Kiwi Christmas Ornament Swap 2011

Here are the guidelines for the swap:

1. Sign-up by sending me an email to sewfunky at orcon dot net dot nz. You need to include your name and snail mail address, plus your blog or facebook page if you have one.  Signups will close on Tuesday 1st November.  Sorry, but to limit postage costs, this swap will only be open to New Zealand residents.

2. I will assign you into a small group of 6-7 people and send you the addresses of everyone in your group.  I will not send your address to anyone else.

3. You need to come up with an ornament design that you can easily replicate – it can be crafted however you like (knit, sew, crochet, embroider, print, gocco, paint etc), but it must be handmade (you can use a sewing machine though!). 

My note here; It must be made to a certain standard – please don’t get little Johnny to throw something onto card and consider it good enough for the swap.  I once got an ornament in a swap that was a piece of paper with some glitter and stickers on it, made by the person’s niece…  when other’s have put hard work and effort into their ornaments the expectation is that you’ll do much the same.

4. Make enough ornaments for your group, and post one ornament to each person by Friday 9th December.

5. Sit back and wait to receive some wonderful handmade ornaments in the post just in time for Christmas.

To help advertise this swap, please feel free to use this code on your blog/website:

If you need some inspiration for ideas, have a browse through the flickr groups for last years swap and the 2009/2008 NZ swap.  Also, Pinterest is a great way to get inspiration, and I’ve set up a board for “pinspiration”!

So, what are you waiting for?

Send me an email and spread the news about the swap amongst all your crafty kiwi peeps, make some wee chrissy dec’s and spread the crafty joy!

D.

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