scavenger hunt swap... final details

[nicurn]

Ok, here are the final details. Please pm me with your address and email address.
Swap is due Sept. 1st. Please include either a priority mail stamp or postage (3.85) to cover the return to you. I will mail them back in priority mail envelopes. Also, here is the list that gives you some idea of how many things to make and for the storebought groups, how much to buy. Any questions, please pm me.

Journal Box 1 per person
Small Embellished tags 2 per person
Large Embellished tags 1 per person
Photo Corners - 4 per person
Paper Piecing 1 per person
Photo Mat (to fit 4x6 picture) 1 per person
Page toppers 1 per person
Altered CD 1 per person
Book pockets 1 per person
Altered Playing Cards 2 per person
squares (4 per person)
altered bottle caps (3 per person)
frames 2 per person

Fibers (no yarn, floss, etc) 2 yards per person
Wire 1 1/2 yards per person

Regular Buttons - 10 per person
Decorative Buttons - 5 per person
Eyelets shapes - 5 per person
Eyelets round - 10 per person
Brads round 10 per person
Brads shapes 5 per person
Nail heads 4 per person
Charms 4 per person
Mosaic tiles 4 per person
Metal rimmed tags 3 per person
Beads (seed or micro) 1 tsp
Glass beads - 1/2 tsp
Slide mounts - 3 per person
Plain Ribbon - 2 feet per person
Decorative Ribbon - 2 feet per person


here are the lists and what you are "scavenging" for. Have fun!

hand made group 1 closed

journal box: grayfal: beach

small embellished tags: disneyland emily mysterious

small embellished tags: piratesmate: summer

large embellished tag: sweet maxine: birthday

large embellished tag: cristinadei: fall

paper piecing: twigs: patriotic

book pockets: scrapcreatorwater

altered playing cards: nicurn: winter

surprise: patty t: magical

photo mats: mickeyteacher:nature

Store bought group 1 closed

fibers: disneyland emily: patriotic

eyelets round: grayfal: nature

brads round: christinadei : winter

brads shaped: twigs: magical

glass beads: sweet maxine: glittery

slide mounts: spinning: graduation

decorative ribbon: scrapcreator: spring

plain ribbon: pirates mate: summer

woven corners: nicurn: lavender

surprise: patty t: girly

store bought group 2closed

buttons: missmulan: mysterious

brads round: mickey teacher: fall

plain ribbon: bubbasmom99: spring

decorative ribbon: pam : patriotic

decorative buttons: julianne: boyish

fibers: Iluvpooh1: ocean

shaped brads: angelmom: school

round eyelets (or snaps): aurora19 :birthday

microbeads: mom2madi : summer

surprise: disney-cruiser: winter

hand made group 2closed

journal boxes: angelmom: beach

frames: disney_cruiser: mysterious

large embellished tags: mom2madi: school

small embellished tags: wdwmom: magical

surprise: pirate's mate: water

journal boxes: dreams91: winter

bookpockets: inky dinky doo: birthday

photo mats(or something else): sweet maxine : holiday

surprise: darcy: green

squares: disneyfreakjackie: patriotic


store bought group 3 closed

fibers: wdwmom: boyish

regular eyelets: dreams91: nature

decorative buttons: inky dinky doo: ocean

snaps (round): christinadei : birthday

shaped eyelets: pirates mate: summer

regular buttons: disneyfreakjackie: mysterious

fibers: jennyvelaz: magical

decorative ribbon: bubbasmom99: patriotic

brads: lewdyan: school

surprise: ReAnst: winter

[lewdyan1]

Thanks for listing the post...I am already shopping!!!

[dreams91]

ooh....this is FUN. Who thought we could have this much fun with it being related to the Mouse? :rotfl:

Thanks for doing this!!

[missmulan]

thanks maggie for starting a new thread! just to clarify i am suppose to get 10 "mysterious" buttons for each person in my group (which is 10 people)??

Mysterious is basically "surprise me"???

I am excited! LOVE IT!

