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CPG Mail Art Challenge: Bird Collage! - US Only

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CPG Mail Art Challenge: Bird Collage! - US Only
Group:Cheap Postage Swaps, Tags and Fun
Swap Coordinator:thatsmemyk (contact)
Swap categories: Challenges  Handmade  Mail Art 
Number of people in swap:15
Location:Regional - US Only
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Last day to signup/drop:June 15, 2020
Date items must be sent by:June 24, 2020
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

Let's have a little fun with paper bits! For this swap, please:

  • Decorate the front of an envie with a bird constructed from different bits of paper. To keep it slightly challenging, please do not use something that is already a bird as your finished product (but feel free to use a bird cutout as a guide underneath your collage). You can use pieces of colored paper, patterned paper, magazine clippings, tissue paper, napkins, newspaper, book pages, photos...etc. The decorated envie will be used to mail everything in.
  • Write a brief note to say hi and include the swap name and your swap-bot ID (and/or put it on the envie)
  • Include 1 flat goodie, sender's choice (extras are up to you, but not required!)

You do not need to be an accomplished artist to participate - this is just for fun :) If your bird ends up looking like, say, a hot dog, that is perfectly ok (please don't rate down because you think your partner's bird looks like a hot dog or something non-birdlike!). We will define "collage" for this swap as glued-down bits of paper - if you want to go fancy and use sewing or some other technique, or make more than one bird, feel free.

Here are some general and interesting collaging tips and techniques:
General paper collaging
Tissue paper collage tutorial
Bird collages with DIY painted paper

If you are on Instagram and would like to share your CPG creations, please use the hashtag #cpgswap

Please let me know if you have any questions, and happy swapping!!!
[Photo credit: Clare Youngs]

Discussion

babyblues65 06/11/2020 #

Hi. Trying to figure out if the decorated envie is the envelope I mail with a note inside. Or do you want us to mail a decorated envelope. :-)

thatsmemyk 06/11/2020 #

Hi @babyblues65 - the decorated envie will be the mailing envelope (so your note/flat goodie will go inside the decorated envie, which will then be stamped and mailed). Hope that answers your question! Will update the description - sorry for any confusion!

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