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homemade2homemadeHello! Welcome to the Second Round of homemade2homemade’s Geeky Gift Exchange! Please cut and paste the sign up form at the bottom into the comments of this post. We will not start matching participants until January 31st or until we get the max amount of participants for this round (30). Please do consider promoting the fest on your journals with this handy-dandy banner.
Key dates in 2019
Matching and assignments: on or before February 7th
Check in: by March 21st
Post by: May 7th (about 12 weeks of crafting time)
First, a little explanation on what we need in the sign ups and why. First and foremost, the sign ups are mostly for us to find the best matches we can with what people want to receive and want to offer. Please be as specific as you can in your request. Gifters, if you need more info, please come to us (homemade2homemademod@gmail.com) and we’ll be your go between.
Name: We don’t need your real name right now. We'll ask for that when we get your address for your crafter.
Email: PLEASE make sure it’s one that you check regularly. There are a few times throughout the fest that we will need to get a hold of you via email.
Things you geek about: We need to know what fandoms, hobbies and interests make you happy. Please be specific as you can, from favorite color, favorite character, favorite song, etc etc...You don’t want a Gryffindor scarf if you’re in Slytherin now do you? Or let's say you put that one of your interests is horses, but you are terrified of unicorns, you wouldn’t want any of those showing up on an embroidered thing, would you? Also, if you don’t want fandom related things, or only want fandom related things, let us know that too. Same goes for interests and hobbies.
Any allergies/postal restrictions/simple DNWs: Allergies--we need to know all the things you can’t have from food allergies, to scents and fibers. Postal restrictions--are there things your country won’t let be sent through the mail? Sometimes this differs if the packages are sent internationally or within the same country. Simple Do Not Wants--This is the place to put things you just don’t like, crafts you really don’t want to receive. Not into baked goods? Don’t want to receive the same type of craft that you make? This is the place to tell us.
What kind of crafter are you? What are you willing to gift? Are you a potter or a woodworker? A knitter or a candymaker? Do you dabble in a bunch of things? Are the things connected by medium? If so, are there things you DON’T do? Do you not want to do fandom specific things? Only want to do fandom specific things?
What country do you live in? and Are you willing to ship internationally? These two go together. If you live outside the USA, and can't ship internationally for whatever reason, we might still be able to match you. There were at least two participants from every country represented last year. Get in touch with the mods to talk more. This year, we need everyone to track their parcels, thanks!
Sign Ups:
homemade2homemade’s Geeky Gift Exchange! Please cut and paste the sign up form at the bottom into the comments of this post. We will not start matching participants until January 31st or until we get the max amount of participants for this round (30). Please do consider promoting the fest on your journals with this handy-dandy banner.Key dates in 2019
Matching and assignments: on or before February 7th
Check in: by March 21st
Post by: May 7th (about 12 weeks of crafting time)
First, a little explanation on what we need in the sign ups and why. First and foremost, the sign ups are mostly for us to find the best matches we can with what people want to receive and want to offer. Please be as specific as you can in your request. Gifters, if you need more info, please come to us (homemade2homemademod@gmail.com) and we’ll be your go between.
Name: We don’t need your real name right now. We'll ask for that when we get your address for your crafter.
Email: PLEASE make sure it’s one that you check regularly. There are a few times throughout the fest that we will need to get a hold of you via email.
Things you geek about: We need to know what fandoms, hobbies and interests make you happy. Please be specific as you can, from favorite color, favorite character, favorite song, etc etc...You don’t want a Gryffindor scarf if you’re in Slytherin now do you? Or let's say you put that one of your interests is horses, but you are terrified of unicorns, you wouldn’t want any of those showing up on an embroidered thing, would you? Also, if you don’t want fandom related things, or only want fandom related things, let us know that too. Same goes for interests and hobbies.
