send to the name below yours, just to keep it easy.

We'll close the swap April 1st and mail out by April 21.

Yaaaa for new swaps!

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View entire thread: click. beep. WHiRR

Posted by katharsisjones on 2005-09-13 13:33:20      Post Subject: click. beep. WHiRR

Hey! I've got a website you probably haven't seen!

http://www.blissfullybitter.com/robots/lj_icons/zoombot.gif

WHiRR

WHiRR is dedicated to designing and producing robot-themed artwork and paper goods for technology enthusiasts. Most products are handmade, or at least hand packaged, by the designer (me).

In addition to paper goods, WHiRR offers several free downloads including icons, desktop images, and printable PDF versions of activity pages, a Boris paper doll and valentine cards.

I'm looking for more newsletter subscribers and link swaps. Please check my link page (it's a bit unorganized) to see if I'm already linking to you. If not, let's be link pals!

Kat

WHiRR
girl loves robot
http://www.blissfullybitter.com/robots/home.html

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View entire thread: Bohemiarama's, an artist community.

Posted by bohemiarama on 2005-05-26 01:05:58      Post Subject: Bohemiarama's, an artist community.

Bohemiarama, artist community is slowly but surely gaining popularity. Please introduce yourself.
Here's a sneak peak.
http://bohemirama.moonfruit.com/
Events and venue is still pending.
More to come!
I'm looking for the following:
Link swaps. Prefer banner links to text links.
Teachers who are willing to teach a craft in San Francisco or Berkeley.
Featured Arists. If you're interested please email me?
Non-profits that would like parts of our proceeds.
People who would like to be part of our launch party.
Volunteers.
Artist to write about. We will be putting out a newletter.
Honest feedback.
Anything would help.
Suggestions, comments, concerns, advice. Anything! I'd love to know what you guys think so far?

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View entire thread: crafty swaps - not searchable?

Posted by Nancy Flynn on 2006-10-03 08:53:19      Post Subject:

we getting a lot of spam in that forum when it was just called "swaps", so I think possibly that is a reason too. maybe the old "swaps" forum was deleted when it became "craftyswaps"?

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View entire thread: crafty swaps - not searchable?

Posted by for_esme on 2006-10-02 19:12:45      Post Subject: crafty swaps - not searchable?

Maybe this is a glitch, but I was looking for old posts about the Christmas ornament swap, to see when it got going last year and to see the fabulous pictures that were posted... for some reason, the results for "ornament" aren't showing any threads from crafty swaps, and that forum also isn't an option when you select where to search.

???

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View entire thread: Moderator Holiay

Posted by for_esme on 2007-11-12 10:51:05      Post Subject:

that'd be fun, yeah! what kind of swap did you have in mind?

if any of you gals are interested in doing the holiday ornament swap this year, head on over to the swaps forum or send me a pm... few people seem interested this year! :/

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View entire thread: Request for swapping feedback system

Posted by for_esme on 2006-10-17 19:53:08      Post Subject:

I think this is a good idea, too. It might also encourage more people to swap -- I've participated in a couple of great swaps, one of which is the yearly christmas ornament exchange, but I'm also sometimes leery of swapping with someone I don't know when there's no feedback to review.

So yeah. I just hope we can find a way to do it so that it doesn't get catty.

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View entire thread: Suggestions for new moderators

Posted by sarabell on 2006-09-08 16:41:50      Post Subject:

the thing was that we were basically assigned certain forums. like i got domestic bliss, share a craft, and consuming pleasures. but this wasn't indicated under the subject heading in the index of forums home. we're just basically supposed to concentrate out non-spam detection moderator duties in those areas which we were assigned. then the crafty swaps forum was a new one, and for_esme was the one assigned.... so that's the deal on that. i would like it if we were all included in that forum, that way we can all moderate/remove spam/move topics as needed.

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View entire thread: swaps?

Posted by stellagal78 on 2004-10-08 17:18:54      Post Subject: swaps?

Hi!

I am looking to do some craft swaps -- is there a specific place on Get Crafty where they are listed? Does anyone know of any I could participate in?

Thanks!!

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View entire thread: swaps?

Posted by smachel on 2004-10-08 19:40:22      Post Subject:

swaps come and go here, usually listed on "share a craft" or sometimes "freestyle." there aren't any going on right now.

what are you interested in? do you want to do a group swap or an individual swap? feel free to post your own thread to do a swap.

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View entire thread: Swap Items / Themes?

Posted by h_pets360 on 2005-03-21 00:09:31      Post Subject:

oooh!

themes!!!

childhood!!

books you've read. specific books... like the alice in wonderland softies recently. or maybe lord of the rings. or she's come undone. any book that you and sis have read.

swaps based on music! so if your sister likes evanesence (sp?) and you like the beastie boys, there's some level of thinking and empathy involved.

swaps based on children or future hopes.

swaps based on planned trips together ... you're going to the west coast? a West coast swap, with a Dre anthem CD ... or a shirt with an ironed on pic of the Santa Monica pier.

a journal swap. or an art book swap. "when i was 5 and you were two, i thought that you..." "here is my pencil interpretation of that dinosaur you drew when you were in 4th grade..."

i miss being geographically close to my sister. i bet you can't tell ;)

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View entire thread: swaps

Posted by norsgoebel on 2004-07-08 15:53:39      Post Subject: swaps

Hi all-

I'm new and hadn't seen mention of swaps of any kind. Have they been done? Would anyone be interested in participating in various medium type swaps?

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View entire thread: Spastic Sara and Becca Bags-coin purse swap

Posted by red.sugar.stars on 2005-03-19 00:08:05      Post Subject: Spastic Sara and Becca Bags-coin purse swap

Hi. When I reregistered, I lost my PMs. Would you guys mind giving me your addresses again for the swaps?
My email is redsugarsstars@yahoo.com.
Thank you!
Terri

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View entire thread: Valentine's Day Craft Swap

Posted by sparklingallison on 2005-01-16 11:52:19      Post Subject:

Oooh. Count me in Beth -- I love Valentine's Day. I'll shoot you an email right now.

p.s. I'm new to swaps, but I get the basic idea of it. I'll let you know if I have any questions. Thanks for organizing it!

