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Tue, Jan 11, 11 at 18:21
| So lets do this! Medium flat rate box, filled with goodies : beads, glass, metal, ceramic, keys, whatever you want to share. Leave your information or emailmamanikki76@yahoo.com and I will spread the love! My 5 y.o. is bummed she cant swap with us so I told her she can pull the names out of the hat, that's how I will match everyone. I am excited - if we have the list of everyone who's in by Thur. or Fri. we can mail out soon! I will give it a few days so anyone who wants in will have a chance to see the swap. |
Follow-Up Postings:
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| Oops! The first time I wrote, I sent it to emailmamanikki76@yahoo.com. That email bounced, and then I realized that you probably meant mamanikki76@yahoo.com. Thanks for organizing this. |
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| I sent my email yesterday. I'm looking forward to this! |
Here is a link that might be useful: Silva's blog about mosaics
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| Sent my e-mail to get me signed up! |
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- Posted by slowmedown (My Page) on Wed, Jan 12, 11 at 13:18
| Sent mine too. |
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| For some reason I only got oldcrafty's email. I didn't put space in the right place because I was so excited so lets try this one more time. My email is: mamanikki76@yahoo.com |
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- Posted by glassgypsy (My Page) on Wed, Jan 12, 11 at 16:19
| Sent mine! |
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| I sent another email. Let me know if you did not get it. |
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- Posted by slowmedown (My Page) on Wed, Jan 12, 11 at 18:58
| Just sent another message. Thanks, ASTARA, for taking the initiative on this. |
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| Any more people want in before I post the list tomorrow? |
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| Sending my email now...thanks! Donna in Florida |
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| Astara, please don't post our addresses publicly. :D |
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| Sorry I didnt get this posted yesterday. My daughter fainted on concrete and we had to take her to ER to have teeth checked and stitches put in! She is fine now - the fainting had to do w/a virus, so no big emergency there. Anyhoooo Drum Roll Please - Did anyone get left out? Let me know then I will send emails to everyone with addresses when I get back from running errands today. Thank you for your patience - and for playing w/me. This will be fun!!!! |
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| This is so fun!!! Thank you so much for coordinating this. |
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| You are welcome! I hope everyone is happy - and get inspired. I have never done many abstracts but just digging through all my beads and misc. glass gave me some ideas. My 5yo started filling a board up with random beads I was going through and she has been working on a pretty amazing mosaic! She has taught me a thing or two about letting go and having fun the last 2 days. I will post pics before we grout - she will be done today at the rate she is working! |
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- Posted by slowmedown (My Page) on Sun, Jan 16, 11 at 14:08
| When w/you send us the addresses of the ones receiving our boxes? I sent you an email yesterday, giving my address. |
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| Did everyone get an email with the address for the person they are sending to? Let me know if I missed anything, and have a great weekend! |
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| I got your email, and my box is ready to go to the post office. |
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- Posted by slowmedown (My Page) on Tue, Jan 18, 11 at 10:16
| Got mine too, but haven't even started filling it. I'll dwell on that today. |
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| My box is ready to go and it is Heavy. Mailing tomorrow (Wednesday). What fun! |
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| Just mailed mine today! Looking forward to seeing everyone's loot so make sure to post pics. |
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- Posted by slowmedown (My Page) on Wed, Jan 19, 11 at 18:17
| Mailed mine today. Man, that sucker nearly killed my back - how about 18 lbs!!!!!!!!!!? |
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- Posted by wackyweeder (My Page) on Wed, Jan 19, 11 at 23:43
| my gosh Slow! 18 lbs!!! Somebodies got some goodies coming! |
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| Mailed mine today! It was so heavy I almost couldn't carry it into the post office. This is So Much Fun! |
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- Posted by glassgypsy (My Page) on Thu, Jan 20, 11 at 16:53
| Mailed mine today too! |
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- Posted by aka_strawberrygoat (My Page) on Thu, Jan 20, 11 at 23:56
