Welcome to the Back to Nature Swap!
Swap name: The Back to Nature Swap
Craftster member who is organizing this swap: Kenners (Plus Co-organiser if needed)
Sign-up date range: 14/04/08 - 24/04/08 (BST)
Date to send item by: 31st May
Limited to a certain number of people? (optional): No, although I will appoint a co-organiser if numbers exceed 20
Restricted to people who all live in the same country? No
Age requirement? Only the craftster wide requirement of 13 years old.
Swap Organizer himself/herself meets these conditions:
- Has fully read the Swap Info Guide: Yes
- Has successfully completed two swaps as a participant: Yes
- Is not organizing more than three swaps right now: Yes
- Will recruit a co-organizer or give all details to a Swap Moderator if this swap has more than 25 participants: Yes
Swap Organizer will check each participant to make sure they meet these conditions:
- Has been a member for at least one month: Yes
- Has posted at least 15 times:Yes
- Has completed one swap successfully before signing up for multiple swaps at a time: Yes
- Is not currently signed up for more than five swaps: Yes
The Organizer will check each participant to make sure they meet these conditions:
- Has been a member for at least one month: Yes
- Has posted at least 15 times:Yes
- Has completed one swap successfully before signing up for multiple swaps at a time: Yes
- Is not currently signed up for more than five swaps: Yes
- Does not have any negative feedback: Yes
- Participant has agreed that he/she is at least 13 years old: Yes
- Does not have any negative feedback: Yes
- Participant has agreed that he/she is at least 13 years old: YesThe survey all participants need to fill out is below, but first have a read of what this swap is all about!
The Back to Nature Swap is an opportunity for craftsters to celebrate how wonderful the natural world is. This is quite a wide ranging topic, so it would mean quite a bit of partner communication, but could include lots of things from Gaia and the Green Man to natural cosmetics and natural fibres, from natural art and landscape photography to organic recipes and tips/aids to living a life less impacting on the environment (reusable bags etc). It can be a bit spiritual or simply practical.
There are more ideas and discussion in the original thread
https://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=225249.0The swap parcels should include:
- 1 Large or 2 Medium items
- 4 small items
Small variations on this can of course be discussed between partners - just as long as everyone is happy!
Some ideas that were suggested in the pre-sign-ups thread are listed below:
- Items made from natural fibres/fabrics, i.e. natural yarn gloves etc.
- Natural cosmetics
- Items incorporating natural things - shells, polished wood etc.
- Recycled items, ie journals from paper already printed on one side, reusing old buttons, clothes etc.
- Yarn spun in natural colours
- Fabrics/yarn dyed with natural dyes
- Reusable items, nappies, cleansing clothes, tea bags, shopping bags to help maintain the natural world
- Herbal teas
- Seeds and instructions for growing them
- Literature/poetry/quotes inspired by nature
- Anything inspired by nature really, for instance landscape bookmarks, skirts etc, Flower motifs, tree silhouette t-shirts.
- Things to help others enjoy nature more, wellies (or light weight sandals for those who prefer to go barefoot to carry easily, in case of glass/gravel), pouches to collect finds in, cases for compasses, thermos flasks etc.
- Jewelery based on organic shapes
- Recipes using wild/organic food
For inspiration I always find searching Etsy for key words helps (although I would encourage you to use this for inspiration only, and always credit if you take more than just inspiration from someone else's idea) and I also find the work of Andy Goldsworthy and Rob Plattel very inspiring when it comes to Environmental Art - Google them, its worth a look.For further inspiration, well get outside!
I will be looking for a co-organiser if the swap is particularly popular (over 20) - so any volunteers are welcome!
Also its worth pointing out I am UK based and so all dated/times will be in BST, and that I will be asking for proof of postage from everyone - even if its just a receipt from the Post Office.
The questionnaire is pretty long, feel free to miss any questions you wish from the General Questions and Swap Specific Questions Sections if you are pressed for time. However, the more information the better and if I feel some one hasn't provided enough information I will ask for some more before accepting them.
QUESTIONNAIRE TO ANSWER:Name of swap
Craftster username
Email address
Your real name
Mailing address including the country
Would you be willing to ship to an address outside your own country?
