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So, I feel that it would be super awesome if we all did some sort of art trade with another person. I know that I love all kinds of crafts, but I'm only really skillful with crocheting, so I figure an art trade would be super fun. whee

So, anyone who is interested in an art trade post in here, and we can all pair up and send each other cute things! 4laugh

i would be interested biggrin

How about a group swap? o3o

Basically one plays host and makes a list of those interested in participating, gathers and relays shipping information and other such stuff.

When the list is full or the closing date is reached, the host pairs people up, usually based on what people can do vs what people want.

Example:
Person A can crochet and would like cute charms.
Person B makes cute charms but would like hand-carved wooden animals.
Person C does woodworks but would like a crochet beanie.

So person A would make a crochet beanie for person C, person B would make some cute charms for person A, and person C would make wooden animals for person B.

Gifts then have to be sent out by a due date or they can't participate in the future.

On terms of how true to their word people are in actually following through with their commitment to a swap, we'd have to just trust each other.

On a forum I go where swaps are held all the time, they have a feedback system where buyers, sellers, and swap participants can leave feedback for each other based on their marketplace interaction with each other.

Getting ANY flaky or negative feedback on this forum can pretty much destroy any chances of you participating in any future marketplace transactions as people automatically reject those with at least one bad mark to their name.

This is how swap hosts on the forum I mentioned are able to pressure/blackmail participants into actually following through with their part of the swap.

Of course, I stopped participating in the swaps on the forum I mentioned because I'd always get something not even remotely close to what I asked for, or I'd flat out not get anything.
For example, there was an Alice in Wonderland themed swap I participated in. I asked for something Cheshire Cat inspired and ended up with a pink elephant.


Also, as this is Gaia, we may have to give our mailing addresses directly to the person who will be making items for us via PMs (saw this done in another thread here on Gaia) rather than giving all addresses to one person who redistributes them to their partners.


Just tossing the idea out there but if people are interested in a swap, we could make it Halloween-themed and have items sent out by the 20th of October to hopefully allow enough time for packages to arrive.

Usually when something like that happens, the person is given an extension.
If more people are behind due to life, then the due date is extended for everyone.
Though of course it'll eventually need a solid due date so its not dragging out.

I figure if everyone would be interested in a swap, we could start it now and have everything sent out a week before Halloween.
That'd give us a little under 3 months to work on stuff.

Though I understand that some crafts may take awhile to complete, so we could skip Halloween and start on a Christmas/Holiday themed swap.

If people ask, they should tell.
Usually when everyone gets their gifts they post pictures and say thanks.
Whatever they do with it afterward is up to them, but its always common practice that if someone asks who made it, you tell them.

Of course, people love to brag about the lovely things they get so they may do a little advertising.

Maybe when the normal art trade gets organized enough we can do a group trade. Let's just see how two people at a time work out.

I love this idea! Its a small way for us to support eachother and move our art around, I would totally be game!