Faerie Enchantment

New Swaps at The Faerie Zine, All are welcome to join! Contact me if you wish too!
Below are the list, specs and details to the swaps which are currently going on!
-Alice in Wonderland book collaborative
-Doll House Book Collaborative
-Little Obelia Book Collaborative
-Birds of a feather Collaboration
-Halloween Opera Book Collaboration
-The Wizard of OZ Book Collaborative
-The Circus Book Collaborative
-The Mermaid Seaside Pageant ATC
-Princess and The Pea/Princess Hat
-Tea Time Apron Swap
-Fairytale Necklace Swap
-Blythe Doll Costume Clothes
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1. Alice in Wonderland book collaborative:
This swap will be limited to 28 people
Due: May 25

I love everything alice and wonderland, so I have decided for all the alice and wonderland fans to create this book collaborative for you.
A few people emailed me for a storybook style book swap,
so here it is:

Details make one original 5 inch by 5 inch page, and photocopy it. You can fit 2 pages on a letter size paper to photocopy at kinkos, staples, ups store, office max or local copy store. Photocopies for a 8.5 by 11 inch paper range from 29 cents to 49 cents. If you put 2 pages on one sheet, all you need to make is 14 copies. Ask the print person to do this for you, if you can't.

Then embellish the pages with glitter, ribbon, rick rack, millinery flowers, 3-d hats, tags, etc. Make sure you leave a 1inch margin on the left side for binding and you sign the back page with your name and info, try not to leave that side to bare.

I will make the covers, inside covers and do the binding for this book collaboration.
You will need to send in $10 that includes: binding materials, covers and the return shipping for your book which will probably cost around $3-5 to ship back, the other half goes for the cover and binding!

Envision: Alice and the flamingo, mad tea party, alice as the white rabbit, or is he the pink rabbit, interpretations will vary, and that makes it exciting!
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2. Doll House Book Collaborative:
This swap will be limited to 28 people
Due: July 25

Details make one original 5 inch by 5 inch page, and photocopy it. You can fit 2 pages on a letter size paper to photocopy at kinkos, staples, ups store, office max or local copy store. Photocopies for a 8.5 by 11 inch paper range from 29 cents to 49 cents. If you put 2 pages on one sheet, all you need to make is 14 copies. Ask the print person to do this for you, if you can't.

Then embellish the pages with glitter, ribbon, rick rack, millinery flowers, 3-d hats, tags, etc. Make sure you leave a 1inch margin on the left side for binding and you sign the back page with your name and info, try not to leave that side to bare.

I will make the covers, inside covers and do the binding for this book collaboration.The covers of this book will be turned into a doll house.

You will need to send in $10 that includes: binding materials, covers and the return shipping for your book which will probably cost around $3-5 to ship back, the other half goes for the cover and binding!

Envision: China head dolls, old rag dolls, porcelin dolls, vintage and chic, shabby and old, pink meets brown, 50's pastel. Anything that would bring you back to your childhood doll and adult doll lives.
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Little Obelia Book Collaborative!
This swap will be limited to 28 people
Due: Jun 23

Details make one original 5 inch by 5 inch page, and photocopy it. You can fit 2 pages on a letter size paper to photocopy at kinkos, staples, ups store, office max or local copy store. Photocopies for a 8.5 by 11 inch paper range from 29 cents to 49 cents. If you put 2 pages on one sheet, all you need to make is 14 copies. Ask the print person to do this for you, if you can't.

Then embellish the pages with glitter, ribbon, rick rack, millinery flowers, 3-d hats, tags, etc. Make sure you leave a 1inch margin on the left side for binding and you sign the back page with your name and info, try not to leave that side to bare.

I will make the covers, inside covers and do the binding for this book collaboration.

You will need to send in $10 that includes: binding materials, covers and the return shipping for your book which will probably cost around $3-5 to ship back, the other half goes for the cover and binding!

The cover will resemble a 3-D peapod bush baby

Envision: the Australian Bush/outback, the British or South African countryside in a vintage time, May Gibbs is the author and illustrator of this series of Little Obelia, cuddle pie, etc. You pages should revolve around the story, her verison altered or yours, bush babies, little peapod type fairies with green pea pod hats, fairy gardens, etc.
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Birds of a feather Collaboration
Limited to 16 people only
Due Aug.1

Details make 16 original pages in a 5 inch by 5 inch pages format.
This will add to the authenticity of the book and the elements inside of it. Since the page size is small you can make them fast and fun with scrapbook papers and more. Make sure to thicken your pages with thick card stock to hold the embellishments, try to decorate the back as to not leave it so plain.

Embellish the pages with feathers, glitter, ribbon, rick rack, millinery flowers, 3-d hats, tags, etc. Make sure you leave a 1inch margin on the left side for binding and you sign the back page with your name and info, try not to leave that side to bare.

Stay in a vintage color scheme: beige and pink, brown and green, pastels, cupcake colors, vintage chic, just to give you an idea.

I will make the covers, inside covers and do the binding for this book collaboration.

Since this book is more elaborate with vintage surprises You will need to send in $15 that includes: binding materials, the 3-d elements, covers and the return shipping for your book which will probably cost around $3-5 to ship back, the other half goes for the cover and binding!

The cover will be covered in vintage whimsey, pale pink feathers with rhinestones and velvet, and more surprises

Envision: a walk into the nature of fairyland
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Halloween Opera Book Collaboration
Limited to 28 people
Due Sept 25

Details make one original 5 inch by 5 inch page, and photocopy it. You can fit 2 pages on a letter size paper to photocopy at kinkos, staples, ups store, office max or local copy store. Photocopies for a 8.5 by 11 inch paper range from 29 cents to 49 cents. If you put 2 pages on one sheet, all you need to make is 14 copies. Ask the print person to do this for you, if you can't.

