The Swap Team Event 2

Heya

This is Dr M V Pratyusha from Pratvam Progs.

After the grand success of  The Swap Team Event-1, I am back with the official announcement for 'The Swap Team Event-2'... Excited everyone... read on.

Pls do read the rules carefully

1. This event will run from 26 July to 13 September 2014
2. Theme- 3D Dolls ( There is awide variety of stuff that can be made. For example- Angels, cartoon characters, etc.
3. The motto of this swap is for you to get to know your fellow quillers and spread/gain knowledge. So do take maximum advantage of the swap event.
4. This will be a great opportunity to widen your horizon in quilling. So all you have to do is ask your partner which is their favorite cartoon or you can create something different like an angels, aliens etc etc. Attaching a few pics of 3D dolls from my work for you to get an idea as to what this swap is all about!!!
5. At the end of the swap after your partner has sent across the 3d doll to you. You have to photograph your partners work and share it in your page and link it back to the linky tool that will be available after the Sneak peak blogpost!!! This step has been taken so that all the participants work can be seen by everyone who reaches the blog instead of posting them just on the fb group which has limited visitors!!!
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Deadlines

1. Last day to register- 31 July 2014 by 23:55hrs IST.
2. Pairing will be up on the blog by 3rd August 2014- 10:00hrs IST.
3. Pairs can start to interact once the list of participants is up. The pairing will be done using a randomiser.
4. Sneak peaks from 22nd August 2014- 29th August 2014. A new blogpost will be available for the same so check back here to link it up to the linky tool!!!
5. Courier by 10th September 2014.
6. Pictures by the teams by 13th September 2014.
7. Pls stick to the deadlines to keep the event smooth.

Registration

1. The registration for the swap team event begins on 26th july 2014 10:00hrs IST to 31st July 23:55hrs IST.
2. So you have 5 days to think before you register. Pls dont drop out in the middle of the swap as your partner will have no other option than quitting too because its difficult to find partners in the middle of the whole process... Any delays should be notified to your partner and me via FB.
3. A linky tool has been added below.
4. Once you have made up your mind to participate. Click on the linky tool and enter the required details and submit it. 
5. Pairs will be announced on 3rd August 2014
6. If you are a international artist Pls mention it in your name in brackets as to where you belong too. You will only be paired with a person who is either from the same place as you are at the end. So for example you are from new york- Mention it as Natasha(New york).
7. The pairing made is final and no changes will be made.
8. Pls join the PQJ group on Fb so that you can join the event!!!                       https://www.facebook.com/events/537106223081960/?context=create&source=49

Lots of love
Pratyusha

Swap Team event 1- Reflections

Heya,

This is Dr M V Pratyusha from Pratvam Progs.

Creativity knows no bounds and when you are surrounded by more than 2000 people with similar interests, brain starts working overtime to keep the whole group active and thus came the idea of  'The Swap Team Event-1'.

This post will give you a brief outline as to what we did for the first ever Swap event at PQJ. And also give you a sneak peak into 'The Swap Team Event 2' that is going to start in a few days!!!

So here it is...

It all started on 11 April as a simple post on PQJ group on Facebook asking if people were ready to work with other fellow quilling artists and create 2 pairs of earrings for each other after having a month to interact with them. And I ended up with more than 40 people who were willing to give this a try.

On 12th April each quiller was randomly assigned a partner to work with. They had a month's time from 13th April to 13th june to talk to their partner's, to get to know them better in terms of how they began Quilling or how they do a certain technique. They could even ask their partners likes and dislikes.

 Now as it was a swap team event and the 1st one to happen, the rules were pretty simple...make 2pairs of earrings- 1 according to your partners wishes and one according to ur wish which was supposed to be a surprise for the partner...
And yes we had deadlines too...
The sneak peaks were supposed to be up from 27 april and the couriers were to be sent out to their partners by 9 June  so that everyone would get their pair by 13 June... Once the partner had the earrings they took pictures of what their counterpart sent them and Had to post them on the event that was created on fb for this whole event...
We had more than 20 teams... So will be sharing a few of the pics of the participants of this swap...
We also had a few international artists who participated... They were paired with international artists itself keeping in mind the courier rates :)

The pics that follow are collages of creations of each team... as there were more than 40 teams I am sharing only a few of the pics so that you can get an idea... to see all the pics pls click here to be redirected to the group on Fb. :)

Wafa And Rushruma

Naimisha and Trupti Pawar More

Aparna Balakrishna and Swetha Ramachandran

Gopika And Preethi

Janani S Sitara and Dr M V Pratyusha

Neha Jain and Darshita Bharadia

Subhashree Natarajan and Lakshmi Baskar

Aishwarya and Sri Harika

Kavitha and Vibha Bisht

Shruti and Minal

Shama Nishad and Swarna

Aiswarya S and Uma V.S.

The main motto behind this event was to increase the interaction between fellow quillers. The one month long time that each team got was a awesome experience for each participant as they also found cool friends!!!

Did this whole idea seem too cool to be true... Then do wait up till this weekend. I will be uploading the details of 'The Swap Team Event-2'

As this event will be on the blog and not on Fb as a whole more people who are not on Fb can also participate. If you are excited do give us a shout out!!!

Love of love and huge

Pratyusha

PS- Pls note the change in the name of the blog from Paper Quilling Jewelry to Paper Quilling Journal. This step was taken as we didn't want to limit the creativity of this beautiful art by restricting ourselves to showcase only jewelry... So here's to a wider range of possibilities. The Fb group still remains as Paper quilling Jewelry incase you would like to join in.