Announcing the 2nd Annual FALL IN LOVE WITH BUTTONS SWAP

Sign ups for this swap are now closed.

Floozies have been asking me about the next swap, and I agree: it's high time we had another!

Since the Fall in Love with Buttons Swap was so much fun last year, let's do it again!

The Fall in Love with Buttons Swap is one-to-one; that is, each participant will be paired up with a swap partner.  We will each alter an Altoids (or similar sized for those living abroad) tin, filling it with autumn colored or autumn themed buttons, and send it to our partner!

Check out some of the AMAZING beauties that were exchanged in our first annual swap last year:

Fall in Love with Buttons Swaps on Flickr

Here's an example of the one I made last year:

The details:

• The standard Altoids tin is 4" x 2.5"
• "Altered" in this case simply means "decorated."
• There is a fantastic tutorial on how to cover a tin here.  In it, she uses paper to cover the tin, but her instructions work just as well with fabric.  (Note: it took me about 15 minutes to decorate the tin shown above; I used scissors, not an Exacto knife, and glue, not Modge Podge, and ribbon, not paper.  Nothing fancy!)
• The newer Altoids tins are raised/dimensional rather than completely flat on top now, but they still cover quite well without looking "bumpy".
• For more altered Altoids tin ideas then you ever wanted, search for Altoids tin on Flickr.

The buttons:

• Use any buttons you love for the swap -- they need not be new and they need not be vintage.  You might want to do some of both, like I did in the example.
• As aforementioned, the theme is "Fall" so that means colors you associate with the season: yellows, oranges, greens, browns, reds, etc.  Buttons can be shaped like leaves, acorns, baskets, scarecrows, ETC.  Try to include your most interesting and delightful, quality buttons!
• Please be sure to send a minimum of 40 buttons in your tin!  You can include more if they fit, but the tin should be full, and still able to close snugly.  In my example, most of the buttons were small, so I was able to fit 49 in the example tin.

How to participate:

• Please don't sign up unless you are sure you are able to follow through!
• Email me at buttonfloozies@gmail.com by Wednesday, September 19, 2012, with the following information: your name, your mailing address, your email address, your blog address if you have one, and whether or not you would be willing to swap internationally.  Also, please comment here to let me know you're sending me an email to join!
• I will email you the name of your partner on Saturday, September 22, 2012; I will take special pains to connect people based upon their preferences about international swapping.
• Complete your swap, photograph it, and get it in the mail to your partner on or before Friday, October 19, 2012.
• After you hear from your swap partner that they've received it, visit the Flickr site I've created, Button Floozies Swap, and upload the photos you took of your swap so we can all see!  I will link to that Flickr page from this blog once many have been posted.

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