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An Enchanted Zine

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Group:Zines, mail art & other cool stuff
Swap Coordinator:TangleCrafts (contact)
Swap categories: Books  Zines  Handmade 
Number of people in swap:9
Location:International
Type:Type 2: Flat mail
Last day to signup/drop:October 5, 2009
Date items must be sent by:November 9, 2009
Number of swap partners:3
Description:

Don't worry, you don't need to actually cast a spell over your zine (although you can if you like!). The theme is folk & fairy tales, so you need to find a way to make that your subject. Some ideas:

  • Illustrate an existing fairy tale
  • Write your own fairy tale/s
  • Write revised versions of existing fairy tales (eg get inside one of the characters heads & tell the story from their perspective)
  • Review existing adaptations of fairy tales
  • Talk about how a particular fairy tale has affected you, or your responses to a collection of stories
  • Make up profiles for your favourite characters
  • Imagine what would happen if you could climb into an existing story

The above are all just suggestions – your zine can include any, all or none of these, so long as it fits within the fairy tale theme!

Please use a minimum of 3 full sheets of A4 (/letter-size) paper, but you can present in whatever format you like. The easiest is just to fold your pages in half for a 12 page half-size zine, or fold in half again for a 24 page quarter-size zine.

3 partners = 3 zines (1 to each partner)

This is a group swap for members of Zines, Mail Art & other cool stuff. I've checked people's ratings as they've joined the group, but I will check through again before partners are assigned, to do my best to avoid disappointment in this swap. Please only sign up if you have both the time & inclination to complete the swap!

Discussion

TangleCrafts 09/ 2/2009 #

Just thought I'd let you know I have also listed a new public mini-zine swap: Once Upon a (Mini-)Zine (sign up until 28th Sept). It's essentially for a miniature version of the Enchanted Zine, so I thought maybe if you're signed up for this one, you could use the mini version as a sampler, or a trial for one of your ideas... Just a thought, anyway!

somethingblue 09/13/2009 #

Is it okay to join if you are new to making zines? =]

Also, should we create a different themed zine for each partner, or just photocopy it and send?

TangleCrafts 09/20/2009 #

Sorry for late reply to this - so long as you can make a zine, I don't mind if you are new to it, or not. We all started somewhere! Usually with this kind of swap you will send a copy of the same zine to each partner, but if you want to do separate zines, that's entirely up to you! :-)

somethingblue 09/20/2009 #

I'm really excited for this swap! I hope my zine doesn't turn out horribly. =D

TangleCrafts 09/21/2009 #

Yay, great to have you on board :-)

Masterbard 10/ 2/2009 #

Ooooh, I think I've found the PERFECT swap to start making a zine in..... how can I get it wrong? (runs off happily to start writing....)

sweetypiedie 10/ 4/2009 #

Sounds like a really great idea. I think this will be my first zine too! So glad I have one of those multi-purpose printer things!

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