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View entire thread: clothing swap lessons learned - please share

Posted by Ratti Pillo on 2006-04-22 15:04:33      Post Subject:

whenever i /or my group holds clothing swaps we usually do it in down the middle of calm and polite and free-for-all. each person who brings a pile of clothes gets to 'present' his/her pile. we all then go at it, and if there are two people who want the same thing we have a 'try-off'; both of them tries it on and we decide who it looks nicer/flatters better/etc. i've never had any problems with it. i also keep accessories at the end- shoes, jewelry, scarves, etc. and we try to find stuff to match our new outfits. keep lots of drinks and food around, and perhaps a game or craft , discussion, etc to do or have later so it gives an incentive to not stretch out the swap for hours. themed swaps are fun too (depending on people's availbility)- housewares, evening dresses/old prom dresses, etc.

one thing though i've found is that if you have a wide range of different bodies, you should try your hardest to represent all of them. it can get hard, especially if you might have one plus size lady, or one size one lady, they can feel left out because there's nothing there for them. but if you can invite a range of people that would be for the best. encourage people to bring clothes that's not necessarily theirs (well from friends or family or whomever, that might not be able to make it, willing to donate to the naked lady party, are not interested in going but has lots of clothes, etc) and this usually can help widen the range of styles and sizes.

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View entire thread: Artisans' Exchange message board for crafty swaps

Posted by Karen on 2004-06-02 12:32:24      Post Subject: Artisans' Exchange message board for crafty swaps

I just stumbled upon a new message board for swaps: http://www.artisansexchange.com/forums/index.php. It's still pretty slow, but hopefully not for long!

"Artisans Exchange is a community of forums created for artisans or craftspersons--or whatever you choose to call us--who are interested in bartering arts and crafts supplies, finished projects or unfinished projects."

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View entire thread: our new forum moderators

Posted by Schmatta on 2006-03-07 16:52:14      Post Subject:

Yikes, dear moderators. Go to swaps and see porn offerings.
That's not what we had in mind, eh?

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View entire thread: bad bad spam in swaps

Posted by for_esme on 2005-12-31 15:45:29      Post Subject:

Hey all, sorry about my lack of upkeep these past few days! It seems like the swaps forum has really been the worst lately, and I haven't been able to log on for a few days so I didn't know. Sorry! I cleaned it up, but please send me a pm in the future if things like this are bothering you.

Jean, perhaps we could make it so all moderators have access to the swaps forum. Again, sorry everyone!

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View entire thread: swaps

Posted by Karen on 2004-07-08 16:17:17      Post Subject:

I've been doing lots of swaps lately at http://www.artisansexchange.com/forums

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View entire thread: NEW WEBSITE please comment and LINK SWAP

Posted by ecrameri on 2006-03-21 19:27:14      Post Subject:

You can attract people to your website a number of ways:
- hold a competition
- use your website in your signature
- post messages to other people's blogs with the address
- start a mailing list
- run a swap / blog
- post pictures on flickr
- submit your site to search engines (google, yahoo etc)
- link/banner swaps
- 'adverts' in related mailing lists owned by other people eg shefinds.com, tipjar.com
- email your friends and family, and ask them to pass your website on
- join doyourownpr.com mailing list

Hope this helps!
Emma

PS I'll PM re website design

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View entire thread: swaps

Posted by lizzymahoney on 2004-07-08 20:04:00      Post Subject:

There have been a couple of swaps mentioned here, and at least one has completed. Hmm, or am I confusing the two boards? Right now, there is a post card swap going on, both here and at supernaturale.

Start one if you wish and see what happens.

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View entire thread: Anyone interested in trading?

Posted by sarabell on 2005-03-25 15:11:04      Post Subject:

i'm down. signed up for a couple swaps already but haven't seen any action yet.

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View entire thread: getcrafty swapmeet / marketplace; or live chat?

Posted by ada on 2004-09-16 08:06:00      Post Subject:

Personally, I'm not big on live chat.

I quite like the marketplace idea, but then I don't have my own site (or sell anything), I guess it matters more what people who actually sell things think about it. The 'Girls Gone Crafty' board seems to fill some of the function of alerting people about your business.

On swapping, I don't know about having a seperate area for this. I guess I just don't check discussion boards (and all their different forums) regularly enough, and so I often find that I miss out on swaps I would be interested in, because they are posted up on a dedicated swaps forum, instead of as part of the general chat forum.

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View entire thread: Offline crafty groups?

Posted by lizzymahoney on 2004-09-02 13:54:44      Post Subject:

# What does word pair "craft group" mean to you?
(If the are other terms in english, please tell me. After all it isn't my mother language.)
# What does word "craft" mean to you?
# Have you ever participated in an offline craft group?
(If you have, how old were you then, what organization organized it and why did you participate?)
# What kind of thoughts do you have about crafty groups existence?
(Why do they exist? Why does world need them?)

A craft group to me seems about the same as what you describe. Could be anything. The stitch and bitch, moms making salt dough ornaments, sisters and cousins completing a quilt or scrap book, a class in stamping, kindergarteners sand painting. I suppose in a broader sense, the swaps from boards like this one are craft groups. The people are separated but interact offline in crafty pursuit.

I've done many, but am not really involved in any group now. Lots of church bazaar stuff from childhood on, garden design with the Latin Club at my high school last century, ikebana classes, book production, one on one instruction in all sorts of things, actual graded classes in school within the Art Department, public displays of creations both craft and art, seasonal presentations and lots more... I've done this at any age up to my present late 40s. With family or schoolmates or neighbors or coworkers. Years ago with my church. Sometimes the goal is clearcut, sometimes not.

Craft to me has to involve the creation of something useful or attractive by an individual or sometimes a group. It is not mass manufactured, although parts of it may be. A craft group could be working on the same one project or individual takes on the topic, or completely separate things.

I like that crafty groups and orgs encourage others to make use of their own imaginations, that the more people do more things, the more relaxed they are. It's very therapeutic for me, and for others.

At the fabric store, people are as obnoxious as they are anywhere in retail. But occasionally you get to learn something new, or see one customer help another even though they are strangers. Unfortunately, so many of them expect my small store to be like Walmart when they want and like their own personal savant when they want. Can't have it both ways. If you really want my help in determining what color brocade would best match your paint chips then you shouldn't bitch about having to wait at the cutting counter or the register. If you really want rock bottom prices you can't expect the poorly paid clerk to have any idea how to use the product. End of rant.

More people crafting means more self sufficiency and more self confidence. That's gotta be good.

Right now we are facing another hurricane and all that it entails. Yet people don't know how to light a charcoal fire, don't know how to safeguard candles, or warm water in the sun for bathing, or conserve their energy. They do laughable things with the fear of the hurricane. Yeah, go ahead and fight over a full tank of gas at the pumps! You aren't going to need it for several days, and if you evacuate, a half tank will get you wherever you need to go. People are coming in to the fabric store and yelling because we don't sell batteries or kerosene, or tents. And still others are buying crafting materials so they won't get cabin fever during the expected power outages.