[nicurn]

hey missmulan, yup, 10 buttons for each person in your group. And you can interpret "mysterious" any way you want too... :) maggie

[lewdyan1]

I am done shopping and wanted to update to store bought group 3, the brads are decorative, not plain. :)

[missmulan]

lewdyan: my goodness that was FAST!! good for you! :)

[ReAnSt]

I just want to verify what I plan on doing is right. I am in the store bought group 3. I pick out a suprise item(s) with the theme of Winter for all 10 people in my group. Since it is store bought, I don't alter or change it in any way, right?? I divide it into packages and send it out on its way. Sorry if this sounds dumb, but now that I have thought about it it seems to easy and good to be true that it would be this simple. Thanks in advance.

Becky

[nicurn]

That's the idea. You don't have to do anything except buy enough for each person in your group. maggie

[nicurn]

hey guys, I really need email addresses, thanks. maggie

[GrayFal]

hey guys, I really need email addresses, thanks. maggie
Just sent you a pm...... :grouphug:

[nicurn]

got your pm, thanks. Also just to clarify, if you are in more than one group you can certainly send all your stuff together with postage to cover the return. I will return everything together in one package. (so if you are in groups 1, 2, and 3 for example, send it all together, clearly labelled for each group of course) and I will send it all back that way). maggie

[nicurn]

still need a few more email addresses.... :) maggie

[angelmom]

maggie, I sent you a pm.
Did you get it? :confused3

[piratesmate]

I sent a PM also.

Still can't use my own computer. :(

[nicurn]

everyone who has sent me their email address I have gotten it, just missing a few... maggie

[ReAnSt]

I sent my PM did you get it? I hope you did.

Becky

[christinadei]

I'm having lots of fun shopping. I have one of my 3 groups bought so far!

[sweet maxine]

I've bought for mine too. I should have signed up for another shopping group. That's just too easy and lots of fun! I say let's do this again sometime. What a great idea!

[christinadei]

I know, this is so fun and easy. Just buying stuff is much easier (and cheaper) than making 24 of a bunch of things! I'm having so much fun.

Oh, I have a question. How does everyone ship eyelets and brads, etc? 10 eyelets are pretty small. Do you use small bags? I had some at one time, jewelry bags that I got from ebay. I wonder if I can find anything like that locally? How is everyone else handlign that?

[sweet maxine]

Christina, I found those little bags at Hobby Lobby during an out of town shopping trip. Wal Mart may also carry those little baggies in the craft section. I'm thinking I saw some of them there recently. Speaking of WM, I found all sorts of goodies on their clearance rack in the crafts section the other day. Cute Rebecca Sower thingies (little brown suitcase) for 75 cents and stickers for 25 cents. Lots of ribbon for 75 cents, and also got 500 eyelets in a pkg. for $3!

ETA--Does that help, or just enable? ;)

[christinadei]

Normally it would just enable, but we make a weekly trip to walmart, and I head straight for the craft clearance section,s o Ithink I already have one of each of anythign they have on clearance, hahaha. But thanks for the idea, I'll see if I can find them there. Maybe I'll luck out and find them at home. But since it was about 2 or more years ago since I bought them and who knows when I last saw them, I'm guessing not. So I'll try to squeeze in a trip to walmart to try to find them. Unfortunately, we have no Hobby Lobby, boo hoo.

[ILUVPOOH1]

Good morning Maggie,
I sent you a pm! Can't wait to start shopping!

sara

[nicurn]

thanks for the pm Iluvpooh1, have added it to the list. :) Just waiting on 4-5 more email addresses... maggie

[christinadei]

I've got all my shopping done, just need to put together the tags. How big shoudl the large tags be? I went to get a template for my shape cutter, and it was HUGE. I'm thinking I'll just make my own tags by cutting rectangles and angling the end? I was thinking of making them around 2"x3". How big is everyone else making them?

[christinadei]

I just wanted to let everyone know, in case anyone else needs any small bags, that I got 100 1.5 x1.5" ziploc bags on ebay, buy it now for $.99. IT was only $1 s/h, so only $1.99 for 100 bags. There are all kinds of other sizes too, pretty much all of the small ones were that price. They had 1x2, 1x1, 1.5x2, 2x2, etc. I'm sure 100 will last me a long time, since i really only need 20 for this swap. But hey, that's just more motivation to do another one, I've got to get my $.99 worth out of the bags :rotfl:

[lewdyan1]

Thanks for the ebay idea. I am going to buy some now. :goodvibes

[WDWMom]

I've got all my shopping done, just need to put together the tags. How big shoudl the large tags be? I went to get a template for my shape cutter, and it was HUGE. I'm thinking I'll just make my own tags by cutting rectangles and angling the end? I was thinking of making them around 2"x3". How big is everyone else making them?


