Be My Guinea Pig #1 - Inchies

There are so many ideas out there for crafts. From genius ideas on envelopes to inchies to knitting and crochet. But sometimes you don't know how to do something. Sometimes you've never tried. Sometimes you don't know if you'll be good at it. This is a safe, fun swap to try something NEW. Only join this swap if a.) you want to do something out of your comfort zone and b.) you are willing to receive someone's experiment.

The idea here is to give us all a safe space to try something new. To break out of our usual creative routines and delve into uncharted territories. If you're anything like me, you're well aware that this could lead to disaster and that's half the fun.

For this swap you will have one partner who is ready to get your first attempt at inchies. You may send as many or as few as you wish but you cannot be an experienced engineer of inchies as that might destroy someone's confidence and joy. And do you really want to be responsible for doing that? No! You can make themed inchies, random inchies, please send no more than twelve. Each member will make and send their first try in an attempt to try something new. I know that I haven't tried because I'm mortified to join an inchies swap and have mine come out horribly. Here, no one cares because we're all new to it!

There are some rules for this swamp... all in accordance with regular swap-bot rules but please review and do not join unless you can live within them:

1. If the person sends you their attempt(s) within the time frame they must be rated a 5 as the rules are that sending the requested swap by the date is 5-worthy. If you send 6 and only receive 1 that's okay - it's sender's choice and face it, if they are horrible 1 might be more than enough :)

2. Include with your swap a brief note introducing yourself, talking about the inchie(s) you crafted and maybe how long you've been thinking about inchies.

3. It's sender's choice but it's always nice if you can somehow incorporate your partner's likes/dislikes. This is NOT a requirement to get a five.

4. Please PM me your mailing address if you are participating and are comfortable doing so.

5. You must have no recent unexplained 3's and no 1's unless there are extenuating circumstances (just message me, I'm fair). Your rating should not be lower than a 4.75. Feel free to message me - especially newbies. But if I let you in and you flake, expect to be banned from future swaps.

6. I'm keeping this USA only this time around but if international swappers like the idea and people like the swap, I will also run an international one.

7. Newbies welcome with a filled out profile and all 5's.

8. I reserve the right to ban anyone who does not fit the description.

I thought this up on my own but if a similar swap exists and the owner feels that they don't want someone stealing their thunder just let me know - and my apologies in advance.