Confirm that are at least 13 years old (yes/no)
GENERAL QUESTIONS What are you're favourite colours?
What are your favourite textures?
What are your favourite patterns/motifs etc?
Will the crafts that you are sending come into contact with any common allergens (i.e. pet fur, smoke etc)?
Do you have any allergies?
Are there any things you cannot receive for health/idealogical reasons (i.e. you would prefer to only receive organic/veggie/vegan/fairtrade foods)?
What crafts do you do/would you potentially send?
What crafts would you like to receive?
What size in clothes and shoes are you?
What sort of jewelery do you tend to wear (give ring size/wrist size details if you want)?
Do you have any pets?
What do you do aside, from craft, in your free time (do you write, partake in sports, read, dance etc)?
Briefly describe your life style (i.e. are you married, do you have pets, whats your job):
Do you have a blog/website/wist that you want to share for your partner to have a look at?
SWAP SPECIFIC QUESTIONSTry and describe why nature/natural things appeal to you (is it purely aesthetic, spiritual, scientific etc.)?
What is your favourite thing to do in natural surroundings/outdoors?
What is your favourite time of day/night to be outside?
What is your favourite natural place (provide a photo if possible) and why?
What is your favourite plant?
What is your favourite animal?
What is your favourite season?
Do you have any interest in any of the following (Delete or expand as appropriate, and feel free to add your own):
Gardening:
Wild food:
Organic food/materials/resources:
Natural dyes/fibres:
Walking/hiking:
Environmentalism (or any other political movement linked with Nature):
Collecting natural things:
Environmental Art:
Animals:
Botany:
Herbalism:
Recycling:
Low impact living:
Do you or would you like to live more naturally?
Would you like to receive items to help you live more naturally?
Are there are any pictures of nature/natural things that you find particularly inspiring that you want to share?
ENDIF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE, REMEMBER TO SEND YOUR INFO TO ORGANIZER VIA PRIVATE MESSAGE AND NOT TO REPLY WITH IT HERE.
Also remember to read the
Swap Info Guide to find out how to ship your item and other details about participating in a swap.
If you have any questions then please get in touch! Hope to see you signing up soon
Kenners
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Participants
1. JillBoBill
2. KatyMai
3. Kenners
4. HeatherJuneYoung
5. Lapoli
6. scienceissexy
7. superhooker
8. Craftycreations79
9. sparrowowl
10. bosssanders
11. Ecstatic
12. Pinokeeo
13. Kartiana
14. tiggyjn
15. AeonGoddess
16. catpants
17. Buns
18. Yulu
19.JenSquared
20. tazzell
21. Cabin Fever
22. EowynUlysses
23. k-roc
24. varandra
25. Pogo
26. tristitia
27. Angry Angel
28. M8888888
UPDATED - PLEASE READ
Group 1 (Kenners' Group)
KatyMai ==> Tiggyjn
Tiggyjn ==> KatyMai
HeatherJuneYoung ==> Cabin Fever
Cabin Fever ==> HeatherJuneYoung
Scienceissexy ==> AeonGoddess
AeonGoddess ==> Scienceissexy
Superhooker ==> k-roc
k-roc ==> Superhooker
Ecstatic ==> JillBoBill
JillBoBill ==> Ecstatic
Yulu ==> EowynUlyssess
EowynUlyssess ==> Yulu
Varandra ==> Kenners
Kenners ==> Varandra
Group 2 (Catpants' Group)
JenSquared ==> Pogo
Pogo ==> JenSquared
Tazzell ==> Angry Angel
Angry Angel ==> Tazzell
M8888888 ==> Tristitia
Tristitia ==> M8888888
Lapoli ==> Kartiana
Kartiana ==> Lapoli
Craftycreations79 ==> Sparrowowl
Sparrowowl ==> Craftycreations79
Bossanders ==> Pinokeeo
Pinokeeo ==> Bossanders
Catpants ==> Buns
Buns ==> Catpants
So, if you have any queries, problems, questions, concerns etc etc etc please contact the organiser of your group!
We will keep track of our groups, who has sent/received etc in the gallery post when its created. Please do not post in the gallery untill both Catpants and I have posted (so we have the first two posts, for neatness).Gallery
https://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=245520.0