I am doing small tags and I thought they would be 2 x 3. I have been in swaps where the large tags were more like 3 x 5. Maybe I am wrong. Please let us know so we can make them the right size.

[nicurn]

those sizes sound just fine to me. maggie

[Mickeyteacher]

I think I found my brads today. Also, I have been working on my photo mats. I'm working on making them so that you can use the vertical or horizontal. I hope to have them finished by early next week.
This swap is so much fun.
Shawna

[christinadei]

I am doing small tags and I thought they would be 2 x 3. I have been in swaps where the large tags were more like 3 x 5. Maybe I am wrong. Please let us know so we can make them the right size.


Hmm, I made the tags last night and I guess they may be considered small? I didn't measure them,b ut they are about 2x3.5 or so. What if I just make more and send 2 of each? Will that be okay? I started to make them bigger, but I thought that they may be too big. Sorry, I'm new at scrapping for swaps, I normally just do what I think looks good and that's it, haha. I'll just make more, if that's okay. They didn't take too long anyway. I'll get started on them, and as soon as I get the small bags in for the brads, I'll have everything shipped off. Sorry, I guess I signed up for large tags and ended up doing small tags. My mistake, I'll know for next time. Or I can just do large ones instead or to go with it. Maggie, let me knwo what you t hink. I have plenty of supplies and stuff, I can just cut larger tags.

[nicurn]

Hey, just sent you a pm about the tags. maggie

[christinadei]

Thanks Maggie.

[christinadei]

Okay, last night I finished the second tag for my group. I now have everything bought and made, I'm just waiting on the small bags for the snaps and it will all go out.

By the way Maggie, are you going to PM us your address so we can mail you everything? (Or did I miss you posting it?)

[nicurn]

I'm sending an email because I am not sending 40 im's. :) so I just need like 2 more emails... maggie

[christinadei]

That makes sense!

[nicurn]

hey guys, just sent an email to everyone who I have an email for with my address. If you didn't get it, then I don't have your email. :) maggie

[Mickeyteacher]

My stuff should go in the mail next week some time. Thanks for hosting.
Shawna

[christinadei]

Mine are all finished and ready to be mailed out on monday. This one was really fun. We definately have to do another like it!

[sweet maxine]

Wow! I guess I'm really running behind! I better get started! I have ideas for one of my items, but the other I'm waiting until I take a class in two weeks to get some ideas from. I hope I don't hold things up. Are we still due the first of Sept.?

[christinadei]

You aren't behind at all, I am just way too excited over this one, plus i only had one item to make. Its not due until September 1st, dont' let me rush you!

[inky dinky doo]

Maggie, I need just a little guidance. I never heard of book pockets until this swap, but I love to try new things so that's what I'm doing.

What, exactly, are they? I did a search on twopeas for "pockets," and all I came up with were pocket pages and smaller pockets that they called "library pockets." Is that what I'm doing? The library pockets? And, do you have a preference as to their size? I wasn't sure if there's a standard size or not.

If library pockets isn't what I'm doing, could you point me in the direction of other "book pockets"? Sorry to be such a pain, but I want to get this right. :sunny:

[inky dinky doo]

Yea! I got my paper and some of my embellishments ordered. Thanks for the template, Maggie! Didja know that Bazzill makes library pockets in several different colors? I found them, yesterday, at gonescrappin.com while searching the internet. I thought about just going with them, but then thought, nah! I want to do this, myself. I can't wait for my stuff to get here so I can get started.

Pat

[nicurn]

no idea that bazzill made library pockets, I have a bunch that the school librarian gave me. :) Can't wait to see yours! maggie

[christinadei]

Mine are ready and waiting to be picked up. :Pinkbounc

[pattyT]

WOW you guys are on a roll....
I bought somthing for my girlie suprise but I want to buy more for it -
and I think I have an IDEA for my handmade Magical thing...

