Thank you for the new deadline!

Project is now closed!

New project! Everyone is welcome, you do NOT need any artistic ability, just be reliable and enthusiastic -that's what we care about!

vi·sion board
noun

a collage of images and words representing a person's wishes or goals, intended to serve as inspiration or motivation.

"on her vision board she put a log cabin, a sailboat, a red car, and a butch femme couple dancing on a white carpet"

This is the first project of 2024, so let’s think about what we want to happen in our lives this year…the project is VISION BOARDS! You will make one vision board, and you will get one in return. So at the end, you will have a piece of art to look at and maybe expand your vision based on someone's ideas/images/thoughts that they used on the Vision board for you.

For examples Google images for “Vision Board”.

Parameters:

• Can be any size between 4 X 6 and 8.5 X 11

• Sign up starts at 2:00 PM CST 01-01-2024 (Monday) and closes at 7:00 PM CST on 01-10-2024 (Wednesday)

• When you sign up, you must state two or more of your visions for yourself for 2024. You can edit your vision(s) until sign up closes.

• You must make one vision board for each participant based on one or more of their visions. It's easier when you focus on only one or two!

• On the back of your project please list these 3 things: Your name and the person’s name you made the vision board for. EXAMPLE: Made by Nanners for Gemme, Wrangler - Nan, and Vision Boards 2024

• Projects are due to me by February 7th, 2024. You have a week grace period but after that, (February 14) your project is crumpled up and batted around by my cats and you don't get your vision board that someone else made you. You also won't be able to participate again for 4 months.

• Include $7 for the wrangler with your project.

• Please, no glitter that is not sealed and nothing thicker than a puffy sticker.


Sign up:

1. Nanners: Healthy eating habits, self-care, She Shed crafting organization, starting my first garden, read more books, make new friends in the area that I live in, find a part time job where I can work from home.

2. Soft Silver: redefining myself through career change; writing a short story/ essay every month; felting animals; grow more of what I need to eat and eat more of what I grow

3. nycfem: being in bed, on work nights by 10 pm, decluttering our one bedroom apartment, catching up and staying up-to-date on my work paperwork, going back to making jewelry.

4. Clay: Back to my healthy eating habits, more self care habits.

Nan will make a vision board for nycfem
nycfem will make a vision board for SoftSilver
SofrSilver will make a vision board for Clay
Clay will make a vision board for Nan

"The rule is if one of our projects is received by the wrangler more than seven days after the due date, or one of us 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 four months from the latest date that the project was supposed to be due. No exceptions. This rule applies to participants and to wranglers. Wranglers must mail out projects within one week of the latest date that the projects were supposed to be due. In addition to waiting four months before being able to join a penpal project, the person who has not met the latest deadline must post directly on the penpal thread within a week of missing the latest deadline stating that they have not adhered to the deadline (reason is welcome to be included or does not have to be) and, most importantly, the date on which they will be able to return to participating in the penpal projects. They must scroll back and add themselves to the bottom of the list of any other participants who have not met the late date for any project for 2023. If that is not done, then the member is welcome to participate in the thread with "thanks" and reps and thread chat but not to participate in any future projects for 2023. The reason for this is personal responsibility, so that we have a running record right on the thread that is easy to refer back to when needed. And for the purposes of clarification, 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.

Example: Bitsy misses the late date for a project. Within a week of that late date she must scroll down and find the most recent list of people who have missed the late date in 2023 and copy that list to a new post and add herself. Bitsy's post would look something like this:

'Sorry, I had the bird flu and missed the late date of 2/21/23. I can start participating in new projects on 6/21/23. I have added myself to the list below:

1. Tony (missed the late date of 1/28/23, able to participate 5/28/23)
2. Bitsy (missed the late date of 2/21/23, able to participate 6/21/23)

This rule must be posted in its entirety 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."

CURRENT ON HOLD MEMBERS:

CCB...February 17, 2024

Clay, could you please contact me and a private message? I want to ask you some questions so that I can get a better vision for your vision board. for some reason it doesn’t allow me to send you a private message!

Vision Board........nan
 

I am mailing my project out today. I was initially intimidated by it but wow I got so into it. I really enjoyed speaking with soft silver to hear more about her visions, and to really try and focus in on that. Very meaningful project!

I love it!
Thank you so much!

I got your nycfem!
Great job! I, too was intimidated but once I got rolling I really got into it too! I hope you like the one I made for you!

I'm excited to see SoftSilvers!

Final due date is coming up fast. Feb 7th!

I am sending mine out tomorrow!!!

final due date isn’t the 7th. It’s the 26th

“ rojects are due to me by Febuary 26th. You have a week grace period but after that, (March 4th) your project is crumpled up and batted around by my cats and you don't get your package of projects that others made you. You also won't be able to participate again for 4 months.”



