LisaB
02-20-2008, 01:13 AM
How To Trade Your Art Supplies & Misc. Trades
One-on-One Trades:
- Start a new thread and make the Title of the thread very clear. For example: not "Let's Trade My Stuff", more like "I have Prismas to Trade!" This makes it easy for members to skim down the list in this Forum
- In your 1st Post of the new thread, list the item(s) you have for trade
- Be clear what you would like in return, it saves members asking "what do you want in return?"
- As you complete the trade, edit your 1st Post, so that anyone new reading it will see what you have at all times, and won't waste time asking to trade for something that is already gone.
- When you are finished, click the REPORT button, type in "You can close this thread now, trades completed" and one of the Moderators will close the thread for you.
Ideas on How To Host an Art Supply Swap (Thanks, Curbsidetreasure!)
Pick-A-Theme:
- It can be ephemera, decorative papers, or an assortment of things.
- It can also be supplies swapped by their color, junk: like keys and game pieces, fabric scraps.
- Anything that can be used in art.
- Each person would list what they would like (ex: Bird themed supplies), everyone in a small group of 3-4 would send each person in their group the requested supply
Pay-It-Forward
- The first person lists 3-4 different things they would like to receive in a small package of goodies
(ex: Vintage children clipart, bird themes, etc.)
- The next person to post under them would pick one of the things from the person above them's list, then start their own list of themes they would like to receive
- It would continue and once your have sent your package, you may post another list
- be specific about the minimum # of things to be sent
- also (if needed) specify the size of paper or fabric
(right now my thoughts are if we can host art supply swaps, the host can recieve the things, then swap the items out for a good assortment and then send out the returns. cuz every artist loves new supplies! it doesnt always have to work like this, but it should be fun.)
One-on-One Trades:
- Start a new thread and make the Title of the thread very clear. For example: not "Let's Trade My Stuff", more like "I have Prismas to Trade!" This makes it easy for members to skim down the list in this Forum
- In your 1st Post of the new thread, list the item(s) you have for trade
- Be clear what you would like in return, it saves members asking "what do you want in return?"
- As you complete the trade, edit your 1st Post, so that anyone new reading it will see what you have at all times, and won't waste time asking to trade for something that is already gone.
- When you are finished, click the REPORT button, type in "You can close this thread now, trades completed" and one of the Moderators will close the thread for you.
Ideas on How To Host an Art Supply Swap (Thanks, Curbsidetreasure!)
Pick-A-Theme:
- It can be ephemera, decorative papers, or an assortment of things.
- It can also be supplies swapped by their color, junk: like keys and game pieces, fabric scraps.
- Anything that can be used in art.
- Each person would list what they would like (ex: Bird themed supplies), everyone in a small group of 3-4 would send each person in their group the requested supply
Pay-It-Forward
- The first person lists 3-4 different things they would like to receive in a small package of goodies
(ex: Vintage children clipart, bird themes, etc.)
- The next person to post under them would pick one of the things from the person above them's list, then start their own list of themes they would like to receive
- It would continue and once your have sent your package, you may post another list
- be specific about the minimum # of things to be sent
- also (if needed) specify the size of paper or fabric
(right now my thoughts are if we can host art supply swaps, the host can recieve the things, then swap the items out for a good assortment and then send out the returns. cuz every artist loves new supplies! it doesnt always have to work like this, but it should be fun.)