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Hand Made Advent Calendar International

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Swap Coordinator:thiswillbegone (contact)
Swap categories: Crafts  Sewing  Seasonal 
Number of people in swap:15
Location:Other
Type:None
Last day to signup/drop:September 10, 2007
Date items must be sent by:November 12, 2007
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

While most people are preparing for Christmas, they use an Advent Calendar.

Since Christmas costs a lot of money for most people, I figured why not put the "It's the thought that counts" back into the Holiday season.

This swap should cost you very little money for the Advent Calendar, and only the cost for shipping.

We will be making an Advent Calendar. Use fabric from your stash! You know you've got it! Or go out and get some new.

You don't have to sew the Advent Calendar either. Feel free to use matchbooks or anything else! Knit one, crochet one, plastic-canvas one, it's totally up to you! Just put your best effort in!

Each Advent Calendar must have 24 squares, ready to be filled by a little present. The second requirement of this swap is that each space is filled with a small (preferably hand-made) gift. If you'd like to purchase a FEW small items, say, from a dollar or pound store, that's fine too. No more than 10 items can be purchased for filling your advent calendar.

Ideas for small gifts: ~Look in your partners profile. If you see they like quilting/sewing, why not send some of that fabric in your stash? What about cross-stitch - how does a skein of Embroidery Floss sound? What if they're a crochet or knitting fan - maybe some hand-made stitch markers? Or a bookmark for the person that loves to read? Maybe someone could use some extra ephemera for their ATCs or Card-Making.

I'm giving everyone here enough time with the swap dates so that if you wanted to, you could make a slightly more time intensive (not necessarily monitarily expensive) package for your partner to open up on Christmas Day.

Summary: You MAKE: ~ 1 Advent Calendar ~ 14- 24 SMALL (think bookmark, pin, ATC, use your partners profiles) items to fill in each space in your calendar.

OPTIONAL: ~ Purchase 10 small items for your partners Calendar ~ 1 more time intensive project for your partner for Christmas Day.

** AIM FOR HEARTS**

International.

LINKS FOR IDEAS/INSPIRATION (Copy and Paste) http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf578066.tip.html http://www.theallineed.com/holiday/04121101.htm http://www.chinaberry.com/1147.cfm http://www.christmascraftfreebies.com/sewing.html http://www.hobbycraft.co.uk/ideaslibrary/idea105.html www.orientaltrading.com/products/6590072.jsp http://familycrafts.about.com/cs/miscchristmas/a/110600a.htm http://www.sewandquilt.com/design/project/xmaspockets.html http://www.artchixstudio.com/create/classroom/classadventcalendar.htm http://www.craftlog.org/craftlog/archives/001992.html http://www.ruthannzaroff.com/mirkwooddesigns/matchbox.htm http://www.ruthannzaroff.com/mirkwooddesigns/templates.htm

http://crafts.kaboose.com/felt-tree-advent-calendar.html

http://www.loobylu.com/archives/000513.htm#000513

http://www.loobylu.com/archives/000516.htm

http://allsorts.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/adventcal.jpg

http://littlebirds.typepad.com/littlebirds/2005/11/reallyimnota.html

http://soulemama.typepad.com/soulemama/2005/11/advent_stocking.html

I am so very serious about the players in this swap. I WILL NOT TOLERATE FLAKERS. It would be absolutely awful if someone flaked on a Christmas swap.

Requirements: 4.8 or better. NO NO-SENDS. No NEWBIES. If you have lower than a 4.8, but think you have been rated unfairly, Message me and we'll discuss.

Sorry Newbies, there's plenty of time for you to get rated - so get rated, then sign up. You cannot have signed up for any E-card or E - swaps - those will not count for this swap.

Unfortunately, I cannot personally angel anyone, but we won't have any flakers, now will we??

PS - I would love it if we all posted pictures of our Calendar (not the goodies, so they're a surprise)

Discussion

shopandbid 07/24/2007 #

I was in another Advent calender swap and I reviewed both, signed up for yours instead as the other had a requirement of $60.00 minimium in gifts for the 25 days, I had not noticed at the sign up time. I feel you can make advent calenders fun and exciting without spending a whole lot of money. Enjoy your day everyone.

thiswillbegone 07/24/2007 #

Well, I'm glad I could help out. I didn't even notice another swap for an Advent Calendar. :)

Also, I was thinking that your Advent Calendar didn't have to be a square, or tree or something, just something you find creative, it could be like a garland type one too.. Now I'm really all excited, I have so many ideas. I suppose that you could PM your partner to find out what style they'd like, or leave it as a surprise!

sleepingrover2010 08/ 5/2007 #

Hello, Thank you for the invitation. I switched over to your Advent Calendar swap as another I signed up for was asking for at least $60.00 to be spent in just the gift items, not including the Advent Calendar. I appreciate yours because of the concept of "It's the thought that counts." and huge amounts of money are not attached. Thank you again for the invitation and I look forward to participating.

Barb

Nanamint 08/30/2007 #

I'm already working on mine folks :o)

marianenita 11/ 4/2007 #

Hello everyone - am I the only one getting a bit worried about this swap? Some (although few) participants seem to have left swap-bot but are still listed in this swap and since we all (I guess) put down a lot of time and effort in making the calendar and the gifts it seems a bit unfair that some of us will probably never recieve anything.

GingerThimble 11/ 5/2007 #

I agree, marianenita. I've started a thread in the questionable swappers part of the forum about this.

swapusilly 11/ 9/2007 #

FYI...Monday November 12th is a postal holiday both in Canada (Remembrance Day) and in the US Veteran's Day is observed that day. No mail and the post offices will be closed.

catie 11/11/2007 #

I'm supposed to send to Selise but since she's MIA, I'll angel if anyone needs it. Just throwing that out there.

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