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Final due date is coming up fast. Feb 7th![/QUOTE]

Now, I’m really confused because there’s also this information…
Truthfully, I thought the final date was the 14th

“
• Projects are due to me by February 7th, 2024. You have a week grace period but after that, (February 14) your project is crumpled up and batted around by my cats and you don't get your vision board that someone else made you. You also won't be able to participate again for 4 months.”

OOPS! You are correct! This is the correct one. Final due date is 2/14.
I’m sorry for the confusion!

My package is out and Nanners should get it on Thursday. I really enjoyed this project so thank you everybody and thank you, especially manners for wrangling this

Well, what is it??? I’m itching to do a new one!

What a great idea! I would also like the option for participants to be able to create inch sized stamps, or twinchie size stamps in case we want them to be a bit more akin to real stamps. Just as an option for those who choose.

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Postage Stamp Project
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We all know what postage stamps look like, but what if we could design one ourselves? Let's see what we can come up with!

Parameters:

1. Make 1-3 postage stamps for each participant that signs up for the project.
2. The size can be any size from inchie size up to 5 X 7 for each stamp.
3. The theme is whatever you want it to be. Let's get creative!!
4. Be sure to have a denomination of your choice or "forever" on your stamp just like the post office.
5. Please include $7 with your project for the wrangler to send you back fabulous artwork from your friends in this thread.

Sign up is from now until Monday, Feb 20.
Due date will be March 19th, with a grace period ending March 26.

1. Nanners
2. Clay
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

Oops, also…y’all should be getting your vision boards on Thursday!!
Everyone did AMAZING work. I can’t wait for everyone to see theirs.
Clay, I LOVE the one you made for me. You did an excellent job and I’ll be hanging it in my She Shed. Thank you!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Postage Stamp Project
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

We all know what postage stamps look like, but what if we could design one ourselves? Let's see what we can come up with!

Parameters:

1. Make 1-3 postage stamps for each participant that signs up for the project.
2. The size can be any size from inchie size up to 5 X 7 for each stamp.
3. The theme is whatever you want it to be. Let's get creative!!
4. Be sure to have a denomination of your choice or "forever" on your stamp just like the post office.
5. Please include $7 with your project for the wrangler to send you back fabulous artwork from your friends in this thread.

Sign up is from now until Monday, Feb 20.
Due date will be March 19th, with a grace period ending March 26.

1. Nanners
2. Clay
3. Besame*
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

I just started a new job full-time so I think I’m gonna sit this project out while I get acclimated to it. have fun everyone and hope to catch you on the next round.

Postage Stamp Project
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

We all know what postage stamps look like, but what if we could design one ourselves? Let's see what we can come up with!

Parameters:

1. Make 1-3 postage stamps for each participant that signs up for the project.
2. The size can be any size from inchie size up to 5 X 7 for each stamp.
3. The theme is whatever you want it to be. Let's get creative!!
4. Be sure to have a denomination of your choice or "forever" on your stamp just like the post office.
5. Please include $7 with your project for the wrangler to send you back fabulous artwork from your friends in this thread.

Sign up is from now until Monday, Feb 20.
Due date will be March 19th, with a grace period ending March 26.

1. Nanners
2. Clay
3. Besame*
4. Nycfem
5.
6.
7.
8.

Bumping! Only 3 more days to sign up!

Dear Everyone -

I received my vision boards in the mail today, and it was such a surprise! Y'all's thoughtfulness and caring really touched me. I'm still a little teared up.

I can feel the positive energies coming from your works. I so very much appreciate you all for thinking of me.

I have not received a vision board. I don’t know if it’s lost in the mail or it got delivered to a wrong address. Was there a tracking number?

Mine arrived yesterday. Hoping you receive yours today!

Bumping the new project! Being wrangled by Nanners!

I said I wasn’t going to do this, but I’m going to!


We all know what postage stamps look like, but what if we could design one ourselves? Let's see what we can come up with!

Parameters:

1. Make 1-3 postage stamps for each participant that signs up for the project.
2. The size can be any size from inchie size up to 5 X 7 for each stamp.
3. The theme is whatever you want it to be. Let's get creative!!
4. Be sure to have a denomination of your choice or "forever" on your stamp just like the post office.
5. Please include $7 with your project for the wrangler to send you back fabulous artwork from your friends in this thread.

Sign up is from now until Monday, Feb 20.
Due date will be March 19th, with a grace period ending March 26.

1. Nanners
2. Clay
3. Besame*
4. Nycfem
5.soft silver
6.
7.
8.

I'm here! lol Just doing that adulting thing by working tons and paying bills and being too tired to do much of anything else anymore.