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View entire thread: bad bad spam in swaps

Posted by sarabell on 2005-12-25 15:57:13      Post Subject:

Isn't a way to remove those posts?

i can in every forum but swaps - that's for_esme's area. so i just figured i'd post here in case anyone with admin privileges happened to look instead of emailing or PMing - just figured it would be the most obvious place to see such a message right now!

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View entire thread: I started a quilt-along...

Posted by quornflour on 2006-01-03 01:11:52      Post Subject:

How does a quilt-a-long work exactly?
I am fairly new to quilting... though I am just about to finish my fourth one (that is what happens when work is slow). I am all about crazy quilts (much easier on my brain).
I am also trying to organize a crazy quilt square swap in "swaps"...

Let me know how it works I am very interseted to know more.

- Q

email: quornlfour@gmail.com
blog: http://spaces.msn.com/members/quornflour/

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View entire thread: Hello from Montreal!

Posted by VelveteenRabbit on 2006-10-30 11:24:13      Post Subject: Hello from Montreal!

I just signed up to join this community today. :)

A little while ago I started getting into swaps (Swap-Bot.com) and was looking around for other swap sites. I came across getcrafty and was really happy to see that it's not only a craft-related site, but it's so organized and interesting!

Although I'm a freelance writer and editor, I love to craft in my free time (baby quilts, patchwork totes, pillows, and other small projects) and have been enjoying exploring other crafters' blogs. I've started selling some stuff on etsy.com (sold one pincushion!) but what I haven't been able to do until now is become part of a crafters' community. I checked out craftster.org and found some helpful tutorials but somehow this site looks like it will be a better fit for me. :)

So... I look forward to getting involved and getting to know some of you, as time permits.

Cheerio! :)

Ann-Margret

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View entire thread: Round-Robin Crafting?

Posted by deborahthecraft on 2004-11-08 20:52:26      Post Subject:

Id be interested after the new year,but until then I am too committed with other swaps.

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View entire thread: Daylight savings time swap

Posted by tinstarmerchant on 2005-02-23 21:49:41      Post Subject:

This sounds like fun. I'm interested! I wouldn't mind a helpful cheat sheet of ideas though. I'm new to swaps so I could use a little help. :) I'll send over my address.

Terri

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View entire thread: how does organized swapping work?

Posted by moon_lemming on 2005-04-28 11:41:50      Post Subject:

almost all the swaps I've been in have had international swappers. re: the cost -- it's not that it's not worth it, it's that sometimes people can't afford it. but usually there are plenty of people swapping, so it's just a matter of matching the right people up.

as far as my personal experience goes, I've sent to New Zealand and Canada without problems. in one recent swap, I had to ask when I signed up that I be partnered with someone in the US because I was low on money that month, but it wasn't a big deal, there were plenty of people in the swap who could handle the international shipping.

I'm not sure if that answered your questions -- let me know if I've left anything out! :)

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View entire thread: PenPal Swap

Posted by Mikala on 2005-02-25 02:42:08      Post Subject: PenPal Swap

Old fashioned PenPal Swap starts March 6th.

Send your name and snail mail address to Mikala at mikward@gmail.com by the 6th of March.

On the 6th, I will match you with a Penpal on the list.

Create a handwritten letter in any style, along with a paper/card frame with a snapshot of yourself (or something that represents you, if you like) so that we can all put a "face" to the name :) Embellish any way you choose. All swaps should go out on or after the 16th of March.

So far, we have 6 takers...anyone else? Join in and make a friend!

Mikala

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View entire thread: little suprise box swap?

Posted by kissmyknitz on 2005-01-15 15:20:15      Post Subject:

I'm in! I'm psyched to do some swaps now that the holidays are over... I have a swap going over in Craft-ups... PM me and we'll x-change addys!

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View entire thread: Teaching Arts & Crafts.....

Posted by brightcorner on 2004-09-25 18:25:44      Post Subject:

Sorry, not a teaching tip...

I'm wondering if you have found any good online kids' ATC resources. After seeing me make my batch for Kathy last month, my daughter has gotten all excited and wants to do some swaps with other kids...

Thanks!!! And keep up the good work.

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View entire thread: the best way to clear it out

Posted by for_esme on 2006-03-23 19:34:59      Post Subject:

Donate, or swap?

Also, swaps and sales can be arranged on craigslist.com. If you're looking to give away, freecycle.com is good.

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View entire thread: Swap Forum?

Posted by Athos on 2005-03-07 20:36:54      Post Subject:

i don't like having a separate board for swaps. in the past, we've also listed the swaps in which we've participated in the interests section of our profiles. it really helps build a swap history.

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View entire thread: Swap Forum?

Posted by sparklingallison on 2005-03-18 15:20:13      Post Subject:

Yes! It would be much easier to browse and join swaps that are currently happening. I always use the "view posts since your last visit" tool, which means I see EVERYTHING. But there are times when I specifically want to get involved in a swap and I can't find them. This would also eliminate the potential for two of the same swaps happening at the same time.

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View entire thread: how does organized swapping work?

Posted by moon_lemming on 2005-04-23 14:50:37      Post Subject:

I copied and pasted this from another thread from a few months ago that had the same question (so if you see the words "coin purse" just substitute whatever you would think of swapping):

Re: organization, my suggestions (and only suggestions, because there might be a better way, I'm not a very organized person): Post a topic that says "coin purse swap" or something like that and put the basics in your post:

*what we're swapping,
*how you want people to send their info to you (e-mail or pm),
*what info you need (real name, address, e-mail address, usually),
*the deadline date for sign-up, and
*the deadline date for sending out (about two weeks after the sign-up deadline, usually, although longer is good, too!).

Then when everyone's signed up, usually the swap organizer will put a list up with the getcrafty user names (NOT real names) of everyone who's on board so people can doublecheck and make sure they're on the list if they signed up.

After the swap sign-up is over, the swap organizer e-mails (or pm's) each person the name and address of the person they're sending to, and sometimes lists who's sending to whom in the getcrafty topic as well.

Another way to do it is for the swap organizer to send everyone her (the organizer's) address and have them mail their swap stuff and some cash for shipping to her. Then the organizer mails out packages to everyone. This is best for swaps that involve each person making stuff for five other people or whatever. Also, keep in mind that if there are people in different countries, the cash-for-shipping thing could get tricky.

I'm sure some of that doesn't make sense because I'm bad at explaining stuff and someone else probly knows something I left out. But I hope it helps a little! :)

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View entire thread: nervousness addiction

Posted by Iowa-art-teacher on 2005-03-21 17:47:52      Post Subject:

Just joined and I am definitely addicted! I'm going to do my best not to get in over my head, but it is so fun to read about all the art objects and swaps on there.

