Charm Swap

I promised I would post this information regarding the Charm Swap that Gloria is hosting. You can see pictures of the charms she received when she participated in an on-line swap. They are really cute. WHERE; Scrapbook King ‘n’ Stampstruck WHEN: Sign up the week of March 24th, 2008 Charms are due On or before Friday, MAY 2ND, 2008 (this is important). Pick up your new charms on Mon, May 5th, 2008 Creative Escape held in AZ, and sponsored by Bazzill & Heidi Swapp attracts hundreds of scrappers. In 2007, one of the projects getting the most attention was a charm swap sponsored by a group on Yahoo. We thought it would be fun to host a swap here at the store. GUIDELINES: The optimal number of people for the swap is between 25-40. The actual number in our swap will be determined by the number of people who sign up. The theme for this swap is “Swing into Spring”. The colors will be bright green, bright yellow, bright pink, bright blue and white. When you register you will choose or be assigned a color. At the end of the sign-up period, the total number of participants and their colors will be listed on our blog and be available at Scrapbook King. You will then make ?? number of charms (number to be determined by sign-ups) in your color. These charms should be identical or similar and can be made out of beads, tags, clay, bottle caps, ribbon or ??? All we ask is that they be durable. In other words, if they are made out of paper be sure they are modge podged, laminated or preserved in some way. The choice of materials is really up to you. All charms are to be connected to a lobster claw or ribbon long enough that the charm can be double knotted on your charm bracelet, necklace, cell phone or to use as embellishments on cards or scrapbook pages. Please include your color on the charm or ribbon, but any of the other colors can be used as accent colors. Package each charm separately in a little bag. Label each bag with your name and deliver to the store no later than Friday, May 2nd, 2008. I will have all charms divided up and ready for you to pick up by Monday, May 5th. If your charms are not turned in on time, there will be no time for me to distribute them-so, you will receive all your own charms back. If you want to sign up by phone or e-mail, you must still be sure charms are to us by Friday, May 2nd. Included in your package must be a return address label and $4.60 for your charms to be returned by mail. (This is the cost for postage of a small priority mail box.) You can see samples of previously swapped charms and bracelets and necklaces created with them on our blog or come into the store and see an actual necklace. (This swap was loads of fun to participate in and the variety and creativity in the charms I received was truly amazing.) Please join the fun!! We’ll be waiting to hear from you. Gloria