[nicurn]

everyone doing ok? any questions? (and no one has to panic that they aren't done yet, it's not even july and the swap isn't due until sept 1st) :) maggie

[GrayFal]

Hi everyone.......
I was kind of stumped with my project although I knew I wanted to do paper tearing to represent water, waves and sand so I thought I would do a search on www.twopeasinabucket.com for journal boxes and I got 8 pages of JBs......

So if you are looking for inspiration, this sure is the place!

[lewdyan1]

My envelope went postal today. :cool1:

[bubbasmom99]

Okay, here's a lesson for ya.... never head off to the store in search of your item.... without checking first to see what your theme is!

D'oh!!!!!

[nicurn]

I got someone's today, but I was rushing back out the door to the pool and then to bingo... so I honestly have no idea who it was from. (bad hostess I know, I know). so, someone's is here. :) maggie

[WDWMom]

I bought my boyish fibers, but I am having a hard time with my "magical" theme. Nothing is really coming to mind except Mickey things - black, red and yellow. I really want to do something different. I am getting tired of using those colors for swaps, plus I am in a CJ and will probably be doing a lot with them there. Any ideas ladies? I have small tags so I need to make two kinds.

[christinadei]

I bought my boyish fibers, but I am having a hard time with my "magical" theme. Nothing is really coming to mind except Mickey things - black, red and yellow. I really want to do something different. I am getting tired of using those colors for swaps, plus I am in a CJ and will probably be doing a lot with them there. Any ideas ladies? I have small tags so I need to make two kinds.

For magical, I'm thinking silver and/or stars. There is some cool cardstock 12x12 paper at michaels that's matte silver with shiny silver starts that woudl be great. They also have some blue paper of the same. You could get each color and do one silver and one blue or something like that. otherwise anythign sparkly/silver or stars would be good for magical, I'd think. I did small tags and it only took one page of each (top and bottom layer) so 4 12x12 pages total for all of the tags (20)

[WDWMom]

I asked my family what colors they thought of when I said the word magical and got a variety of anwers, but they all said blue as one. I did find a patterned paper with blue background, lighter swirls and pink and yellow stars. DS said it looked vary maigical. Still looking for another. I will try Mike's and some of the LSS's around here today or tomorrow.

[christinadei]

To me, both swirls and stars sound magical. Or anything blue or silver. Anything shiny too. Good luck, have fun!

[bubbasmom99]

Lemme tell ya, there has been a run on "patriotic" ribbons around here. I'm going to have to wait till the last minute, hoping they come back in stock!

[nicurn]

lewdyan1, got your school stuff today, it's too cute! maggie

[lewdyan1]

lewdyan1, got your school stuff today, it's too cute! maggie
I am glad it got there... It was too easy to shop for, and cost me ton with all the extras I had to buy. :teeth: :rolleyes: ;)

[piratesmate]

Lemme tell ya, there has been a run on "patriotic" ribbons around here. I'm going to have to wait till the last minute, hoping they come back in stock!

Joy, Did you check at WalMart? I was there on the 4th and there were still some patriotic ribbons there. Not as all-out cute as things I'd seen at Mikes or JoAnns, but nice all the same. :)

I thought you might be able to find something at http://www.BargainPack.com but the only ribbon she had was red gingham and another with a stripe each of red, white & blue. I was surprised since she has so much other patriotic stuff!

Speaking of WalMart - Do all of your WMs have a clearance section within the craft section? Or is it somewhere else in the store? A while ago ours had a few items on clearance right in the craft section, but that was unusual. I've never found any other craft stuff on clearance...except at Christmas and that doesn't really count. I feel like I'm missing something. :rotfl:

[nicurn]

everyone finding their items ok? just checking in with y'all. :) maggie

[pattyT]

uumm items???
I wish I had been more specific with my SUPRISES - lol
I have some things bought - I will get a move on after all these dang birthdya parties are said and done...

[WDWMom]

I found my paper and I will be working on them today. I hope to get everything out in the mail this week. My fibers are cut and bagged so I only have my tags to work on. 20 shouldn't be so bad.

[scrapcreator]

Just wanted to check on the handmade book pockets - how embellished should these be? Do you want the word "water" included or as long as they "look" like water it's OK?