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View entire thread: little suprise box swap?

Posted by rubychew on 2005-01-15 20:48:49      Post Subject:

yeah I think it could work but maybe not the regular way. Unfortunately, I don't have the time these days to organize swaps...but people can feel free to use this thread to arrange between themselves..and report back on what goodies you get....

if someone else wants to organize a formal swap also please feel free.

:-)

rc

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View entire thread: little suprise box swap?

Posted by deborahthecraft on 2005-01-19 13:24:08      Post Subject:

yeah I think it could work but maybe not the regular way. Unfortunately, I don't have the time these days to organize swaps...but people can feel free to use this thread to arrange between themselves..and report back on what goodies you get....

if someone else wants to organize a formal swap also please feel free.

:-)

rc
I would be happy to head up this swap if anyone is interested.

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View entire thread: I need a swap...

Posted by kissmyknitz on 2005-02-24 10:19:23      Post Subject:

Holy crapola! There's like 5 swaps going on right now! Maybe Jean should open a forum just for swaps!!! That would so rock... *drooling*

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View entire thread: Help! I'm not in the mood for Christmas!

Posted by bessiemae on 2006-12-14 07:50:52      Post Subject:

I've been Scroogey this year, as well. This semester, work has been a gigantic trial of adolescent foolishness the likes of "Jack Ass: The Director's Cut". Add recurrent immobilizing scourge and friends' assorted trauma and drama. Mix well.

To jump start my holiday mood, started from scratch on the Christmas tree. New ornaments. Non-traditional colors. Invader Zim motif. Kids wacky excited by it. So frickin' homely it makes you laugh. Boy #2 who hates to sing belted out the Invader Zim carols whilst decorating: "Bow down! Bow down! Before the power of San-Ta! Be crushed! Be crushed by His Jolly Boots of Doom!" Did I mention his rousing guitar rendition of "Good King Wencewhoziwhatsit" complete with distortion and feedback? #2 will gladly go caroling with you! Of course, you'll be forced to sing his twisted renditions.

Assembling swaps for Monday Mailing forcing me to be both crafty and cheerful. Who wants a sad swap? "Swaps of Obligation" sounds like something rejected from a Greek Tragedy. "Thanks. You shouldn't have. Really. I mean it."

Baking treats is soothing to the soul and makes the home smell yummy. Bored and grumpy? Make a totally non-Christmas/Christian treat from another culture or faith tradition. Christmas has become a dumping ground of sorts for all manner of Mid- Winter/Solstice observances. Candles and spices. Leg lamps. Whatever.

Sprinkling of Bad Taste is waaay more fun than Good Taste. Who would you really like to have over for Holiday Meal: John Waters or Martha Stewart?

Hang with Quornflour and have no choice but to Experience the Holiday, kinda like pink gamma rays. Resistance is Futile.

Make it your own!

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View entire thread: what is up with all the spammy threads lately?

Posted by for_esme on 2006-03-14 13:07:37      Post Subject:

hey all,

i understand your frustrations! believe me, as a moderator of the forums it's just as annoying to me, if not more so. i've made a few suggestions to the administrators, perhaps eliminating the "guest" feature on the swaps forum is a good idea. i'll bring that up, too. another idea is to require guest posters to type in a word or series of numbers to confirm that they're a person and not a spamming computer, but that wouldn't eliminate all the spam, since some of the spammers even go so far as to sign up for accounts.

it's a continuing problem, but i'll keep doing my best to delete the posts as soon as i see them! and maybe we can get some help from the administrators to see what else can be done.

oh, and if you ever see a problem thread go ahead and pm one of us. more than likely we just haven't logged in yet that day, it's always helpful to get a heads-up.

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View entire thread: Recycle your clothes swap pictures.

Posted by Katrin on 2005-02-19 13:14:15      Post Subject:

There was a recycled clothes swap? I guess I didn't pay attention 'cause I don't do swaps very often. But I love the idea of taking someone else's stuff, making something new out of it and giving it back. And I've been having lots of fun with recycled-clothes projects lately. If there's another swap like this, I want in!

Nikki-shell: It's my understanding that Koolaid (I'm guessing any brand of powdered drink mix, without sugar already added, works the same) is only colorfast on animal fibers like wool. That's why it washed out of your cotton top. But yeah, another kind of dye will fix it right up!

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View entire thread: Internet Safety and Personal Information

Posted by JediEmpressMel on 2005-03-22 21:16:51      Post Subject:

I have a P.O. Box, so I feel okay about doing swaps.

I don't put what my real name is..anywhere..ever. I'm on a geology fieldstudy site, and while my last name is on there...my REAL name is not.
The only thing that has my birthname is real gov't papers, school related things, or job stuff.
This helps me differentiate between scams too.
I think in general swaps are safe, though.

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View entire thread: A Forum Just For Patterns.

Posted by soapandwater on 2005-03-15 09:00:24      Post Subject:

i'm not sure that if we had enough separate forums people would follow them. look at how many posts are in the wrong place already. which is also why i'm against a swap forum (and lately, i'm having trouble feeling comfortable with all the swaps going on, but that's another story)

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View entire thread: My arty website- feedback desired...

Posted by lexis on 2005-08-16 13:07:08      Post Subject:

THANKS so much! I appreciate that.
I forgot to mention that the links page isn't up yet... which lets me also mention that i am taking link swaps if anyone is interested..?
It is a little confusing isnt it? well- my design guy has tried his hardest to keep it simple.. ish..
and theres always the wonderful 'back' button -that i always rely on! lol!
thanks thanks- whattya think of the art though????

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View entire thread: Meetups

Posted by Karen on 2004-04-13 19:53:32      Post Subject: Meetups

Meetup is a free service that organizes local gatherings about anything, anywhere. Meetups happen at local cafes (and other places) in 612 cities across 51 countries. There are Meetups for crochet, cross-stitch, duct tape, knitting, origami, rubberstamping, scrapbooking, sewing, yarn swaps, zines & more:
http://www.meetup.com

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View entire thread: Swap Forum?

Posted by SheIsMe! on 2005-03-14 12:55:31      Post Subject:

yes, please. i was just perusing for potential swaps today...

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View entire thread: Hooked on Forums

Posted by moon_lemming on 2004-10-29 09:59:14      Post Subject:

Sometimes I check in on Supernaturale's glitter boards just to see if anything's up (swaps, info about websites I shop at that are run by glitterati, etc., to see what's up with glitterati I semi-know). I used to lurk on digsmagazine.com's and televisionwithoutpity.com's forums, but don't have time these days. Sometimes I lurk on chicklit.com, but I usually end up with a really long list of books to read, and am waiting until my to-be-read pile gets a little smaller before I go back there.

