Penpals, Scrapbookers, Postcard Artists and Other Creative Types

[nycfem]

My post secret postcards came today and they were just AMAZING! I really appreciate it how people didn’t sign there’s except for one goober (me!). I think they are a lot better when not signed. Also, the secrets just really went through my heart —they were very well done!!!

[nina03]

Mine came earlier than expected!! Thank you all so much for sharing your vulnerability. This was an awesome project!

[Orema]

Thank you for the thoughtful cards, everyone. Each one is special. Couldn't stop the tears by the time I got to the last one. Wishing us all well.

[GeorgiaMa'am]

Thank you everyone for sharing your secrets. I will keep them safe.

[clay]

Everyone has now received their post secrets packages. I verified that soft silver got hers, via UPS tracking!!

Thank all of you for a fun project! POST SECRETS now all closed up....

[clay]

MATCHBOX PROJECTS:
FINAL DUE: 02/28/2023

PARTICIPANTS: 8 signed up...make 7
clay
Soft Silver
nycfem.............RECEIVED 01/05/23
GeorgiaMa'am
Nina03
Besame
Gemme
nanners........RECEIVED 02/03/23


~~~~~~~~~~~~~will mail out week of 03/07/23~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


ARTISTS ON HOLD
Orema till 6/30/23
CCB till 7/23/23
FireSignFemme till 7/24/23




Hope you all are having fun making matchboxes. You have 10 days left to get them in. I have 2 folks' already received. Good job!!

[nina03]

Mine are done and ready to mail!! I'm so excited to see what everyone has done!!

[clay]

[B][COLOR="Blue"][QUOTE=clay;1292493]MATCHBOX PROJECTS:
FINAL DUE: 02/28/2023

PARTICIPANTS: 8 signed up...make 7
clay
Soft Silver
nycfem.............RECEIVED 01/05/23
GeorgiaMa'am
Nina03
Besame
Gemme
nanners........RECEIVED 02/03/23


~~~~~~~~~~~~~will mail out week of 03/07/23~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


ARTISTS ON HOLD
Orema till 6/30/23
CCB till 7/23/23
FireSignFemme till 7/24/23



PROJECTS DUE IN 7 DAYS!!! 02/28/23

Check in with me please?? Thanks.....

[GeorgiaMa'am]

Originally Posted by clay

PROJECTS DUE IN 7 DAYS!!! 02/28/23

Check in with me please?? Thanks.....

Still have 4 that are partially complete. I will get them in the mail tomorrow or the next day.

[nina03]

Mine are going in the mail today. I'll try to remember to send Clay the tracking number when I mail them.

[nina03]

I sent mine today! They should be there Monday. Clay, I sent you the tracking number in a message.

[clay]

[COLOR="Blue"]][QUOTE=clay;1292493]MATCHBOX PROJECTS:
FINAL DUE: 02/28/2023

PARTICIPANTS: 8 signed up...make 7
clay..........RECEIVED
Soft Silver
nycfem.............RECEIVED 01/05/23
GeorgiaMa'am
Nina03.......enroute
Besame.......enroute
Gemme
nanners........RECEIVED 02/03/23


~~~~~~~~~~~~~will mail out week of 03/07/23~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


ARTISTS ON HOLD
Orema till 6/30/23
CCB till 7/23/23
FireSignFemme till 7/24/23



PROJECTS DUE IN 3 DAYS!!! 02/28/23

Check in with me please?? Thanks.....


PLEASE UPDATE ASAP:

Gemme

Georgia Ma'am

Soft Silver.......
thanks!

[Soft*Silver]

Hi guys… I did, in fact receive the postcards, and I loved everyone of them! Thank you all for sharing your secrets with me and allowing me to share mine
*
I have some unfortunate news. I’m not able to send in my matchboxes. I had them in my craft room/garden room, and as I was moving some new raised beds still in packages around, I smashed all of the match boxes. I was mortified! I had created little garden beds inside. They had turned out actually quite nice and I’m disappointed I’m not gonna be able to share them with you. They weren’t completely done but I liked what I had gotten done. I’m so sorry! I know that I have to be suspended for six months. Will you be posting photos? I’d still love to see what yours were.

[clay]

[COLOR="Blue"]][QUOTE=clay;1292493]MATCHBOX PROJECTS:
FINAL DUE: 02/28/2023

PARTICIPANTS: 8 signed up...make 7
clay..........RECEIVED
Soft Silver................NOT ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.........Notified me..02/25/23
nycfem.............RECEIVED 01/05/23
GeorgiaMa'am
Nina03.......enroute
Besame.......enroute
Gemme
nanners........RECEIVED 02/03/23


~~~~~~~~~~~~~will mail out week of 03/07/23~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


ARTISTS ON HOLD
Orema till 6/30/2023
CCB till 7/23/2023
FireSignFemme till 7/24/2023
Soft Silver till 08/28/2023



PROJECTS DUE IN 3 DAYS!!! 02/28/23

Check in with me please?? Thanks.....


PLEASE UPDATE ASAP:

Gemme

Georgia Ma'am

Soft Silver.......Sorry about your project.... Bummer!!!
thanks!

[GeorgiaMa'am]

Mine will be there on the 28th. I wish I could have gotten them there sooner, but it was not possible.