Parameters:

1. Make 1-3 postage stamps for each participant that signs up for the project.
2. The size can be any size from inchie size up to 5 X 7 for each stamp.
3. The theme is whatever you want it to be. Let's get creative!!
4. Be sure to have a denomination of your choice or "forever" on your stamp just like the post office.
5. Please include $7 with your project for the wrangler to send you back fabulous artwork from your friends in this thread.

Sign up is from now until Monday, Feb 20.
Due date will be March 19th, with a grace period ending March 26.

1. Nanners
2. Clay
3. Besame*
4. Nycfem
5.soft silver
6. GEMME
7.
8.

It was really nice getting too surprise GeorgiaMa’am with a set of projects she did not expect (the vision boards). How would folks feel about the wrangler gwtting to choose someone every project and secretly filling in the members of the project that we will be sending them a package too? It could be for someone who’s on a break or for Angie as the site leader, whomever the wrangler chooses, as long as they have been a part of the penpal community in some form, whether it’s doing projects or being on this thread. it just feels like such a special thing to do! I’m not just asking members of this project, but everyone in the penpal community, meaning people who read or participate, or who are on a break, etc.

Parameters:

1. Make 1-3 postage stamps for each participant that signs up for the project.
2. The size can be any size from inchie size up to 5 X 7 for each stamp.
3. The theme is whatever you want it to be. Let's get creative!!
4. Be sure to have a denomination of your choice or "forever" on your stamp just like the post office.
5. Please include $7 with your project for the wrangler to send you back fabulous artwork from your friends in this thread.

Sign up is from now until Monday, Feb 20.
Due date will be March 19th, with a grace period ending March 26.

1. Nanners
2. Clay
3. Besame*
4. Nycfem
5.soft silver
6. GEMME
7. GeorgiaMa'am
8.

Hello beloved crafters! Nanners sent me a sweet text to tell me about this current project, and sadly I need to sit this one out. Max had scheduled/expected surgery this past Monday. Five days before that, I had unplanned surgery for something else. Thankfully, we have a lot of wonderful friends and family locally taking care of us. Pretty much as soon as I'm recovered, I'm going to a work conference out of town at the beginning of March. That all feels like a bit too much to juggle and still get my projects done on time. I don't want to risk being late, or not getting it done, so I'm sitting this one out. I really want to join in on the next one, though. Meanwhile, I hope you have fun with the stamps, and I look forward to joining you again this spring.

SIGN UP IS CLOSED! READY, SET, GOOOOOOOO!


Make 7 (sets or singles) and send to me by March 19, with a grace period of March 26 or I'll let my cats play soccer with your beautiful stamps!The 7th one is for a mystery person who will get a surprise in the mail.

1. Make 1-3 postage stamps for each participant that signs up for the project.
2. The size can be any size from inchie size up to 5 X 7 for each stamp.
3. The theme is whatever you want it to be. Let's get creative!!
4. Be sure to have a denomination of your choice or "forever" on your stamp just like the post office.
5. Please include $7 with your project for the wrangler to send you back fabulous artwork from your friends in this thread.

Sign up is from now until Monday, Feb 20.
Due date will be March 19th, with a grace period ending March 26.

1. Nanners
2. Clay
3. Besame*
4. Nycfem
5. soft silver
6. GEMME
7. GeorgiaMa'am


"The rule is if one of our projects is received by the wrangler more than seven days after the due date, or one of us 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 four months from the latest date that the project was supposed to be due. No exceptions. This rule applies to participants and to wranglers. Wranglers must mail out projects within one week of the latest date that the projects were supposed to be due. In addition to waiting four months before being able to join a penpal project, the person who has not met the latest deadline must post directly on the penpal thread within a week of missing the latest deadline stating that they have not adhered to the deadline (reason is welcome to be included or does not have to be) and, most importantly, the date on which they will be able to return to participating in the penpal projects. They must scroll back and add themselves to the bottom of the list of any other participants who have not met the late date for any project for 2023. If that is not done, then the member is welcome to participate in the thread with "thanks" and reps and thread chat but not to participate in any future projects for 2023. The reason for this is personal responsibility, so that we have a running record right on the thread that is easy to refer back to when needed. And for the purposes of clarification, 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.

Example: Bitsy misses the late date for a project. Within a week of that late date she must scroll down and find the most recent list of people who have missed the late date in 2023 and copy that list to a new post and add herself. Bitsy's post would look something like this:

'Sorry, I had the bird flu and missed the late date of 2/21/23. I can start participating in new projects on 6/21/23. I have added myself to the list below:

1. Tony (missed the late date of 1/28/23, able to participate 5/28/23)
2. Bitsy (missed the late date of 2/21/23, able to participate 6/21/23)

This rule must be posted in its entirety 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."

CURRENT ON HOLD MEMBERS:

Zero, zilch, nada, everyone can participate!!!!

I don’t want Nycfemme to think I didn’t appreciate her vision board…. But I never did get it.