Oh, and I posted briefly on venuszine.com, but that was way back when they first started up the forum, and I didn't stick around long.

Hope there's something you enjoy in there!

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View entire thread: Swap Forum?

Posted by tinstarmerchant on 2005-03-05 23:51:38      Post Subject: Swap Forum?

It had been mentioned here as a good idea, is there any chance of starting a forum just for swaps??

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View entire thread: I need a swap...

Posted by rubychew on 2005-02-11 13:47:22      Post Subject: I need a swap...

any swaps going on? it's like an itch I need to scratch...hmmm..

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View entire thread: Secret Snowflake or Ornament Swaps?

Posted by delqc on 2005-09-12 11:47:05      Post Subject:

I'd maybe like to participate if the # doesn't go too high (beyond 20?) and if mailing to/from Canada isn't a problem (which it very well might be). No experience with swaps, mostly because I'm afraid of the Canada/U.S. border-shipping complication thing.

So yeah, I guess I'm in if it doesn't make it hell for you to organize, amanelle!

del

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View entire thread: Secret Snowflake or Ornament Swaps?

Posted by moon_lemming on 2005-09-13 15:56:19      Post Subject:

The other ornament swaps I participated in we were divided into groups of 4-6. Each person does one less than the number of the group. If there are 6 people in your group you only do 5. Then you ship to the organizer and include a few dollars so the organizer can ship your ornaments back. The organizer distributes the ornaments in your group and ship them back to you.

I would be willing to participate in this style. there's no way I can make 20 or so ornaments, but 5 is a doable number. :)

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View entire thread: how do you meet people?

Posted by bessiemae on 2006-09-21 07:31:20      Post Subject:

How to make friends? Um, I just tend to smile and talk alot. I chat up the folks at the cutting table at Joann's. Garden centers. Bookstores, "Wow! I've heard about that <book>What have you heard?" Once in the crafting section of Borders, another patron was looking for a book by a Getcrafty regular, so we started chatting and shared giggles over the Taxidermy(!) book in the craft section.

Joining swaps is another good way to meet like minded folks.

Kids and Dogs get you out and interacting. You meet all manner of people through your kids. Ahem. In my area, hard to walk my dogs without folks stopping to pet or chat up their monster labrador stories.

Don't have a local craft group? Start your own!

Try something new, out of your comfort zone. Throw yourself into it. Especially if you really suck at it. Experts will always want to "help","share advice", "Here, let me show you.."

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View entire thread: Swap Forum?

Posted by naomi on 2005-03-07 11:49:36      Post Subject:

I think that it would be a good idea to agree to post swaps on an existing forum. A nice compromise- we don't have too many forums, but know where to go for a good swap. Good idea moon lemming!

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View entire thread: Secret Snowflake or Ornament Swaps?

Posted by amanelle on 2005-09-13 15:34:24      Post Subject:

The other ornament swaps I participated in we were divided into groups of 4-6. Each person does one less than the number of the group. If there are 6 people in your group you only do 5. Then you ship to the organizer and include a few dollars so the organizer can ship your ornaments back. The organizer distributes the ornaments in your group and ship them back to you. Since you would be the one to pay to have your ornaments back I don't think international shipping would be a problem. If people would be interested in doing it that post here and we'll see if there is enough interest to one.

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View entire thread: Swap Forum?

Posted by soapandwater on 2005-03-06 07:16:46      Post Subject:

I don't think it's a good idea, mostly because there's not a whole lot of traffic on the boards. Also, I think it's important for people to focus on the one or two swaps going on so they can be tracked more easily and kept in order.

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View entire thread: Swap Forum?

Posted by MRSM103 on 2005-03-06 08:05:18      Post Subject:

I think it is a good idea. And I've seen on other boards where they keep track of the people that dont send out their swaps too. I like that idea because it's not fair to the people who ACTUALLY DO participate. I've unfortunately had this happen to me and I think it's a bummer.

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View entire thread: Swap Forum?

Posted by naomi on 2005-03-07 06:31:47      Post Subject:

I voted yes...the last swap I started I didnt have anything arrive- I am blaming it on the post, but it would be good to know if there are people who don't keep their end of the swap- it is a bummer waiting for the postman when he has nothing for you! I do like swaps though, and it would be nice to be able to check them out in one place.

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View entire thread: Best Present You Ever Received

Posted by Selah on 2005-06-05 22:29:52      Post Subject:

I love homemade gifts or gifts that take some effort. I almost always give gifts like that but rarely recieve them.


I have to admit I'm kind of glad to hear that. It's what I was thinking when I started this thread. I kept seeing all these presents in the blogs that people were giving friends and thinking to myself, "Damn - I really don't have any crafty friends"!!!! I tried doing swaps but it's not the same as someone who knows you and tailors the gift just for you.

Don't mean to sound whiny but that tends to happen when I'm whining.

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View entire thread: Swap Forum?

Posted by moon_lemming on 2005-03-07 08:15:50      Post Subject:

I can't decide which way to vote; on the one hand, it would be nice to have a centralized place for swaps, instead of having them scattered around different categories. On the other hand, too many forums leads to madness, and the boards are so low-key that checking each forum out isn't a huge time drain. Maybe instead of starting a new forum, we could agree on which one to keep swap stuff on (say, Craft-Up or Share A Craft)?

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View entire thread: Does anyone know the best way to unleash your creative side?

Posted by bessiemae on 2007-03-03 19:07:03      Post Subject:

- give up any notion of perfection. Yeah, I'm One to Talk re: perfectionism. Initially, go with the process and don't freak about the end product. Each project will teach you something new. Even if you hate it, you'll learn you don't care for that medium.

- swaps force to you work within perimeters of design, budget, time, whatnot. Last year's year long swap forced me to work outside my comfort zone with colors and my swap partner's taste. And she has those oh so stunning coasters to prove I am not adept at all crafts. Yikes! Those were homely!

- My current fav. creativity book is Art and Fear. Slim volume on overcoming self-imposed obstacles. Same author has a nice book on Creativity with meaningful exercises.

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View entire thread: European candy swap eu to eu usa to usa sorry

Posted by koria on 2005-11-29 07:50:00      Post Subject:

Hey, so I went to send some Random Acts of Kindness -paggages to USA and in the local post office the lady said that between Europe and the US it's a bit tricky to send eatable stuff. Does anyone know anything about this? So if this is the case, should we send our candy/cookie swaps only Europe to Europe and USA to USA?

