I have to drop out. I just, can't. I'm sorry and apologize to everyone else in the project. I also accept the consequences of my actions as per the thread rules.

Mine should be there Wednesday, Gemme. I apologize for the lateness.

Yes. Thanks.

According to my tracking tool, my swap items were delivered today, Gemme. Hooray!

What kind of crafty stuff have you all been up to for Halloween this year? I haven't had a ton of time, but I found a few cute things at Jo-Anne's and Target: pre-cut and scored paper coffins ($1.00 for a pack of 4!) and some glass test tubes with labels a la Martha Stewart (On sale for nearly 75% off!). I will be using those for a few small candy gifts for my co-workers. I am also going to attempt to carve a pumpkin this weekend using a cookie cutter and a hammer/mallet. We'll see how that goes. My back-up plan is a pumpkin with silver thumbtacks that will spell out something spooky. 😳

❤️ & 🎨

Hi Gemme, my package is supposed to be there, too. Please let me know if you got it. Thanks!

I have an idea I'd like to float for the next project. I think it's a pretty easy one, and I feel like we need an easy one - at least I do, for this upcoming holiday time of year. Is everyone ready to start thinking about a new idea? Or does anyone else have their heart set on being the next wrangler?

I'd love to hear your idea GeorgiaMa'am!

Thanks for the feedback! Lately it seems like the most crafty thing I want to do is color. The autumn leaves have really inspired me. I was thinking that we could have a coloring exchange with two parts. First, find something you want to color, whether it's something you find in a book or something you draw yourself. Next, before coloring it, make a copy/copies of it - so you can send a blank one along with your colored picture to each person. The goal is to exchange not only pictures we have colored with each other, but also to send uncolored versions so that we can all have new things to color in our own way.

A couple of guidelines:
1. Color a picture of anything you want. If you want to make something out of your colored picture, that is fine too, but the primary object is to color the paper.

2. Any medium is fine - color pencils, crayons, markers, but if you use some of of the messier tools, like pastels, then please spray with a fixative before sending. If you want to use some other method of decoration, like stamping, that is fine too, but it must also involve some coloring.

3. I'm willing to go up to anything 8-1/2 x 11, but please keep it flat, unless you don't mind folding it.

4. This is a guideline that some may object to, and I'm willing to discuss it. However, I'd like to say that, for this project, photocopying is okay. I often color large pictures with a lot of detail - it can take me a couple of weeks to color one picture. I'd prefer to color something large and detailed and make copies of it to send to every participant. The alternative would be coloring several small, not-as-detailed pieces, which doesn't excite me as much.

Does this sound like a project that any of you would be interested in?

Sign me up (literally, as I am never able to add myself, so wrangler usually adds me to list when they sign it).
Sounds awesome. I love it!!!
Thank you Georgia Ma'am!!!

LOVE LOVE LOVE my sweet package. It came fast, too!