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Swap Coordinator:TangleCrafts (contact)
Swap categories: Zines  Promotional  Handmade 
Number of people in swap:7
Location:International
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Last day to signup/drop:August 17, 2009
Date items must be sent by:September 21, 2009
Number of swap partners:5
Description:

In this swap, you will invent your own club, and create a custom membership pack for each of your partners. Think about what you like to do, and what you would like to share - this swap is all about getting other people involved in whatever is important to you, and sharing your obsessions! Your club can be a book club, a promo club for your Etsy store, a craft club, or just a celebration of whatever random subject happens to be your passion (but no 'adult' or religious themes, please!). N.B. It does not have to be an entirely new club, if you already happen to run one; but the membership packs must be handmade, and must still meet the criteria outlined below.

Please make sure your membership pack includes all of the following:

  • A membership book – this should outline a 'mission statement' (eg what your club is all about), who is eligible/likely to want to join, a statement of any club rules, and any other basic, essential information relevant to your club. Your membership book can have whatever format/binding you (the club president!) prefer.

  • A membership card – including the name of your club, the name of the member, & anything else you would like to include (eg member number, date joined etc). Again, the format is up to you.

  • A club promo gift – eg button badge, bookmark, notebook, or something else relevant to your club.

  • A club newsletter – this should be a minimum of a 2-sided A4/letter-size page. It can come as a folded sheet, stapled pages, or you can make a club magazine. Feel free to add as many extra pages as you like, and include any kind of information that is relevant re. your club theme – news, reviews, projects, puzzles, or whatever else makes sense.

You will have 5 swap partners, so you will make 5 membership packs and your club will then have 5 honorary members. In return, you will receive 5 different membership packs (1 each from your 5 partners) to 5 different clubs.

Ratings of 5 or just below only, and at least 5 postal swaps. I will check through participants & remove people I think are a potential risk, so please PM me to explain any unjustified comments or ratings, and I will take that into account. There is quite a lot of work involved with each membership pack, and I don't want to see anyone disappointed in return. The sign up period is 2 weeks, and the sending period is 4 weeks, to give you plenty of time to work on your ideas, so have fun!

Discussion

imakebelieve 08/ 4/2009 #

I think this is a really unusual and cool swap. I actually need to make a membership packet for one of two things, so I'm deciding on which one it will be. I love when I have swaps that also help me with other things. Thanks, I hadn't thougth of including many of these items, but those are great things to include.

craftymama06 08/ 4/2009 #

I hope you do this again in a few months..So I can get my 5 postal swaps in..I do have an idea for a club..

spin 08/ 5/2009 #

I just saw this through the "new swaps" thingy on the sidebar! What a great idea! At the moment I wont join a swap with that many partners (Still sort of new here and I think that many would overwhelm me at this point) But the idea is certainly great fun! Way to go! :D

secretterrabite 08/ 5/2009 #

This reminds me of being 8 years old and being in the Famous Five club. I wore my badge beaming with pride. I have no time to do this but will find the time, what a fantastic idea.

TangleCrafts 08/ 5/2009 #

Yeah, I used to love joining clubs when I was little, too (I started listing them but it started getting out of hand...!) - I think that's probably where I got the taste for getting fun things in the post from. To craftymama & spin, I will more than likely run another swap like this a little further down the line so keep watching the 'new swaps' board :-)

secretterrabite 08/ 6/2009 #

i'm putting this on my watch for now, as i have too many swaps and no time in the school holidays

imakebelieve 08/ 7/2009 #

I moved to watch list for now. I'm not sure I can get it done in time. Sorry.

MistiKo 08/11/2009 #

You have the BEST swap ideas. This is on my watch list, but I don't think I'll be able to join as my time is fairly limited right now. Nonetheless, it's a brilliant idea. M

TangleCrafts 08/11/2009 #

Aww go on Misti... :-)

somethingblue 08/12/2009 #

I positively love this idea!! But like a few others, the number of partners is just a little bit daunting for me.

Do you think you might run another one with just one or two partners?

TangleCrafts 08/13/2009 #

Yes, I will do that in another couple of weeks. It's great to see all the interest there has been in this idea, so I will edit it slightly & reduce the number of partners next time, & hopefully more will sign up :-).

Melas 08/13/2009 #

I would soooo love to join that swap, as it sounds terrific! But I will be on holidays from 31. August to 17. September and therefor not being able to send quite on time, so I would have to craft it all in August before leaving; I won't be able to do that, it's too much. Couldn't you change swap-dates to, let's say 18. September? Then I could have swapping/ crafting holidays and sent out as sson as I return home? begging ;-)

TangleCrafts 08/13/2009 #

Have extended the send-by date to September 21st so there is even more time for preparation. Come and play! :-)

enchantability 08/13/2009 #

I will keep an eye out for the next one, too. I would want to take a lot of time with this and this is a tough time for me. I will start putting together ideas now!!

secretterrabite 08/15/2009 #

Thanks for adding that extra week, it means I'll have time to do it now.

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