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View entire thread: Internet Safety and Personal Information

Posted by Poppy on 2005-03-21 18:26:29      Post Subject: Internet Safety and Personal Information

Just curious what others think about posting personal information on some of the mail trading sites or giving out your address for swaps. Do you have any personal experience with people abusing your information/trust?
I'm new at all this internet stuff and am feeling a little hesitant to share my personal information. Thanks.

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View entire thread: Internet Safety and Personal Information

Posted by copygirlx on 2005-03-22 13:42:10      Post Subject:

An easy way to participate in swaps without giving out your address is to get a PO box.
I don't think they cost the same everywhere, but mine was 18 bucks for 6 months for a decent sized box. And if a package won't fit, they'll put in a little note and you can grab it from the main postal counter.

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View entire thread: Internet Safety and Personal Information

Posted by amanelle on 2005-03-22 13:40:22      Post Subject:

I've taken part in a lot of swaps. I don't post my address unless it is my business PO Box. I PM or email the swap organizer my address. If you want to participate, but don't want to give out you home address you can get a PO box pretty cheap. I have the smallest box in an out of the way post office and it costs me $20 a year.

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View entire thread: European candy swap eu to eu usa to usa sorry

Posted by koria on 2005-11-15 06:44:31      Post Subject:

Hellooo. I'd like to join in, I already PMed you. (I just thought I'd let everyone know that I'm willing to swap internationally too if someone wants and if it's ok with the swap organizer.) I'm afraid I have to take this back. I'd like to only ship to Europe. It costs a lot more to ship to USA and I am TOTALLY broke all of a sudden. I'm really sorry. I have a lot of swaps going on and have to suddenly pay a huge huge bill. And all before Christmas. I don't ven celebrate C but I have to give gifts because my family and friends still give me gifts and I love giving gifts. So. (Any cheap handmade gift ideas? ^-^)

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View entire thread: Recipe Swap

Posted by MRSM103 on 2005-06-07 19:30:46      Post Subject:

I swore off all swaps because I was tired of getting flaked on but I have to do this one!! I love cooking and baking!!

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View entire thread: Internet Safety and Personal Information

Posted by Athos on 2005-03-23 14:37:34      Post Subject:

great topic!

i second all of the advice here. do not give out your real name or talk too specifically about friends, family, jobs, etc. do not ever admit anything illegal you may have done. do not give out your address for swaps, unless you have *known* the person for a long time. personally, i would no longer give someone my address unless i'd known them for a year or more. and i still use my work address, abbrieviated without the company name. also, i would not give my address to someone for a swap if the swap entailed them giving it to someone else.

usernames: don't use the same username all over the internet. i use this user name only on craft sites. i have other identities for other hobbies. it's *so* easy to find people with distinctive user names when they use them all over. they are making virtual histories of themselves for anyone to find.

why all these precautions? well, in the four years i've been on glitter/getcrafty, i've been stalked not once, but twice. i've seen other posters who gave out their addresses someone be hurt and scared to find out the person was a troll, including an extremely recent incident involving a lot of people. i have friends who also got into trouble with jobs for what they posted on the internet.

bottom line - be safe, above everything.

ETA: not to be too much of a downer - one thing i have found over the years that is safe is meeting people in person, which is kind of funny. i've never regretted meeting anyone in real life, and though i go through stages where i don't post about our SnBs, for the most part, i think it's pretty safe.

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View entire thread: a better getcrafty in 2005

Posted by boheme-anne on 2004-12-24 13:00:11      Post Subject:

I love this website. I really can't come up with anything I would add to it that someone else hasn't already said though.
The only thing would be more group prodjects, you know swaps and stuff. Even though many of us live very far apart, doesn't mean we can't do something for one another. Plus I love getting stuff in the mail!

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View entire thread: Bartering stuff

Posted by rratstarr on 2004-10-20 15:04:01      Post Subject:

is this something you would all be interested in? some sort of virtual swap meet area on get crafty? we've been discussing it...

Personally, I would be interested, I just wouldn't participate, at least not right now. I have decided swaps aren't for me because I have trouble following through with them. On top of that I had major post office issues about a year ago ("You mean I actually followed through this time, and the post office screwed it up for me???").

-S

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View entire thread: Chicago swap day

Posted by peanut on 2004-12-28 13:38:10      Post Subject: Chicago swap day

hi everyone,
anyone up for another one of these semi-annual chicago-area swaps? I could host this time, in my new Hyde Park apartment. Or if someone else wants to host? Let's shoot for early-mid January?
k,
peanut

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View entire thread: Warm 'n Fuzzy Holiday Feeling

Posted by Ann Berry on 2004-12-20 18:14:24      Post Subject:

Great forum:

I like to:

-ALSO put all my Christmas CDs on shuffle
-Must listen to the Nutcracker CD at least once
-Put my grandmother's crocheted tree skirt underneath the tree with lots of presents around/ontop of it
-Make fudge
-go to at least two cookie swaps
-go at least once to the mall!
-watch 'It's a Wonderful Life' as well as all those stop-motion animation classics (I have 'em on tape)!
-listen to Christmas music in the car
-get together w/friends some weekend before in Dec.
-go to my sister's on Christmas Eve for our version of the feast of the seven fishes!
-Newest tradition is to take my son's picture taken (this year got it done end of November) to put on holiday card.

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View entire thread: Stuffie Swap!!!

Posted by craftytricks on 2005-05-12 10:40:34      Post Subject:

Hmm... I still haven't received a stuffie for the swap, and though I'm guessing I'm getting flaked on I just want to make sure it didn't in fact just get lost in the mail or something like that. Anyone send to JG in Chicago?

It's frustrating that these swaps tend to end up as freebie giveaways!

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View entire thread: Chicago swap day

Posted by researchasaurus on 2005-01-17 16:37:32      Post Subject:

Nat, your new house is so cute!

I'm interested in a swap, depending on when, too.

To the people who asked...

basically it's like a garage sale except everything is FREE!! The catch is that you too have to bring things. I think some people limit the swaps to clothes, but in the past we Chicago gals have included everything from bad Donald Sutherland videos to kitchen stuff to...I already forgot.

But I think those of us here that have swapped together before (me, moonrat, peanut, anybody else?) would agree that pretty much anything goes as long as you could re-use it in some way and it's not just straight-up trash.

We haven't really swapped new things that we made ourselves though.

Heidi

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View entire thread: NEW SWAP: Bracelets!