Doesn't Soft Silver have a 7 day grace period to turn in something? It may not be as elaborate as what she had originally planned, but she could still do something, right? It's situations like this which is what the grace period is for.

[clay]

Originally Posted by GeorgiaMa'am

Mine will be there on the 28th. I wish I could have gotten them there sooner, but it was not possible.

Doesn't Soft Silver have a 7 day grace period to turn in something? It may not be as elaborate as what she had originally planned, but she could still do something, right? It's situations like this which is what the grace period is for.

At this stage of the project, it wouldn't be fair to have 1 person get a 7 day grace period. All other projects are either here, or on their way now. While it is unfortunate that Soft's project was crushed 3 days before due date, she has an option to salvage or redo something to get overnighted to me Monday, the 27th, thus remaining compliant with the project!

What I suggest is this....if Soft Silver wishes to go ahead & submit the crushed projects to me, she has today & tomorrow to get them completed, can overnight them Monday, and still be in DUE DATE timeframe.

This project had 3 months, to be finished, that is a generous timeframe alloted. I want everyone to be treated fairly, and transparently on any projects we do!

Anyone else have input? Thank you ahead of time.

[clay]

Originally Posted by Soft*Silver

Hi guys… I did, in fact receive the postcards, and I loved everyone of them! Thank you all for sharing your secrets with me and allowing me to share mine
*
I have some unfortunate news. I’m not able to send in my matchboxes. I had them in my craft room/garden room, and as I was moving some new raised beds still in packages around, I smashed all of the match boxes. I was mortified! I had created little garden beds inside. They had turned out actually quite nice and I’m disappointed I’m not gonna be able to share them with you. They weren’t completely done but I liked what I had gotten done. I’m so sorry! I know that I have to be suspended for six months. Will you be posting photos? I’d still love to see what yours were.

Soft, I am so saddened about your projects. You DO have option to go ahead & send what you have, albeit crushed, and we will accept it. You can OVERNIGHT it Monday, still be in compliance with due date rule. I bet the part you had done would have been awesome. Sounds like a really cool matchbox to get.

There is no longer a gallery NOR do we post pics of our projects. This is a special aspect, for participants.....we agreed on this several years ago, as a group!

Let me know what you decide, please? Good luck!

[clay]

[COLOR="Blue"]][QUOTE=clay;1292493]MATCHBOX PROJECTS:
FINAL DUE: 02/28/2023

PARTICIPANTS: 8 signed up...make 7
clay..........RECEIVED
Soft Silver................NOT ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.........Notified me..02/25/23
nycfem.............RECEIVED 01/05/23
GeorgiaMa'am.....enroute
Nina03.......enroute
Besame.......enroute
Gemme.....enroute
nanners........RECEIVED 02/03/23


~~~~~~~~~~~~~will mail out week of 03/07/23~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


ARTISTS ON HOLD
Orema till 6/30/2023
CCB till 7/23/2023
FireSignFemme till 7/24/2023
Soft Silver till 08/28/2023



PROJECTS DUE IN 2 DAYS!!! 02/28/23

[clay]

JUST SOME FYI....please do NOT send any projects, going forward, requiring a signature!!!

Thank you all!!

[Gemme]

Originally Posted by GeorgiaMa'am

Mine will be there on the 28th. I wish I could have gotten them there sooner, but it was not possible.

Doesn't Soft Silver have a 7 day grace period to turn in something? It may not be as elaborate as what she had originally planned, but she could still do something, right? It's situations like this which is what the grace period is for.

Originally Posted by clay

At this stage of the project, it wouldn't be fair to have 1 person get a 7 day grace period. All other projects are either here, or on their way now. While it is unfortunate that Soft's project was crushed 3 days before due date, she has an option to salvage or redo something to get overnighted to me Monday, the 27th, thus remaining compliant with the project!

What I suggest is this....if Soft Silver wishes to go ahead & submit the crushed projects to me, she has today & tomorrow to get them completed, can overnight them Monday, and still be in DUE DATE timeframe.

This project had 3 months, to be finished, that is a generous timeframe allotted. I want everyone to be treated fairly, and transparently on any projects we do!

Anyone else have input? Thank you ahead of time.

I agree with clay. All is not lost! Honestly, I only spent 3 days on my projects and that was a couple of hours in the evenings after 9-11 hour work days. Part of that was my natural procrastinating tendency but the majority of it is that I've been struggling with a nasty escalating depressive event over the past several weeks that has really created an energy block (good thing the matchbox project was energy themed, no?) and stifled my creativity, not to mention making going through the basic motions of existence and working a very physically demanding job extremely difficult.

The reason the group created the 'craft jail' was because so many people were bailing on projects halfway through and/or were saying 'it's coming, it's coming' and nothing ever came. That's unfair to the remainder of the participants so we--as a group--designed as fair a consequence as we could think of and a short time out is really not horrible in the long run.

Given that these projects are often tiny bits of our secret self that we send off to everyone, it's a very personal thing when not everyone works the projects with the same intention. I'm still salty about the book that disappeared all those years ago. I did a really adorable collage in it!

clay had great suggestions and, you know, Soft....I think I might prefer the crushed project. It would have character and a story to go with it. I say send the squished ones as is along with whatever ones you complete this weekend. It would be about $30 in postage to overnight the boxes on Monday but it is what it is. I've had to pay it before when I was really behind on a project and I survived.