Friendship book swap - ongoing

Friendship books are very easy to make and they are great fun. They can be made from any papery material - e.g. magazines, wrapping paper, note paper, old envelopes, etc... You make them by joining about 4 small sheets of paper together. The little books are usually around the size of a business card but they can be bigger if you wish. Once the little book is made you then put your real name and your full postal address on the first page. You can also add any other info about yourself so you may want to put your blog if you have one, etsy shop, interests, anything you like really. You can decorate your page also as much as you like. Make sure you
only decorate and write on the front page.

Next, you will send it onto to the next person on the list for your group. This will be posted on the thread as soon as I have a minimum of 6 signing up from the same continent. They will then put their CO&K ID on the next page along with anything they wish to share about themselves. The idea is that the little books will circulate with everyone filling in a page each. When the book is full the last person to fill it in then sends it back to the person who started it (their address, etc will be on the front page).

I've run this before and it worked the first time but went a little awry the second time so I'm going to make some small changes. I'd like people to let me know their CO&K ID, their real name and the Continent and Country they are in. I'm thinking that I can group people by continent to speed things up and cut down on postage costs. It may mean we have 2 or 3 groups running simultaneously but I think that should be okay. I also don't mind Newbies signing up but just bare in mind that you will need to commit for a couple of months (maybe longer), stay in contact and keep an eye on the thread.

If you interested in signing up just copy & paste this bit with your details filled in Happy

CO&K ID:
Name:
Continent:
Country:

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86 replies since 23rd May 2010 • Last reply 23rd May 2010

Reply #1:

CO&K ID: SyntheticStars
Name: Juliette Perkins
Continent: Europe-ish
Country: UK

Prepared to send and receive from anywhere though! Would love to be the first person in a list - I'm desperate for an excuse to make/bind a small book!! x

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Reply #2:

Cool Happy I'll leave this open for a bit and see how we go on interest.

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Reply #3:

CO&K ID: Krafty Kokatie
Name: Kim Cox
Continent: North America
Country: U.S.A.

really sounds like fun!! count me in!!

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Reply #4:

sure what the heck!

CO&K ID: Melissa K.
Name: Melissa Knox
Continent: North America
Country: U.S.A.

whoa, Krafty and I have close to the same last name!! LOL Happy

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Reply #5:

yeah, this sounds really good arty...i'd like to give it a go ^_^
CO&K ID: emmilou p
Name: emma parsons
Continent: europe-ish
Country: uk

i've always been a bit scared to commit to swaps and stuff in case something happens (usually life...lol!! xD ) and i let someone down but this sounds nice and small to start off with

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CO&K ID: PepperPotts
Name: Lorna Warriner
Continent: Europe-ish
Country: UK

Please count me in....this swap thing is now turning into an obsession!

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Reply #7:

Me too please:

CO&K ID: Secret Squirrel
Name: Aimee Gowlett
Continent: Europe
Country: UK

This sounds lovely! xxx

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Reply #8:

Cool - this is a way better response than I was expecting. I'm really chuffed Happy

So far we have:

=Europe=
Me
SyntheticStars
Emmilou P
PepperPotts
Secret Squirrel
Martha

=America=
DIYER4LIFE
Krafty Kokatie
Melissa K
chibigirl
Essex Debs
Dessah H

=America group 2=
JellyStiches
Cloudgurl1986
Riley

I'll try and edit this as we get more sign ups.

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Reply #9:

Eeeee exciting Happy x

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Reply #10:

CO&K ID: chibigirl
Name: Daniella Armstrong
Continent: North America
Country: Canada (Ontario)

I would love to do a swap, and this sounds like an interesting idea Happy. I don't mind shipping to anywhere, really, because I haven't had the chance to participate in a swap yet!!

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CO&K ID:Essex Debs
Name Debbie Roberts
Continent North America
Country USA

I need some distraction a new book will be fun

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Reply #12:

Cool Happy I've added you both to the list. We just need one more for each and we can get going.

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Reply #13:

Ok, Count me in!
Do we all make a book, or is it just the first person to send it out?

CO&K ID: Dessah H.
Name Dessah Harrison
Continent North America
Country USA

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Reply #14:

ok, for the USA, is DIY4LIFE starting ours and sending it to me next correct??

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