Any allergies/postal restrictions/simple DNWs: Allergies--we need to know all the things you can’t have from food allergies, to scents and fibers. Postal restrictions--are there things your country won’t let be sent through the mail? Sometimes this differs if the packages are sent internationally or within the same country. Simple Do Not Wants--This is the place to put things you just don’t like, crafts you really don’t want to receive. Not into baked goods? Don’t want to receive the same type of craft that you make? This is the place to tell us.
What kind of crafter are you? What are you willing to gift? Are you a potter or a woodworker? A knitter or a candymaker? Do you dabble in a bunch of things? Are the things connected by medium? If so, are there things you DON’T do? Do you not want to do fandom specific things? Only want to do fandom specific things?
What country do you live in? and Are you willing to ship internationally? These two go together. If you live outside the USA, and can't ship internationally for whatever reason, we might still be able to match you. There were at least two participants from every country represented last year. Get in touch with the mods to talk more. This year, we need everyone to track their parcels, thanks!
Sign Ups:
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Date: 2019-01-09 09:20 pm (UTC)Email: Elrhiarnodan1 at gmail
Things you Geek About (interests, hobbies, fandoms): Craftwise, I've been involved in jewelry crafts since my early teens, so that's about 40 years (yikes!). I'm lucky enough that there's a local bead store near me that actually encourages people to just hang out and make stuff, so I get to geek about beadwork every Saturday. I love creating for friends but I hate actually selling anything, except on commission. Fandomwise, I'm currently enjoying Kingsman (first movie, not second), White Collar (old fandom delight), The Flash (first and second season only). I have a fannish interest in Inspector Morse, Lewis (written just a few stories for Lewis, but have read many) and I have the first season of Endeavor to watch still.
That being said, I don't have any particular interest in receiving a fannish gift, but if my recipient wants something fannish, I'll be happy to try and make it.
Any allergies/postal restrictions/simple DNWs: No food, please.
What country do you live in? U.S.
Are you willing to ship internationally? The rates for international shipping have skyrocketed, but if the recipient does not want a speedy delivery, I can manage first class mail.
What kind of crafter are you?/What are you willing to gift? I currently do many different kinds of beading – bead weaving, bead embroidery, pearl stringing and knotting, and kumihimo (with and without beads). My preferred materials are glass beads, natural stone, pearls of all shapes and sizes. I work in all colors except black, and generally take a very holistic approach to creation (which means I kind of suck at following patterns and prefer to invent my own designs once I learn a technique). I would be happy to gift a custom-made necklace in a style my recipient would like. I tend to enjoy working on larger, showier pieces, but I can scale back if I have to.
Are you willing to pinch hit if necessary? Yes.
What about if shipping is paid for? I'll ship in the US, priority mail, and will not require that it be paid for.
If you participated in last round, who did you create for/who created for you?: Did not participate in the last round.
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Date: 2019-01-09 10:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-01-10 12:05 am (UTC)I'm getting excited about this!
Should I post an album of my work here? Will that help?
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Date: 2019-01-10 12:19 am (UTC)You can totally link to an album, but I already know how beautiful your work is. ♥
What would also help is if you could give a bit more about what you like: what's your favorite colors (both to wear and for home decor type things)? Have any favorite motifs (nature, flowers, birds, geometric shapes, polka dots etc etc)? Just imagine what you'd want to know to create something for someone and give us that. If it's anything like last fest, we get a lot of variety--knitters, wookworks, sewing, jewelry makers and some mish-mosh.
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Date: 2019-01-10 12:21 am (UTC)Thank you for the feedback - I was only thinking in terms of what I'd like to make someone, not what I'd be interested in receiving. But I will give it some thought an amend my signup!
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Date: 2019-01-10 12:29 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-01-10 01:07 am (UTC)You can take a look here
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Date: 2019-01-10 02:40 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-01-10 02:48 am (UTC)Oh, thank you!
::blushes::
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Date: 2019-01-11 06:00 am (UTC)