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Dia De Los Muertos Swap (US Only)

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Dia De Los Muertos Swap (US Only)
Swap Coordinator:CraftySenorita (contact)
Swap categories: Themed  Seasonal  Religious 
Number of people in swap:17
Location:Regional - US Only
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Last day to signup/drop:October 1, 2009
Date items must be sent by:October 12, 2009
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

For this swap, you will send your partner 10 items that are influenced by Dia De Los Muertos. I'm starting the swap way early because I want it to be a big one with lots of participants. Wrap your goodies up nicely and send it with love. Money value should be at least $10 before shipping. If there are any specific items you wish to have, please list them below. List no more than 3 items though. Give you partner some room for creativity. I am very strict about my swapping requirements and I won't budge on them. If you don't meet requirement, you have plenty of time to fix it. I will not be be able to angel this swap. Read swapping requirements at the bottom and below is a list of ideas.

IDEAS:

  • Items for an altar

  • Day Of the Dead jewelry

  • Buy a dolly from the thrift store and paint her into a Muerto.

  • black and white face paint

  • Anything sugar skulls

  • Sugar skull mold

  • Papier Mache, clay or wooden skellies

  • A shrine or materials to make a shrine

  • Candles

  • Fake marigolds

  • Frida Kahlo things

  • Mariachi CD

  • Anything with Guadalupe or any saint

  • A rosary

  • Dia De Los Muerto fabric

  • Mexican Paper flowers (tissue Paper)

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  • Papel Picado

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  • Mexican candies or Pan de muerto

  • Altered bottle cap shrines or bottle cap jewelry

Swapping Requirements:

Lateness Will Not Be Tolerated. We all want our surprise Before the actual holiday. You Must have a rating of 4.9 or higher. No 1's or 3's in the last 3 months. You must have 15 ( yes 15) package swaps under your belt. Email, Pen pal and Postcard swaps DO NOT COUNT. No Flakers! I will be checking every single person's profile before I assign partners. I will ban anyone suspicious. This is to protect all of us. Any questions, feel free to send me a message. Happy swapping!

El Dia De Los Muertos History

The Day of the Dead (El Día de los Muertos ) is a holiday celebrated in Mexico The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died. The celebration occurs on the 31st of October to the 2nd of November. Traditions include building private altars honoring the deceased, using sugar skulls, marigolds, and the favorite foods and beverages of the departed, and visiting graves with these as gifts. Scholars trace the origins of the modern holiday to indigenous observances dating back thousands of years, and to an Aztec festival dedicated to a goddess called Mictecacihuatl.

Discussion

solarts 04/26/2009 #

This is going on my watch list. This is one of my favorite celebrations.

solarts 04/26/2009 #

This is a great store to order Day of The Dead items. http://www.suenosimports.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=25&osCsid=d2697b3440cc24650d0362902413e789

LaTosi 04/26/2009 #

cool, now i'm joining for sure.

LittleCakes 04/27/2009 #

This looks like so much fun...this is sooo on my watch list!!

CraftySenorita 04/28/2009 #
  • 3 Items I would like:

  1. Anything Frida Kahlo

  2. A cute little skelly

  3. A shrine to memorialize a famous Mexican icon. (Luchadores would be cool)

curlygirl 04/28/2009 #

Wow - what a great idea to start so early! I really don't want to limit the creativity of my partner, but I love the idea of a shrine or idea to make a shrine...as I have never made or received one. Also I absolutely love Frida...but really just want to be surprised!

HoneyBunny 05/ 5/2009 #

I just bought a craft book just for this swap, he he he. I am so excited!!! Thanks for giving us so much time to work on it as I have a ton of ideas!

CraftySenorita 05/10/2009 #

Oooo, a Day Of The Dead craft book? Interesting! I've never seen a craft book just for this holiday. Then again, I do live in Florida. Have fun!

