I messaged Cara and Breathless (partnered w/surferboi) and said, "Yo wassup?" (paraphrasing).

I have not heard back from breathless/surferboi. I will write again and give the option that it could be mailed out on Saturday because I heard back from cara and that is when she will be mailing me her project (she had forgotten about doing the project). I will report back.

Breathless agreed to send out hers and soup surfer boys to me Saturday as well. Don't you love voice to post? I think I will leave this uncorrected just for kicks!

So who has an idea for the next project? And let's get this rule going again as of now (excluding the postsecret project since that fell into the grey area of the transition between 2015-2016)

"For 2016, the rule is if one of us is more than a week late or drops out of a project for whatever reason, that person is welcome to continue posting but is not allowed to sign up for a group project again until January 1st, 2017. No exceptions. This rule applies to participants and to wranglers. This rule must be posted at the bottom of all new projects that are being wrangled so that members can thoughtfully consider whether we wish to commit to a new project."

Maybe a Valentine's exchange?
I am quite fond of the artist trading cards, I've missed out on that one the last time, or even an idea encouraging spring? (Yes I'm feeling wintered -out..lol another idea, that I have thought about is.. I love music, totally wrapped up in all kinds of music in every moment of my day, and when I meet new friends and hear what they are listening to, I feel like my collection of artists tends to expand, curious what everyone else listens to? Could we make that into some sort of a project, share your favourites of all time in kind of a complation of sorts? Burn to disk or card and share? ?

Hi Clay, thanks for bringing that issue up. Yes, if someone drops out before the deadline to sign up has been closed then they are not excluded from future projects because they are still following the rules.

Breathless, thanks for all your great ideas. I always enjoy valentine themes whether it is Card otherwise. I am also a fan of ATC's. I am less interested in burning a CD.

I also love doing inchies (ATCs that are 1" x 1") or microinchies (.5" x .5").

I like the idea of ATCs, including inchies and microinchies. Valentine's isn't very far away, so it would have to be a quick one. I do like the idea of making a mixtape (on CD) for everyone, although I think I would like a little more flexibility than just my favorites of all time. I really used to enjoy making those for people, and it's been a long time since I did one, but I always made them around a theme. It was fun making the covers for the jewel boxes too, although I think including the jewel boxes for an exchange would be really bulky and problematic - they often seem to get broken in the mail. There's no reason we couldn't still include the covers, though.

May I inquire exactly what are artist trading cards, and where would one get them!

You DO realize that I have very short, fat fingers right?

Me thinks you are a tad bit of a craft sadist.

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You don't get them. You make them.



My vote is yes to a music themed project but NOT for exchanging cds/dvds/sim cards/memory sticks/etc.

I love the ATCs that we've done in the past and look forward to more. Inchies would be great and I'd be up for giving the micros a try as long as no one expects much (not just because it won't fit but because...as I mentioned...I have fat fingers and they get in the way).

It's too late for a Valentine Day project but maybe someone might be willing to carry the theme over.

Any word on the remaining secrets, nyc?

I've always enjoyed the ATC projects. Perhaps a love song theme? If we pick inches or smaller, I'd want to do a series..like a set of three. I feel if I'm doing something that small, I need more to make it feel complete.

Cara's secrets arrived today's and Breathless's/Surferboi's secrets are en route.

Thanks for your understanding and patience in waiting for my Secrets, everyone.

Cara

Breathless, your secrets arrived today!

I will mail the Secret packages tomorrow, and, guaranteed, you all will LOVE them!

I am onboard with Gemme wrangling...:).......or Breathless wrangling.... :)

I can't see to work with those tiny ones...minis NOR inchies, so will probably sit this one out if that is what the majority wants to do....:glasses:

I am fond of all the ideas presented personally & love the creativities of each one here.

Were we to do ATC's in 2.5 x 3.5 I would sign up for that one.

So, it's 5 o'clock somewhere...let's get this party started....:).

Thanks Gemme!!!




QUOTE=Gemme;1040958]Now that the secrets are out in the mail, is anyone still up for this? I love the idea of ATCs and I'm willing to give micros a try and I think Besame's idea of a series is super fantastic and would really pull the pieces together.

It seems like we came to a semi-consensus of music or love or a combination of the two and it seems like we have enough people interested to do a decent-sized group.

Breathless originally started the idea based on a music exchange and I'm not sure if she'd like to or would be able to wrangle this, but if not I would be excited and honored to do the wrangling on this one if everyone agrees. This is close to my heart (no pun intended!). It could be Valentine's Day inspired but not necessarily V Day themed.

I think it would be fun to leave it up to the participants whether they did a series of micros (.5 x .5), minis (1 x 1), standard (2.5 x 3.5) or a combination of any of them. I would leave it up to the group to vote on a series of three or a series of four. Any more than that would be cumbersome, I think.

I'm just throwing this out there because I was cruising pintrest tonight while watching The Bachelor (semi-gag) and feel the <3 in the air. If we do this, it would be a quick project and the postdate to drop the finished project would be the 29th of February. It's a leap year, so let's leap into a new project!

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What do you all think? Breathless? Besame? Jen? CCB? Clay? Georgia? Orema?

Whataya think? Whataya think? Whataya think?

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I have never done ATCs, although I'd like to give it a try. I have no preference for size. However, I may or may not participate depending on how many people sign up and how many we're doing. If, for example, 10 people sign up, and we're doing a series of 3, that's 30 ATCs, and I don't think I can pull it off with a short turnaround. I will just wait and see what everyone decides.

Word.

She is special.

Fair enough.

Keep in mind, if you do opt to join, that the smaller the card the faster they go. One thing you can also do is make one large piece of something...one large artistic piece...maybe 8.5x11 or 11x14...and then cut it up into the appropriate sizes for the project. I've done it before and it can be far easier to do it that way than to do each and every one completely different.

I know it's a quick turn around but when I realized this is a leap year, I thought what a waste to not use the 29th of February since it won't be back for 4 years.

I'm in. This is my first time doing this so I'm not sure how my ATCs will come out, but I'm game.

Thanks, y'all.

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If we do full sized ATCs I vote for not doing a series. I would likely just not sign up because the number of people and quick turn around. Just my .02.

I think it would be nice to have a choice of what size ATCs. Also adding: small can take just as long or longer depending on the detail. With minimal time, I'd vote for only one or two cards for each person. Then people who want to make more can make more. I'll probably sign up no matter what's decided :D.

I'm in.

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Voting yes!