Thursday, July 28, 2005

IMPORTANT!!!!!

PLEASE DO NOT REVIEL YOURSELVES IN THE SWAPS!!!!

I HAVE SOMETHING FUN PLANNED!!!!


YOU CAN WRITE A NOTE OR WHATEVER BUT DO NOT INCLUDE YOUR NAMES IN OR ON THE BOXES ANYWHERE PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!

YOU"LL BE RECEIVING A SEPARATE EMAIL SOON!!

Please NOTE: Please posts your questionaires or email them to me if you don't have blog and those who used business sites please add your questionaires someone or a temp page for the duration of the swap - 3 months!!!

Thank you!

Tuesday, July 26, 2005

SMS SIGNS ARE NOW CLOSED!!!

I'm sorry I can not accept anymore late signups it's been offically closed now so I can get all the swap partners sent out to everyone now!

This is getting exciting now! WE have 61 participants now! WOW~!! After some re-ajustments and such.. I've done some calculations for you! 61 SP 8. 472 stitch markers will be sent out each month!! wooohoooo!! A total of 1416 markers between Aug, Sept & Oct!!! How neat is that!?

Just a reminder that as soon as you recieve your email for the swap you can start mailing your first months packages out then. they are all due to be mailed by the 5th of each month. You can check out your SP blog or pages if none was available hopefully I sent all info to you. If I haven't I never recived it so please contact me asap! Each package or envelope should include 1 set of 4 markers for each person.
Remember if you haven't posted your questionaires to do so now!

Friday, July 15, 2005

IMPORTANT INFO! Away and LAST chance to SIGN UP

Ok will be out of town and will get everyone there SP by the end of next week. So if you don't receive an email by them please contact me. A couple people had to back out so I've had to rearrange a few things so reminder to let people know that Monday July 25th midnight will be the last chance for anyone to sign up. I do send out a confirmation to everyone that I have signed up and your listed in the side bar participant list.

One more reminder that if you have a blog listed please place your questionaires on them by the last day of July....Your swap partners will be checking them out because all the first round of packages are due to be mailed by between Aug 1st and Aug 5th.

If you do NOT have a blog please email them to me ASAP and make sure you put questionaire into the subject line so I know where to place yours. Thay are also all DUE by July 25th as well. I'm still missing some!?

Where now at 52 SP!!!!! WOOHOOO!!! Can you imagine 400 stitch markers going out each month for the next 3 months!!!! WOW!! So exciting~! Mail is going to be good thats for sure!

I beleive I've responded and updated the blog with cancelations, new sign ups, so everything is up-to-date as of now. Not to worry if you email while I'm away I will responded next week please be patient since I'll be offline until then. Boy I hope I didn't forget anything!! ;o)

Thank you!
Have a great week...
Happy knitting and stitch marker making!

Friday, July 01, 2005

Guide to Stitch Markers

This was done by our Miss Julie!
A Guide to Stitch Markers!

Here's a DIY Tutorial on how to make your own stitch markers. Its a lot simpler than you think!

1. Materials!

1. Pliers: You probably have some of these laying around your house. If not check out a hardware store for the best deal. Try to get smooth pliers, with NO teeth! The teeth may be nice for grabbing, but it will marr your wire and potentially snag your knitting! (You could get jewelry pliers like I have, but they're pricey for a little DIY project. )

2. Wire cutters: These are optional, and most pliers will probably have them on the inside of the jaws anyway.

3. Wire: You can buy a coil of wire at the hardware store or wire posts from the jewelry area of the craft store. You can loop the end of regular wire very tightly at one end to imitate the end of the post and keep your beads on the wire if you go that route. They are also sold with the loop on the end. This part is up to you. You can also use jump rings along with the wire for a more uniform stitch marker size.

4. Pen or pencil: If you don't use jump rings, this is to help with the uniformity of the loop on your stitch marker. The bigger the pencil or pen the larger your stitch markers will be. (Sharpies and markers work nice for larger stitch markers, but the posts might not be long enough. So a coil of wire will work best.)

5. Beads! : Go nuts for this! I use seed beads at the bottom with larger beads on top. But you can do whatever you like. Joann Fabrics has a lot of really nice beads for very cheap. They also carry nice crystal beads that are a little pricier, but well worth it. Browse the bead section until you fall in love with something!

Onto the directions!

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(note: if you use a jump ring wrap the long piece of your wire around the jump ring until it points down. Then continue...)


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Hurray! Repeat until your set is satisfied!

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