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NYC mail tends to get backed up over the Christmas/New Year's holidays, so if it is within a few days of the final-final deadline, don't sweat it. The projects, btw, are just... the best! Great work, and looking forward to receiving the final few left so that I can send them out :).
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Well, it's taken a week but my package arrived at 5:56pm tonight at the NY hub so it should get to you tomorrow. I guess I should have paid the double shipping to get it there in 3 days. Or send it out earlier, but that's not my style. I think I thrive on the stress of coming down to the wire, given the number of times I've slid in under it.
To think, it's taken a week to get to a place that I could have driven to in about 5 hours. Doh. :pirate-steer: |
ALL PACKAGES ARE NOW RECEIVED!!! (Haven't opened Nanners and Gemme's yet but wanted to share the news that they were received as soon as I opened my mailbox!)
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Yay!!!! I was not thriving on that stress for any of us. *phew*
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Hi, pen pal buddies, I mailed out our postsecret packets this evening, and I think you should get them around the 15th (Tuesday). They are sure to liven things up mid-week. Everyone did a great job! Sooo... what is our next project?
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I have an idea. How would you like to do vision boards? I don’t think we’ve ever done this before. I would recommend them being about 8 1/2 x 11”. That way they’ll be easy mailing. Does everyone know what a vision board is? I also think it’s kind of a neat project I have in the beginning of the year, so that we can see if we accomplish any of our visions at the end of the year.
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Vision boards are a lot of work. I would be into it if we were each doing one for one person if they are 8 1/2 x 11.
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After thinking about this a while, I’m not really sure how the best way do it would be. One way we could do it, is just taking one of your visions for the year and making one for each person. The size could be smaller than an 8 1/2 x 11. Maybe half that size would be a good idea. You could either take one vision and make it for everybody, or if you have a lot of visions for the year you could give everyone a different vision. I’m open to all of your ideas and thoughts about this.
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I think that mini vision boards would be fun. One idea is that when each person signs up that person can also include what they want to be the focus of the Vision boards that they receive. Wouldn’t it be fun to get like 10 mini vision boards in the mail to inspire us to manifest the vision :-)
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I also realize that I kind of rushed this, so maybe we should have more people weigh in before anything starts. |
I would definitely sign up!
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We are here to support each other and with the creative group that we are..what a great way! |
I would probably opt to sit this one out, but I hope the rest of you have lots of fun!!
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I agree, a small size would be best. I also agree that we need to limit the number of participants. Is 10 participants too many for you all? What size do you see working out the best for us? I’m thinking maybe 4 x 6 or 5 x 7.
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I’d like to hear from a few more people before we start any kind of sign up. We also need to think about how long we want to work on this. Any ideas there?
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Okay, so I looked it up and found this video. I really like her energy and am sure she does a great job as a life coach. I will also likely continue to watch her YouTube content so this is a win-win research moment. Score!
With the way Shainaleis explained it, I now feel more comfortable with expanding the maximum size allowed to 5x7 or even 6x8 (doesn't mean we all have to go that big but it won't take long for images to completely fill a small board/paper/card/etc.). I do feel that 8x10 and larger would be a bit too much for me if it's required but I have no issues if it's just listed as a 'maximum size' and anything else smaller is acceptable. If that's the case, that takes the stress off of everyone that is struggling to create a larger board. I do have a question about intention. Are we going to be creating boards for the individuals that will receive them or for ourselves? That makes a big difference in difficulty and time needed, I feel. I think I could finish one based on myself faster than I could for someone else but I would need a good sized chunk of time, regardless, as this is very new to me but I love collage and this seems to be collage with intention and I think that's cool. Initially, my gut feeling was "nope; not for me" but I really feel I could get into this. It doesn't require much in terms of materials: images from magazines or books or printed out from the computer, something to hold them down and maybe some markers or pens/pencils to make it prettier and give it flow. I've got plenty of that so I'm down. My main thing would be making sure we have plenty of time. As CCB mentioned, it's a work and time intensive project, so if we have plenty of that, I think I can produce something nice for everyone. Who knows? Maybe it'll bring something nice back! :) ETA: This is a perfect project for the beginning of the year! Maybe we could check in next year to see how things turned out. |
Gemme, I love your ideas and thoughts about those. I’ll look at the video a bit later but I just wanted to say that I think 8 x 10 maximum size is great! Then people can make them anywhere between 4 x 6 and 8 x 10, your choice.
I would like everyone to have an idea of what their vision might be for this year for them selves. When we do the sign up, you must state your vision for the year for yourself. Everyone will be making you one piece of art based on your vision. This may even bring new ideas to you, within your vision. So at the end, you will have pieces of art to look at and maybe expand your vision based on others ideas/images/thoughts that they used on the Vision board for you. I don’t think 10 people will sign up, however I’ll limit it to 10. Yes, an expanded time frame is a good idea since this is a first for many. What would you think of having the sign-up next Saturday beginning at 9:00 am CST, and ending Monday at 9:00 pm CST? The due date could be 3/2/19 with grace period ending on 3/9/19. Is that enough time? Gemme, I also like the thought of checking in with each other at the beginning of next to see if we made our visions realities. Maybe with before/after photos or just posting what you did. |
Those parameters would work for me.
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I like the idea of the size options. Maybe 8.5 x 11 could also be an option for folks. I might consider it if we have only a small number sign up (to do 8.5 by 11, I mean), and of course if it is also an option. The more I think about it, the size options are nice because items cut out for collages can sometimes be big and it's nice to have the flexibility.
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Here's a shout out to all who might be interested:
We are starting a new pen pal project so if you have never been part and want to try, just chime in and let us know you're interested! :) |
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My package arrived today. Mon 1/14 - Thanks everyone.
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This does sound like a good beginners project to start off with. And I know I will have an over abundance of resources for the project. Let me mull this over.... |
I got my PostSecrets today! Thank you, everyone. They are lovely.
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I got my post secrets today too! Wonderful job everyone!
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I like the variety of sizes...yes to anything from 4 X 6 to 8.5 X 11. Also I do think it would be nice to have more than one vision listed when we do the sign up. You can list as many as you wish, and when someone is doing yours, they can do one, two or all of them, I’m going to leave that open to the artist.
Is anyone feeling like we should do the signup earlier than the weekend, or do people need time to think? Remember, when you sign up you must list your vision(s). I would allow you to edit the visions you list until the close of sign up. |
I say get it up, with all the required rules and parameters, and close it after the weekend.
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Sign up will be posted Wednesday evening at 9:00 CST. Sign up will close Monday night at 9:00 CST.
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