Thanks for clarifying :)

Jeanne

[nicurn]

I think as long as they look watery it's fine. if you want to put the word on you can, but you don't have too. maggie

[christinadei]

:Pinkbounc

[nicurn]

just wanted to update y'all.... I have received packages from the following:

lewdyan1
christinadei
mickeyteacher

great work on the homemade stuff! and the store stuff is cute too! :)

maggie

[sweet maxine]

I'm almost finished with my "holiday surprise", and I haven't started on the birthday tags, but I've bought the embellisments for them. I hope I'll be finished soon!

[disneyfreakjackie]

I've finished my patriotic squares, I just need to buy mysterious buttons!!! You KNOW I'm not walking out of the store with just buttons . . . :sad2: :crazy:

[Twigs]

Maggie, I got mine in the mail yesterday. Joyce

[WDWMom]

OK, just started working on my tags. At 3:00 am I finished one set. I AM GOING TO work on the other this afternoon. And then I need to find the fibers I have bagged. UUHHGGG!!!! I want all this out of my house by Wednesday.

[nicurn]

hey joyce, your stuff arrived today, I love the patriotic home made thing that you made! and thanks for the little goody, can't wait to use it on the next pool/beach page! :goodvibes maggie

[Twigs]

I'm glad you like it. I made the patriotic thing with my new wizard die cutting machine which I am loving a lot. Joyce

[ILUVPOOH1]

My package is going postal tomorrow! Thanks for hosting Maggie!

[dreams91]

Mine is going postal tomorrow. :sunny:

[nicurn]

I'll keep an eye out for everyone's stuff. :) maggie

[nicurn]

oh, just to let y'all know, I'm out of town from thursday evening until saturday afternoonish and then next week aug 9-15, so if things arrive then, I'll let you know when I get back. maggie

[angelmom]

Mine went postal today so it should be there soon. Thanks for hosting!

[nicurn]

dreams91, your stuff arrived today, very cute! maggie

[sweet maxine]

Maggie, am I running really behind? I don't want to be the last one sending my things in to you. Do I need to hurry up?

[nicurn]

you are fine sweet maxine, it's not due til sept 1st. don't panic! :goodvibes
maggie

[sweet maxine]

Okay thanks! I'm almost finished with my "surprise", and I'll hopeefully finish with it all by the time you're back. Have a safe and fun trip!

[nicurn]

angelmom, got your swap stuff in the mail... very nice. :) maggie

[nicurn]

just checking in to see how everyone is doing. I will be out of town starting tomorrow (aug 9) until sunday evening. maggie

[piratesmate]

:wave: I thought I should let you know that I haven't forgotten about this. My storebought stuff finally came, but I'm not quite done with my handmade stuff. I hope to put it all in the mail early next week.

[Disneyland_emily]

I'm done! I'm done!

Now I just need to mail it off :) -em

[WDWMom]

Mine went Postal today. I sent my Priority Mail. You should have it in a couple days Maggie.

[pattyT]

and where on gods earth are yougoing without telling me! :scared:

any-who I have my store bought all set (of course that was easy!)
but my magical surprise has been redone 3x and I haven'tliked any of them yet! gggggrrrrrrrrr :worried: I am hoping that I will get a good idea :idea: soon!

[nicurn]

why patty, we are going to disney for 3 days and then coming home and getting in the car to drive to jersey for the much anticipated "double feis weekend"... atlantic city saturday, wilmington de sunday... wonder if I'll make it home sunday in time for the joan jett concert? maggie

[missmulan]

Maggie, have a great mini-vacation!!! I'm happy for you. I'll be sending that box of buttons out soon...they are all assorted with at least 5 of each kind. There's one with 10 pieces of the same kind (just to keep in line with the rules) but I couldn't resist buying extras for everyone.

[ReAnSt]

I mailed my stuff out today.

Becky

[nicurn]

just checking in briefly before getting in the car for part 2 of the travel week.... nothing like flying home and then having to drive to jersey... anyhow, there are 2 more packages on my dining room table, no idea who they are from as I'm literally just "passing through"... maggie

[sweet maxine]

Maggie, I'm packaging mine up to mail out this afternoon (if I don't get sidetracked before I get to the post office!).

[sweet maxine]

Can someone PM me Maggie's address? I've deleted it from my PM's.

[nicurn]

hey, just sent you my address. maggie

[sweet maxine]

Maggie,

I will send it in the morning. Thanks for everyone's help!

[Disneyland_emily]

Mine was mailed out today

-em