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Altered Tin Email Swap

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Altered Tin Email Swap
Group:"At Home with the Georgettes"
Swap Coordinator:user2148 (contact)
Swap categories: Email  Handmade  Photography 
Number of people in swap:4
Location:International
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Last day to signup/drop:September 6, 2021
Date items must be sent by:September 20, 2021
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

There is a mystery at the Rose and Crown Inn this fine afternoon.

Mrs. Wallis has been straightening the parlor after the last few guests have departed and she’s stumbled upon a lovely little box tucked away near a table lamp.

One of her previous guests must have set it aside and forgotten to retrieve it prior to their departure. But which guest? A mystery to solve so that the box can be returned.

The small box could be a vinaigrette, contain sweets, or be a snuff box. The design gives very little away as to the gender of the owner, neither overly feminine or masculine. A pleasingly small shape that could be easily concealed in a pocket or reticule.

The suspects: A darling little Frenchman in his later years, quite a flirt with the chambermaids. A stout Scottish woman of exceptional breeding and no finer a horsewoman in her country. A sweet London born woman in delicate condition and her dotting, somewhat prissy husband. One of these four must be the owner. Any guesses as to the owner or the contents? (To be revealed once partners are assigned)

For this swap we are going to make a lovely little addition for our reticules from a metal tin. Many men and women carried these little boxes - as Vinaigrettes, for sweets or Snuff Boxes

Snuff boxes were most often carried by gentlemen but Catherine the Great (Catherine II was empress regnant of All Russia from 1762 until 1796) was said to carry a very risqué one.

This will be an email swap you’ll be sending your partner 2 or 3 pictures of the box you’ll alter and keep for yourself. Please share in your email letter from your character who is the owner of the box, what it’ll contain, and how they acquired it.

This tutorial is a good basic one for altering an Altoid tin. A google image search or pinterest search for “altered altoid tins” is sure to give you tons of inspiration - but please do keep your tin reflecting our era.

Please let us know if you have any concerns or questions. ~ Anna, Jane and Nickalli

Discussion

Star7Lily 08/27/2021 #

Just to reiterate Nickalli's swap is AN EMAIL SWAP - but you will be marked for a Type 3 - Package Swap as it is intensive in its creation.

The tutorial is very clear and quite exciting - I can't wait to start!

Minxy1964 08/27/2021 #

Altoids aren't readily available in the UK. Will any similar size tin suffice? Xx

AnnaM 08/28/2021 #

Yes, any tin of a similar size may be used.

user2148 09/ 7/2021 #

The mystery has been solved. Several of the maids, the stablehands, and Mr. Wallis all presented their suppositions and one of the stablehands figured out the mystery. The lovely little box was just feminine enough that everyone was thinking it to be a woman’s comfit box. But Jonathan supposed that due to the faint smell of tobacco and the prissiness of the Londoner it was in fact his box. He opened it to reveal a darling miniature portrait of the man’s pregnant wife within. Mystery solved and the box was sent back with our best wishes for a healthy new bundle of joy!

AnnaM 09/15/2021 #

Such good news the tin has been restored to its owner!

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