| cool way to clear out a corner of the house...anyone else late in wishing they had jumped at this chance? I only just now saw it...oh, pooooo Becky |
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| Christmas in January! Got my box today and I'm having a lovely time picking through everything! Thanks, MZClassic!! |
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- Posted by slowmedown (My Page) on Fri, Jan 21, 11 at 17:28
| Pictures please. |
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- Posted by slowmedown (My Page) on Sat, Jan 22, 11 at 14:08
| Now I'm really worried - that my box was too heavy and got stuck in the mail - perhaps broken. MZ - you should have received it by now. Please let me know. |
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| I am a bit worried to. My package was delivered Thursday according to the post office. MinDeeDee did you get it? |
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| YAY! Christmas!!! Silva I cant thank you enough, what a loot! There are some things I have never worked with, and some things that will be perfect for projects I have been thinking about! This Loot also has me thinking of a few thousand questions I could ask all you professionals! WEEEEEE I know what I will be doing the rest of the weekend. |
Here is a link that might be useful: pics
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- Posted by slowmedown (My Page) on Sat, Jan 22, 11 at 17:21
| Oh wow - you made a haul. Lots of interesting tess. |
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- Posted by slowmedown (My Page) on Sun, Jan 23, 11 at 10:10
| Another wow - great stuff. |
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| Slow I got your box...geez, had to get help to bring it inside! Love all the stuff, will try to get some photos of it. Thanks again Slow, |
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- Posted by slowmedown (My Page) on Mon, Jan 24, 11 at 9:45
| Phew - I was soooooooooo worried. I can relax now. |
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| My box finally went out today.......should arrive at it's destination on Thursday according to postman. Sure hope everything travels well. |
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| Well....just got back from mailimg my package out and about 30 minutes later my package from glassgypsy arrived!!! I feel bad now about mailimg mine so late:(( I had some unique items in my box. THANKS glassgypsy....now I got to get busy and see what I can come up with!
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- Posted by slowmedown (My Page) on Tue, Jan 25, 11 at 18:48
| Janell - your box arrived today. I'm too tired to take a picture - been running all day and just got home a little while ago. Thank you so much - love the small white tiles, and especially those wonderful multi-colored beads. From where do you get those tear drop-shaped beads? Thanks for all the different things - the Barretts, blue tiles, two Christmas ornaments, jewelry and odds/ends. W/try to take pics tomorrow. |
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- Posted by deedeeminn (My Page) on Tue, Jan 25, 11 at 19:04
| FINALLY got my box mailed today!! It was just too cold last week to spend more that a few minutes in my (not well heated) studio! Love living in Minnesota but -40 is not the part I love! Glassgypsy - it is on it way! |
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| I'd say this exchange was a success! Thanks, astara! |
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- Posted by deedeeminn (My Page) on Tue, Jan 25, 11 at 21:53
| Nikki- I'm so sorry - yes I got it! Love my stash! Thank you! Tell Ella I love the little basket, it will sit on my shelf in my studio! Now..trying to post my pic! |
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- Posted by deedeeminn (My Page) on Tue, Jan 25, 11 at 22:12
| Trying to post pics of my exchange! Bear with me if I don't get this right! |
Here is a link that might be useful: exchange
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| @deedeeminn I am glad you got your package and I am so sorry I have been writing your screen name wrong! Any hooo...hope you enjoy the goodies, I hope you can use the beads and little things, I have plenty after working at Rings and Things! Thank you all for joining in it was really fun, and my first ever exchange over the interwebs! :) |
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| I'm glad you got the box, Slow! I really wanted to include some unusual things because you have amazed me with your ability to incorporate different things into your mosaics. The tear-drop beads are from a bead store. I purchased many "chains," each with multiple colors on them, so that I could get the pink and purple ones for flowers in my current project. The only thing is, they said that they'll fade in the sun unless I spray the mosaic with a sealer that has UV protection in it. I'll admit, I cheated just a tiny bit. I went to an estate sale, and there were so many fun things, I couldn't resist buying something specifically for this exchange. The Christmas trees came from that estate sale. I thought you'd be able to do something wonderful with them. |
