Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Ink Stains Charm Swap

A couple of months ago, the very talented Roni from Ink Stains called for interested crafters to take part in a charm swap.

I thought (just quietly) “I would so love to do this!!!”  So, I did!  Yay for me.

Being in New Zealand, we sometimes feel so removed from the “real world” of scrapping and scrap-related artists.  Well, I do anyway.  Having a little piece of art from the other side of the world is actually a really big deal.

The brief for Roni’s general charm swap was to create 5 charms the same or at least similar.  Send them off to her and receive not only 5 different charms in return but also a pin to hang them on.

These are the charms I sent off to the USA in June.

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I used tiny bottles, beads and charms and re-purposed costume jewellery.  I filled each bottle with a co-ordinating glitter.  I was pretty chuffed with them to honest.

I was thrilled to bits today when I received my return charms in the letterbox!!  I admit that I squealed out loud, quickly looking around to see who might have observed me acting so strangely at the front gate, lol.

I ripped into the parcel (carefully preserving the very cool postage stamps for a future purpose) and fond the most gorgeous goodies inside.

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Oh, the talent and time that has gone into the making of these is simply a treasure in itself!  Thank you so much to creators of my charms (I am wearing my pins as I type).  To have such an amazing individual piece of art jewellery give me a real buzz.

I will be in for Roni’s next charm, without a doubt.  Lets see some more followers of Ink Stains from Down-Under!

8 comments:

  1. Whoa i love what you made and Yay i can see why you would be excited with the charms you received so very cool..

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  2. Both the charms you made and the ones you received are fantastic. I agree, I love it when an overseas swap arrives. xx

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  3. You always take my breath away Esther you are so talented those little bottles so cute and your pin amazing .... can't wait to see what you come up with for the next swap..

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  4. Makes me wonder if you can think of anything creative to do with souvenir teaspoons?

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  5. Love love the charms you designed! Soo creative! Mine is the one on the end with the gears and eiffel tower :) This was a great swap!!

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  6. Love love the charms you designed! Soo creative! Mine is the one on the end with the gears and eiffel tower :) This was a great swap!!

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  7. Love love the charms you designed! Soo creative! Mine is the one on the end with the gears and eiffel tower :) This was a great swap!!

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    1. Thanks so much Teresa! It was indeed great fun and I now have my Christmas one ready to send off to Roni. I love your charm and I wore my pin to work the other day. I got lots of appreciative comments.

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