Posted by deborahthecraft on 2004-11-08 18:41:24      Post Subject:

Yeah Baby!
I am comitted to so many swaps but I am actually keeping up and this one is *new* yay!!

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View entire thread: Coin purse thank yous!

Posted by sparklingallison on 2005-04-17 03:08:39      Post Subject:

p.s. Let's not be TOO nice about people not sending their swaps out. It really sucks putting together a nice package and not receiving one in return! I don't think people should be blacklisted per se, but I think there should be some restrictions on swaps. For example swap managers should keep them small enough to handle. 50 swappers is a bit much... 10-20 is probably okay.

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View entire thread: Coin purse thank yous!

Posted by MRSM103 on 2005-04-19 05:14:06      Post Subject:

I agree with sparklingallison about being TOO nice where people who dont follow through with their swaps. I did receive my coin purse but I got jilted on two other swaps so I'm giving them up. It's just not fair to the people who participate. I have seen on other sites where they do post the names of people who dont participate and they are given additional time. If they still dont participate then everyone pretty much is made aware.

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View entire thread: Colorado Craft Wits!

Posted by sewnupheart on 2005-09-20 15:35:11      Post Subject:

You should get in on the swap it shall be fantastic!!




We are meeting Thursday the 22nd at Starbucks at 120th and Huron, 7pm. We are going to swap October 13th, and we will be in denver.

The swap is simply something bought made, sold, found, reswapped, if you purchase it can only be between free and five dollars that you spend.
This is our first of swaps..we will have much more soon!

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View entire thread: San Diego Craft Group

Posted by DevilDoll on 2005-06-13 23:27:11      Post Subject:

Let's see if we can get a few more people... then find out what we all dig & plan a fun get together. We can bring some of our work to show off to one another, hang out & make stuff together, do swaps, drink appletinis.... the possibilities are plentiful :-)

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View entire thread: the coin purse swap TAKE 2! thank you thread

Posted by leopoldsmumsy on 2005-05-25 17:07:56      Post Subject: Re: the coin purse swap TAKE 2! thank you thread

leopoldsmumsy, I can't believe you got yours out so early but I got it in the mail Saturday! thanks so much -- I love it! it's PERFECT. the green is perfect as it's my favorite color right now and the zipper shape is so cool and the bumblebees, they are cute! and the size is perfect too, because I can put my essentials in it and use it as a clutch OR I can stick it in my big honking take-to-work bag.

aah, I love it to the max. thank you again! :)

eta: pic here which does not do it justice (it's grey outside so I had to use my plant light).

I know I was really early, but I don't trust myself to sign up for swaps unless I've got something already made! I'm afraid I'd flake.

I had just finished up a couple of pouches, including the one I sent you, when this swap was announced. I'm glad you like it.

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View entire thread: New to Swaps

Posted by Fonduie on 2005-02-16 17:21:01      Post Subject:

Hey, I'm brand new here but I would LOVE to join. I have done swaps on other boards but never here and I think this coin purse - smallish project type swap is the perfect way to start!

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View entire thread: Glitter?

Posted by moon_lemming on 2005-02-16 11:06:54      Post Subject:

One of my favorite things about getcrafty? I have never ever seen a "which craftista is the coolest" type popularity thread!

bwahaha! and amen.

I just like the vibe here better. I think the only time the division gets kind of sticky is when someone inadvertently posts something that makes it sound like GetCrafty is a fallback board for Supernaturale posters. I go to Supernaturale for the swaps and sometimes cooking stuff, and very rarely when I'm very very bored and no one's on here, I'll go through La Vida Crafty, but it's very overwhelming.

I used to not mention SN over here because it felt like all the SN posters were just waiting to hear GC folk say something negative (I think that was just my own perception), but I've grown accustomed to being part of both worlds. Although a much smaller part of the SN world than the GC one.

I hope some of that made sense to someone besides me. Heh.

(I don't really think of the SN boards as Glitter, I think of the old boards here as Glitter, and the SN boards as Supernaturale, maybe that's weird, but I just feel like they're two completely different things.)

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View entire thread: New to Swaps

Posted by moon_lemming on 2005-02-16 09:13:53      Post Subject:

Hey! This is the first time I saw the message! Have patience girl!

Hee, ditto! (no internet on Tuesdays.) That would be a fun swap! I can't sew, so it wouldn't be one I made, but I'm sure I could find a cool one somewhere around here.

Re: organization, my suggestions (and only suggestions, because there might be a better way, I'm not a very organized person): Post a topic that says "coin purse swap" or something like that (or change the title of this one?) and put the basics in your post:

*what we're swapping,
*how you want people to send their info to you (e-mail or pm),
*what info you need (real name, address, e-mail address, usually),
*the deadline date for sign-up, and
*the deadline date for sending out (about two weeks after the sign-up deadline, usually, although longer is good, too!).

Then when everyone's signed up, usually the swap organizer will put a list up with the getcrafty names of everyone who's on board so people can doublecheck and make sure you got their info.

After the swap sign-up is over, the swap organizer e-mails (or pm's) each person the name and address of the person they're sending to, and sometimes list who's sending to who in the getcrafty topic as well.

Aaah, that was long, I'm sorry. I hope I covered everything, I suck at explaining stuff.

Man, I love swaps. And this one sounds very fun!

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View entire thread: Aprons

Posted by amigarabita on 2005-04-12 09:54:32      Post Subject:

how cute are aprons though! for some reason an apron is like a superhero cape to me: i go into target mode and things start shaping up all around me! i'm in a habit of sending them out in swaps, so i was glad to see the overwhelming positive response... whew!

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View entire thread: Coin purse thank yous!

Posted by Selah on 2005-04-06 09:50:49      Post Subject:

I also have yet to receive my coin purse. :( Is their protocal for swaps on GetCrafty? I understand things coming up but it would be nice to get a pm just to let the person know. I sent out mine but don't know if my partner got it either. I'm in coin purse limbo! :) I'm not trying to embarass anyone, I turned in every paper for college late so I know how it goes.

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View entire thread: Cities Swap

Posted by urbankitty on 2005-05-30 14:34:40      Post Subject:

i really like this idea, but i'm new and i know on craftster.org, there's a requirement of a one month membership before participating in swaps. . . no idea what the requirements are here . . . besides, if the send out date is the end of may, i'm a bit out of time, now aren't i? however, this is a fantastic idea and hopefully its repeated so i can jump in on the fun. . . .

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View entire thread: Coin purse thank yous!

