January's Swap

This month's swap is a gift bag swap. There were sign-ups for different "themes", for example baby boy, baby girl, wedding, birthday, etc. If you signed up to make wedding bags, and 12 people total signed up, you will make 12 wedding bags. When all of the bags are swapped out, you will go home with 12 different gift bags for 12 different occasions - how cool is that?

Bags are due at the Feb. crop. Stay tuned for February's swap which will be due in March.

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Please take a moment to vote for the next swap, coming up in October & due at the November crop. It will be our last swap of 2008, so think hard!! (The poll is on the right of this blog!) Thank you!!

Favorite Quote Swap

We had great signups for the August Swap - your Favorite Quote Swap. There are 3 strings:

String #1:
1.) Julia
2.) Kimmay
3.) Cyrilla
4.) Jenny
5.) Kathy
6.) Carol

String #2:
1.) Julia
2.) Judi
3.) Jill
4.) Marilee
5.) Kimmay
6.) Kathy

String #3:
1.) Kimmay
2.) Tracey
3.) Rebecca
4.) Julia
5.) Jill
6.) Teresa

Final Details:
-can be any quote, song lyrics, bible verse that you want.
-does not have to be a tag, but tags are welcome.
- must be matted, meaning at least 2 layers of paper.
-must be printed on the computer, stamped, or otherwise printed; NO HANDWRITING ALLOWED!
-must be on cardstock or scrapbooking paper; NO COMPUTER PAPER ALLOWED!
-must include a ribbon or fiber, and at least one other embellishment (see list below).
-1 quote per person in your string, for a total of 6. If you signed up for more than one string, you will have a different quote for each string, and will only make 6 of each quote.
-put your items in a bigger baggie, & include your NAME & STRING # on the baggie.
-bring your finished quotes to the next crop on Sept. 20th before 3:00 PM.
-Quality counts, and NO FLAKERS please.
-Examples of embellishments: brads, eyelets, snaps, charms, buttons, bottle caps, clips, metals, beads, stamping techniques, chipboard & more! "One eyelet" does not count as an embellishment, so if you use smaller embellishments, please use several of them. Stickers & rubons do not count as embellishments.

Contact Julia for more information. Happy Swapping!

Flower Power Swap

We had great response with our signup for the Flower Power Swap.
Here are the final details:
Small flowers (3/4" or smaller) - 10 flowers/person
-There are 7 people in this string, so you need 70 flowers.
Medium flowers (3/4" to 1-1/2") - 5 flowers/person
-There are 8 people in this string, so you need 40 flowers.
Large flowers (1-1/2" & larger) - 3 flowers/person
-There are 5 people in this string, so you need 15 flowers.

Remember:
-Place each quantity per person in a bag for each person - please do not hand me one bag with all the flowers in it bunched together.
-Make sure that you give QUALITY flowers.
-Place your little baggies in one bigger baggie with your name on it - it is so easy to return that way.
-Bring your items to the next SISF crop on Aug. 16 by 3:00 PM.
-If you have any questions, please call Julia.

May Swap (due at the June crop)

It’s called a “5 for 5 Swap” - all participants will fill out a short questionnaire (like favorite brands, favorite colors, favorite subject to scrap, 12 x 12 or 8-1/2 x 11, etc.), and turn those back in.
Then, each person will draw out a name. Where the “5 for 5” comes in is this...based on the questionnaire, we will get that person:
5 – brads or eyelets
4 – buttons or flowers
3 – patterned papers (at least 2 must be different patterns)
2 – cardstock (can both be the same, or both different)
1 – surprise item!!

All items would need to match so that we can make a page out it. Then, at the June crop, we will have a layout contest. The layouts MUST include at least a little of each item.