WotY-BoS Tip-in Swap Series-Swap 5 May 2009

Welcome to the Wheel of the Year/ Book of Shadows Tip-in Swap Series!

That was a mouthful! LOL!

This is a private Cross-Group swap with the Pagan/Wiccan Swappers and the Crafty Witches

We sincerely wish that no one sign up if they think it's remotely possible that they will flake. You don't have to commit to sign up for all the series, as the random assignment of partners will make sure everyone who participates will get sufficient pages for their complete book.

Sign up dates will be at the New Moon of each month—starting with December 27, 2008.

The mailing date will be the following Full Moon of each month. 2009 has a Blue Moon in December so there will be 13 swaps.

This series of 13 swaps will result, with a little luck and conscientious follow-through by the participants, in a complete Wheel of the Year- Book of Shadows.

The complicated part:

The basic book will be created by each participant, and the partners will be providing the pages that will fill it with beauty and information.

Tip-ins are pages that are created outside of a book, which must be made according to the requirements of the book-holder. Some may be merely three-hole pages for a binder, others will be attached using some bookbinding technique—glued to a group of torn page stubs, or to one side or a spread of pages in an altered book, sewn into a signature for a hand-bound book, altered cds that will be tied or wired together, cards that will fit into pockets, or something else entirely—up to the receiver—a challenge to the maker.

Each month will have a theme based on the Wheel of the Year, which is based on the lunar calendar. There are 8 commonly celebrated (by most European-origin pagans) festivals in the year, and they fall just about every other month. Native American tradition gives names to each moon relative to the natural events throughout the year. Any of these can be used for your monthly theme. As this is going to be an International Swap, check with your partner to see if she follows a particular path that you can research and make a page to fit into, or choose your own to add to the diverse information that will create the Wheel of the Year book.

Information to include on your pages can be recipes for celebratory foods and beverages, prayers or spells, history and folklore, artwork, anything that fits the theme and makes the page interesting.

It is critical that you all post in the Comments section a message with the size and orientation of your book so your partner can make a page that fits. This means think now, before you sign up, about what you want your book to be like when it’s done. Some people use large scrapbook sized pages, others use letter size pages, and others still will use a smaller size.

Do you want one page or an open two-page spread?

The type of binding you will be doing is also important— Do you need three holes along the left of the front of the page?
Do you want the back left blank so you can glue it down? Do you need a ½” margin on the left of the front to glue it into an altered book? Etc, Etc, Etc.
Do some thinking and be as specific as you can on what you need, so your partner can make you a usable page.

Your Comment should look something like this: “My book is 6” wide by 9” tall and will be an altered book, the pages will be attached by gluing them to the stubs of the pages torn out to make room for the Tip-ins. The pages should be “portrait oriented which is taller than wide. Please leave a ½” plain margin on the left side of the front of the page, and put a little bio information on the back. No embellishments thicker than ¼” please.”

OR perhaps” My book is a wooden bound book 12” wide by 12” long. The pages can be made on standard scrapbook size cardstock, and will need 1 ½ ” of clear margin for the holes to be punched for my binding. And please orient your work so that the binding margin is to the left and the top is “up” relative to that side.”

Swap 1 January: NM 12/27, FM 1/11
*Wolf Moon

Swap 2 February: NM1/26 FM 2/9 *Candlemas/Imbolc *Snow Moon *Hunger Moon
*Opening Buds Moon

Swap3 March: NM 2/25 FM3/11 *Vernal Equinox *Maple Sugar Moon
*Worm Moon

Swap4 April: NM 3/26 FM 4/9
*Frog Moon
*Pink Moon
*Planter's Moon

Swap5 May:NM 4/25 FM 5/9
*Beltane *Flower Moon *Budding Moon

Swap6 June: NM 5/24 FM 6/7 *Midsummer/Summer Solstice *Strawberry Moon

Swap7 July: NM 6/22 FM 7/7
*Blood Moon *Buck Moon

Swap8 August:NM 7/22 FM 8/6
*Lammas or Lughnasadh *Moon of the Green Corn *Sturgeon Moon

Swap9 September: NM 8/20 FM 9/4 *Autumnal Equinox
*Harvest Moon

Swap10 October: NM 9/18 FM 10/4
*Samhain *Hunter's Moon
*Moon of Falling Leaves

Swap 11 November: NM 10/18 FM 11/2 *Beaver Moon

Swap12 December: NM 11/16 FM 12/2 *Midwinter/Yule/Winter Solstice *Cold Moon

Swap13 Blue Moon: NM12/16 FM 12/31