Envelope Book

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Swap Coordinator:	helen4102010 (contact)
Swap categories:	Books Crafts
Number of people in swap:	11
Location:	International
Type:	Type 3: Package or craft
Rating requirement:	4.90
Last day to signup/drop:	February 14, 2013
Date items must be sent by:	March 14, 2013
Number of swap partners:	1
Description:
As I was looking through Pinterest, I found this awesome idea. Forgive me if someone has already done this as a swap, however, I looked and didn't find anything. The website http://www.marthastewart.com/266388/envelope-books shows how to make these books. For this swap, you don't have to follow these instructions. You can create an envelope book however you want to as long as it contains the following: â€¢ A decorative book cover and back that are fairly sturdy. (cardboard, plastic, etc. ) â€¢ 12 decorated envelopes bound together to create the pages. â€¢ Each envelope should be decorated and filled with a small surprise. (surprises could be anything from a small trinket, craft paper, sticker, some kind of embellishment) 1 book to 1 partner I really can't wait to start making this myself so hopefully some of you will be interested. I am going to give us a while to make this so that we can really make this something nice for each other. This is the international Envelope Book swap. If you are interested in a USA only swap, I have created one of those also. Ratings must be at least a 4.9 with no unexplained 1 or 3's. The 1 and 3 ratings can't be within the past year. I think this a big project so, you should have completed at least 50 type 3 swaps in order to join. If you feel that you really want to do this swap, and don't meet these requirements you can message me and explain your situation. Although, I will consider someone with less type 3 swaps, it doesn't mean I will let you in. I really don't want anyone to get flaked on, so please don't hold it against me.

Discussion

EvetteOgden 01/31/2013 #

@helen4102010 Thank you for this swap, I think it sounds like a lot of fun. I think it also would be fun to have multiple partners each month and decorate a single envelope for each partner. That way our "book" we can bind it ourselves at the end of a few swaps. Each envelope would be unique because it came from a different partner. People might even start collecting the envelopes to make into books.

Just a thought. -=E=-

raynebeau2 01/31/2013 #

Sounds so neat

helen4102010 01/31/2013 #

I changed the rating to a 4.9. I want all of us to recieve top notch work and not get stuck with a flaker. Hopefully everyone will understand. Everyone in our swap is safe so far!!

edgetorn 01/31/2013 #

This is one of the coolest swap ideas! Can't wait!

chocosamurai 02/ 8/2013 #

Yea this is a really cool swap idea... I'm still too new to have 50 swaps but maybe if you have another one like this in the future? (when I have done more craft swaps aha)

chocosamurai 02/ 8/2013 #

@evetteOgden that's another creative idea! :)

chasesmom 02/10/2013 #

I have a question-- does it have to be just plain envelopes that have been decorated? Or can we do a variety of pocket type enclosures made out of envelopes on the inside?? I was researching ALL day today because I'm so excited about this swap(!) and I found a video series on YouTube by a lady named Kathy Orta, and her notebooks are fantastic! She uses envelopes and then adds pockets and tabs to all of her pages and decorates them. I'd love to do one like that, but I don't want to break the rules :)

Fever 02/12/2013 #

I'm super excited for this swap and can't wait starting to work on it! I've never made one like these before, but it really is the cutest idea. :)

Fever 02/12/2013 #

I'm super excited for this swap and can't wait starting to work on it! I've never made one like these before, but it really is the cutest idea. :)

provadia 02/15/2013 #

Nooooo I missed the deadline by a day!

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