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Matchbox Cabinet of Curiosities

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Group:Nightmares & Fairy Tales
Swap Coordinator:KatarinaNavane (contact)
Swap categories: Nature  Art  Boxes 
Number of people in swap:9
Location:International
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Last day to signup/drop:June 17, 2011
Date items must be sent by:July 15, 2011
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

For this swap you will be making your partner a set of matchbox drawers. Flickr if you're not sure what that is, but it's basically several matchboxes on top of eachother thoroughly decorated. The minimum for this swap is three 32 ct. matchboxes but you're certainly welcome to do more if you like!

The theme for this one is "cabinet of curiosities." This is open to interpretation. Your matchboxes can be either stuffed full of curio cabinet-type goodies or you can arrange them more like shrines if you like. The former requires more goodies, the latter requires more work to do.

Ideas for contents (by no means should you feel limited by these, but trying to move away from the usual stickers/brads type things):
- Natural artifacts
- bones
- feathers
- dried flowers
- sea shells
- crystals or other interesting stones
- old/foreign/interesting coins/stamps
- miniature artworks (like inchies) fitting in with the theme
- charms (metal, polymer clay, etc.) or jewelry
- tiny bottles, esp. containing something interesting (any of the above or something else).
- gears/mechanical bits/keys
- whatever you can think of!

Do a really good job here and try to make these little works of art. Try to make it really special. You don't have to cater to your partner's profile since we're all working on the same theme, I'm assuming anyone who joins will like that theme. If you are picky or have other objections (forinstance if you're a strict vegan and wouldn't want to receive bones or feathers or shells) this might not be the best swap for you.

Because this one's a bit labour intensive, I'm going to require a least 5 completed type three swaps and at least one high-value or high-effort swap completed (either $5+ shopping/destash or any craft harder than an ATC).

Have fun!

Discussion

KatarinaNavane 06/15/2011 #

All of you would probably be interested in this new group: Wunderkammer!

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