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Holy Crap Patriotic Crap Accordion fold collage

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Holy Crap Patriotic Crap Accordion fold collage
Group:The Sisters of Holy Crap
Swap Coordinator:Angie (contact)
Swap categories: Art  Ephemera  Mail Art 
Number of people in swap:3
Location:Regional - USA
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Last day to signup/drop:July 10, 2013
Date items must be sent by:July 31, 2013
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

Let's celebrate 4th of July by collecting all our red, white and blue crap. Streamers, firework wrappers, paper flags, cupcake toppers, charms, flyers, postage stamps, etc.

Let's collect and use our 4th of July crap in an accordion fold collage. It's a lot like an accordion fold book but I don't want anyone to feel like they have to put cover boards on their piece. Just make a nice collage of patriotic crap with at least two folds, decorated on both sides. You're piece should be predominantly red, white and blue. Other colors can sneak in but keep those to a minimum.

Sorry international friends but this one will be a US only swap.

Can you list other types of crap that shows up on the 4th of July that would be useful in a collage?

I couldn't find a good example of a patriotic accordion fold collage so I'm including the one I recently received from @Trula. You can see it larger here. Trula captures the spirit of summer in her piece. Let's capture the spirit of patriotism, 4th of July, Independence Day ...

Discussion

Angie 06/27/2013 #

Advertisement that is red, white and blue ...

Angie 06/27/2013 #

Magazine pictures of red, white and blue foods - jello type desserts, etc.

grammag 07/ 3/2013 #

Is there a certain size we should make them?

Angie 07/ 3/2013 #

Hi Grammag. The one above is made using 3 playing cards. The last accordion book I made I just took a 4 x 12 inch section of scrapbooking paper and folded it twice to make the accordion fold. So, no. No size requirement ...

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