IssueGirl 05/17/2009 #

Thanks for such a great swap! Yay! I would love anything Frida Kahlo, sugar skulls or a rosary or jewelry. Really, I'd be happy with anything! :) Can't wait!

kylieNhavannahsMom 05/28/2009 #

YAY! I love Dia de los Muertos & even have a sugar skull tattoo! Id love anything but especially things to help me decorate my home! (pics, shrines, figurines, etc.) My bf is going to Mexico next month and I told him not to come back without sugarskull stuff!!

breccamerie 05/28/2009 #

I've joined, but it's soooo far away! Hard to wait that long!

spin 06/ 1/2009 #

Oh I WISH i could join! I am an absolute newbie though... But this is my families favourite holiday.. (my husband being Hispanic) I so hope this will come along again when I have more swaps.. Right now I only participated in one mail swap and it is on the way to it's recipient... but with time I might have what it takes! :) I will definitely keep watching this one! Have fun y'all!

sparklypixiedust 06/ 3/2009 #

I cant wait! I would love any surprises, but please no face paint as I am allergic to most anything that goes on my face. Thanks!!

MegADiva 06/30/2009 #

I am SUPER excited about this one! I love skellies and Mexican inspired things... I collect rosaries and dia de los muertos jewelry! I have some favs on Etsy to give you an idea if you are skilled at making Jewelry :)) I have already started shopping for this swap!!!

Platter 07/ 9/2009 #

on my watchlist. dont meet the requirements yet.

breccamerie 07/22/2009 #

I will be celabrating this holiday with my boys this year. We missed it last year even though I bought all the supplise to do the sugar skulls. I will be creating an alter so anything that can go with that or decor will be greatly appreciated. I love DDM so anything related to the holiday is great. Thanks so much!

motes 07/26/2009 #

I'm really excited about this swap! Like curlygirl said, I don't want to limit the creativity of my partner! I love shrines, all things Frida, and I do have pierced ears so earrings are OK. Sugar skulls--all things skulls--are great--and I'm just excited to see what things my partner surprises me with!

LittleCakes 08/ 2/2009 #

Crafty Senorita...your swaps always rock!! This is so great! Looking forward to putting together a fabulous package for someone!!! I love everything on the list so who ever gets me...I enjoy it all...jewelry, shrines, frida, skellies...surprise me!

CraftySenorita 08/ 4/2009 #

Thank you for joining LittleCakes. I think this swap will be a lot of fun. They're already starting to put the Halloween stuff out where I live.

ChinaCat 08/ 9/2009 #

I would LOVE to join this swap, but I'm a newbie with little chance of accumulating the requirements in time. But next year, I'm so in!

CraftySenorita, any chance you might host another DD swap (maybe on a smaller scale?) and allow newbies to join? I live in Tucson and I'm well acquainted with DD and also, this area has lots of Mexican import stores to find stuff. Heck, I could take a drive to Nogales and poke around there for Day of the Dead items. Anyway, I'll be looking for an awesome DD swap to join!

hayleylouisabrown 08/19/2009 #

wish this was international! i love dia de los muertos but i'm in the UK :(

CraftySenorita 08/24/2009 #

Oh I'm so sorry. US postage is so darn expensive. Maybe someone will start one just for the UK.

curlygirl 08/26/2009 #

FYI - If anyone is looking for materials, there is a lot of cool digital art on Etsy you can use to make great stuff for DOD!

Ogma 09/10/2009 #

I am not able to craft right now. Would it be okay if all my items were store bought? If so, I'd love to join up. Thanks!

CraftySenorita 09/14/2009 #

Yes, all of your items can be store bought

Ogma 09/15/2009 #

Thanks. :-)

copperboots 09/17/2009 #

As someone stated, I also love all things Frida, sugar skulls, all the festive colors, skellies...everything-everything, hehe....I'm so excited can ya tell?! Has anyone seen the Alexander Henry skull fabric?? It's to die for.......haha

Cupcakexcore 09/28/2009 #

I would love Sugar skull molds and figures/Papier Mache, clay or wooden skellies. I also sew, which means if you found a yard of DOD material I would love you forever as I cannot find any! I am not religious so please not to much on the Guadalupe or any saint please. THANK YOU TO MY PARTNER!!! hugs!

weyrmistress 10/ 1/2009 #

The one thing I would very much like is a sugar skull mold.

indigo 10/ 4/2009 #

Extremely partial to all things skeleton.

hydro75 10/ 9/2009 #

I just realized the 12th is Columbus Day=no mail, :( and I planned to spend this weekend putting on the finishing touches. Is it okay to mail on the 13th?

CraftySenorita 10/14/2009 #

Absolutely

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