Then embellish the pages with glitter, ribbon, rick rack, millinery flowers, 3-d hats, tags, etc. Make sure you leave a 1inch margin on the left side for binding and you sign the back page with your name and info, try not to leave that side to bare.

I will make the covers, inside covers and do the binding for this book collaboration. They will resemble a Witches Tea House!

You will need to send in $10 that includes: binding materials, covers and the return shipping for your book which will probably cost around $3-5 to ship back, the other half goes for the cover and binding!

Envision:Halloween Nights, The Ghosts of New Orleans, Salem, Mass., Harry Potter, The Worst Witch, Pumpkin Head People, Crows , an opera dedicated to Halloween.
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1. The Little Princess/Princess in the Pea Hat Swap!
Due May 10

Make a cone shaped hat or cover a dollar store party hat with delicious and sweet papers, paints and embellishments, try images and words, chipboard cut out, glitter, ribbons, crepe paper and other vintage sweet embellishments. The theme is Princess and/or Princess and the pea. Think tiny pea pods falling gracefully from the point, etc.

Details: Make one cone any size: but not smaller that a 10 inch height, princesses have nice tall hats. I have a template for this if you need it, the template can be re-sized or used the way it is.

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2. The Wizard of OZ Book Collaborative:
This swap will be limited to 24 people
Due June 1

I love the wizard of oz, return to oz, wicked, any version of the story, which has led me to create this swap. Think ruby shoes, or do you see ruby shoes as pink or emerald, does Glinda wear other colors beside pink, is Wicked a fave of yours, I love the blue flying monkeys, and the magic of this movie.

Details make one original 5 inch by 5 inch page, and photocopy it. You can fit 2 pages on a letter size paper to photocopy at kinkos, staples, ups store, office max or local copy store. Photocopies for a 8.5 by 11 inch paper range from 29 cents to 49 cents. If you put 2 pages on one sheet, all you need to make is 12 copies. Ask the print person to do this for you, if you can't.

Then embellish the pages with glitter, ribbon, rick rack, millinery flowers, 3-d hats, tags, etc. Make sure you leave a 1inch margin on the left side for binding and you sign the back page with your name and info, try not to leave that side to bare.

I will make the covers, inside covers and do the binding for this book collaboration.
You will need to send in $10 that includes: binding materials, covers and the return shipping for your book which will probably cost around $3-5 to ship back, the other half goes for the cover and binding!

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3. The Mermaid Seaside Pageant ATC SWAP!

Due May 5

The summer is a time for beauty pageants, baithing suits, the beach and mermaids. This swap is for all mermaids who deserve to run in the annual faerie zine mermaid pageant. Think vintage baithing scenes with handmade mer fins and glitter, a pageant banner and shell wand. Think shells, ribbon, tinsel, glitter, and crowns. Create your own mermaid banner on the computer for your art card

Details:
Make 2 ATC sized 3.5 by 2.5 (mine are always larger due to embellishments), get 2 back, along with extra goodies from me.

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4. The Circus Book Collaborative
This swap will be limited to 28 people
Due July 20

I love the circus, carnivals and cotton candy, peanuts, lions and ballerina elephants. Carousels and the Fiji Mermaid.

Details make one original 5 inch by 5 inch page, and photocopy it. You can fit 2 pages on a letter size paper to photocopy at kinkos, staples, ups store, office max or local copy store. Photocopies for a 8.5 by 11 inch paper range from 29 cents to 49 cents. If you put 2 pages on one sheet, all you need to make is 14 copies. Ask the print person to do this for you, if you can't.

Then embellish the pages with glitter, ribbon, rick rack, millinery flowers, 3-d hats, tags, etc. Make sure you leave a 1inch margin on the left side for binding and you sign the back page with your name and info, try not to leave that side to bare.

I will make the covers, inside covers and do the binding for this book collaboration.
You will need to send in $10 that includes: binding materials, covers and the return shipping for your book which will probably cost around $3-5 to ship back, the other half goes for the cover and binding!
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Tea Time Apron Swap Due June 1

This is an apron swap for you to wear in the kitchen, at tea time or baking cookies/sweets and treats or just as decoration.

Dimensions: any size as long as it can tie around our waists. Half aprons are the preferred style.

Think fabric scraps, quilt squares, crinolines, tulle, tutus terry cloth, velvet, canvas, paper; the sky's the limit. Vintage or 50's retro, gothic or Indie, Altered, Handpainted-the style is yours.

Easy idea: cut a piece of fabric, add a long piece of ribbon or fabric belt to it, embellish, boom you have an apron.
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Fairytale Necklace Swap Due June 25

Theme: Fairytales, Storybook characters!

Envision sugar plums (or purple wood beads covered in sugary glitter) add ribbon twists, some muted brass jumprings, a bit of crystal and a fairy, done..

Perhaps the Australian Outback brings out your inner muse, envision the bush babies of May Gibbs characters: Little Obelia and her friends. Think salt water pearls, or seafoam shells, jump rings. pale brown and pink chrystal beads, rhinestones and a bottle cap pendant of Obelia. Boom done...

The ideas are endless, so get your jewelry muse out and start crafting an ooak piece and receive one back.
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Blythe Doll Costume Clothes Swap, Due July 10

Okay, Who doesn't just adore Blythes, even if you don't own one, making a doll costume to hang on your vanity, armoire, boudoir or studio wall is eye catching!

Make a theatrical type costume: fairy, pirate, ballerina, cat princess, bunny queen, alice or wonderland character, cupcake-y style costumes, anything that can dress up your Blythe or wall.