Posted by moon_lemming on 2005-04-25 12:17:12      Post Subject:

Has anyone else received theirs yet? I think it's safe to call flake on red.sugar.stars now. It's been three weeks. Which kind of makes this quote (from her "glitter" thread) pretty funny:

As far as this board goes, I can't stand the cliquishness of it and I will not be a part of it. This is a loss for you as you will lose an intelligent thoughtful poster as well as a good swap partner but I'm sure you're not intelligent enough to even figure that out.

Ahh, the ironing is delicious.

If anyone's received one from rss, I'll take it back, but as of today I officially give up on receiving anything from this swap.

eta: please, nobody give up on swaps based on this one semi-dud, I've participated in tons and this is the first one I've been flaked on!

eta (again): and I know this isn't a case of international mail slowness, because rss lives in the US. but I agree that international senders shouldn't get too worried too fast! :)

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View entire thread: Coin purse thank yous!

Posted by pudding on 2005-04-15 22:30:15      Post Subject:

I haven't gotten mine either. Either the person sending to me is outside the US, or I've been flaked on. I sent TO red.sugar.stars, but I don't think we're receiving from the same person we sent to, are we?

Rocket Helene and I were swap partners and we sent a purse to each other. Tinstarmerchant/red.sugar.stars sent an email to me with Rocket Helene's name and address at the start of the swap.

I definitely think we were swapping with only one person. But I did notice that tinstarmerchant/red.sugar.stars posted two thank yous at the start of this thread. Perhaps some people doubled up if there was an uneven number of swap partners? Or perhaps some people were confused, and sent their purse to Tinstarmerchant, thinking she was responsible for passing them on?

Maybe the only solution is to post the name of the person you think you should be receiving a purse from. I'm sure no-one thinks we would want to embarrass anyone else - the person who hasn't sent your purse may simply not even realise that they are your swap partner, if there has been a mixup!

OK!

I've just re-read the thread and edited to add these comments:

It seems to me that moon_lemming and h pets360 may have both been partnered with tinstarmerchant/red.sugar.stars, and she is yet to send out her swaps. Selah, I can't help you !! :-) I can't work yours out - you might have to tell us who you think you are swapping with.

My guess is that red.sugar.stars is probably still visiting and reading the forums, without posting. Hopefully she will read this thread and help us to work out what is going on!

Selah, moon_lemming and hpets360 if no-one has posted you a coin purse and we haven't had any response in the thread by the end of April, I'd be more than happy to find you each a lovely coin purse from my local seaside art markets and send them to you! I'm sure any of us would be happy to do the same thing. Don't worry, it might take a little longer than you were expecting but you won't miss out!

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View entire thread: San Francisco craft groups?

Posted by Chelise on 2006-09-08 16:10:43      Post Subject: 2 Crafty Groups - SF Bay Area

Hey all ~ I've got two crafty groups to share.

Altered Everything ~ Everthing Altered is a project based altered art group that meets once a month - you can find all the details here:




http://collage.meetup.com/86/

And for those of you in the East Bay, we are starting up a Craft Mafia group that will have social events and craft outings and swaps, along with a lot more fun stuff...


www.PleasantonCraftMafia.citymax.com

Hope that some of you join in!

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Posted by rubyfan on 2006-05-01 20:28:47      Post Subject: some suggestions to getting thru that craft pile

... I keep reading these postings to keep me motivated to clean out. Clothes and shoes are easy to part with, it's the boxes and boxes and more boxes for craft and needlework supplies that I know I will never use in this life time. I know it would be better if they went to a home where they would actually be used, but it's so hard to evaluate what I will REALLY use and what I won't. Does anyone have any words of wisdom for a crafting packrat?

Diana - wow! You can get through the clothing and shoes fairly easily. That seems to be a big step (no pun intended). So count that as a blessing. (Think of all the freed area for craft supplies!).

Now - motivating to clean out craft supplies. I find it hard also. I have to look at it from 4 points:

1 - find someone else who appreciates your donations and can use them
not Goodwill - I found a local high school, a non profit youth org, and a fixed income quilter...two of three are donations and all are nice to do! I find it less painful to pack up fabric to donate if I know it goes to someone who appreciates it.

2 - get a visual of what your work area will look like when its more open and how much more creative you will feel without piles in every corner
A friend loaned me a book Where Women Create - wow would I like to be creating in those rooms! Check out your library - there are several books out on planning craft/sewing areas. Start visuallizing what it would be like and what you want at your finger tips. And BUY something PRETTY for the room. I found this great mini cigar box with 4 drawers that I want to put my ceramic button collection into....and its not HUGE but very decorative (has a great map with an old feel on the top...). So now I have to have a free surface to display it!

3 - Get yourself to USE WHAT YOU HAVE.
Its hard. I found a group that has been doing that for the month of April. The ones that stuck to it have completed some pretty awesome projects. Just think of the treasures you have been MEANING to get to and DO NOT BUY anthing for a month (and try to work on a project every day). That alone helps! They did some mail swaps...for things missing. And did allow a person to prep before the month started - stock up on some missing items for projects.

4 - FIND A BUDDY.
Yep this is what really works for me. I have a fellow silk ribboner friend whom I have been going to classes with for years. We live hundreds of miles apart but have both had enough with our messes to want to fix it. You do have to find someone at your level of clutter I think so you can confess it all. We email several times a week and when one of us flags the other is energetic so we keep each other moving! Oh and we send "CONFETTI" in a word document. (No clutter there!!! but still a celabration from one who understands).

Kathy


So - does that give you any tidbit that might work? Let me know!

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Posted by naomi on 2005-02-01 13:57:05      Post Subject:

wow! I am so pleased that the packages are flying about...and I don't think anyone will mind if they are a bit late. Someone has a pink and flowery one on their way from me- the post lady gave me a smile when I handed it over to be weighed!

Thanks so much for joining in- and I am so sorry to have missed some people who wanted to join in a bit late- I did not have internet access for a few days so missed you!

I am so excited to hear about what things people are getting! Hurrah for swaps and the great people on here!

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Posted by amelia on 2004-10-20 00:17:23      Post Subject:

I'd love to be in on this. CD swaps are so much fun.

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Posted by keeeen on 2004-10-26 13:46:02      Post Subject:

oo ooo ooooooo me me me me!!! sounds like a grand ol' time. I love swaps!

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Posted by felt on 2004-09-13 17:00:32      Post Subject:

Just curious what the status of this is? Has swaps started already?

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Posted by boheme-anne on 2004-11-03 17:05:19      Post Subject:

Dammit! I always miss the good stuff. : (
I was looking for this post. My computer was filled with viruses for months and finally got working agian. Yeah norton antivirus!!! Anyway, I am glued to getcrafty now so I can definetely join any swaps.

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