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- Posted by wackyweeder (My Page) on Wed, Jan 26, 11 at 9:09
| Arent these fun? I wasnt able to take part in this one, but I love watching and its so nice to see action on the forum. Glassgypsy I love that greenman face you sent. really cool stuff everyone! |
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- Posted by slowmedown (My Page) on Wed, Jan 26, 11 at 10:30
| JENEL: I could tell you had my past projects in mind when you packed my box. It was much appreciated. Haven't had morning coffee yet - w/take a picture today sometime. Thanks again. YES - as WACKY said - it is so nice to see the forum active again - thanks to you ASTARA and all the participants in this exchange. I probably won't get to make a project using some of my loot right away cuz I'm off to PV next week and have tons of work to do b/f leaving. |
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- Posted by slowmedown (My Page) on Wed, Jan 26, 11 at 14:46
| Ok - here's a picture of my share box. The bag w/the tear-drop-shaped beads was open, so they and several other small beads are all loose, but I arranged a few on the cloth. There are several little metal thingys - washer type and tiny beads. Spring Share Loot |
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| Ooooo fun slow! I love the barrette w/the masks and the blue and black tiles match one silva sent me! It will be cool to see all the fun stuff people make in the future. |
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| I see something amazing coming from those oh sooooooo cool tear drops!! Love the blue tiles and the Christmas trees too. You got a great box of treasures and I know you will have something very creative going the first chance you get! |
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- Posted by glassgypsy (My Page) on Wed, Jan 26, 11 at 16:52
| Oldcrafty glad you got your box. I see that the angels wing broke, sorry should have wrapped it better. I made a garden stake out of my leaf man thingy, then hung moss from it, kinda freaky but neat. |
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| Glassgypsy, was wondering what I was gonna do with my face thingy. He would look pretty neat peeking out from the garden. Did you leave him as cement? paint him? or mosaic him? I was afraid I would loose his features if I mosaiced him the standard way. But thought if there was a way to have finely crushed glass and sprinkle on his face that had some type of adhesive to hold it in place somehow and then give it a good sealing . I'm open for suggestions from anyone and everyone. He has a cute, freaky and devilish look. He will certainly be a conversation piece in the garden, guess I will feel like I always have someone keeping an eye on me!!! |
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- Posted by glassgypsy (My Page) on Thu, Jan 27, 11 at 16:46
 My mossy leafman garden stake. I also have some hanging on tress down my drive way. |
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- Posted by glassgypsy (My Page) on Thu, Jan 27, 11 at 17:19
| Oldcrafty, I have painted some. Looks good if you paint them green then shade the edges in a darker or lighter green or even a gold. I like to hide crazy things in my flower gardens or on my tress. |
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- Posted by slowmedown (My Page) on Fri, Jan 28, 11 at 8:44
| Oh how clever - great idea. |
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| He looks cool. You must have a mold. I have plenty of moss at deer camp, gonna bring some back next trip to the woods. Thanks for sending the pic.....I really like him. He'll be my "Old man of the garden" |
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| WOW! I received my package in the mail on Friday from oldcrafty. Linda, thank you!!! What a fun box to open. Nothing was broken. Look at all the amazing stuff I get to dream about.
My favorite is the lapis lazuli tortoise. I don't know how I'm going to use it, but I'll find a way. Something that will sit out by the pool, I think. The tile around the pool is a deep blue, so the tortoise will look really nice with that. It's going to be a while, though. After I finish the outdoor shower, I'm going to make a quilt. (Well, I'm going to learn how to quilt, and then I'm going to make a quilt.) |
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- Posted by slowmedown (My Page) on Sun, Jan 30, 11 at 9:49
| What a wonderful box full of great treasures. |
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| Nice Haul. This has been a fun exchange. I am already working on my 2nd project w/some of the things I got!!!! Cant wait to see how everyone incorporates their stuff. I especially cant wait to see how Dee Dee uses the gemstone doughnuts and the glass pendants I sent! Looks like we all got stones, we should do a challenge using rock to see what everyone comes up with. That will be for another day, Im sure. |
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- Posted by glassgypsy (My Page) on Mon, Jan 31, 11 at 17:45
| deedeemin, I got my box!! Great stuff thank you so much. Will get a picture up soon I hope. I'm having issues with my camera. |
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